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II. 



MAKI. LEMUR. 



Four upper cutting-teeth, standing distant in pairs. Six lower ones, 

 directed obliquely forwards. Long tail. 



1. Le Maki Mococo. Lemur Catta. With tail annulated with black 



and white. 

 L. Catta. Lin. 

 Mococo. Buff. 



2. Le Maki Mongous, L. Mongoz. Grey M. white beneath, with 



a black circle round the eyes, and a tail of the fame colour with 



the body. 

 A. With grey hands. 

 Edw. Glanures. l.p. iz.pl. 2 1 6. 

 A. With tawny hands. 

 Buff. 13 /. 174.//. 26. 



3. Le Maki Brun. Lfulvus. Brown M. grey beneath, with black 



head. 



A. With tawny hands. 

 Buff.suppl. 7. pi. 33. 



B. With brown hands. An unpublished variety, in the pos- 

 session of Mons. Marechal. This is probably the kind 

 named Bugee by Petiver. 



4. Le Maki Noir. L. Niger. Entirely black, with long hair round 



the neck. 

 Ed<w. Glan.pl. 17. 



5. Le Maki Vari. L. Macaco. Variegated with large regular 



patches of black and white, with long hair round the neck. 

 A. Le vari commun. 



Buff. 13- 



B Le vari a ceinture. 



This is a variety differing only from that described by Buffon 

 in the distribution of its colours ; having the head, body, 

 and tail, black, with a white circle round the neck : the 

 fore part of the legs, back of the thighs, and a transverse 

 band on the middle of the back, are also milk-white. 



