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Show 272 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON OALAGO GARNETTI. [Mar. 19, The patch of spines lies behind the pad lettered 5 in the figure of Murie and Mivart. The spines themselves are of a brown colour, paler therefore than the corresponding structures in Hapalemur griseus. The longest of them are quite 10 m m . in length ; and this fact coupled with the relative smallness of the area which they cover renders them rather more conspicuous than in Hapalemur. On the other hand, they might be readily destroyed in the preparation of a skin, and thus have escaped notice at the hands of zoologists. Whether they are Text-tig. 71. "Hi L -A Galago garnetti. Right hind foot:-I, hallux; A, patch of horny outgrowths. present in other species of the genus as a general rule or not, I am unable to say ; but 1 can at any rate assert that there is no such modification of the skin of the foot of Galago maholi, the only species which I a m at the present moment able to examine iu the tiesh. The dried skin of G. monteiri shows no traces of these structures, but I do not regard that piece of evidence as so strong. There can be no doubt that in Hapalemur griseus the corresponding structures are a permanent and apparently universal |