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8. Macacus assamensis. B. M. 



Forehead and crown with short hair directed backwards ; fur grey 

 brown, varied with the white tips to the longer hairs ; chin and 

 below whiter ; outside of the shoulders, thighs, and limbs darker 

 grey ; tail longer than the body. 



Macacus assamensis, M'Clelland, Ilorsf. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 148. 

 Hah. Siam, Mouhot. 



Like M. cynomolfjus, but pale grey, without any red shade. Hors- 

 field's type is not in the Museum Collection. 

 See also 



a. Macacus aureus, Is. Geoff. Belanger, Yoy. The hair of the 



crown forms a triangle, edged with white on the sides, with 

 black bristles on the eyebrows, the hair of the triangle 

 directed obliquely ; fur red fulvous, hairs waved and striated ; 

 outer sides of limbs pale grey ; cheeks, neck, and sides of 



the head with long hairs; face ? ? Macacus car- 



bonarius, var. pyrrhous, Blyrh. ? Simia mulatta, Shaw. 

 Hah. India: Bengal, Leschenault ; Siimatia, Duvaucel. This 

 cannot be our pale-yellow Cynomolgus, as the outsides of 

 the limbs are like the back, but paler. 



b. Macacus palpehrosus, Is. Geoff. Cat. p. 92 ; Arch, du Mus. v. 



p. 542, note. Fiir brown, olive-washed ; below white ; crown 

 reddish ; eyeUd and spot on each side, rather below and out- 

 side of the eye, white ; tail voiy long. Hah. Manilla. 



9. Macacus Rhesus. The Ehesus. B. M. 



The forehead and crown with short reflexed bail' ; fur grey brown, 

 yellow-washed with the yellow tips to the longer hairs ; sides of 

 neck f shoulders, and outsides of fore limbs darker grey; haunches 

 and hinderside of thighs fulvous ; tail shorter than the body, brovFii 

 at the end. 



Macaque a queue courte, Buffon, H. N. Su])j}. vii. t. 13. Simia 

 Rhesus, Audeb. t. 1. S. erythraia, Schrcb. Macacus erythrjeus. Is. 

 Geoff". Voy. Bilany. Simia patas, Link. Macacus Rhesus, Desm. 

 ? M. nipalensis, Hodgson. 



Var. M. {I'ithex) pelops, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta, ix. 

 p. 1212, figiu'e of head. 



Hah. India : Bengal, Nepal, Hodgson. 



See Macacus cychpis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 350, t. 42. 

 Head round ; face flat ; forehead naked ; neck with a ruff- 

 like beard ; whiskers dark ; tail short, hairy ; fur thick, 

 woolly, slate-coloured. Hah. rormosa. Called How-tsze or 

 Kaou. 



10. Macacus speciosus. The Brilliant Macaque. B. M, 

 Forehead and crown with short reflexed hairs ; fur very fine and 



