90 LEMURIDE. 
Microrhynchus laniger. The Avahi. B.M. 
Brown, varied ; rump, spot over groin, and beneath whitish, with 
a narrow white lunate band on the forehead. 
Lichanotus laniger, I/kger. Lemur laniger, Gmekn. Maki &bourres, 
Sonnerat, t. 89; cop. Buffon, Supp. viii. t. 85. Lemur lanatus, 
Schreb. Indris longicaudatus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. p. 158. L. 
brunneus, Link, Beytr. p. 65. Semnocebus Avahi, Lesson; Hoe- 
ven, Nat. Tids. xi. t. 8, and t. 2. f. 6, skull, Avahi, Jourdan, In- 
stitute, 1834, p. 231. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Length of foot about 24 inches. 
Tribe IV. INDRISINA. 
Head elongate. Face well developed. Eyes moderate. The hind 
foot short, broad. Great toe very long, slender. 
Lichanotina, part., Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825. Indrinina, Gray, P. Z. 8. 
1868. 
10. PROPITHECUS. 
Ears short, smooth inside, and visible in the fur, Nostrils sepa- 
rated by a moderate septum. Tail elongate. The two middle 
upper cutting-teeth very large, oblique, sharp-edged. Great toe 
long, hairy. 
Propithecus, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 20. Macromerus, A. Smith, 
1834. Habrocebus, Wagner, 1840. 
Cutting-teeth 22; upper chisel-shaped, expanded at the end, two 
middle larger; lower elongate, subulate, decumbent. Canines 1; 
upper canines broad, lower elongate, decumbent. Fur formed of 
long, straight, silky hairs. Head, nose, and top of the back black. 
Forehead, ears, thorax, and tail yellowish white. Shoulders, sides, 
and beneath white. Lips with black hairs. Between the eyes and 
over the claws are some yellowish hairs. 
Propithecus diadema. The Propitheque. B.M. 
Grey ; limbs yellowish; hand and top of the head black ; 
shoulders and part of back blackish ; circumference of face white. 
Propithecus diadema, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 20. Macromerus 
typicus, 4. Smith, South African Journal. Lemur diadema, Blainv. 
Ost. t. 8. £3; t. 11. £ 2, 
Hab. Madagascar. 
11. INDRIS. 
Upper cutting-teeth large, strong, compressed, one before the 
other in an arched linc. Ears exserted, hairy. Nostrils separated 
by a very narrow septum. Bodythick. Feet short; tarsus shorter 
