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the hindmost part of the cheek, and reaching nearly to the 

 shoulder. 



The skull has a highly arched, narrow and retreating fore- 

 head ; the facial portion is short. 



Distribution. — South-east Borneo, where it is very rare. 



XXV. THE DOUC LANGUR. SEMNOPITHECUS NEMiEUS. 



Shnia nemceus, Linn., Mantiss. Plant., p. 521 (1771); Schreber, 



Saugeth., i., p. no, pi. xxiv. (1775). 

 Cercopithecus 7iemcEus, Erxl., Syst. Regn. An., p. 42 (1777); 



Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., p. 8 (1820). 

 Pygathrix nemceiis^ Geofifr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 90 (181 2). 

 Lasiopyga nemceus, Desm., Mamm., p. 54 (1820); Gray, Cat. 



Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 13 (1870). 

 Semnopithecus nemcBus, F. Guv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., livr. 14 



(May, 1825); Martin, Mammif. Anim., p. 459 (1841) ; 



Wagner in Schreb. Saugeth. Suppl. v., p. 35 (1855); 



Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 64 ; Anderson, Zool. Res. 



Exped, Yun-nan, p. 40 (1878 ; with full synonymy). 

 Preshytis nemceus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xliv., p. 11 (1875). 



Characters. — Head without a crest. The naked face, the cal- 

 losities, and the naked portions of the hands and feet yellow ; 

 head brown, with a narrow band of chestnut passing under 

 the ears backwards, and a second but broader one, mar- 

 gined with black, across the chest, from shoulder to shoulder ; 

 whiskers long and directed backwards, pale grey— the hairs 

 ringed with black and white ; upper surface of the body and 

 sides grey ; base of the neck, chest, and shoulders as well 

 as the upper part of the fore- and hind-limbs, with the hand 

 and feet, black; the forehead paler; the fore-arm to the middle 



