252 ME. p. L. scLATEB O's THE [Mar. 14, 



The Samango Monkey has the whole back o£ a nearly uniform 

 colour, the hairs being yellowish olive, annellated -ttTith black ; 

 the lower surface of the base of the tail is dirty white, which colour 

 extends round the sides of the tail, lea-\-ing a broad line on the 

 upper median surface blackish ; the tail-end is black. The outer 

 surface of the arms is black. The outer surface of the legs is grey; 

 the feet are black. 



22. Cebcopithectjs moloxeti, sp. nov. (Plate XVII.) 



Supra olivaceus, nigricante annellatus, in capite ohscurior; dorso medio 

 ferrugineo nigra annellato ; bracJiiis et manibus nigris ; cruribus 

 cinereis nigra mixtis ; catida, nisi ad ipsam basim, nigerrima ; 

 corpare subtus paTlide fvXvo nigricante punctidaia : long. carp. 28 

 poll., Cauda 26 p)oll, 



Hab. British Central Africa, north of Lake Nyasa. 



I base this apparently new and distinct species upon a skin 

 brought home and presented to me by Dr. J. A. Moloney, one of 

 the surviving members of Stairs' s Expedition to Katanga, to whom 

 we are also indebted for our li^'ing specimen of Cereopithccus stairsi. 

 Dr. Moloney obtained this specimen from Mr. Whyte at the African 

 Lakes Company's Station of Karonga, at the north end of Lake 

 Nyasa, in April 1892. Dr. Moloney informs me that it was pro- 

 cured by the natives of the surrounding district, which is named 

 NkondeS the people themselves being called the "Wa-Xkonde. 



The specimen appears to me to indicate, without doubt, a new 

 species remarkable for its large size, long hairs, and the character- 

 istic ferruginous broad band wliich covers the lower back. So 

 far as I can teU from the single skin, from which the whole of the 

 bones have been removed, Cercopitliecus moloneyi appears to belong 

 to the group of C. samanga and the allied species, amongst which 

 its large size and red back render it easily distinguishable. 



23. Cercopithecijs slvtrsi. 



Cercopiilieeus stairsi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 580, pi. xl. 



Hab. Lower Zambesi. 



Stairs's Monkey, which I place here for the present, is at once 

 distinguishable from all its allies by the red patches in front of 

 the ears. 



24. Ceecopithectjs eettheogaster. 



Cercopithecus erythroqaster, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 169, pi. xvi., 

 etl868, p. 182: 'id. Cat. Monk.B. M. p. 128 (1870); Murie, 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 380 (anatomy); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. vii. p. 69. 



Hah. West Africa. 



We have never been so fortunate as to receive a second speci- 

 men of this remarkable Monkey, which may be at once known 

 from its congeners by its red chest, white beard and whiskers, and 

 black frontal band. 



^ See ' With Captain Stairs to Katanga,' by J. A. Moloney, p. 264. 



