244 Lloyd's natural history. 



it may be from the northern coast of Colombia, as I am told 

 that a black Spider-Monkey, with long hair over its head, is 

 occasionally brought for sale into Cartagena." 



X. THE LONG-HAIRED SPIDER-MONKEY. ATELES VELLEROSUS. 



Aides belzebuth, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., vii., p. 27, pi. xvi. (1806) ; 



Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 44 (1870) ; Schl., Mus. 



Pays Bas, vii., p. 178 (1876). 

 Le marimonda^ Humb. Obs. Zool., p. 325 (181 1). 

 Ateles frontatus (nee Gray), Sclater, Nat. Hist. Rev., 1861, 



p. 509. 

 Ateles vellerosuSj Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 733 ;-Reinh., P. Z. S., 



1872, p. 797; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1873, pp. 5, 798, pi. ii. ; 



Alston, in Godman and Salvin, Biol. Centr. Amer. 



Mamm., p. 10 (1879). 

 Ateles fuliginosus (nee Kuhl), Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 



179(1876). 

 Ateles pan^ Schl., t. c. p. 180 (1876). 



Characters. — Closely allied to Ateles gcoffroyi. Hair abun- 

 dant, long, soft, and flaccid. Face flesh coloured, except for 

 a black bar from the corner of the eye to the cheek ; forehead 

 black, its hair short, reflexed, and uniting, so as to form an 

 erect, crest-like ridge, with the fur on the top of the head, 

 which is directed forward. General colour above black to 

 reddish-brown ; the head, back, outer side of the entire fore- 

 limb and of the lower part of the hind-limb, hands, and feet, 

 and upper surface of tail deep black; sides of body, loins, 

 and thighs yellowish-brown or dull black washed with rufous ; 

 whiskers, throat, whole of under surface of body, inside of fore- 

 and hind-limbs, and under surface of tail (this sometimes black) 

 yellowish-cream colour, but very variable, sharply defined from 



