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  LASIOPYGA 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,068.4; 
  tail, 
  606.2. 
  Skull: 
  presum- 
  

   ably 
  in 
  the 
  specimen. 
  

  

  The 
  example 
  above 
  described 
  and 
  marked 
  as 
  the 
  Type 
  does 
  not 
  

   altogether 
  agree 
  with 
  Audebert's 
  figure 
  and 
  description, 
  especially 
  as 
  

   regards 
  the 
  tail 
  which 
  he 
  says 
  is 
  "olivatre," 
  and 
  figures 
  this 
  member 
  

   mainly 
  as 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  olive 
  yellow 
  without 
  any 
  red 
  whatever. 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  

   examples 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  like 
  Audebert's 
  figure, 
  nor 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  

   collection, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  made 
  no 
  error 
  in 
  his 
  colors, 
  the 
  above 
  example 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  his 
  type 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  yet 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  true 
  ascanius. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  Audebert's 
  description 
  of 
  his 
  "L'Ascaigne" 
  : 
  

   "L'Ascaigne 
  a 
  treize 
  pouces 
  depuis 
  le 
  museau 
  jusqu'a 
  l'origine 
  de 
  la 
  

   queue; 
  sa 
  face 
  est 
  bleu; 
  on 
  remarque 
  sur 
  les 
  paupieres 
  une 
  legere 
  

   teinte 
  de 
  violet 
  ; 
  les 
  yeux 
  sont 
  roux, 
  et 
  les 
  sourcils, 
  formes 
  par 
  de 
  long 
  

   poils, 
  sont 
  noirs; 
  ainsi 
  que 
  la 
  partie 
  superieure 
  du 
  nez, 
  qui, 
  a 
  son 
  

   extremite 
  est 
  couvert 
  de 
  poils 
  fins, 
  tres-courts, 
  et 
  du 
  blanc 
  le 
  plus 
  

   eclatant; 
  les 
  levres 
  sont 
  un 
  peu 
  pileuses, 
  la 
  superieure 
  est 
  bleuatre, 
  

   l'inf 
  erieure 
  est 
  presque 
  de 
  couleur 
  de 
  chair 
  ; 
  le 
  front, 
  le 
  tour 
  de 
  la 
  face 
  

   et 
  les 
  joues 
  sont 
  couvertes 
  de 
  poils 
  noirs. 
  Audessous 
  de 
  chaque 
  oreille 
  

   on 
  remarque 
  une 
  grande 
  touffe 
  de 
  poils 
  blancs, 
  qui 
  divergent 
  en 
  partant 
  

   d'un 
  centre 
  commun, 
  et 
  forment 
  une 
  espece 
  de 
  rosette. 
  Les 
  oreilles 
  

   sont 
  nues, 
  de 
  couleur 
  de 
  chair, 
  et 
  depassent 
  a 
  peine 
  le 
  poil, 
  qui, 
  en 
  

   general, 
  est 
  tres 
  long 
  et 
  tres 
  touffu. 
  Le 
  sommet 
  de 
  la 
  tete, 
  le 
  cou, 
  le 
  dos 
  

   et 
  la 
  queue 
  de 
  cet 
  animal, 
  sont 
  olivatres 
  ; 
  la 
  barbe, 
  la 
  poitrine, 
  le 
  ventre, 
  

   l'interieur 
  des 
  quatres 
  membres 
  sont 
  d'un 
  gris 
  fonce, 
  et 
  la 
  partie 
  

   exterieur 
  des 
  bras 
  est 
  noire." 
  

  

  This 
  description 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  living 
  individual, 
  then 
  in 
  the 
  

   menagerie 
  in 
  the 
  Jardin 
  des 
  Plantes, 
  Paris. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen, 
  as 
  I 
  

   have 
  said, 
  any 
  specimen 
  like 
  it, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  reject 
  the 
  example 
  marked 
  

   Type 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  "L'Ascaigne" 
  of 
  Audebert 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  take 
  

   its 
  place 
  among 
  the 
  unknown 
  species 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  received. 
  Schlegel 
  

   (1. 
  c.) 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  of 
  L. 
  ascanius 
  states 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  example 
  "Le 
  

   blanc 
  du 
  dessous 
  de 
  la 
  queue 
  change, 
  des 
  la 
  deuxieme 
  tiers 
  de 
  la 
  longeur 
  

   de 
  cette 
  organe, 
  au 
  roux, 
  rougedtre" 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  the 
  color 
  

   of 
  the 
  tail 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  

   the 
  light 
  in 
  the 
  cage 
  may 
  have 
  betrayed 
  Audebert 
  and 
  caused 
  

   him 
  to 
  mistake 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  as 
  the 
  animal 
  would 
  not 
  re- 
  

   main 
  quiet 
  to 
  have 
  its 
  portrait 
  painted. 
  At 
  all 
  events 
  the 
  discrep- 
  

   ancy 
  exists, 
  and 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  Audebert's 
  figure 
  and 
  description 
  do 
  

   not 
  agree. 
  

  

  