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self more fortunate, when, desiring to take up some theme of com- 

 parative anatomy not previously much treated upon, the distinguished 

 Professor J. V. d. Hoeven offered him a specimen of a quadrumanoua 

 mammal for dissection and description. We believe the course 

 adopted by tlie author is unusual, and not likely to be extensively 

 followed. Those who ai'c only able to appeal to a few years' personal 

 observation will continue, and be expected to continue, to treat in 

 their theses npon diseases which, after the amplest and most devoted 

 attention, still remain -imperfectly known and obscure. 



The genus Otolicnus is one of the five into which succeeding 

 naturalists have divided Linnseus's quadrumanous genus Lemur, and 

 was so named by lUiger. It corresponds with Geoffroy's genus 

 Galago. All the known species belonged to Africa, until Tcmminck 

 obtained another from New Guinea, which he named Peli in com- 

 memoration of Pel, an investigator of nature who visited the coast of 

 that large island*. It is this rare animal of which Dr. Kingma ob- 

 tained a specimen for dissection, the first which has been submitted 

 to that process. From having been preserved in spirits for some 

 time, it was not in all respects perfectly adapted for the purpose, but 

 the author's researches afford a very complete view of the structure 

 of almost every organic system. In these lie was further assisted by 

 receiving another example from the hands of Temminck himself, 

 which likewise was not uninjured, and was also of the male sex. 

 Dr. Kingma's observations embrace carefid and somewhat minute 

 descriptions of the animal externally (including a microscopical ex- 

 amination of the hairs of its bodv and measurements of the skeleton), 

 of the muscular system, of the intestinal canal, of the vascular sy- 

 stem, of the respiratory organs, of the sexual and urinary organs, of 

 the brain, and of the organs of the senses. The work is illustrated 

 by a delicate and carefully-executed lithograph, containing eleven 

 figures of the more remarkable organs and structures met with in 

 the dissection. For this beautiful plate, and the duplicate in outline, 

 the author acknowledges himself indebted to M. J. V. d. Hoeven, 

 Candidatus Medicince. 



This specimen, measuring from the tip of the nose to the end of 

 the long bushy tail, was very nearly 1 4 English inches in length, the 

 tail itself occupying more than half of this space, or 7f inches. The 

 Galago {Otolicnus) Mo/ioli, figured and described by Dr. Andrew 

 Smith in his fine work illustrative of the zoology of Southern Africa, 

 was 1 6 inches long. 



The teeth greatly resemble those of the Insectivora. In the upper 

 jaw there are on each side two small incisors, a canine, two premolars 

 and four molars. In the lower, three long incisors, a canine, two 

 premolars, the first of which is furnished with an acute cusp, and 

 three molars (by an error of the press stated to be four (vier), p. 17). 



The animal has soft, woolly hair, thickest on the back, of a grey 

 colour in the most exposed parts, passing into brown on the neck 



* "Galago de Pel." Esquisses Zoologiques sur la Cote de Guine, par 

 C. J. Temminck. Vol. i. Les Mammiferes. Leyden, 1853. 



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