Analytical Notices of Books. 



249 



DIMENSIONS.'' 



Length of the body and head, from the extremity of the 



proboscis to the root of the tail, 

 Length of the tail, 



the head, 



tlie proboscis, 



Breadth of the head across Ihc cars, 

 Distance between the eyes. 

 Height at the shouhlcr, 



at the rump, 



Length of the anteriour tarsus and toes, 



the postcriour ditto, 



ft. in. his 



Art. XXX. Analj/iical Notices of Boohs, 



Nova Ada Phj/sko - M^lica Acadeinicc Ccesarcw Lcopoldino- 

 Carolinece Nalurw Curiosoruin. Tom. xii. pars 2. 4to. 

 JJonna\ 1825. 



The Transactions of the learned Society above named arc so 

 little known to our countrymen generally, and possess moreover 

 so many claims on their attention, that we feci no small share 

 of gratification in introducing its publications to the notice 

 of our readers. The high and obvious scientific value which 

 attaches to many of the papers in the collection dispenses with 

 the necessity of any prefatory remarks ; we shall therefore pro- 

 ceed at once to enumerate its zoological contents in a systematic 

 order, dwelling principally on such articles as may appear to be 

 deserving of more particular observation. 



Commencing with the Mammalia, M'e have first to notice a 

 paper " Uber eine ncue Affenart, den Cercopilhecus ? leucoprj/m- 

 nus" by Dr. A. W. Otto. The only specimen of this new species 



* The above dimensions are those of tlie adult specimen; the younger 

 specimen is of the size represented in the plate. 



