CEECOPITHECID^!. 3 



precisely in size and form 1 with those of Semnopithecus 

 entellus, but the depth of the ramus is considerably less. 

 The resemblance is so close that there is every probability 

 that the fossil belongs to the same genus ; and as it can- 

 not be identified with any living form, it has received the 

 name of S. palceindicus. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



15711. Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, containing the 

 (Fig.) last true molar, in an unworn condition ; from the Plio- 

 cene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen is described by 

 Falconer and Cautley in the memoir cited above, and is 

 represented in figs. 7, 8 of the above-mentioned plate of 

 ' Falconer's Palaeontological Memoirs.' It is regarded by 

 its describers as belonging to the same species as the last 

 specimen, with which it agrees in size. There is a slight 

 difference in the form of the talon of the last molar, but 

 it is quite probable that this may be merely an individual 

 variety. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



M. 1539. Cast of the right astragalus. The original was obtained 

 from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills, and is preserved 

 in the Museum of the Geological Society. It is described 

 and figured by Falconer and Cautley in the Trans. Geol. 

 Soc. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 499 ; and differs very slightly from 

 the corresponding bone of Semnopithecus entellus, whence 

 it is highly probable that it may belong to the same species 

 as the two mandibles noticed above. Made by permission 

 of the Council of the Geological Society. 



Semnopithecus monspessulanus, P. Gervais 2 . 

 Hob. France. 



M. 1893. Five casts of detached teeth. The originals are from the 

 Lower Pliocene of Montpellier (Herault), France ; and are 

 described and figured by P. Gervais in the Zool. et Pal. 

 Frangaises, 2nd ed. p. 19, pi. i. figs. 7-11. 



Presented ly Sir E. Owen, K.C.B., 1884. 



1 Falconer and Cautley stated that there is a difference in the form of the 

 last molar ; but many specimens of -S. entellus exhibit the same character. In 

 consequence of this supposed difference they were disposed to refer the spe- 

 cimen to Macacus (Pithecus). It may be observed that a species of that genus 

 allied to M. rhesus has been described from the Siwaliks by the present writer 

 (Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. xi. p. 66, xii. p. 41) under the name of M. sivalensis. 



2 Zool. et Pal. Fran9aises, 1st ed. vol. i. p. 6 (1848-62). 



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