LASIOPYGA 299 



near allies. The unique type was obtained in northern Nigeria by Dr. 

 Bakie's expedition, and is in the Collection of the British Museum. 



Subgenus 2. Bhinostictus. 



General color black and yellow speckled. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 



A. Black brow band encircling the head. 



a. General color above very dark, black pre- 



dominating L. petaurista. 



b. General color above lighter, black not pre- 



dominating L. fantiensis. 



c. General color above ochraceous buff and 



black L. erythrogaster. 



B. Black brow band not encircling the head. 



a. Crown of head speckled black and yellow. 



a.' A patch of grayish yellow below eye L. huttikoferi. 



b.' A black patch below eye L. ascanius. 



c.' No patch below eye L. a. zvhitesidei. 



b. Crown of head speckled black and dark buff ...L. signata. 



c. Crown of head speckled black and tawny L. schmidti. 



Lasiopyga petaurista ( Schreber) . 



Simia petaurista Schreb., Saugth., I, 1775, p. 103, (nee Auct.) ; 

 I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 19, No. 2; Wagn., Schreb., 

 Saugth. Suppl., V, 1840. p. 119. tab. XIXB; V. 1855, p. 50; 

 Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 165. 



LESSER WHITE-NOSED GUENON. 



Type locality. Guinea. 



Geogr. Distr. Guinea, West Africa. 



Genl. Char. Color very dark, much darker than L. fantiensis 

 Matschie, {petaurista Auct.) ; tail very long, slender. 



Color. End of nose white ; rest of nose, cheeks, lips, line across 

 forehead, and one from behind eye to below ear to hind neck, black ; 

 top of head with hairs black ringed with yellow ; upper parts and 

 sides of body, the hairs gray at base then ringed with ochraceous 

 rufous and black; shoulders and arms to elbows, and hind legs to 

 ankles gray at base of hairs then ringed with black and yellow; fore- 

 arms deep black, hairs tipped with yellow ; sides of neck, throat, entire 



