SYNOPSIS OF THE 



monkey). Fur black, with a variegated mane covering the 

 neck, and upper part of the back, and shoulders. 



Simla polycomos, Schreb. S. comosa, Shaw, i. 59. 

 Colobus polycomos, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. 92. 



Guenon a camail, Buff. supp. vii. Full-bottom monkey, 

 Penn. Quad. i. 197. King monkey, Dealers. 



Icon. Penn. Quad. i. t. 25. Schreb. t. 10, D. Shaw, 

 Zool. I. t. 24. Buff. VII. t. 17. 



Inhabits the forest of Sierra Leone and Guinea. 



12. 2. S. C. ferruginosus (Bay Monkey). Fur ferrugine- 

 ous ; top of the head, hands, and tail, black. 



Simla Ferruginosa, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. 59. Colobus Fer- 

 ruginosus, Geoff. Ann. AIus. xix. 92. 



Autre Guenon, Buff. svppL vii. 66. Bay Monkey, Pen- 

 nant, Quad. 203. 



Icon. 



Inhabits 



Obs. Considered by M Lacepede to be a variety of the 

 former. 



13. 3. iS. C. Temminckii (Temminck's Colobus). Fur 

 black; neck, shoulders, and outer face of the thighs, black ; 

 face, tail, and belly, white. 



Colobus Temminckii, Kuhl. Mss. Desm. Mamm. 53. 



Icon. 



Inhabits 



Mus. Bullock. Now in possession of M. Temrninck. 



VII. Lasiopyga. — Illiger. Facial angle of 45"^.; head 

 round, rmizzle slightly prolonged ; hands very long, all pro- 

 vided with thumbs; thumbs of the anterior hands very short 

 and thin ; tail long ; cheek-pouches distinct ; buttocks not 

 callous, fringed with hair. 



14. 1. S. L. 7iemaus (the Douc or Cccliin China monkey). 

 Fur varied with brilliant colours. 



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