THE MACAQUES. 1 3 



at least so closely allied to it that I hesitate to separate 

 it." The specimens both from Borneo and from Aru, if truly 

 brought from these islands, must have been carried there in the 

 stream of commerce from Celebes to the eastward in the first 

 instance. 



V. THE JAPANESE MACAQUE. MACACUS FUSCATUS. 



Macacus speciosus, F. Cuv., Mammif., pi. 46 (1825) ; Murie, 

 P. Z. S., 1872, p. 780; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 418, 

 pi. xlvii. ; Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 114 (1876.) 



Liiius speciosus {r\QC. F. Cuv.), Temm., Faun. Jap. Zool. Mamm., 

 p. 9, pi. i., figs. I to 8; pi. ii., figs, i to 6 (1847); Gray, 

 Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 32 (1870). 



Macacus fuscatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xliv., extra no., p. 6 

 (1875); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 332; Anderson, Zool. 

 Exped. Yun-nan, p. 78 (1878 ; with full synonymy). 



Characters. — Face nude, prolonged forwards ; muzzle promi- 

 nent ; superciliary ridges overhanging the eyes ; eyebrows 

 meeting in the mid-line ; a bar over the eyes across the fore- 

 head bald, except for a few very short hairs ; fur in general, 

 long, soft, silky, and thick ; short hairs forming a sort of 

 whisker on the cheeks, continuous with the hair on the head 

 and the moderately long beard ; abdomen, chest, and inner 

 surface of limbs thinly haired ; ears large and, except on the 

 margins, covered with long silky hairs ; tail short, equally clad 

 with long hairs, and with a terminal tuft, varying from 2-3 

 inches in length. Length of body, 24 inches. Face in life 

 intensely red, with a purplish hue ; nose and lower lip washed 

 with brown ; callosities and naked parts of the scrotal region 

 purplish-red; sparse hairs of the face dark brown; general colour 

 of fur dark brown, or yellowish-brown, or olive, darkest along 



