26 Lloyd's natural history. 



coloured fnr, the hairs having the yellow rings rich orange or 

 brick-red, especially on the hind quarters. 



Fur long, fine, and silky, longest on the shoulders, neck, and 

 upper surface of feet ; hair on the top of the head not radiated; 

 ears hairy ; callosities surrounded by hair ; a naked red spot 

 at the outer angle of the eyes ; tail about one-fourth of the 

 body in length. 



Male. — Dark rich olive- yellow ; face pale flesh-colour ; sides 

 of the face, neck, and front part of the body olive-grey ; 

 hinder parts of the body brick-red ; the slaty colour of the 

 fore-limbs, and of the anterior aspect of the legs becoming 

 black on the hands and feet ; ears flesh-colour ; callosities 

 crimson ; throat, chest, and inside of the fore-limbs greyish, 

 washed with rufous above the wrists ; belly and inside of the 

 hind limbs greyish, washed with orange-red. 



Female. — Fawn-colour, washed with red, especially on the 

 lower back. Face brighter coloured than in the male. Tail 

 one-fourth the length of the body. 



Skull more massive, shorter, and markedly broader and 

 with a more vertical muzzle than M. rhesus. 



Distribution. — Province of Szechuen, W. China: Dupleix 

 Mountains, 13,000 feet. {Bonvalot) 



Habits. — Little is known of the habits of this Chinese repre- 

 sentative of the Bengal Macaque. In the winter it is said to 

 have a splendid coat of rich brown hair, very long and thick. 

 It is very fierce and powerful. 



XIL THE TCHELI MACAQUE. MACACUS TCHELIENSIS. 



Macacus tchelioisis, Milne Edwards, Rech. Mamm., p. 227, pis. 



xxxii. and xxxiii. (1868-1874); A. David, Journ. North 



China Branch As. Soc, 1873, p. 230. 

 Macacus rhesus (nee Audeb.), ScL, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222. 



