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b. No crest. Hairs of crown longer than those 



of temples and occiput, and forming a cap. 



Body dark grey above, yellow below . . S. pileatus, p. 37. 



c. A crest of longer hairs. 



a'. A pointed crest on occiput. Adults 



ashy to blackish brown,youngyellowish 



brown S. obscurus, p. 41 . 



b'. Crest compressed and longitudinal 



on crown of head; body dark grey 



above, whitish below S. phayrei, p. 39. 



d. A crest ? Black above, ferruginous below, 



neck white; young rufescent white 



throughout S. chrysogaster ', p. 38. 



The remains of a single species of Semnopithecus have been found 

 in the Siwalik beds, and those of another in the Pleistocene Cave- 

 deposits of Kurnool. 



12. Semnopithecus entellus. The Langur or Hanumdn Monkey. 



Simia entellus, Dufresne, Butt. Soc. Phil. 1797, p. 49. 

 Semnopithecus entellus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 169, xiii, p. 470 ; 



Hutton, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 944; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 15; 



id. Cat. p. 35. 



? S. anchises, Elliot, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 470, xvi, p. 733. 

 Presbytis entellus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, pp. 372, 1271, pi. liv, 



fig. 1 ; id. Cat. p. 11 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 4. 



Langur and Hanumdn, Hindi ; Wdnar, Marathi ; Musya *, Canarese ; 

 Kode, Kiirg; Sard, Korku (Satpura Hills) and Ho (Kol). 



No crest. Hair on the crown of the head radiating in all 

 directions from a point about one-third the distance back from 

 the eyebrows to the occiput. Ears large, not covered by the 

 hair of the cheeks. Hair of the body of the same colour through- 

 out, and generally somewhat wavy. 



Colour. Head, body, limbs, and tail pale earthy or greyish 

 brown, or pale isabelline throughout ; hands and feet always black 

 above. The back and the outside of the limbs are sometimes 

 darker, and the lower parts paler; the head too is said to be 

 occasionally lighter in colour, but the difference is not great. 

 Face, ears, and soles of hands and feet black. 



Dimensions. Average size of an adult male : head and body 

 about 2 feet long ; tail, without hair at end, 38 inches. Females 

 are rather less. Large males measure considerably more ; head 

 and body 30 inches, or even more according to Jerdon. Weight 

 of a male 22 Ibs., of a female 18 Ibs. An adult male skull 

 measures : extreme length from alveolar border of premaxillaries to 

 back of head 5-05 inches, to foramen (basal length) 3-6, width 

 across the zygomatic arches 4. 



* This and the next name may belong to 8, priamus. 



