132 Lloyd's natural history. 



Semnopitheciis phayrei^ Anderson, Zool. Res. Exped. Yun-nan, 

 p. 34 (1878); id., Cat. Mamm. As. See. Beng., p. 49; 

 Schl, Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 33 (1876J ; Blanford, Faun. 

 Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 39 (1891). 



Characters. — Top of the head with a peaked longitudinal 

 crest ; hair of crown not radiating, but elongated and directed 

 backward ; whiskers long and outwardly directed, partly cover- 

 ing the ears ; back, sides, fore-arm, hands and fore part of 

 the feet blackish-brown, the middle of the back washed with 

 yellowish ; the chin, chest, and under surface of the body pale 

 yellow; inside of the fore-arm and thighs brown ; face livid, but 

 the eyelids, lips, and a ring round the eyes, white, flushed with 

 flesh-colour; length of body, 183^ inches; tail, 21^ inches. 



Supra-orbital ridges of the skull not prominent, the occipital 

 region vertical ; facial region sloping downward. 



The Babu Ram Bramha Lanjal, writing in July, 1893, from 

 the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, to Dr. Sclater, says : " I am 

 not aware whether closely allied species of Senmopitheci have 

 ever inter-bred anywhere. They are rather exclusive in their 

 ideas in respect to matrimonial relationship. Anyhow, such 

 an event has just happened in this Garden. The Phayre's 

 Langur, or as it is often called, Phayre's Leaf Monkey {Senmo- 

 pithecus phayrii^ Blyth) has given birth to a young one— a lovely 

 little babe, of a delicate light orange colour. As there has been 

 no other male in the same cage except the S. cristatus, there 

 is no doubt of the young one being a hybrid between these 

 two species. These Monkeys have been living together since 

 1880, and although they agreed very well, they were never 

 observed to be over friendly. Even now the male does not 

 appear to take any interest in the offspring." 



Distribution. — Confined, as far as is known, to Aracan. 



