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THE SIMPAI, OR CIMEPAYE. 



SEMNOPITHECUS FLAVIMANUS. (Semnopithecus flavimanus, ISIDORE GEOFFROY, in Voyage 



Belanger, Supp. 38-74.) 



Semnopithecus melalophos (Simpai), RAFFLES, in Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 242. 1822. 

 Semnopithecus flavimanus . . . LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 60. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Contour, slender; fur, long, silky, and of a sandy rufous tint 

 above, washed with black ; head with a vertical crest; forehead and occiput, yellowish 

 white; throat, under parts, and limbs, internally, abruptly white ; a line from each 

 ear, losing itself on the crest, black ; fore limbs, externally, pale yellow ; hind limbs, 

 of a pale rufous tint. 

 LOCALITY. Sumatra. 



DESCRIPTION. The fur is long and silky, and the hairs are elevated 

 into a peaked crest on the top of the head ; the contour is very slender ; 

 the hands and tail are long ; the general colour of the upper parts and of 

 the tail is sandy red, or pale reddish brown, slightly washed with dusky 

 black, the ends of the hairs being thus tinted ; the forehead and occiput 

 are of a pale yellowish white ; and a blackish shade, from each ear, 

 spreads on the long, peaked vertical, crest, becoming more decided at its 

 apex ; the fore-arms and the posterior limbs, externally, are of a pure, 

 pale, sandy yellow ; the throat, the chest, abdomen, and inside of the 



