PYGATHRIX 97 



Co., 1851, p. 5: Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., 1852, p. 3; 

 Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 36; Tennent, 

 Nat. Hist. Ceyl., 1861, p. 5, fig. 2; Reichenb., Vollstand. 

 Naturg. Aflfen, 1862, p. 94, no fig. ; Jerd., Mamm. Ind., 1887, 

 p. 7 ; Anders., Zool. Res. Exped. Yunnan, 1877, p. 18 ; Forbes, 

 Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 108. 



Presbytis thersites Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XVI, 1847, p. 

 1271, pi. LIV, fig. 3; Horsf., Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. Ind. Co., 

 1851, p. 14; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., 1852, p. 5 ; Wagn., 

 Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 34 ; Tennent, Nat. Hist. 

 Ceylon, 1861, p. 132, pi. fig. 1 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. 

 Affen, 1862, p. 96, no fig. ; Hutton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1870, p. 15. 



Vetulus priamus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 



128, not figured. 



Vetulus thersites Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 



129, not figured. 



Semnopithecus priamus Hutton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 

 p. 949; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, 1881, p. 38. 



MADRAS LANGUR. 



Type locality. Coromandel Coast. Type not in Calcutta Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. India, Coromandel Coast and the Carnatic north 

 to Nellore; the Wynaad, and eastern slope of the Nilgiri Hills to 6,000 

 feet, and also in Northern Ceylon to the Kandyan Hills in the south. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. entellus, but head with a slight occipi- 

 tal crest ; hands and feet yellowish not black above ; facial portion of 

 skull shorter and more concave ; nasals short and broad. 



Color. Dark brown spot on middle of head, rest of head pale 

 yellow, very long black hairs above eyes ; upper part of body and outer 

 side of limbs dark broccoli brown ; hands and feet broccoli brown ; 

 under parts straw yellow like head; tail similar to back but darker. 

 Ex specimen Calcutta Museum from St. Pedro, Ceylon. Face black? 

 Callosities large. 



A very plain species of an almost uniform color on body, and 

 with a pale straw colored head. 



Measurements. Skull : total length, 107.4 ; occipito-nasal length, 

 88.8; intertemporal width, 48.1; width of braincase, 62.1; Hensel, 

 71.8; zygomatic width, 85.1; median length of nasals, 10; palatal 

 length, 39.3; length of upper molar series, 32.4; length of upper 

 canines, 21.1; length of mandible, 76.2; length of lower molar series, 

 35.5. 



