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straight line with the incisor teeth. Toothless space in front 

 of upper jaw greater than in the other two genera. Dentition 

 of the upper jaw : incisors small, the outer larger than the inner, 

 set close to the canines and not at the inner edge of the tooth- 

 less space; canines vertically short; pre-molars, with no inner 

 cusp, but having a prominent outer cingulum (a character seen 

 in no other species of Lemur) ; molars, four-cusped. Lower 

 jaw : incisors larger than in the two other genera, and less 

 horizontal, the inner ones more slender than the outer. 

 Anterior and posterior molars, five-cusped. Hind margin of 

 palate reaching to the middle of the median molar. Central 

 bone of wrist wanting (of all Primates agreeing in this character 

 only with Man, the Chimpanzees, the Gentle- and Sportive- 

 Lemurs and the Endrina) ; fourth digit of the hands and feet 

 longest. Tail long. The small intestine not spirally coiled 

 upon itself, but folded many times transversely. 



Hair long, woolly, dark Mouse-grey at base, reddish- 

 brown in the middle, black at the tips. Face broad, entirely 

 covered with short greyish-brown hairs ; nose-pad alone nude. 

 Ears concealed and covered by rufous hair; pupil of eye 

 very contractile, very narrow and linear during the day; 

 across the forehead and over the eyes a transverse lunulate 

 whitish band, margined anteriorly by a black band. Back 

 greyish-brown, the nape darker ; a patch over the rump, and 

 the base of the tail and buttocks white, washed with rufous ; 

 back and inner side of thighs and round the arms whitish ; a 

 narrow fringe on the lower margin of arms and legs ashy-grey, 

 washed with rufous ; fore-arm, hands and feet rusty-brown ; 

 tail bright dark red, deepest at its extremity. Under side and 

 inner surface of limbs grey, washed with rufous. Length of 

 body, 12^ inches; tail, 15^ inches. 



