Mammalia. 21 



Cercopithecus petaurista. Geoff. (Vaulting Monkey). Face 

 "black, with a snow white triangular spot on the nose ; dark 

 olivaceous or reddish above, white beneath ; uuderpart of the 

 tail and insides of the limbs blackish grey. Length of the 

 body somewhat more than a foot ; tail about twenty inches. — 

 In Allamraid's figure of this monkey the chi-n appears surround- 

 ed by a white beardj and there is a reversed tuft of yellow hair 

 beneath each ear. 



Inhabits Guinea. 



Simia petaurista, Lin. Gra. p. 35, Blanc nez Allam. Buff. 

 14. p. 141. pi. 39. Guenon a nez blanc proeminent. Buff". 

 Supp. 7. p. 72. pi. 18. Vaulting Monkey, Sliaw, Zool. vol. 1. 

 part 1. p. 51. 



Cercopithecus ruber. Geoff. (Red Monkey), Nose long; 

 eyes sunk in the head ; ears furnished with pretty long hairs ; 

 the hair on each side of the face long ; the chin bearded ; 

 body slender ; over each eye, from ear to ear, extends a black 

 line ; the upper parts of the body of a most beautiful bright 

 bay, almost red ; the lower parts ash coloured, tinged with 

 yellow ; the tail not so long as the body, the whole length of 

 which is about one foot six inches. Pennant. 



A variety of this species is described with a white line over 

 the eyes ; it has also the long hair under the chin and round 

 the checks, only white, instead of yellow. 



Inhabits Guinea — Central Africa. Denham. 



Simia rubra, Lin. Sys. Nat. Gmel. p. 34. LePatas. Buff. 14. 

 Jij. 25 & 26. Simia patas, Schr eh. Jig. 16. Simia rufa, Schreb. 

 ^y. 16. B. Red Monkey, Pen. Quad. p. 208, Shaw, vol. 1. 

 part 1. p. 49. 



Cercopithecus diana. Geoff. (Palatine Monkey). Black 

 spotted with white, hinder part of the back ferruginous ; face 

 black ; from the top of the nose a white line, passes over 

 each eye to the ears in an arched direction ; beard pointed, 

 black above, white beneath, and placed on a kind of fatty 

 tumor ; breast and throat white : from the rump across the 

 thighs a white line: tail long, straight, and black; ears and 

 feet the same colour. Size of a large cat, Linnceus. 



Upper parts reddish marked with white specks ; belly and 

 chin whitish ; tail very long. Pennant. 



Inhabits Guinea and Congo. South Africa. Bennet. 



Simia Diana, Lin. Sys. Nat. p. 38. Spotted Monkey, Pen. 

 Quad. p. 201. Simia Diana, Schreb. ^^. 14. Simia rolovai, 

 Scbrcb. Jiij. 25. Diane, Aud. fam. 4. sect, 2. fi'j. 0, 



