CATALOGUE. 7 



HAB. The Coromandel Coast and Ceylon. 



A. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



For the locality and peculiarities of this species I refer to Mr. Blyth's 

 remarks in the volumes of the Journal of the Asiatic Society above cited. 

 The colour is more uniformly gray than in the true Semnopithecus en- 

 tellus, and the hands are concolorous with the body. 



Note. The three species of Semnopithecus last enumerated, re- 

 semble each other closely in many particulars, and further observa- 

 tions and comparisons are required to determine, with accuracy, their 

 respective specific rank. 



7. SEMNOPITHECUS PILEATUS, Blyth, Jour. As. 



Soc. Bengal, XII. p. 174, 5, XIII. 467, XVI. 735. 



HAB. Chittagong, Tipperah, &c., eastward of the Ganges. 



A. a nearly adult male. Presented by the Asiatic Society 



of Bengal. 



The first indication of this species is given by Mr. E. Blyth, in June, 

 1843, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, XII. p. 174, 5, 

 where a female specimen, not quite adult, is described. Mr. B. subse- 

 quently obtained other specimens, confirming the distinctness of the 

 species ; notices of these are given in vol. XIII. 467, and XVI. 735, of 

 the same Journal. 



On the specimen in the Company's Museum, which appears to be 

 nearly an adult subject, the fur is long, soft, and silky. The colour 

 above, on the thighs, and on the root of the tail, is gray, with a fulvous 

 tint ; darker near the head and on the shoulders ; underneath, and on 

 the inside of the extremities, it is lighter ; on the breast it is of a deeper 

 shade. The crown of the head, which is spacious, is densely covered 

 with bristly hairs, regularly disposed, and somewhat elongated on the 

 occiput, so as to resemble a cap, whence the appropriate name pileatus. 

 Along the forehead is the superciliary crest of black bristles, directed 

 forwards, resembling this character, as found in several allied species. 

 Behind the ears is a small tuft of white hairs. The tail is long, darker 

 near the end, and tufted. This species is, on the continent of India, 

 the representative of the Presbytes mitrata of Eschscholtz, the Semno- 

 pithecus mitratus of Miiller, or the Semnopithecus comatus of Desmarest. 

 It has the same habit, and the cap-like or mitred covering of the head. 



8. SEMNOPITHECUS ARGENTATUS, Blyth HS. 



HAB. Not known. 



A. young. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



