144 ox AX ELK FROM SIBERIA. [Juiie 17, 



Mr. ^Reumann also described a new species of the group of 

 C. alhogularis to which, at the suggestion of Mr. A. H. Neumann, 

 the collector of the fiist specimen, he was glad to give the name 

 Cercopitliecus Icolhi, in honour of Dr. George Kolb, the lamented 

 German zoologist and explorer of tlie regions north-east of 

 Mt, Kenia, who had been killed by a rhinocei-os in 1899. 



The following was the description of C. kolbi : — 



S . Similar in most respects to the dark mountain-form of 

 C?^alhogidaris, but with a pure white throat, which extends as a 

 white half-collar round the neck, and leaves only a narrow space, 

 about two inches wide, connecting the dark colour of the head 

 with that of the back. The ears are thickly haired and pure 

 white. The arms and hands are glossy black, the hind legs dai-k 

 gi'ey, the feet glossy black ; the tail at the base is of the coloru- of 

 the back, gradually passing into shining black towards the tip. 



$ . Smaller, aU the colours paler, head darker, the back moi-e 

 olive-brown, with less red ; arms, hands, and hind feet paler 

 black. 



Five specimens of this species were in the British Museum. 



The type (No. 0.1.31) had been obtained by C. S. Betton on 

 the Kedong Escarpment, Sept. 21, 1899. Two other males had 

 been procured by A. H. Neumann at 8000-9000 feet, on the east 

 side of Mt. Kenia, and by Lord Delamere in Roi-omo, British 

 East Africa. Two females had been obtained by Mackinder in 

 the Nairobi forest on July 14, 1899. This species seemed to be 

 restricted to Mt. Kenia and to the neighbouring mountain-chains. 



Cercopitliecus alhotorquatus of Thomas, with which this Monkey 

 had been confounded, was distinguished by its shorter fur — being 

 probably a lowland form, — by the absence of the striking white 

 colour of the ears, by its red anal region and base of the tail, by 

 its reddish hind legs, and by the very sharp definition of the 

 dark and white areas on the neck. 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.Z.S,, exhibited and made I'emai-ks upon 

 the nest of a Gregaiious Spider {StegodypMis dumicola), sent 

 home by Capt. Barrett- Hamilton, F.Z.S., from Yredefort Road, 

 Orange River Colony, S. Africa. 



A communication from Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., F.Z.S., called 

 attention to the supposed new species of Elk from Sibeiia, published 

 in the Society's 'Proceedings' for 1902 (vol. i. p. 207) and pro- 

 posed to be called Alces hecffordice, no exact locality being given. 

 Mr. Elwes stated that when he was in the Altai Mountains, three 

 years ago, he had procured fi'om Lake Teletskoi the skull and 

 horns of an Elk which were so exactly of the character of those 

 found in European Russia, that he could not distinguish them. 

 They were well palmated with about twelve points on each side. 

 Mr. Elwes was convinced that though there might lie many local 



