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3. EPOMOPHORUS FRANQUETI, n. sp. (Pl. LXXV.) 
If the species in the present monograph took rank according as 
they are more or less typical in form, the present one should appear 
as second, the #. /abiatus probably as third, followed by EF. gam- 
dianus, and the list should be completed by the smallest and least 
typical species —F. schoénsis. But the first and most typical species 
is succeeded by the one which was described at very nearly the same 
time, as being much better known than those which were to follow. 
The present one is much the largest species, attaining an expanse 
of more than 2 feet, and has the same singular tufts of hair on the 
shoulders as are recorded of the first species in the list—Z. macro- 
cephalus, but much more developed than in that species, and of a 
pale yellow colour. The only known specimen was forwarded to the 
French National Collection by Dr. Franquet of the French Imperial 
Navy, and from it I have, by the kind permission of M. Geoffroy St. 
Hilaire, taken the description which follows, and have had a care- 
fully executed drawing made by M. Oudart, from which the illustra- 
tions accompanying the present paper have been copied. Its country 
is the same as that of the Gorilla. 
The head.is not nearly so long and narrow relatively as that 
of E. macrocephalus, but more nearly resembles that of Z. gam- 
bianus. The ears, as in the other species of the genus, are of medium 
size, oval, and a little narrowed towards the tips; they are furnished 
with small tufts of fine white hair at the base of their inner and 
outer margins, like those of all the other species here described. 
The lips, as far as can be ascertained from the inspection of a 
mounted specimen, are large, although perhaps not quite equal to 
those of some of the other species. The interfemoral membrane is 
rather more ample than is usual in the genus. 
The fur extends considerably on to the membranes, above and 
below, as in #. macrocephalus, and it is similarly unicolour, and 
possesses the same soft cottony texture. That of all the upper parts 
is of a cinnamon-brown colour, brighter and deeper than in the other 
species ; the under parts similar, but the patch of whitish on the 
abdomen, which is faint as in the others, here takes the form of a 
clearly-defined oval space of pure white, as much as 24 inches long. 
The shoulder tufts are very much developed, and differ somewhat 
from those of EH. macrocephalus. They occupy a space on the 
shoulder of as much as 14 inch in length, ina descending direction ; 
the lower half of this space consists of fur, which is of the same 
length and texture as that of the surrounding parts, but is of a buffy- 
yellow colour; whilst the upper part, constituting the real shoulder 
tuft, is composed of long yellow hairs, which spring outwards, and 
then curve downwards, partially hiding the short yellow hair already 
mentioned. All this yellow fur, both long and short, has a clear 
and well-defined outline. All the membranes are of a darkish cinna- 
mon- brown. 
The cranium is much less elongated than in either of the preceding 
species, and in its general proportions bears some resemblance to that 
