20 SIMIAD^. 



thumb largo. Ej-es and ears very large. Nose rather prominent. 



Septum thick. Nostrils oblong, open, rather lateral. Skull large, 



enlarged above the orbits ; face very short ; orbits large. Hah. Africa. 



Miopithecus, 7s. Geoff. Arch, du Mus. ii. p. 549, 1843 ; Dahlhom, p. 99. 



Miopithecus talapoin. The TaJapom. B. M. 



Fur above olive-green, beneath whitish ; face black ; upper lip 

 yellow, with scattered black hairs ; orbits orange ; eyebrows whitish ; 

 whiskers short, pale golden yellow. 



Talapoiu, Biffon, H. N. xiv. t. 46; Mamm. Lith. t. Simla tala- 

 poin, Schreb. Cercopitliecus talapoin, Er.d. ^Miopithecus talapoin, 

 Is. Geoff. Arch, du Mus. ii. p. 549. C. melarhiuus, Hchinz, i. p. 47. 

 M. capillatus, I. Geoff. 



(Discoloured.) Cercopitliecus pileatus, Desm. {Mus. Paris), uot Shaw. 



Hah. West Africa. 



12. CERCOPITHECUS. 



Head rounded. Face short ; cheek-pouches large ; whiskers 

 rounded, soft. Hands short ; thumb well developed. Fur black, more 

 or less yellow-ringed. The last lower grinder with four tubercles. 

 Hah. Africa. 



Guenon, Buffon. Cercopithecus, part., Er.rl. 



a. Nose blue ; whiskers yellow. Species 1. 



h. Nose covered 'ndth white hairs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 



c. Nose and ears covered with red hairs. 7. 



d. Nose coloured like the body. 



* Haimches with a wliite streak. 8, 9. 

 ** Haunches with a white spot. 10. 

 *** Haunches without streak or spot. 



t Head with a black temple-streak. 11, 11*, 12. 

 ft Head without any black streak. 13, 14, 15. 



1. Cercopithecus cephus. The Moustache. B. M. 



I f Olive-green, yellow-dotted ; throat and beneath grey ; temples and 

 face black ; whiskers yellow ; nose with a large triangular blue mark ; 

 hands and feet blackish. 



Moustac, Bnffon, H. N. xiv. t. 39 ; F. Cuv. Mamm. Lifh. t. ? Si- 

 mia ceplius, Linn. Cercopitliecus cephus, Er.ii. 



Adult. Front of crown reddish. B. M. 



Hah. West Africa. 



2. Cercopithecus petaurista. The White-cheeled Hocheur, B. M. 



Fur olive-green, yeUow-dotted ; face black ; nose-spot small, sub- 

 trigonal, white ; cheeks, chin, and under parts of body, inside of 

 legs, and underside of tail white. 



