THE LESSER WHITE -NOSED MONKEY, BLANC-NEZ, OR 



ASCAGNE. 



CERCOPITHECUS PETAURISTA. (Cercopithecus Petaurista, ERXLEBEN, Syst. Regn. An. 1777.) 



Simla Petaurista 



Simia Petaurista 



Blanc-nez 



Simia Petaurista, and Simia 



Blanc-nez and Ascagne . . . 

 Cercopithecus Petaurista . . . 

 Cercopithecus Petaurista . . . 



Ascagne 



Lesser While-nosed Monkey . 



Simia Petaurista 



Cercopithecus Petaurista . . . 



Simia Petaurista 



Simia Petaurista 



Blanc-nez 



. SCHREBER, Saugth. c. fig. tab. xix. B. 1775. 

 . GMELIN, Syst. Nat. Linn. 1788. 

 . BUFFON, Hist. Nat. Supp. vii. p. 67. 1789. 



Ascanius, LATREILLE, in Buffon Hist. Nat. ed. Sonn. Sing. ii. 



Nos. 12, 13. 1797. 



. AUDEBERT, Sing, et Mak. Fam. iv. sect. ii. pp. 14, 15. 1797. 

 . GEOFFROY, in Ann. du Mus. xix. 1812. 

 . DESMAREST, Mamm. p. 59. 1820. 

 . F. CUVIER, Mamm. c. fig. Feb. 1820. 



. BENNETT, in Gardens and Menag. del. c. fig. 1829. 



. FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. p. 18. 1829. 



. LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 76. 1840. 



. F. CUVIER, Diet. Sc. Nat. 



. DESMOULINS, Diet. Class. 



. ALLAMAND, in BUFFON ed. Holl. xiv. pi. 39. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. General colour above, olive brown ; a black frontal stripe runs 

 over the eyes, and a blackish mark crosses the vertex from ear to ear ; a similar stripe 

 runs below the ear, bounding a streak of white ; face, black ; nose at its apex, and the 

 contiguous part of the upper lip, white ; whiskers, beard, and under parts, white ; limbs, 

 olive grey. 



LOCALITY Guinea. 



DESCRIPTION. The form of the head is as in the Hocheur; the 

 lower half of the nose, and the anterior portion of the upper lip are white ; 

 the face is covered with short black hairs, those on the cheek-bone having 



