136 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SPECIES OF LEMXJROTDS. [April 21, 



ears pencilled at the end. The wrist hairy. The skull elongate. Face 

 tapering, broad behind and shelving on the sides of the nose ; super- 

 ciliary ridges prominent, much higher than the forehead. 



1. VaRECIA VARIA. B.M. 



Lemur macaco, Gmelin. 



Lemur variiis, Geoff. 



Maki vari, Buffon, H. N. xiii. 178, t. 27. 



Prosimia macaco. Gray. 



Fur black and white-Taried. 



Hab. Madagascar {Brit. Mus.). 



Skull, with the face much lengthened, tapering. The nose high, 

 shelving on the side to the central ridges. The grinders large ; the 

 upper cutting teeth one before the other, on the side of the projecting 

 intermaxillaries. The interorbital space very narrow and depressed. 



Length of skull 3" 9'", breadth at zygomatic arch 2". 



2. Varecia nigra. B.M. 



Lemur macaco, Linn. 



Lemur niger, Geoff. 1812 ; Schreb. Saugeth. t. 40 a ; Peters, Mos- 

 samb. 21. 



Fur uniform black. 



Hah. Madagascar {Brit. Mus.). 



3. Varecia rubra. B.M. 



Lemur ruber, Geoff. 1812. 

 Fur red ; wrist or ankles more or less white. 

 Hab. Madagascar {Brit. Mus.). 



Skull wider, orbit more diverging, and the side of the nose higher 

 and flatter, than in V. varia. 



4. Varecia leucomystax. 



Lemur leucomystax, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 3-17, pi. xli. 

 Grey ; patch on lower part of back and fringe round the face 

 white. 



Hab. Madagascar ; living in the Zoological Gardens. 



4. Lemur. 



Face without any ruff. Ears hairy externally. The hand with a 

 bald line up the inside of the wrist, ending in a bald spot above. 

 The tail ringed. Upper cutting teeth subequal, rather shelving. 

 Skull with the forehead convex ; face rather compressed, round above. 



Lemur catta, Linn. B.M. 



Macaco, Buffon, xiii. t. 22. 

 Pi-osimia catta, Lesson. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



Skull quite adult, length 3" 2'", breadth 1" 10'"; the interorbital 

 space flattened, narrow ; forehead convex. 



