1. VARECIA, 71 
The Black Macaco, Edw. Glean, y. t. 217. Lemurniger, Geoff. Ann. 
Mus. xix. p. 159. L, macaco, Linn. Varecia nigra, Gray, P. Z. 8. 
1863, p. 136 ! 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Skull with the face much lengthened, tapering. The nose high, 
shelving on the side to the central ridges. The grinders large ; the 
upper cutting-teeth one before the other, on the side of the project- 
ing intermaxillary. The interorbital space very narrow and de- 
pressed. Length of skull 3 9’, breadth at zygomatic arch 2”. 
Fig. 1. 
Varecia varia. 
2. Varecia rubra, The Red Mauwcaco. B.M. 
Fur red ; wrist or ankles more or less white. 
Lemur ruber, Geoff. 1812. Prosimia rubra, A. Smith. _P. erythro- 
mela, Lesson. “Varecia rubra, Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 186! 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Skull wider, orbit more diverging, and the side of the nose higher 
-and flatter than in V. varia. 
