1& SIMIADiE. 



above the end of the muzzle ; their canines are very strong, and the first 

 molars are inclined backwards to make room for the large upper canine. 

 The limbs are strong and compact, and they are as much terrestrial as 

 arboreal. They eat frogs, crabs, lizards and insects, as readily as vegeta- 

 ble food. Their callosities are large, as are their cheek-pouches, and 

 they have also laryngeal expansions. Their tails are short. They are 

 quiet and intelligent in youth, but become ferocious and nntameable in 

 old age. 



6. Inuus silenus. 



Simla apnd Linn^ub. — S. leonina, Shaw. — Silenus veter, Gray. — 

 Blyth, Cat. 12. — HoRSFiELD, Cat. 23. — Nil bandar, Beng. — Shia bandar, 

 H. — Nella manthi, Mai. 



The Lion Monkey. 



Descr. — Black, with a reddish-white hood or beard surrounding the 

 face and neck ; tail, with a tuft of hair at the tip. 



Length of one, about 2 feet ; tail, 10 inches. 



This well known monkey has been bandied about in several genera, some 

 making him a Papio, others a Cynocephalus, and many a Macacus; 

 whilst Lesson, followed by Gray, places him as a distinct genus. It certain- 

 ly has the baboon-like characters, viz., the stronger teeth, more lengthen- 

 ed face, and the tufted tail more strongly marked than others. Till lately 

 it has been looked upon in Europe as a native of Ceylon as well as of the 

 Southern parts of India, and the name Wanderoo, applied to it by Bufibii, 

 is properly the Ceylonese name of the Langurs ; but Templeton and Layard 

 pointed out that it was never found on that island. It is a native of the 

 more elevated forests of the Western Ghats of India, from N. L. 14° to 

 the extreme South, but most abundant in Cochin and Travancore. It is 

 said to occur still further North up to Goa, N, L. 15-^, but I have no 

 authentic information of its occurrence so high. It frequents the most 

 dense and unfrequented parts of the forests, always as far as I have ob- 

 served it, at a considerable elevation, and I had often traversed the Mala- 

 bar forests before I first fell in with it. This was at the top of the Coti- 

 addy pass, leading from Malabar into the Wynaad. I since havemet with 

 it in several other localities, but always near the crest of the Ghats. It 

 occurs in troops of from twelve to twenty or more, and those I observed 

 were exceedingly shy and wary. It is not, to my knowledge, often caught 

 in the Wynaad, and most of the individuals seen in captivity appear to be 



