74 ALLEN’S NATURALIST’S LIBRARY. 
Female.—(/rosimia rujfipes of Gray) Brown; eyes brownish- 
yellow. 
Distribution—Cap d’Ambra, N. Madagascar. 
Nothing is known of the habits of this species. 
v. THE WHITE-HANDED LEMUR. LEMUR ALBIMANUS. 
Le Maki aux pieds blancs, Audebert, H. N. Singes, p. 10, pl. 1 
(1797: male). 
Lemur albimanus, Is. Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., pp. 161-169 
(1812); Milne-Edw. et Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag.,Mamm., 
Atlas, pls. 156, 157, 162-164, 165, figs. 1 and 2 (1890). 
Lemur mongoz (nec L.), Schl., Mus. Pays. Bas., vii., p. 312 
(1876, pt.). 
Characters—Nose sharp and Dog-like; eyes oblique ; ears, 
except the central portion, haired. 
Male.—F ace, anterior to a line over the forehead, cheeks, 
snout (except a greyish wash on its sides and the upper lip) 
umber-brown ; rest of head, neck, down to the middle of the 
back, and fore-limbs, grey ; margins of ears, chin, and under 
surface of body white; rest of back and hind-limbs umber- 
brown ; tail darker, except for a short distance at the base ; 
upper surface of hands and feet grey. ‘The nose varies in dif- 
ferent species in the amount of grey colouring, and the fore- » 
head and face in depth of brown. Some specimens also have 
an arcuate black band over the forehead from one outer corner 
of the eye to the other. 
Female.—Greyish-black ; nose grey ; rest of face washed with 
brick-red, deeper on the forehead, cheeks, ears, and sides of neck, 
fainter in tint on the upper back ; lower back and tail darker, 
except at the base, where it is washed with reddish-yellow. 
Hands and feet greyish-white. The colour of the face varies 
much in different specimens, being deeper or lighter rufous. 
