THE LANGURS. JO'J 



IV. THE HIMALAYAN LANGUR. SEMNOPITHECUS 

 SCHISTACEUS. 



Senmopithecus entellus (nee Dufr.), Hodgs., P. Z. S., 1834, p. 



95 ; Ogilby, Madr. Journ., xii., p. 144 (1840). 

 Senmopithecus schistaceus, Hodgs., J. A. S. Beng., ix., p. 12 12 



(1840); Schl, Mus. Pays-Bas, vii. p. 6 (1876); Anderson, 



Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 16 (1878 ; with full synonymy) ; 



Blanford, Faun. Brit. India, Mamm., p. 30 (189 1). 

 Sefnnopithecus nepalensis, Hodg., J. A. S. Beng., ix., 1840, p. 



1212. 

 Presbytis entellus (nee Dufr.), Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Mamm. 



Nepal, p. I (1846); id., Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., pp. 14 



and 15 (1870). 

 Presbytis schistaceus, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus., p. 1 1 



(1863); Jerdon, Mamm. India, p. 6 (1867); Blanford, 



J. A. S. Beng., xli., 1S72, p. 32. 

 Characters. — Fur long ; hair radiating on the crown ; hair of 

 cheeks long, hiding the small ears ; tail slightly tufted ; top and 

 sides of head pale yellow, or whitish ; face and ears, palms and 

 soles black; back, sides, outside of limbs, tail, hands, and 

 feet, dark slaty, or greyish-brown, sometimes washed with 

 purple. 



Aged specimens are grey or white on the head ; young ones 

 often have the feet darker than the adult. 



Facial portion of the skull longer and the superciliary ridges 

 less projected forward than in S. entellus. The nasal be les 

 project beyond a line from the supra-orbital ridge to the front 

 border of the pre-maxillaries ; in S. entellus they do not project 

 beyond it. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan from 



