698 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Belenoconus— Continued. 
Species, 3: Selenoconus centralis Ameghino, S. senex Ameghino, and S. agilis Ame- 
ghino, from the ‘ Cretaceous’ of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Selenoconus: GeArvy, crescent; K@vos, cone. 
Selopoda RarixEsqvE, 1814. Ferz, Pinnipedia, Phocide. 
‘‘Ossery. Gen. Phoca, nello Specc. delle Scienze, o Giornale Encic. di Sicilia, 
Palermo, II, 1814" (fide Mixà Patumso); Analyse de la Nature 60, 1815; 
MrxàÀ Patumso, Cat. Mamm. Sicilia, in Ann. Agr. Sic., 2a ser, XII, 108, 1868. 
Type: Selopoda fusca Ratinesque, from ** Tonnara di Mazzameni, vicino Capo Pas- 
saro’’ on the northern coast of Sicily (fide MiNÀ ParvwBo). 
Selysius Bonaparte, 1841. Chiroptera, Vespertilionide. 
Iconografia Fauna Italica, I, Introd. [p. 3], 1841; Cat. Metod. Mamm. Europei, 
19, 1845. 
Type: Vespertilio mystacinus Leisler, from Europe. 
Selysius: In honor of Baron Edmond de Sélys-Longehamps, 1813-1900, an emi- 
nent naturalist and statesman, sometime president of the Belgian senate; 
author of ‘Etudes de Micromammalogie,’ 1839, and * Faune Belge,’ 1844. 
Semicricetus Nenrinc, 1898. Glires, Muridz, Cricetine. 
Zool. Anzeiger, X XI, No. 567, p. 494 footnote, Sept. 5, 1898. 
Name suggested, but not used, for the subgenus of Cricetus called Mesocricetus. 
** Man kónnte ja auch an ‘Semicricetus’ und ‘ Mediocricetus’ denken; aber diese 
Zusammensetzungen drücken nicht das aus, was ich ausdrücken will, wie denn 
überhaupt die lateinische Sprache in dieser Beziehung nicht genügt." 
Semicricetus: Lat. semi, half; + Cricetus. 
Semnocebus Lesson, 1840. Primates, Lemuride. 
Species Mammiféres, 207, 209-212, 1840; Nouv. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 
9, 1842. 
Type: Semnocebus avahi Lesson, from the east coast of Madagascar, between the 
mouth of the Manangara River and the Bay of Atongil. 
Semnocebus: Geuvos, sacred; «7)/0c, monkey. 
Semnocebus (subgenus of Cercocebus) Gray, 1870. Primates, Cerecopithecide. 
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs & Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus., 27-28, 1870; LvbEKKER, 
Novit. Zool., VII, No. 4, pp. 595-596, Dec. 29, 1900 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Presbytis albigena Gray, from West Africa. 
Name preoccupied by Semnocebus Lesson, 1840, a genus of Lemuridze. Replaced 
by Lophocebus Palmer, 1903. 
Semnopithecus F. Cuvier, 1825. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
[‘Semno-pithéque’ F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., III, livr. xxx, pl. with 2 pp. 
text under ‘le Cimepaye,’ July, 1821.] 
Dents Mammiféres [14-16, pl. 4], 247, 1825; Dict. Sci. Nat., XLVIII, 436—441, 1827. 
Species (in 1821): *l'Entelle' (Simia entellus Dufresne), from India; and ‘le Cime- 
paye' (Simia melalophos Raffles, type), from Sumatra. Two others, Simia 
maura Linnzeus, and Semnopithecus comatus Desmarest, were added in 1825. 
Name antedated by Presbytis Eschscholtz, 1821. 
Semnopithecus: G£uvós, sacred; 1650s, ape—from the fact that Simia entellus is 
considered sacred by the Hindus. 
Seniocebus Gray, 1870. Primates, Hapalidee. 
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs & Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus., 68, 1870. 
Type: Midas bicolor Spix, from Brazil. 
Seniocebus: Lat. senium, an old man; + Cebus—in allusion to the head, which is 
bald in front of the ears and covered with long white hair behind. 

