60 MAMMALIA. 



Mid. rujimanus, Geoff.; *Sw«. midas, L. ; Buff. XV. 13. (The 

 Tamarin). Black, the four hands yeUowish. From Guiana. 



Mid.ursulus, Geoff.; Buff. Supp. VIII. 32; Mid. fuscicollis, 

 Spix, pi. 20. (The Black Tamarin). All black; reddish vvavings 

 on the back. 



Mid. lahiatus, Geoff.; M. nigricoHis, Spix, 21. (The White- 

 lipped Tarnarin). Black; crupper reddish; circumference of the 

 muzzle white*. 



Sim. rosalia, L. ; Buff. XIV. 16. (Lion Monkey, or the Mari- 

 kina). Yellowish; the head surrounded with a golden gilt yellow 

 mane; end of the tail brown. From Surinam. 



Hapale chrysomelas, Pr. Max. lib. ii. (Black Marikina). Black ; 

 fore-arms and upper side of the tail and mane round the head of a 

 strong golden yellow. 



Sim. argentata, L. ; Buff. XV. 18. (The Mico). Silver grey, 

 sometimes all white ; tail brown. From the Amazon. 



Lemur («), Lin. 



The Lemurs, according to Linna?us, comprehend all the Quadrumana 

 which have in either jaw incisors differing in number from four, or at least 

 differently directed from those of the Monkeys. This negative character 

 could not fail to embrace very different beings, while it did not even 

 unite those which should be combined. Geoffroy has established several 

 divisions in this genus which are much better characterized. The four 

 thumbs of these animals are well developed and opposable, and the first 

 hind finger is armed with a pointed, raised nail ; all the other nails are 

 flat. Their fur is woolly ; and their teeth begin to exhibit sharp tubercles 

 catching in each other as in the Insectivora. 



Lemur. — Makis, properly so called. 



Six incisors in the lower jaw compressed and slanting forwards, four in 

 the upper that are straight, the intermediate ones being separated from 

 each other; trenchant canines; six molares on each side above; six be- 

 low ; ears small. They are very active animals, which, from their pointed 



* The S. leonina, Humb. Obs. I. pi. 5, is brown, with white lips and black face, like 

 this species ; but it appears the hairs of the neck are more thickly set, forming a 

 mane like that of the Marikina. Add Mid. chrysopygus, Natterer. 



f^ (a) Lemures was the word employed by the Romans to express ghosts wliioli 

 walked by night, and because the animals now called Lemurs were remarkable for 

 their disposition to sleep during the greater portion of the day, whilst at night they 

 always became restless and bounded about with the greatest agility, Linnaeus gave 

 to them the above designation. Besides the peculiar characters of the Lemurs 

 mentioned in the text, there are others which may be seen in the specimens in the 

 London Zoological Gardens, namely, tlie elongated face, the round and prominent 

 eyes, the long curved nail on the index finger of the hinder hand; they possess 

 scarcely any external character in common witli the monkey, save in the prcliensile 

 power of the hands. There is reason to believe that tlie Lenmrs are occasionally, or 

 partially, carnivorous, and the nature of their teeth fully justifies the opinion. — 

 Eng. Ed. 



