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8. Macacus assamensis. B. M. 



Forehead and crown with short hair directed backwards ; fur grey 

 brown, varied with the white tips to the longer hairs ; chin and 

 below whiter ; outside of the shoulders, thighs, and limbs darker 

 grey ; tail longer than the body. 



Macacus assamensis, M' Clellancl, Ilorsf. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 148. 



Hah. Siam, Mouhot. 



Liko M. cynomolgus, but pale grey, without any red shade. Hors- 

 field's type is not in tho Museum Collection. 

 See also 



a. Macacus aureus, Is. Geoff. Bclangcr, Voy. Tho hair of tho 



crown forms a triangle, edged with whito on the sides, with 

 black bristles on the eyebrows, the hair of the triangle 

 directed obliquely ; fur red fulvous, hairs waved and striated ; 

 outer sides of limbs pale grey ; cheeks, neck, and sides of 



the head with long hairs; face ? ? Macacus car- 



bonarius, var. pyrrhous, Blyth. ? Simla mulatto-, Shaw. 

 Hah. India : Bengal, Lcschenault ; Sumatra, Duvaucel. This 

 cannot bo our pale-yellow Cynomolgus, as tho outsides of 

 the limbs are liko tho back, but paler. 



b. Macacus palpcbrosus, Is. Geoff. Cat. p. 92 ; Arch, du Mus. v. 



p. 542, note. Fur brown, olive-washed ; below whito ; crown 

 reddish ; eyelid and spot on each side, rather below and out- 

 sido of the eye, white ; tail very long. Ilab. Manilla. 



9. Macacus Rhesus. The Rhesus. B. M. 



The forehead and crown with short refiexed hair ; fur grey brown, 

 yellow- washed with the yellow tips to the longer hairs ; sides of 

 neck, shoulders, and outsides of fore limbs darker grey; haunches 

 and hinderside of thighs fulvous ; tail shorter than the body, brown 

 at the end. 



Macaque a queue courte, Bnfflon, II. N. Supp. vii. t. 13. Simia 

 Rhesus, Audeb. t. 1. S. erythrooa, Schreb. Macacus orythrams, Is. 

 GeojJ'. Voy. lUlany. Simia patas, Link. Macacus Rhesus, Desm. 

 ? M, nipalensis, Hodgson. 



Var. M. (Pithex) pelops, Hodgson, lourn. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta, ix. 

 p. 1212, figure of head. 



Hub. India : Bengal, Nepal, Hodgson. 



See Macacus cyclopis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 350, t. 42. 



Head round ; face flat ; forehead naked ; neck with a ruff- 



. like beard ; wbiskcrs dark ; tail short, hairy ; fur thick, 



woolly, slate-coloured. Hob. Formosa. Called How-tsze or 



Kaou. 



10. Macacus speciosus. The Brilliant Macaque. B. M. 

 Forehead and crown with short reflexed hairs ; fur very fine and 



