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DR. N. AXXANDALE ON AN 



[Nov. 17, 



An unknown Lemur from 

 By N. Annandale, D.Sc. 

 Indian Museum. 



the Lushai Hills, Assam. 

 C.M.Z.S., Superintendent, 



[Received Xovember 3, 1908.] 



(Text-figure 173.) 



Mr. T. D. La Touche, of the Geological Survey of Lidia, has 

 recently shown me a remarkable photograph taken by himself 

 during the Lushai Expedition of 1889-90. It represents two 

 individuals of a small mammal evidently allied to the Slow Lemurs 

 [Nycticehus), but differing from all known Asiatic species of the 

 order in possessing a thick, bushy tail. The photograph is not 

 clear as regards the tail, but Mr. La Touche assures me that 

 it was present. 



Text-fi2-. 173. 



An unknown Lemur from Assam. 



The new Lemur is white in colour, wuth a narrow black 

 mid-dorsal stripe extending from the occiput to the base of the 



