CHARACTERS OF THE LEMURS AND TARSIUS. 



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intermediate pad is small and rounded, smallei- than and in con- 

 tact with the internal proximal, which is elongated and surpasses 

 the external proximal in length. The second intermediate pad 

 is markedly larger than the others of tha,t series. Finally, the 

 nails are sharply pointed, compressed and convex from base to 

 tip, simulating claws, nearly the distal half being free from the 

 pad thougli normally resting upon it (text-fig. 9, C). 



Text-figure 9. 



A. Hand and B. Voot oi Heniigalago demidqffi ; nat. size. 

 C. Hand and D. Koot of Tarsius ; nat. size. 



1-4, intermediate pads ; I-II, proximal pads. 



In the feet the hairy area back to the heel is shorter than in 

 Hemigalago, and the naked padded area and digits longer. The 

 plantar pads are peculiar. The hallucal, or fii-st, intermediate is 

 large and prominent, and is fused to the internal proximal to 



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