CHARACTERS.--"Somewhat similar to the Weasel-like Lemur (_L. mustelinus_) in coloration, but having the back and the outer portion of the shoulder and fore-limbs bright chestnut, passing into russet on the back (darker between the shoulders), on the outer parts of the hind-limbs and tail, as well as on the top of the head, where it is washed with greyish. A dark, dorsal stripe from the centre of the forehead to the middle of the back, where it is darkest. Breast and under surface of body yellowish-grey. "Skull markedly distinguished from that of the other species by the small size of the molars; pre-molars not diminished in size; a depression at the base of the nasals; the bony palate more elongated than in _L. mustelinus_." DISTRIBUTION.--The eastern districts of the Betsileo province, Central Madagascar. PLATE IX. [Illustration: THE WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE-LEMUR.] {89}SECTION B. (SPECIES MINORES.) V. THE ROUND-HEADED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR GLOBICEPS. _Lepidolemur globiceps_, Forsyth Major. CHARACTERS.--"The smallest of the Sportive-Lemurs. Similar to _Lepidolemur ruficaudatus_, but less rufous down the fore-limbs; the tail drab colour. "Skull very characteristic; the brain-case broad, high, and globose, the facial region short; the premaxillæ more reduced than in any other species; the external auditory channel very large; the occipital region less vertical than in the species of Section A." DISTRIBUTION.--Ambulisatra, south-west Madagascar. VI. GRANDIDIER'S SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR GRANDIDIERI. _Lepilemur mustelinus_, Gray (nec Geoffr.), P. Z. S., 1863, p. 144. _Lepidolemur grandidieri_, Forsyth Major. CHARACTERS.--"General colour cinnamon; head greyish; an indistinct median dorsal streak from the forehead along the back; inner side of the limbs and under side of the body yellowish-grey. "Skull remarkable for the large size of its orbits, and for the anterior convergence of its upper dental cheek-series being greater than in the other members of the group." DISTRIBUTION.--North-west Madagascar. VII. WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR LEUCOPUS. _Lepidolemur leucopus_, Forsyth Major, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., xiii., p. 211 (1894). (_Plate IX._) {90}CHARACTERS.--Ears large, long, membranaceous; tail shorter than the body. Upper side Chinchilla-grey, with an indistinct median brownish stripe from the neck to the root of the tail. Top of head brownish-grey, with a darker median stripe; cheeks and chin whitish. Ears encircled by a broad ring of whitish hair. Neck, shoulders, and upper parts of the fore-arm pale rufous. Breast and belly greyish-white; inner surfaces of the hind-limbs and the heels pure white.[6] Tail greyish, with a rusty tinge. Length, 12 inches; tail, 10½ inches.