ART. I MAMMALS FROM CHINA — HOWELL 35 



PITHECUS LASIOTIS (Gray) 



Maeacus lasiotis Gr-vy, Pi'oc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 18G8, p. 61 (Szechwan, 

 China). 



Speewie}u^.— Ten: Chihli, 2; Shanghai, Kiangsii, 3; ISIoimt Omei, 

 1. Giakeoho, 1, and Suifu, Szechwan, 1; and Ashi, Yunnan, 2. 



The Kiangsu specimens are in worn peLage, those from Yunnan 

 very bright, and the remainder duller. The material, however, is 

 entirely inadequate to enable one to judge of the proper disposition 

 of the names tcheliensis and vestitus and as the matter is further 

 complicated by ignorance regarding just which of the specimens 

 were transported captives, the more conservative nomenclature is 

 herewith employed. 



Genus PYGATHRIX Geoflfroy 



PYGATHRIX ipecies 



/Specimens. — Three; purchased in Peking and said to be from 

 Eastern Tombs, Chihli, 1 ; and bought alive in Shanghai, Kiangsu, 2. 



I am not aware that the present genus has been recorded from 

 northern China and it seems extremely likely that the Chihli speci- 

 men was brought into the countr}^ from elsewhere. It is a young 

 individual, the chin and throat being white and the rump and base 

 of the tail distinctly paler gray than the rest of the back, suggesting 

 P. nigripes of Cochin China. On the labels of the two bought alive 

 in Shanghai b}^ Mr. Wulsin is written "Hainan," but it seems most 

 unlikely that they came from this island. The locality of capture 

 therefore is unknown and their characters do not permit of exact 

 determination witli the comparative material available. The dor- 

 sum is black while the facial markings, shoulder stripes and under- 

 parts are dingy gray. There is also a preponderance of these gray 

 hairs upon the hind legs and beneath the tail. 



Genus RHINOPITHECUS Milne-Edwards 



RHINOPITHECUS ROXELLANAE (Milne-Edwards) 



Semnopithecus roxcllanae Milne-Edwards, Compt. Rend., vol. 70, 1870, ii. 

 341 (principality of Moupin, Tibet=Muping district, Szechwan, China). 



The single hunter's skin, without skull, of an adult female of this 

 interesting and rare monkey was purchased by Doctor Graham from 

 natives in southern Szechwan. He said in his field catalogues that 

 its habitat is said to be in the high mountains north and west of 

 Yachow. 



