14^ Lloyd's natural historv. 



XIII. LAciiPEDE's TAMARIN. MIDAS MIDAS. 



Siniia inidas, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 42 (1766). 

 Swita lacepcdii^ Fischer, Bull. Soc. Mosc, 1806, p. 23. 

 Midas rufimanus^ GeofFr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 121 (181 2). 

 Midas ursuhis^ var. Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 68 



(1870). 

 Hapale niidas, Scbl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 266 (1876). 



Characters. — General colour black ; hands and feet golden- 

 yellow or bright rusty-red ; ears short, haired. The young 

 males resemble the adults. 



Distribution — Surinam. 



XIV. THE NEGRO TAMARIN. MIDAS URSULUS. 



Midas tirsuhis^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 121 (181 2); Gray, 



Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 68 (1870). 

 Midas ianiari?!^ Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 1861, 



p. 464. 

 Hapale Ursula, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 265 (1876). 



Characters. — Body long, slender, covered with soft thick fur ; 

 ears large, naked ; the face haired. General colour black ; nose 

 and lips black ; hinder part of the body rather mottle,d or 

 banded with reddish-brown or greyish-white ; the hands some- 

 times black and sometimes yellow. Length, 9 inches ; tail, 

 15 inches. 



Distribution. — Found on the Lower Amazon, near Para. Mr. 

 Bates says it is not met with in the Upper Amazon Region, 

 but in its stead a closely allied species {Midas nigricollis), 

 presents itself."* 



* Vide anlea, p. 145. 



