538 QUADRUMANA. 



as being, perhaps, identical with the Blanc-nez of Allamand (Cere. 

 Petaurista) ; while the latter, from whom it received the name of Hocheur, 

 deceived by the imperfect condition of his specimen, erroneously 

 alleged the species to be destitute of callosities. Pennant, too, gave an 

 account of it, derived principally, as it would seem, from his observa- 

 tions on a specimen in the Leverian Museum. Finally, it has been 

 minutely described, and beautifully figured, from an adult living female, 

 in his magnificent work on the present class, by Fred. Cuvier, from whom 

 we learn that its disposition was mild and gentle, and that, in its habits, 

 it closely resembled the Diana. The individual described, while alive, by 

 Fred. Cuvier, is, as there is reason to believe, the same from which the 

 present account is also taken. 



