THE DWARF-LEMURS. . 57 
Tail golden-yellow, washed with ferruginous on the upper side, 
the entire distal third darker ; rest of the under side of the tail 
paler. Naked part of ears flesh-colour. (/e¢ers.) Hairs slate- 
grey at base, the tips ferruginous. 
Mastoid portion of ear-capsules (periotic-bones) not so in- 
flated as in AZ. minor; hind border of bony palate extending to 
the posterior border of the last molar, its posterior foramina being 
large; pre-maxillary bones very large and projecting beyond the 
incisor teeth ; angle of lower jaw pointed and hooked. Upper 
inner incisors standing in front of the canines, and nearly twice 
the size of the outer ; no gap between the canines and the an- 
terior pre-molar ; the pre-molars vertically sub-equal, and with 
one external cusp ; molars with two external cusps, the hinder 
of the two united to the large inner front cusp by an oblique 
ridge, their inner side bounded by the cingulum ; the posterior 
molar smaller than the two anterior. Anterior and median 
lower molars four-cusped ; the posterior, the largest of the 
cheek-teeth, five-cusped. 
Distribution.— The Dormouse Dwarf-Lemur inhabits the south- 
west coast of Madagascar ; it has also been obtained at Bambo- 
toka in St. Augustin’s Bay on the west coast. 
III. SMITH’S DWARF-LEMUR. MICROCEBUS SMITHI. 
Microcebus pusillus, G. R. Waterh., Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. 
Soc: 2ndved., -—p.. 12-0163 8). 
Cheirogaleus smithit, J. E. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842, 
P- 257: 
Chirogaleus pusillus, Flower and Lydekker, Introd. Mamm., 
Dp. 690 (1897, pt.) 
