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vered and edged with ash-coloured hairs. The 

 circumference efthe eyes, the ears,, and the sides 

 of the cheeks, are of a clear ash- colour, as well as 

 the fore parts of the arms and legs. The length 

 of this animal, measured in a straight line, is ten 

 inches and three lines ; but if measured according 

 to the curvature of the body, one foot and two 

 lines : the length of the head, from the tip of the 

 nose to the hind part, is two inches and five 

 lines. The interior toe is furnished with a sharp 

 crooked claw: the rest with nails. The tail is 

 fifteen inches long, of an uniform thickness 

 throughout its whole length, and of the same 

 colour with the body; the tip is rather deeper 

 than the rest, and the fur on this part measures 

 seven lines. It must be considered, I think, in 

 no other light than as a variety of the L. laniger. 



Autre Espece de Maki. Buff, suppl. p. 123. t. 35.. 



This, which is also described by Cepede, seems 

 greatly allied to the former; from which it differs, 

 on a general view, principally in the tints and 

 distributions of its colours. Its fur resembles that 

 of the former, but is more thick, woolly, crisp, 

 and tufted, as it were, causing the animal to ap- 

 pear thicker in proportion. The head is large, 

 and the snout not so long in proportion as in the 

 Vari, the Mongoz, and the Macauco. The eyes 

 are very large, and the eyelids bordered with 

 blackish. The forehead is large, and the ears 

 short and hid in the fur. The fore legs short in 

 comparison with the hinder. The tip of the nose 



