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MR. R. I. POCOCK — A REVISION OF 



[June^lS, 



Cercopithecus cynosurus Scop. (Plate XLII. fig. 3. 

 Text-fig. 190.) 



Simia cynosiorus Scopoli, Delic. Flor. Faiui. Insulir. i. p. 44, 

 pi. xix., 1786. 



Le Malbrouek, F. Ouvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. i. pi. ii., 1819 

 (named C. cynosurits on p. 1 of Tabl. Gen. et Method., 1824). 



Cercopithecus cynos'n.rus Desmarest, Mamm. p. 60, 1820, and 

 apparently of most subsequent authors. 



Cercojyithecns teplirops Bennett, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 109. 



Face usually, at all events, much less heavily pigmented than 

 in other species of the group, being pallid, greyish, and to a 



Text-fio'. 190. 



Cercopithecus cynosurus Scop. 

 (From a specimen living in the Society's Gardens.' 



varying degree patched oi' clouded with black, darker on the nose 

 than laterally, and with many short white hairs on the upper and 

 lower lips and chin. Whiskers short, growing upwards but not 

 concealing the ears, speckled down to the level of the edge of the 

 ear, and much the same tint as the top of the head, those on the 

 lower half of the cheek Avhite. A white brow-band ; but neither 

 the brow-band noi' the top of the hea,d sharply diflierentiated from 

 the cheeks in colour. The head and body uniformly speckled 

 yellow and black, the tint of the yellow sometimes rich, some- 

 times dull and gi-eyish. Limbs externally below the shoulder and 

 hip becoming gradually greyer ; uppei- suiface of hands, fingers, 

 feet, and toes grey. Tail longer than head and body ; scarcely 



