160 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIK. [Apr. 2, 



Dimensions of the type, an adult male, preserved in skin : — 



Head and body (c.) 520 millim. ; tail G70 ; hind foot 154; heel 

 to tip of hallux 123 ; length of eyebrows 25-28; length of crest- 

 hairs (c.) 40. 



Skull.- — Greatest length (gnathion to occiput) 91 millim.; basal 

 length (basion to gnathion) (Jl ; zygomatic breadth 68 ; nasal open- 

 ing, height 15"2, breadth 100; nasals, length 10, greatest breadth 

 10; interorbital breadth 8'0 ; distance from outer edge of one orbit 

 to that of the other 55'5 ; height of orbit 23 : breadth across face, 

 including external walls of orbits, 62 ; intertemporal constriction 46 ; 

 brain-case, breadth 54, height from basilar suture to bregma (junction 

 of sagittal and frontal sutures) 47 ; palate, length 30, breadth outside 

 m\ .'30, inside ra^ 18"H; combined length of upper premolars and 

 molars 26, of molars only 17'6. 



This handsome new species differs from all known Semnopitheci 

 in the marked contrast in colour presented by its black crest, and 

 white forehead and cheeks, no other species having a coloration in 

 any way resembling this. The suspicion already mentioned as to its 

 being a senile form of S. chrysomelas is effectually dispelled not only 

 by the cranial differences above described, but by the fact that Mr. 

 John Whitehead frequently saw the species during his recent expe- 

 dition to Mount Kina Balu, where he obtained a specimen at an 

 altitude of 4000 feet. The specimen was unfortunately destroyed, 

 and its skull only preserved ; but when asked as to the characters of 

 the original owner of the skull, Mr. Whitehead, before seeing Mr. 

 Hose's specimen, immediately replied that it was a grey Monkey 

 with white all over the sides of the head and throat, and that the 

 si>ecies was fairly common in certain patches of forest on and near 

 Mount Kina Balu. 



Mr. Hose is to be congratulated on his discovery of this fine 

 Monkey, and I have much pleasure in connecting his name with it. 



April 2, 1889. 

 Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.H.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1889 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of March was 64, of which 22 were by 

 presentation, 2 by birth, 21 by purchase, 2 were received in exchange, 

 and 17 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and removals, was 100. 



The following additions are worthy of special notice : — 



1. A specimen of the Manatee (Manatus australis), said to have 

 been received from the Amazons, and purchased of Mr. Cross of 

 Liverpool, March 2iid, being the second' example of this Sirenian 

 obtained alive by the Society. 



' SeeP.Z.S. 1875, p. 529. 



