70 LEMURIDA. 
Section A. The legs much longer than the arms. Fingers free, well de- 
veloped. Tail elongate, hairy, except in Indris. 
Tribe I. LEMURINA. 
Head elongate; face more or less produced. Ears moderate, 
hairy externally, more or less hid in the fur. Feet shorter than the 
tarsus. Upper cutting-teeth subequal, on the side of the more or less 
prominent intermaxillary bone. Tail elongate, hairy. The great toe 
short, broad. The length of the feet is shown in the skeleton by 
the tarsal bones being shorter, or not longer, than the metatarsal 
ones ; they are shorter than the shank or tibia, being generally about 
two-thirds the length of that part of the leg. 
Lemurina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 133. 
A, Head elongate; muzzle elongate. Ears exposed. 
1. VARECIA. 
The cheek and chin surrounded by a fringe of long hair. The ears 
pencilled at the end. The wrist hairy. The skull elongate. Face 
tapering, broad behind, and shelving on the sides of the nose; su- 
perciliary ridges prominent, much higher than the forehead. 
Varecia, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 185. 
1. Varecia varia. The Ruffed Maucaco. B.M, 
Fur black-and-white varied, rarely all black or all white. 
Ruffed Maucaco, Penn. Syn. p. 118. Lemur melanoleucus, Gray. 
L. macaco, Gmelin; Linn. 8. N.; Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. p. 215; 
F. Cuw. Mamm. Lith. t. L. mocaco, eee Vari, Buffon, H. N. 
xiii. t. 27d; Schreb.t.40 B; Audeb. Makis, t. 61. £ 5. Pro- 
simia macaco, Gray ; Lesson, Spec. i. p. 233. Varecia varia, Gray, 
P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 186 ! 
Var. 1. Side of the nose, mouth, ears, back of neck, back, and 
sides white ; forehead, belly, outer side of limbs, and tail black.— 
Buffon, H. N. t. xiii. ¢. 29. 
Var. 2. Black; colour on the cheek and neck, the limbs, and an 
indistinct band round the body white. 
Le Vari ceinture, Geoff. Rev. Ency. t.; Audeb. Makis, t. 17, f. 6; 
F, Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t.  Prosimia subcincta, A. Smith, 
. Var, 3, Grey white; muzzle, top of the head, shoulders, arms, 
inner side of thighs, tail, and four hands deep black or brown.— 
Audeb. t. 16. f. 5. 
Var, 4. White. 
Var. 5. White, with a brown spot on the forehead, a larger one 
on each side. 
Var. 6. Black. B.M. 
