_Lemur macaco_, _var._ Schreber, Säugeth., p. 142, pl. 40 B (1775).
_Lemur macaco et L. ruber_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 159 (1812).
_Lemur varius_, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 71, no. 2 (1851);
Schl., Mus. Pays. Bas., vii., p. 301 (1876); Milne-Edwards et Grandid.,
H. N. Madag., Mamm., Atlas, pls. 123-129 (1690).
(_Plate VII._)
CHARACTERS.--Face and top of head black; a stripe over the eyes, ridge of
nose and tip of nostrils, creamy-white; a patch on the shoulder, the inside
of the fore-legs, the inner surface of body, a patch on the front of the
thighs, the inner side of the limbs, and the feet, black; tail black,
washed with white on the upper surface; rest of body creamy-white.