52 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



Chirognle melanotis, Forsyth Major, Nov. Zool., vol. i., p. 25, 

 Tab. ii., fig. 10 (1894). 



(Plate V.) 



Characters. Very similar to C. milii, but distinguished by 

 the far less woolly and more silky fur ; face pointed ; ears 

 rounded, somewhat large, the outside and half the inside 

 haired ; lips flesh-colour. Upper side rather light brownish 

 (almost reddish) grey ; upper side of tail darker ; tips of hair 

 silvery, but less so than in C. milii. No white stripe between 

 the eyes as in that species, the space not lighter than the top 

 of the head and back ; ears very dark brown ; a dark brown 

 ring round the eyes ; a white stripe along the side of the neck. 

 Under side of body and inner side of limbs greyish-white. 

 Length, 10^ inches; tail, 9 inches. Skull smaller in all its 

 dimensions than C. milii; the face longer and more tapering ; 

 the nasal bones broader before and behind; the posterior per- 

 forations in the palate large, as in C. milii ; mandible less 

 spread ; the inner cusp of the anterior upper pre-molar less 

 developed ; basal heel of upper and lower canines stronger ; 

 posterior lower molar longer and with a distinct heel. 



Distribution. This species is known from a single skin in the 

 collection of the British Museum, which was obtained at 

 Yohima, on the north-east coast of Madagascar. 



III. THE HAIRY-EARED MOUSE-LEMUR. CHIROGALE TRICHOTIS. 



Chirogaleus trichotis, Giinther, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 78, pi. xv. 

 Chirogale trichotis, Forsyth Major, Nov. Zool., vol. i., p. 26 



(1894). 



Characters. Brownish-grey above ; lower parts grey with the 

 hairs white-tipped ; a spot in front of the eye black ; the lips 



