PEIMATES FEOM MADAGASCAE. 137 



are taken. The figures for Man and the Anthropoid Apes are quoted from 

 Duckworth's ' Morphology and Anthropology' : — 



Palffiopropithecus 63'3 



Megaladapis ....... 93-8 



Gorilla 80-1 



Chimpanzee 94*5 



Simla 102-7 



Hylobates 115"5 



HominidEG 81 



Text-fiff. 36. 



Text-fig. 37. 



Ulna of Ulna of 



Mecjaladapis rjrandidieri. X 5. Palxcopropitliecus maximus. X |. 



It is thus possible with the material above described to construct the arm of both 

 of these giant Lemuroids. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the lower limb. 

 In view of the large number of individuals both of Megaladapis and Palceopropitliecus 

 represented by the remains exhumed at Ampasambazimba, the almost total absence of 



