58 CEBID^. 



• Tail cylindrical, hair short. 



1. Nyctipithecus trivirgatns. The DouroucouU. B. M. 



The black streaks on the crown distinct, linear ; frontal spot elon- 

 gate, yeUowish ; fur short ; throat and inside of limbs greyish ashy ; 

 chest and belly ferruginous ; tail slender, cylindrical, blackish brown, 

 yeUowish brown at the under part at the base. 



Simla trivirgata, Hwmhohlt. Nyctipithecus trivirgatus, Gray, Ann. 

 and Mug. N. H. x. p. 25G, 1842 ! N. Humboldtii, Schi?iz. N. 

 Osern, I. Geoff. Cat. p. 2; Castelnau, Exjjed. Amer. Sud, t. 2. f. 1. 

 N. vociferans, Spi.v, Bras. t. 2, 1823. 



Hab. Peru. 



2. Nyctipithecus Commersonii. The Vitoe. B. M. 



Black facial streaks irregidar and rather confused ; side ones linear; 

 the middle one broad, lozenge-shaped ; frontal spots short, white ; fur 

 rather long, thick ; neck, chest, belly, and inner part of base of limbs 

 and tail fulvous ; tail cylindrical. 



Nyctipithecus felinus, Spi.r,Jiras.t. 18 (good), 1823; Is. Geoff. Cat. ; 

 Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1842, x. p. 256 ! Cliirogaleus Coni- 

 mersonii, Vigors and Ilorsjield, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 112, 1829 ! 

 Calhtluix infulatus, Licht. ; Kuhl. Nocthora trivu-gata, F. Cuv. 

 Mamm. Lith. t. 



Hah. Brazil. 



** Tail depressed, broad ; hair of tail spreading on the sides like a squirrel. 



3. Nyctipithecus lemurinus. The Broad-tailed Vitoe. B.M. 



Head with a rounded white spot over each eye ; frontal streaks 

 indistinct ; fur of body and tail elongate ; tail bushy. 



Nyctipithecus hirsutus. Gray, List Mannn. B. M. 1842 ! N. lemu- 

 rinus. Is. Geoff. Mem. Ac. R. de Vlnstitut, 1843, p. 178; Voy. Venus, 

 Mamm. t. 3. f. 2. N. felinus, var., Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1842 ! 



Hah. Columbia ; Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Tribe VI. PITHECINA. 



Grinders |.-|. Lower cutting-teeth large, shelving forward, con- 

 verging, separated from the canines by a space. Lower jaw not di- 

 lated behind. Fur harsh, elongate. Claws bent. Nostiils far 

 apart. 



9. PITHECIA. 



Chin with a broad beard. Crown with a radiated divided wig. 

 Head and neck short. Tail long, covered with long hair. Canines 

 strong. Septum of the nose broader than the cutting-teeth. Ears 

 moderate. Gregarious, slow, sad, voracious, vociferous. 



