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it may be from the northern coast of Colombia, as I am told 
that a black Spider-Monkey, with long hair over its head, is 
occasionally brought for sale into Cartagena.” 
X. THE LONG-HAIRED SPIDER-MONKEY. ATELES VELLEROSUS. 
Aleles belzebuth, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., vil., p. 27, pl. xvi. (1806) ; 
Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 44 (1870) ; Schl., Mus. 
Pays Bas, vil., p. 178 (1876). 
Le marimonda, Humb. Obs. Zool., p. 325 (1811). 
Ateles frontatus (nec Gray), Sclater, Nat. Hist. Rev., 1861, 
Pp. 509. 
Ateles vellerosus, Gray, P.Z. S., 1865, p. 733 ; Reinh., BP. gage 
1872, p. 797; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1873, pp. 5, 796, oleae 
Alston, in Godman and Salvin, Biol. Centr. Amer. 
Mamm., p. 10 (1879). 
Ateles fuliginosus (nec Kuhl), Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 
179 (1876). 
Ateles pan, Schl., t. c. p. 180 (1876). 
Characters.—Closely allied to AZe/es geoffroyt. Nair abun- 
dant, long, soft, and flaccid. Face flesh-coloured, except for 
a black bar from the corner of the eye to the cheek ; forehead 
black, its hair short, reflexed, and uniting, so as to form an 
erect, crest-like ridge, with the fur on the top of the head, 
which is directed forward. General colour above black to 
reddish-brown ; the head, back, outer side of the entire fore- 
limb and of the lower part of the hind-limb, hands, and feet, 
and upper surface of tail deep black; sides of body, loins, 
and thighs yellowish-brown or dull black washed with rufous ; 
whiskers, throat, whole of under surface of body, inside of fore- 
and hind-limbs, and under surface of tail (this sometimes black) 
yellowish-cream colour, but very variable, sharply defined from 
