LASIOPYGA 371 



Cercopithecus I'hoesti thomasi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 

 1907, p. 715. 



T\<pe locality. Lake Kivu, between Lakes Albert Edward, and 

 Tanganyika. Type in Berlin Museum. 



Gent. Char. Root of tail gray ; no speckling on limbs, nose black. 



Color. Top of head, neck, shoulders and flanks black, hairs ringed 

 with white; dorsal region tawny ochraceous to burnt sienna, the hairs 

 being purplish gray on basal half, then ringed with black and tawny 

 ochraceous, or burnt sienna tipped with the latter hue; shoulders, 

 limbs, hands, feet, and under parts jet black ; chin black ; sides of head, 

 neck, and throat to upper part of chest, white ; face below eyes covered 

 with whitish hairs ; nose black. Ex type in Berlin Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 1,000 ; tail, 480. Skull : total length, 

 90; occipito-nasal length, 82; Hensel, 50; intertemporal width, 40; 

 zygomatic width, 60 ; median length of nasals, 13 ; length of upper molar 

 series, 16 ; length of mandible, 55 ; length of lower molar series, 25. 

 Ex type Berlin Museum. 



The skull is that of quite a young animal, the adult's would of 

 course be of larger dimensions. 



Very like L. preussi, but the back is lighter and the shoulders and 

 limbs are uniformly black, and the tail a lighter gray. 



Lasiopyga kandti (Matschie). 



Cercopithecus kandti Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. 

 Freunde, 1905, p. 264; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 

 1907, p. 695. 



Type locality. Lake Kivu, between Lakes Tanganyika and Albert 

 Edward. Type in Berlin Museum. 



Color. Top of head, and back of neck to between shoulders black ; 

 hairs between shoulders tipped with ochraceous buff ; sides of head, 

 neck and throat, with the hairs purplish gray at base then ringed with 

 black and buff, giving a speckled appearance; band across shoulders, 

 chest, and arms black ; body from shoulders to hips speckled buff 

 yellow, the hairs being buff at base, then ringed with black and buff 

 yellow; front edge of thighs reddish; thighs black, hairs tipped with 

 buff, a spot above knee only, clear black ; hinder edge of thighs ochra- 

 ceous rufous, becoming purplish red beneath tail ; under parts darker 

 than upper parts, with a reddish tinge ; tail at base like back, remainder 

 black, hairs tipped with white, these becoming fewer towards tip which 

 is nearly pure black. Ex type Berlin Museum. 



