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sphinx contrasting strongly with the massive thick-set form of the 
present species. 
«There is likewise in the Society’s Gardens a second undescribed 
species of Cynocephal, of which I remember to have formerly seen a 
specimen in Wombwell’s collection, but unfortunately neglected to 
take a note of it at the time. The individual which I am now about 
to describe was brought from the Niger Expedition, and presented 
to the Society by Lieutenant Webb, R.N. It is a semiadult male, 
of medium size, covered on every part of the body, both above and 
below, with long shaggy hair of a deep russet-brown colour, each 
hair being annulated with rusty-brown and black rings; and I may 
remark, that this and C. anubis are the only species in which I have 
observed that the hair of the breast and belly are similarly annulated, 
and almost as thickly furnished as that on the back and sides; the 
whiskers are likewise bushy, of the same colour as the hair of the 
back, and similarly annulated ; but it should be observed, that from 
the very dark shade of the colours the annuli are but little conspicu- 
ous anywhere. The face is more slender and tapering than in any 
other male Cynocephal that I have ever seen; the cheek-bones are 
but little prominent, but the nose sensibly surpasses the extremity 
of the muzzle. The face and space surrounding the eyes are black 
or dark brown, the upper eyelids alone flesh-coloured; the ears and 
palms of the hands, as are likewise the upper sides of the fingers, the 
scrotum, callosities, and naked parts of the buttocks, are of the same 
colour. The hair of the head, whiskers and fore-parts generally is 
erect and bushy, and completely conceals the ears. This species is 
allied to C. anubis, but differs from it in the colour of the hair, in the 
absence of the light flesh-coloured circle about the eyes, and in the 
dark brown instead of blood-red colour of the callosities and naked 
parts of the buttocks. I propose to distinguish it by the name of 
C. choras, a name which is applied to this or some other species of 
Baboon on the west coast of Africa, and which has a sufficiently 
classical form to escape the censure of barbarism, notwithstanding 
its origin.” 
Descriptions of four new species of Conus, a genus of Pectinibran- 
chiate Mollusks, by Mr. Lovell Reeve, were then read. 
1. Conus Stainrortuit. Con. testd conico-turbinatd, leviter fleru- 
osd, albidd, rubro purpureoque tinctd, ad basin rosaced ; granosd, 
granis minutis, rubido carneove-albis, in seriebus equidistantibus 
parallelis transversaliter dispositis ; spird mediocriter convead, tu- 
berculis aspersis regulariter coronatd ; apice mucronato, symmetrice 
acuto ; aperturd subinflatd, labro solidiusculo, intis extisque albo. 
Conch. Icon. pl. 1 ae 
The richly variegated purple painting of this new and very beau- 
tiful shell (which I dedicate to its fortunate possessor), and the 
rows of light small granular pimples standing out in relief, render 
it eminently characteristic. There is another specimen in Mr. Cu- 
ming’s collection. 
Hab. Unknown. 
