MAMMALIA. 4,47 



Sub- Genus 2. — Giubons. — With callosities on the hinder 

 parts. 



Pitkecus lar. — The Gibbon. — Plate VI. fig. 2. — See specific 

 description, vol. II. p. 419. 



Genus 3 — CoLOBUs. — Geoffrey. 



Generic Character — The incisory teeth are *, canine teeth {~{, 

 grinders f-|. Facial angle from 40 to 45 degrees, — muzzle 

 short, face naked, — nostrils inclining towards each other, with 

 distinct cheek pouches, — no thumbs on the hands, — feet with 

 five fingers, the thumb much separated from the others, in- 

 creasing in length from the first to the third, — tail long and 

 slender, with a tuft at its extremity, — with callosities on the 

 hinder parts, — body and legs generally slender. 



Gobbles poli/comos Full Bottom Monkey. — Plate IV. fig. 



2. — With a short, black, and naked face ; the head small, whicrh, 

 with the shoulders, are covered with long coarse flowing hairs, 

 like a full-bottomed periwig, of a dirty yellowish colour, mixed 

 with black, — body, arms, and limbs, of a glossy black, — the 

 hands are naked, with four fingers only, — on each of the lower 

 limbs are five long fingers, — the tail is long, of a snowy white- 

 ness, with an oblong tuft at its point. About three feet in 

 height. Inhabits Sierra Leone. 



Genus i. — Semnopithecus. — F. Cicvier. 



Generic Character — Incisors *, canines j-J, grinders |-|, to- 

 tal 32. The last grinders in the lower jaw have five projec- 

 tions on their crowns, the fifth occupying the middle line of the 

 tooth. Facial angle 45 degrees ; the head round ; the nose 

 fiat ; the ears moderately large, with cheek pouches ; tubercles 

 very long ; the thumbs on the hands very short, and remote from 

 the fingevs ; with callosities on the hinder parts. 



Semnopithecus entellus. — The Entellus Monkey.— Plate 

 IV. fig. 3.— Described, vol. II. p. 441. 



Gemis 5 — Cercopithecus. — Cuvier. 



Generic Character. — With 32 teeth ; canines somewhat pro- 

 jecting, with intermediate spaces for their reception in each jaw. 

 The head is rounded, and the facial angle from 45 to 50 de- 

 grees ; ears generally rounded, although they are a little an- 



