Miscellaneous. 



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directed back, and hiding the ears ; piles or fur of one sort, nor harsh 

 nor soft, more or less wavy, three to five and a half inches long on 

 the body, closer and shorter on the tapered tail ; thirty inches long : 

 tail without the hair, thirty-six ; hand, six and a half; foot, eight and 

 a half. Females smaller, with shorter canines. 



Hab. Tarai forest and lower hills, rarely the Kachar also. 



Genus Macacus. 

 Pithex (TlldrjL,, antiq.) nobis. 



Generic character. Facial angle 50. Muzzle not elongated ; cal- 

 losities large ; buttocks often nude ; structure compacter, but gene- 

 rally resembling that of Semnopitkecus, only that the thumbs are 

 larger, the orbits more salient, the head rounder ; cheek-pouches 

 distinct and large ; the canines similarly variable, being large and 

 grooved in grown males only ; the nares short, round and terminal ; 

 the stomach simple, though the caecum and rectum be sacculated ; 

 and, lastly, the tail shorter, though usually equal to half the length 

 of the animals. Agile, lively, gregarious, familiar, intelligent, and 

 very docile in confinement. 



1st. Species, new : Oinops (dii'wxp) nob. (Nipalensis* of Catalogue) , 

 Tail, without the hair, half the length of the entire animal ; ears par- 

 tially exposed ; buttocks posteally nude, and like the face, cameous 

 red ; colour of fur a full brownish yellow-red or deep rusty, passing 

 into slaty grey on the anterior quarters, and purpurescent slaty in- 

 ternally. Twenty-two inches long. Tail, without the hair, ten ; 

 hand four and a half ; foot six ; pile or fur of one sort, as in the last. 



Head of Macacus Oinops. 



and of like quality and set generally : two to three and a half inches 

 long on body, shorter on the tapered, untufted tail, and not radia- 

 ting on the "crown of the head. Females smaller, with less canines. 

 Hab. Tarai and lower hills. 



2nd. Sjjecies, new: Pelops (Tn^Xas et uxl) nob. Structure and aspect 

 similar to the last. Colours more sordid or purpurescent, slaty, par- 

 tially merged in rusty ; buttocks posteally (except the callosities) 



* Topical names dropt, as seldom apjnopriatc. 



