PYGATHRIX 93 



Geogr. Distr. Range of the Himalayas, Cashmere to Bhutan. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. entellus but larger; head paler than 

 the back ; ears smaller; feet and limbs of nearly uniform color; nasals 

 project beyond the anterior border of premaxillaries. Hair on head 

 radiating from central point. 



Color. Black line across forehead over eyes, top of head wood 

 brown or whitish on frontal half, straw yellow on back and sides of 

 head and on throat ; upper parts and sides of body mars brown ; under 

 parts grayish ; limbs mars brown like back ; hands and feet mixed 

 brown and gray ; tail like back. Skull in skin. Ex specimen Calcutta 

 Museum from Sikkim. 



The skin was not made up, and was very stiff and difficult to 

 handle, especially to get the color of limbs, hands and feet. 



Measurements. Total length, 1,520; tail, 820; foot, 200, (skin). 

 Skull, (of another specimen), total length, 143.7; occipito-nasal length, 

 111.3; intertemporal breadth, 53.5; Hensel, 103.8; zygomatic width, 

 1 14.2 ; breadth of braincase, 75.6 ; median length of nasals, 12.6 ; palatal 

 length, 56.5 ; length of upper molar series, 40 ; length of mandible, 

 107.4 ; length of lower molar series, 50.3 ; length of upper canines, 

 24.4. 



"Except in inhabiting a much cooler climate, this Langur differs 

 but little from the Hanuman monkey in habits. Hutton has observed 

 it near Simla, sporting amongst fir trees that were loaded with snow 

 wreaths." (Blanford). 



PyGATHRIX LANIA (EUiot). 



Presbytis lania Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909, 

 p. 273. 



Type locality. Chumbi, Thibet. Type in British Museum. 



Genl. Char. Hair long, thick, woolly, inclined to gather in masses 

 especially on upper back and shoulders. Size large. 



Color. Head and hind neck yellowish white; sides of head, pure 

 white ; upper parts of back and shoulders, sepia ; flanks and upper parts 

 of arms, pale brownish gray; upper parts of legs paler, more silvery 

 gray ; hands black ; chin, throat, under parts of body and inner side 

 of limbs yellowish white ; tail, above like back, paler, more whitish 

 beneath. Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Size about the same as P. schistacea. Skull : 

 total length, 125.3; occipito-nasal length, 102.7; intertemporal width, 

 50.8 ; breadth of braincase, 73.5 ; Hensel, 88.3 ; zygomatic width, 102.5 ; 



