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VIII. — Descriptions of new Species of Monkeys of the 



Genera Galago, Cebu«, Alouatta, and Cercopithecus. 



By D. G. Elliot, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., &c. 



Family Nycticebidae. 



Subfamily Galagixx:. 



Genus Galago. 

 GaJago pupulus, sp. n. 



Type locality. Yola, Nigeria. 



Gen. char. Size small; colour pale; ears very large; 

 rostrum long, molar series large, tail long. 



Co/our. Top of head, hind-neck, and back to root of tail 

 brownish grey, the brown tinge less noticeable between 

 shoulders, which part is a more decided grey, between eyes 

 whitish; sides of head, chin, throat, underside of body and 

 inner side of thighs greyish white; forearms and legs cream- 

 buff; inner side of arms buffy white ; hands and feet cream- 

 buff ; tail drab grey; ear reddish brown. 



Measurements. Total length 360 mm.; tail 220 ; foot 37. 

 Skull: total length 40*2 ; intertemporal width 28*6 ; breadth 

 of brain-case 22'4; hensel 20*2; zygomatic width 25; 

 length of nasals 12*8 ; palatal length 12'5 ; length of upper 

 molar series 13; length of mandible 22; length of lower 

 molar series 11*5. 



Type. Adult male in British Museum, no. 9. 9. 3. 1. 



In general appearance this species is very like G. mozam- 

 bicus, living some thousands of miles distant, but the skull- 

 characters are very different. The species just named is 

 remarkable for its very short rostrum, while the present 

 animal has a long rostrum with slender nasals of about equal 

 width for their entire length, while those of its relative 

 broaden considerably at the tip ; the bullae also are much 

 larger and narrower, and the teeth of the molar serie3 much 

 larger. 



Familv Cebidae. 



Genus Cebus. 



Cebus versuta, sp. n. 



Type locality. Rio Joidao, western part of Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. 



Gen. char. Hair on head very thick, long, depressed in 



