, LASIOPYGA 349 



tail above black speckled with yellow, beneath yellow. The hair is 

 worn away on a great part of the tail. Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 540; tail, 230; foot, 83. Ex type 

 British Museum. 



The type has been in captivity, as Mr. Pocock states (I. c.) and 

 lived in the gardens of the Zoological Society for about twenty months. 

 It has no definite locality, but is supposed to be a native of the Upper 

 Congo. More specimens are necessary before its definite specific status 

 can be established. 



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 Subgenus 6. Mona. 



Ears tufted, white or cream color; brow band usually extending 

 upwards on to the crown, or backwards to ears, sometimes both ; 

 stripes or bars on head present in some species. Hairs of body 

 speckled on various parts of body with different colors.. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 



A. No bars on head. 



a. Lower back speckled. 



a.' Upper parts speckled rusty red and black L. mona. 



b.' Upper parts speckled burnt sienna and 



black L. denti. 



c' Upper parts speckled black and white, 



dorsal line chestnut and black speckled L. wolii. 



b. Lower back not speckled. 



a.' Lower back slate black L. campbclli. 



b.' Lower back jet black L. burnetii. 



c' Dorsal area from below shoulder to tail 



jet black L. pogonias. 



B. Bars on head. 



0. Lower back not speckled. 



a.' Dorsal region from middle of back jet 



black L. nigripes. 



b.' Rump only black /,. grayi. 



b. Lower back speckled L. g. pallida. 



c. Entire back speckled L. petronellce. 



