516 QUADRUMANA. 



length to constitute moustaches ; an obscure whitish bandeau crosses 

 the forehead ; the superciliary bristles are black ; the ears are large, 

 rounded, naked, and dusky ; the naked skin of the face is of a light 

 flesh colour, but covered on the nose and cheeks with short, dusky 

 black hairs ; the hairs about the lips are white, with longer black hairs 

 intermixed; the tail is dusky grey above, whitish below; callosities 

 red ; scrotum fine turquois blue ; hairs beneath the tail, and around 

 the scrotum, rust red ; the head is broad and rounded above, and the 

 muzzle thick and obtuse, the expression of the countenance being very 

 peculiar, and unlike that of any of the other Cercopitheci ; the fore- 

 hands are short and small, and the thumb is almost rudimentary. 



Length of head and body, 1ft. 6 Jin. Tail imperfect. 



This specimen was procured on the West coast of Africa, and pre- 

 sented by Lieutenant Rainer. 



Dauben ton's description of a young female in Buff. Hist, Nat. (vol. xiv. 

 c. figura, fpl. 29) is very accurate, and closely agrees with the above. 

 The figure is excellent, except, perhaps, that the hand is too large. 



The identity of the Simia Cynosurus of Scopoli with the Malbrouck 

 of Buffon, may, perhaps, admit of some doubt. Mr. Bennett has, indeed, 

 observed that the figure and description of the Simia Cynosurus are so 

 imperfect as to apply, with almost equal justice, to any of the species 

 related to the Malbrouck of Buffon. Nevertheless, it appears to us that 

 the description is more applicable to the present animal than any other ; 

 the transverse whitish mark over the eyes, and the elongated face, are dis- 

 tinctly noticed. Scopoli's description, taken from a living male specimen 

 in the Jardin des Plantes of the Marquis of Andrioli, at Milan, and pre- 

 served after death in the museum of St. Alexander, is as follows : Size 

 that of a middling dog ; length almost two feet ; tail dependant, hairy, 

 and proportionate ; fingers and thumbs on the hind hands larger than 

 those of the fore ; face elongated ; chin and lips clothed with rather 

 longish hairs ; eyes moderately large ; forehead high, and adorned with 

 a transverse tuft, whitish near the eyes, but red and black elsewhere ; 

 back and sides reddish and dusky ; under part of neck hoary ; breast and 

 belly white ; arms red ; scrotum bluish, and on each side of it are two 

 round spots of a yellowish colour, which, however, totally disappear after 

 death ; hands, on the upper parts, of a variegated dusky and ashy hue ; 

 palms, naked and white. It is stated to have been extremely fond of 

 eating Spiders and the Scarabaeus Melolontha; it would also devour 

 Lizards, first skinning them and tearing them to pieces. Snuff was 

 received with pleasure, and this it would rub over its body in a very 

 ludicrous manner. In its temper and habits it agreed with its race. 



After all, it is of little consequence whether the Simia Cynosurus of 

 Scopoli be identical with the Malbrouck of Buffon or not ; nor would we, 



