960 MR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON THE LEMURID^. [DcC. 12, 



The liver is thus formed on the same general principle as that of 

 Tragulus, but it is rather more simple ; the fissure between the right 

 and left lobe and that for the gall-bladder are less deep. The middle 

 accessory lobe is broader and shorter and less distinctly marked off 

 from the rest of the organ ; and, especially, the right accessory lobe 

 is relatively larger. 



[^Postscript. — Since these notes were communicated to the So- 

 ciety, I have had an opportunity, through the kindness of Professor 

 Huxley, of examining the body of an adult female Hyomoschus, sent 

 to him in spirit from the west coast of Africa. In all its principal 

 anatomical characters it agreed perfectly with the specimen above 

 described. The larynx was of the same form and dimensions. In 

 the stomach the rudimentary psalterium, as distinguished from the 

 abomasus by the different character of its lining membrane, was 

 equally distinct. The vagina was .5 inches in length ; the uterus 

 3^ inches to the point of bifurcation, sharply bent back on itself 

 near the upper end, and terminated in a pair of rather short, closely 

 curled cornua. — February 1st, 18C8.] 



2. Additional Notes on the Osteology of the Lemuridte. By 

 Sr. George Mivart, F.L.S., Lectui-er on Comparative 

 Anatomy at St. Mary^s Hospital. 



When, in November 18G4, I had the honour of laying before the 

 Zoological Society my notes on the crania and dentition of the Le- 

 muriilcB*, I regretted my inability to determine certain points, owing 

 to the want of the requisite specimens. 



During a recent visit to Paris I have had, through the kindness 

 of Professor Milne-Edwards and of his son M. Alphonse Milne- 

 Edwards, the opportunity of supplying some of these omissions by 

 an examination of the specimens preserved in the National Collections 

 at the Jardin des Plantes. In addition to this, since my return, 

 M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards has had the great kindness to have 

 extracted from the skin and sent to me the bones of a specimen of 

 the Cheirogaleus furcifer of Isid. Geoff. St. Ililaire, including the 

 tarsus — a part I so much regretted, three years ago, not being able 

 then to examine. 



The specimen in question forms part of the extremely valuable 

 collection lately brought from Madagascar by M. Alfred Grandidier, 

 a gentleman to whom science is very much indebted already, but who, 

 in spite of the attractions of a Society he is so well calculated to 

 adorn, has just again set out for three years' more labour in the same 

 interesting field of biological research. 



Amongst the zoological rarities preserved at Paris, and as yet ab- 

 sent from our own collections, is the skeleton of Hcqmlemur. This 



* P..Z. S. 1864. p. 611. 



