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MR. P. L. SCXATER ON LEMUR MACACO. [JlUie 16, 



5. Note on Lemur macaco, aud the way in wliicli it carries 

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

 Secretary to the Society. 



[Eeceived June 12, 1885.] 



It is now well known that the "Wliite-whiskered Lemur {Lemur 

 hucomystax, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 451 ; P. Z. S. 18(i2, p. 34/, pi. .\li.) 

 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. Jamrach on the 1st August, 1882 (sp. no. llGof 







Lemur macaco female and young. 



