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Linn.), = P. albibarbatus ; (/.) erythrczus = P. rhesus; (/.) 

 NEMESTRiNus ; (/.) QTctoides = P. spECiosus (F. Cuv.) ; and 

 (/.) SPECIOSUS. The last species /. nicer is a Cynopithecus. 

 1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammifdres Bimanes et Quadru- 

 manes. 



The members of the genus Pithecus are here included in 

 Macacus with four subgenera, 1. Cercocebus with (M.) radi- 

 atus = P. IRUS; (M.) carbonarius — P. iRUs; 2. Ouanderou 

 has (M.) silenus (nee Linn.), = P. albibarbatus; 3. Maimon 

 contains (M.) rhesus; (M.) nemestrinus; (M.) libidinosus 

 = P. SPECIOSUS (Cuv.) ; and (M.) maurus, probably belonging 

 to the genus Magus ; 4. Inuus with /. pithecus = Simia syl- 

 VANus Linn. 



1840. Hodgson, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 Pithecus assamensis redescribed as Macacus (Pithex) pelops. 



1841. /. Geoifroy Saint-Hilaire, in Archives du Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris. 



P. PHiLipPiNENSis from the Island of Luzon first described 

 from an albino individual. 



1847. Temminck, in Fauna Japonica, Mammalia. 



Pithecus speciosus (nee F. Cuv.), from Japan, described as 

 Inuus speciosus; and the name being preoccupied by Macacus 

 speciosus F. Cuvier, Blyth afterwards proposed the name 

 FUSCATUS for the Japanese species. 



1851. /. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates. 



In this Catalogue the Macaques are placed in the genera 

 Macacus and Inuus, and ten species are recorded in the first, and 

 one in the latter. Those under Macacus are: (M.) siNicus; 

 (M.) piLEATUs; (M.) aureus = P. irus; (M.) cynomolgos 

 (nee Linn.), = P. irus; (A/.) philippinensis described from 

 an albino individual; (M.) silenus (nee Linn.), = P. albi- 

 barbatus (Kerr); (Af.) erythrceus = P. rhesus; (M.) 

 nemestrinus; (M.) speciosus F. Cuv.; and M. arctoides = 

 P. speciosus F. Cuv. The single species of Inuus is (/.) 

 pithecus = Simia sylvanus Linn. Among the 'Additions,' 

 Pithecus philippinensis is redescribed as Macacus palpe- 

 brosus, ex Manila, from a fully colored individual. 



1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Saugthiere Abhildungen nach der Natur 

 mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. 



As in the volume of 1840, the Macaques are here placed in the 

 genera Inuus and Cynocephalus. The species are (/.) 



