THE NOSED MONKEYS. 141 



Cercopithecus naskus, Desmar. et Virey, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. 



Nat, XV., p. 574 (1817); Wagner in Schreb. Saugeth. 



Suppl. i., p. 102, pi. x.B (1840). 

 Semnopithecus nasicus^ Desmoul, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat., vii., 



p. 570 (1825); Sehinz, Syn. Mamm., i., p. 43 (1844); 



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

 Nasalis recunms, Vigors et Horsf., Zool. Journ., iv., p. 109 



(1828-9; head of young figured); Martin, P. Z. S., 1837, 



p. 71. 

 Semjiopithectis larvjhis, Fiseher, Syn. Mamm., p. 16 (1829); 



Martin, Mammif. An., p. 453, figs. 279, 280-2 (1841). 

 Rhy7iochopitheciis larvatus^ Dahlb., Stud. Zool., p. 93, pi. iv. 



(1856). 



Semnopitheais {Nasalis) larvatus^ Anderson, Zool. Res. Exped. 

 Yun-nan, p. 42 (1878; with full synonymy). 



Characters. — Face cinnamon-brown ; ears blackish, as also 

 the palms and soles ; upper surface of the head, neck, back 

 and sides yellowish-brown, conspicuously marked with reddish- 

 brown and white ; rump, tail and limbs yellowish-grey ; tails of 

 old specimens quite white ; sides of face yellow, and a stripe of 

 the same colour on the shoulders. Under surface yellowish- 

 white. 



Hair on the head, which is parted down the centre, on 

 the sides of the face, neck and shoulders, long ; the chin full- 

 bearded and the tail tufted ; ears small ; the nose the most 

 conspicuous feature of the face, produced into a proboscis 

 capable of dilatation, with large nostrils opening downwards, 

 separated from each other by a septum of thin cartilage extend- 

 ing to the extremity. In old males the point of the nose 

 reaches quite below the lowest part of the chin ; it is pear- 

 shaped, and furrowed down the middle, giving it the appear* 



