LASIOPYGA 3S3 



extending towards ears ; cheeks yellowish gray, black and speckled ; 

 top of head, hind neck speckled yellow and black; upper back and 

 shoulders speckled russet and black, the speckling gradually disap- 

 pearing on lower back which becomes a nearly uniform slate black ; 

 throat and chest grayish white; under parts slate gray; outer side 

 of arms black ; outer side of legs and feet black speckled with grayish 

 white ; inner side of limbs white ; hands black ; tail above at base 

 black speckled with reddish, then dark gray and yellow speckled, the 

 remaining third of the length to the tip jet black, beneath gray and 

 yellow, the latter the dominant color for nearly two thirds the length, 

 rest black ; hairs on ears speckled black and yellow. 



Measurements. Total length, 1,447.8; tail, 1,018.7; foot, 114.3. 

 No skull obtainable. 



Lasiopyga BURNETTi (Gray). 



Cercopithecus burnetii Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1st Ser., X, 

 1842, p. 256; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 

 110; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., II, 1907, p. 710, pi. 

 XL, fig. 2. 



Type locality. Fernando Po. Type in British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Ashantee, Accra, Gold Coast, Cameroon, (Burton) ; 

 Island of Fernando Po. 



Genl. Char. Forehead yellowish ; cheeks and sides of neck olive 

 gray ; ear fringe red. 



Color. Forehead with some yellowish gray hairs between eyes ; 

 black band from corners of eyes to head ; head above, hairs black from 

 roots ringed with tawny ; those on upper parts of body gray, annulated 

 with tawny and black, this forming a band on dorsal line nearly to 

 tail; flanks, sides of rump, outer side of limbs, hands and feet black; 

 whiskers radiating from corner of the eye olive gray speckled with 

 tawny and yellow ; chin, throat, under parts of body, inner side of 

 arms to elbows, and thighs grayish white ; arms from elbows, and 

 legs from knees sooty gray ; tail above black speckled with tawny for 

 over half the basal length, beneath paler, tip black; ear fringe reddish. 

 Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 750; tail, not perfect, 440; foot, 120. 



The type was presented to the British Museum in 1844, by Mr. 

 Thomas Thompson, but no locality is given. It differs from L. camp- 

 BELLi in the yellow patch on forehead, and in the olive gray cheeks, 

 and darker lower back. No skull. The type is numbered 44. 11. 2. 3. 



