286 ALLEN’S NATURALISTS LIBRARY. 
Adult.—Head and neck black. Face, snout, and ears naked, 
and of a blackish colour, encircled by a broad band of long 
white hairs, joining under the throat, slightly mixed with darker 
hairs. Rest of fur, including the tail, white on the upper sur- 
face ; back and upper rump dark brown. ‘The large white 
patch on and between the shoulders much grizzled with brown 
hairs. Under side of hind-limbs, to just below the knees, 
blackish-brown. Inside of hind-limbs down to the heel also 
brown, joining the colour of the upper surface, thus forming a 
continuous dark stripe along the legs. Inner and upper sur- 
face of arms, thumb, and two following fingers, deep blackish- 
brown ; throat, chest, and greater part of abdomen, deep 
brown. Size perceptibly larger than that of Propithecus ver- 
reauxt, With the tail longer. 
This species of Propitiecus is nearest to the typical P. 
verreauxt of Grandidier, which is white, with the top of the 
head black, and the lower back and rump greyish-brown, but 
is no doubt an entirely different species. (Rothschild, 1.¢.) 
Distribution—Antimosy country, S.W. Madagascar. 
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