28 Lloyd's natural history. 



xin. ST, John's macaque, macacus sancti-johannu. 



(Plate XXVI.) 

 Imius sancti-johaujiis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1866, p. 556. 

 Macacus sancti-johannis, Gra)-, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus. App., 



p. 129 (1870; in part); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222; 



Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 86 (1878). 

 Macacus rhesus^ pt. Sclater, P. Z. S., 187 1, p. 222. 

 Macacus eryfli7'cciis, pt. Schl, Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 112 (1876). 



Characters. — Male unknown. 



Young Female. — Appears to be allied most nearly to M. 

 laslotis. Face narrow and somewhat projecting ; eyes bright 

 hazel ; face and ears flesh-coloured ; a black whisker-like tuft 

 on either cheek : skin of the upper parts tinted with blue, 

 and sparsely covered with hairs of a light grey ; hairs of the 

 belly buff; fur of the upper parts greyish-brown, washed with 

 buff, which is lighter on the head, and brick-dust-red round 

 about the rump. Tail, 4)^ inches long, blackish ; callosities 

 flesh-coloured. {Swinhoe.) 



Distribution.— China; North Lena Island, and most of the 

 small islands near Hong Kong. 



Habits. — Nothing is known of the habits of St. John's Ma- 

 caque. " Dried bodies of this animal," writes Mr. Swinhoe 

 its describer, " split in two are often exhibited hanging from 

 the ceiling in druggists' shops, in Canton and Hong Kong ; 

 and its bones are used for medicinal purposes." 



XIV. THE FORMOSAN ROCK-MACAQUE. MACACUS CYCLOPIS- 



Macacus cyclopis, Swinh., P. Z. S., 1862, p. 353, pi. xiii., 1864, 

 p. 380; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1S64, p. 711 (woodcut); Ander- 

 son, Zool. Exped. Yunnan, p. 87 (1878 ; with synonymy). 



