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avoid perceivinp; the great resemblance between the young of his 

 species and Fischer's Galayo demidoffii from Senegal ; and the only 

 remarks he made against the identity of the two species are that 

 Fischer had not mentioned the white stripe on the nose, and that he 

 (Temminck) could not find on his species, " des poils tres-longs, 

 en forme de moustache, couvrant les coins de la bouche, les joues et 

 le coin de I'ceil," as noticed by Fischer. 



That Fischer's Galago demidoffii really belongs to the genus Ga- 

 htgo (Ofoliones), and not to Microcebiis (the only genus that might 

 be mistaken for it), there appears to be no doubt. For the figure 

 given by Fischer shows a much more pointed, narrow snout, and a 

 much longer tarsus, than is to be found in the genus from Mada- 

 gascar. 



The Berlin Museum has two stuffed specimens of Galago peli, an 

 adult male and a very young one of the size of a mouse. The latter 

 was determined and given by Temminck himself. They have the 

 same long bristles iu the face, not as described by Fischer, but as 

 shown in his figure, oji the side of the snout, above, in front, and 

 behind the eyes ; and the white, shady, defined streak on the nose of 

 the adult male is more yellowish and much less defined in the young 

 one. Besides this, all the species of Galago and Microeebus have 

 the upper part of the nose white or paler than the surrounding 

 parts. It appears to me therefore without doubt that Fischer's 

 Galago demidoffii is only a young specimen of the Otolicnus peli, so 

 well described by Temminck. 



A third specimen, a young male, of this interesting and rare little 

 animal, well preserved in spirits, which died in this Society's Gardens, 

 has given me an opportunity of examining also its internal parts. 



Mr. Wolf has made an excellent drawing of the living animal of 

 the natiu-al size (PI. XXXV.), which, together with the two accom- 

 panying figures, will give an exact idea of its pecuHar external form. 



