!^pccies and Subspecies of Monkeys. 251) 



Colour. Hairs on forehead oclirareous rufous and black 

 over nose, uliere it is di-epcst in colour, paler towards sides ; 

 superciliary stri[)c beiuath the red line Mack, hut rather 

 indistinct at sides ; head black, speckled on crown with 

 ochraceuus, slightly paler than tlic frontal band ; hairs over 

 temples black, rather lon;^, directed backward and passing 

 over the ears ; hair on cheek directed backward under and 

 behiiul ears, black speckled «ith yellow; occipital region 

 with but very few yellow speckles ; entire upper parts of 

 body greyish black, minutely spotted with cream-buff; Hanks 

 greyish black, faintly speckled with white ; arms and hands 

 black, unspccklcd ; legs black, speckled with cream-buff on 

 upper part of thighs, and witli white lower down to ankles ; 

 feet black ; chin, tlmxit, chest, anal region, inner side of 

 arms to elbows, and thighs to knees whitish yellow ; abdo- 

 men grey, with a yellow tinge ; tail above at base like back, 

 grading into black speckled with white, and then into jet- 

 black on apical fourth ; beneath yellow, speckled at base, 

 then profusely speckled with white, causing the midway 

 section to aj)|)ear quite grey; tip l)lack. 



Meannrements. Total length lOGO mm.; tail G80 ; foot 

 115. Skull : brain-ease broken ; only the rostrum, zygo- 

 matic arches, and mandible remaining. Width of orbits 

 at inner edge 434 ; length of nasals 14 3 ; zygomatic 

 width 55-i ; palatal length 246; length of mandible 24-3. 



Type in British Museum, no. G2. 7. 17. 3. 



Tlie type is a young animal, but quite different in appear- 

 ance to any of the known species, so different, in fact, that 

 it is difficult to assign its proper place in the genus, for, like 

 C. I'hoesti, it does not seem to have any near allies. The 

 unique type was obtained in Northern Nigeria by the 

 expedition under Dr. Baikic. 



Cercopithecus tantalus griseistictus, subsp. n. 



Type locality. Barabara, AVelle River, Monbuttu Country, 

 Central Africa. 



Gen. char. Similar to C. t. budgetti on upper parts, but 

 hands and feet grizzled grey, with fingers and toes silvery 

 grey. 



Colour. I'ace and chin black, paler around eyes; nose, 

 fore i)art of cheeks, lips, and chin covered with short black 

 hairs ; broad white brow-band of stiff erect hairs, with a 

 narrow line in front between eyes of stiff black hairs ; some 

 long stiff black hairs from corner of eyes directed backward 

 and lying between whiskers and hair of head; top of head, 



