474 QUADRUMANA, 



THE LUTUNG, OR GOLDEN MONKEY. 



SEMNOPITHECUS A URA T US. 



Cercopithecus auratus GEOFFROY, Ann du Mus. xix. 1812. 



Cercopithecus auratus KUHL, Beitr. 1820. 



Cercopithecus auratus DESMAREST, Mamm. p. 56. 1820. 



Semnopithecus pyrrhus .... HOKSEFIELD, Zool. Research, c. fig. 1824. 



Simla aurata FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. p. 15. 1829. 



Semnopithecus auratus, et Semn. pyrrhus, LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 63-4. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Furlong, soft, and of a glossy, golden, fulvous colour, paler on the 



under parts ; a diffuse crest on the head. 

 LOCALITIES. Java and the Moluccas. 



DESCRIPTION. The fur of a specimen from Java, presented by Dr. 

 Horsefield to the Zoological Society, London, as his S. pyrrhus, is long, 

 silky, and delicate, and falls gracefully down the sides ; the head is 

 ornamented with a full, diffuse, not peaked, crest of long hairs ; the 

 hair on the abdomen is soft, thin, and curled ; the general colour is 

 fulvous, or bright sandy red, with a golden gloss on the head, back, and 

 tail ; that of the under parts is pale golden, or yellowish ; the palms of 

 the hands and feet are of a pale yellow ; the nails are tinted yellowish 

 white. 



ft. in. 



Length of head and body 17 



Ditto tail 20 



The present species was first described by Geoffroy (Ann. du Mus. 

 xix. 1812), under the title of Cercopithecus auratus; and, as a com- 

 parison of examples will prove, it is identical with the S. pyrrhus of 

 Horsefield, notwithstanding some little difference of colouring. 



The original specimen of S. auratus exists in the Museum at Paris, 

 and was carefully examined by the Author during his visit to that city. 

 The head is furnished with a full, but not peaked, crest, the hairs being 

 long and erect. The general colour is golden yellow ; this hue being 

 the most intense at the roots of the hairs, which are of a rusty yellow ; 

 the fur is long, straight, full, and glossy. A large, dusky, black patch, of 

 an oval shape, two inches and a half long, is placed on each knee ; and 

 one or two little spots, of the same colour, are scattered on the toes of the 

 feet ; several marks, of a similar tint, occur also along the tail ; the skin of 

 the face has been painted dull pink, but that of the chest has-evidently 

 been orange. Excepting the dusky black patches, the general colour is 

 the same as in S. pyrrhus, Horsefield, with which it agrees in form and 

 general appearance. With respect to these patches, their position and 

 irregularity prove them to be accidental ; probably, the animal is subject 

 to variations of this nature. The specimen described by M. Geoffroy is 

 stated to have been brought from the Moluccas. 



