60 MAMMALIA, 
Mid. rufimanus, Geoff.; Sim. midas, L.; Buff. XV. 13. (The 
Tamarin). Black, the four hands yellowish. From Guiana. 
Mid. ursulus, Geoff.; Buff. Supp. VIII. 382; Mid. fuscicollis, 
Spix, pl. 20. (The Black Tamarin). All black; reddish wavings 
on the back. 
Mid. labiatus, Geoff.; M. nigricollis, Spix, 21. (The White- 
lipped Tamarin). Black; crupper reddish; circumference of the 
muzzle white*. 
Sim. rosalia, L.; Buff. XIV. 16. (Lion Monkey, or the Mari- 
kina). Yellowish; the head surrounded with a golden gilt yellow 
mane; end of the tail brown. From Surinam. 
Hapale chrysomelas, Pr. Max. lib. ii. (Black Marikina). Black; 
fore-arms and upper side of the tail and mane round the head of a 
strong golden yellow. 
Sim. argentata, L.; Buff. XV. 18. (The Mico). Silver grey, 
sometimes all white; tail brown. From the Amazon. 
Lemur (a), Lin. 
The Lemurs, according to Linneus, comprehend all the Quadrumana 
which have in either jaw incisors differing in number from four, or at least 
differently directed from those of the Monkeys. This negative character 
could not fail to embrace very different beings, while it did not even 
unite those which should be combined. Geoffroy has established several 
divisions in this genus which are much better characterized. ‘The four 
thumbs of these animals are well developed and opposable, and the first 
hind finger is armed with a pointed, raised nail; all the other nails are 
flat. Their fur is woolly; and their teeth begin to exhibit sharp tubercles 
catching in each other as in the Insectivora. 
Lemur.—Makis, properly so called. 
Six incisors in the lower jaw compressed and slanting forwards, four in 
the upper that are straight, the intermediate ones being separated from 
each other; trenchant canines; six molares on each side above; six be- 
low; ears small. They are very active animals, which, from their pointed 
* The S. leonina, Humb. Obs. I. pl. 5, is brown, with white lips and black face, like 
this species; but it appears the hairs of the neck are more thickly set, forming a 
mane like that of the Marikina. Add Mid. chrysopygus, Natterer. 
(S$ (a) Lemures was the word employed by the Romans to express ghosts which 
walked by night, and because the animals now called Lemurs were remarkable for 
their disposition to sleep during the greater portion of the day, whilst at night they 
always became restless and bounded about with the greatest agility, Linnzus gave 
to them the above designation. Besides the peculiar characters of the Lemurs 
mentioned in the text, there are others which may be seen in the specimens in the 
London Zoological Gardens, namely, the elongated face, the round and prominent 
eyes, the long curved nail on the index finger of the hinder hand; they possess 
scarcely any external character in common with the monkey, save in the prehensile 
power of the hands. ‘There is reason to believe that the Lemurs are occasionally, or 
partially, carnivorous, and the nature of their teeth fully justifies the opinion.— 
Ena. Ep. 
