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.

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