308 SAIMIRI 



Apes and Monkeys, Simia sciurus = Saimiri sciureus is 



described. 

 1811? Humboldt, Recueil d' Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie. 



Saimiri cassiquiarensis from the banks of the Cassiquiare 



River is described as Chrysothrix sciureus cassiquiarensis. 

 1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annates du Museum d'Histoire 



Naturelle de Paris. 



Callithrix sciureus var. B. afterwards named S. ustus by I. 



Geoffroy St. Hilaire. 

 1834. D'Orbigny, Nouvelles Annates du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. 



Saimiri boliviensis described as Callithrix boliviensis. 

 1836. D'Orbigny, Voyage dans I'Amcrique Meridionale, Mammi- 



feres. 



Saimiri boliviensis redescribed as Callithrix entomophaga. 

 1840. R. P. Lesson, Species Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadrumanes. 



The genus Pithesciureus is here employed instead of Saimiri, 



which antedates it. P. saimiri — S. sciureus ; var. A. ex le 



Bresil, P. saimiri; var. B. P. entomaphagus ex le Bresil ; var. 



C. P. cassiquiarensis, ex Spanish Guiana; and var. D. the 



Callithrix sciureus var. B. Geoffroy. Of these P. sciureus and 



P. cassiquiarensis are valid. P. entomophaga = S. boliviensis. 

 1844. /. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, Archives du Museum d'Histoire 



Naturelle, Paris. 



Saimiri ustus first described. 

 1844. /. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, Archives du Museum d'Histoire 



Naturelle, Paris. 



Saimiri cassiquiarensis redescribed as Saimiri lunatus. 

 1844. Wagner, Koniglich-Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 



Miinchen. 



Saimiri cassiquiarensis redescribed as Chrysothriv nigri- 



vittatus. 

 1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der 



Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. 



Three species are given under the genus Chrysothrix: (C) 



sciurea; (C) entomophaga = Saimiri boliviensis; and (C.) 



nigrivittata = Saimiri cassiquiarensis. 

 1862. Reichenbach. Die Vollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen. 



The genus "Saimiris," Saimiri, contains the following species 



in this work: S. sciureus; S. ustus; S. entomophaga = S. 



boliviensis; 5. lunulatus = S. cassiquiarensis; and S. ochro- 



leucus which is a Cebus. 



