ATELEUS 39 



animal. Head and neck black, the hairs very long and projecting over 

 the forehead ; rest of body above and beneath, limbs and tail black 

 mixed with yellowish gray or golden hairs, so numerous on the back 

 as to give the prevailing color to that part — a pale yellowish brown ; 

 the limbs have the base of the hairs a similar yellowish brown or 

 golden hue, (not far removed from the color on the base of the hairs 

 in similar parts of A. grisescens), and this gives a strong yellowish 

 tint to these members; hands and feet black, base of hairs on hands 

 golden, but not on those of the feet which are black to the roots. Ex 

 type British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, about 1,021; tail, 698.5. No skull. 

 The following measurements were taken from the body of this type 

 specimen immediately after its death, by Dr. Murie. 



Body. Length from vertex of cranium to root of 



tail liyi inches. 



Length of tail 273^2 inches. 



Girth at chest, widest part 11 inches. 



Girth at abdomen 9 inches. 



Girth of tail at root 4 inches. 



Girth of tail a few inches from point 2 inches. 



Head. Depth from vertex to base of lower jaw 



(barely) 3 inches. 



Antero-posterior diameter 4yi inches. 



Breadth of vault at opening of ears 6 inches. 



Breadth from one to the other external 



edges of orbits 2% inches. 



Fore limb. Length of shoulder to elbow-joint 6^4 inches. 



Cubital region, elbow-joint to wrist 7 inches. 



Length, palm of hand to tips of fingers. . . . 4^ inches. 



Greatest breadth, palm of hand 1J4 inches. 



Hind limb. Length from hip to knee-joint 6% inches. 



Length, knee to sole of foot 6^ inches. 



Length, sole of foot, heel to tip of middle 

 toe 6^4 inches. 



Sole of foot, average breadth 1%. inches. 



Sole, greatest breadth at ball of great toe. . . 2 inches. 



Ateleus belzebuth E. Geoffrey. 



Ateles (!) belzebuth E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VH, 

 1806, p. 272, pis. XVI, XIX; 1812, p. 106; Id. Cours Hist. 

 Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 30, 9me Leqon; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 



