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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON LtiMUR MACACO. [Juiie 16, 



5. Note on Lemur macaco, and the way in wliich it carries 

 its Young. By P. L. Sclater, M.A , Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 ! Secretary to the Society. 



[Received June 12, 1SS5.] 



It is now well known that the White-whiskered Lenmr {Lemur 

 leucomystax, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 451 ; P. Z. S. lS(i2, p. 347, pi. xli.) 

 is the female of the Black Lemur {Lemur macaco). For the last 

 few years we have had pairs of this species living together in the 

 Society's Gardens. The female of a pair of Black Lemurs purchased 

 of Mr. A. H. Jamraeii on the 1st August, ISSJ (sp. no. 116 of 



Lemur )iawacu I'eiuale and young. 



