250 Dr. D, G. Elliot on apparently new 



Genus Pith ecus. 



This genus Pithecus was established by I. Geoffroy 

 St. Hilaire aud Cuvier in 1795 in the * Magasin Encyclo- 

 pedique.' In this paper seven genera were namedj Pithecus 

 beiug the fourth, as follows : — " Genre IV^ Macaque. Pi- 

 thecus. Museau assez court, angle facial de 50° ; tete 

 aplatie ; une crete sus-ciliere ; 5 dents molaires ; queue 

 allonge, non prenante ; des abayoues, le plus souvent des 

 callosites. Les guenons de Buffon h, museau court et nez 

 dei3rime ; quelques uns de ses babouins ; /S. veter, silenus, 

 faunns, cynomolyos, sinica, he." This volume, being rather 

 rare, has been consulted by comparatively few naturalists of 

 the present time, and it has been contended by some that 

 the paper was never really published, in spite of the fact 

 that when cited the page number was given. Fortunately 

 some copies of this volume o£ the ' Magazine ' are to be 

 found, and in Loudon, known to me, is one in the British 

 Museum, and another in the Natural Plistory Museum, 

 South Kensington. It is fortunate that Pithecus can thus 

 be authenticated, and the barbarous term Macaca, which had 

 in some instances been employed, be relegated to the list of 

 synonyms. 



Pithecus littoralis, sp. n. 



Type locality. Kuatun, Province of Fokein, China. 



Gen. char. General hue tawny olive and black ; tail short, 

 bushy ; fur loose, long, soft. 



Colour. Top of head and hind-neck mummj^-browu speckled 

 with ochraceous buif ; upper parts tawny olive and black, 

 grading into uniform russet on the rump ; arms to elbows 

 tawny olive, paler than the back ; lower arms and hands 

 olive-broAvn, speckled with yellow ; outer surface of thighs 

 russet ; legs and feet buff, w ith an olive tinge ; sides of head 

 tawny olive ; long brown and black stiff hairs over eyes on 

 the brow, inclining upward and outward on each side; entire 

 under parts aud inner side of limbs yellowish grey; tail 

 above at base dark russet, darker than rump, remainder 

 brownish black ; beneath buff-yellow ; face flesh-colour, 

 covered sparsely with blackish-brown hairs. 



Measurements. Total length 810 mm. ; tail (imperfect) 200 ; 

 from another specimen with complete tail (no. 7. 3. 3. 5) to 

 end of hairs 280. Skull: total length 118'6 ; occipito- 

 nasal length 102-7 ; hensel 79-3; zygomatic width 83*7; 

 intertemporal width 46 ; width of brain-case 64*2 ; length of 

 nasals 19"8; palatal length 45*5; length of upper molar 



