82 LEMURIDZ. 
Fig. 7. 
Otogale pallida. 
B. Head roundish; face short. Eyes very large. 
7. GALAGO. 
Ears large, pellucid, mombranaceous, hinder edge contractile. 
Cutting-teeth = ; the upper equal, slender, the lower shelving up- 
ward. The upper canines erect; the lower ones decumbent, 
shelving forward and upward. The first false grinder short, 
broad, three-lobed, like the others, and not prominent and erect 
like the canines. Feet elongate, slender, nearly as long as the 
shank or shin; tarsal bone longer than the metatarsal. 
Cheirosciurus, Cuv. § aes 1795. Galago et Galagoides, 4. Smith. 
Scartes, Swainson. Galago, Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 145. 
Mr. Ogilby says that the index finger is partly opposable to the other 
fingers and forms a group with the thumb (Proc. Zool. Soc.) ; but 
this does not agree with our observations or with the construction of 
the fingers of specimens in spirits. 
Lal 
* Tail thick, with spreading hairs; fingers and toes very slender, elongate ; 
the upper cutting-teeth placed in an arched line, one before the other. 
1. Galago Allenii. B. M. 
Far dark, blackish brown; forehead, rump, and base of tail grey ; 
arms and legs reddish-washed ; nose-streak and underside of body 
whitish ; tail black; fingers and toes very slender, free; ears mo- 
derate. Length of hind foot 210’. Skull (imperfect), length about 
2" 2'", breadth 1” 5'”. 
Galago Allenii, Waterhouse, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 87. Otolicnus Allenii, 
Van der Hoeven. Galago acaciarum, var., Lesson. 
Var. gabonensis, Skull small, 2", width 1" 43’". B.M. 
Galago otolicnus gabonensis, Mivart, P. Z, 8. 1864, p. 647. 
Hab. West Africa: Gaboon; Fernando Po. 
There is a considerable difference in the two skulls of this species 
which we have, though the skins resemble each other very closely, 
so much so that it would not be easy,to distinguish them as varieties. 
