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PiTHECUS IMPUDENS Elliot. 



Pithecus impudens Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910, 

 p. 350. 



Type locality. Pulo Sugi, Rhio Archipelago. Type in United 

 States National Museum. 



Gent. Char. Size medium, tail very long. Skull: with rostrum 

 narrow anteriorly ; incisors very small ; posterior edge of last molar 

 not reaching palatal arch; tooth rows curved; nasals comparatively 

 long, broad anteriorly; tail longer than head and body. 



Color. Space above eyes bare, flesh color ; face covered with short 

 white hairs ; narrow black line on forehead ; top of head and upper 

 parts ochraceous and black, the hairs annulated with these colors, and 

 gray at base; outer side of thighs similar but paler; flanks grayish; 

 arms and hands dark brownish gray and bufif ; legs smoke gray, feet 

 similar with a yellow tinge; under parts and inner side of limbs 

 whitish ; tail above blackish on basal half, smoke gray on remainder, 

 beneath yellowish white. Ex type United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 962 ; tail, 522. Skull : total length, 

 109.3; occipito-nasal length, 92.6; Hensel, 73.4; intertemporal width, 

 38; zygomatic width, 72.6; palatal length, 42.7; median nasal length, 

 26.7; length of upper molar series, 27.1; length of mandible, 77.9; 

 length of lower molar series, 34.1. Ex type United States National 

 Museum. 



Pithecus bintangensis Elliot. 



Pithecus bintangensis Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 

 1909, p. 257. 



Type locality. Sungei Boru, north east part of Island of Bintang. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Bintang and Batam. 



Genl. Char. General hue dark, burnt umber. Skull : facial region 

 about three fourths the length of braincase ; septum very narrow ; outer 

 edge of zygomatic arch straight, sloping slightly inward posteriorly to 

 root of zygoma; greatest width of rostrum equal to its length; tooth 

 rows straight ; teeth of moderate size ; width of palate about equal 

 throughout the length ; braincase balloon shape, much constricted at 

 intertemporal region, bulging posteriorly. 



Color. Male. Patch above eyes flesh color ; general hue above, 

 burnt umber on head and upper parts, the hairs being slate gray, and 

 banded on apical half with tawny ochraceous and black ; narrow line 

 over eyes blackish gray; numerous long stiff black hairs standing 



