20 SIMIADZ, 
thumb large. Eyes and ears very large. Nose rather prominent. 
Septum thick. Nostrils oblong, open, rather lateral. Skull large, 
enlarged above the orbits ; face very short; orbits large. Hab. Africa. 
Miopithecus, Is, Geoff. Arch. du Mus. ii, p. 649, 1843 ; Dahlbom, p. 99. 
Miopithecus talapoin. The Tulapoin. B. M. 
- Fur above olive-green, beneath whitish ; face black; upper lip 
yellow, with scattered black hairs ; orbits orange ; eyebrows whitish ; 
whiskers short, pale golden yellow. 
Talapoin, Buffon, HN. xiv. t. 46; Mamm. Lith. t. Simia tala- 
oin, Schreb. Cercopithecus talapoin, Erxl. Miopithecus talapoin, 
s. Geoff. Arch. du Mus. ii. p. 549. C. melarhinus, Schinz, i. p. 47. 
M. capillatus, I. ae 
(Discoloured.) Cercopithecus pileatus, Desm. (Mus. Paris), not Shaw. 
Hab. West Africa. 
12. CERCOPITHECUS. 
Head rounded. Face short; cheek-pouches large ; whiskers 
rounded, soft. Handsshort; thumb well developed. Fur black, more 
or less yellow-ringed. The last lower grinder with four tubercles. 
Hab. Africa. 
Guenon, Buffon. Cercopithecus, part., Er. 
a. Nose blue; whiskers yellow. Species 1. 
b. Nose covered with white hairs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 
c. Nose and ears covered with red-hairs. 7. 
d. Nose coloured like the body. A 
* Haunches with a white streak. 8, 9. 
** Haunches with a white spot. 10. 
*** Haunches without streak or spot. 
+ Head with a black temple-streak. 11,11*, 12. 
+t Head without any black streak. 18, 14, 15. 
1. Cercopithecus cephus. The Moustache. B.M. 
Olive-green, yellow-dotted ; throat and beneath grey ; temples and 
face black ; whiskers yellow; nose with a large triangular blue mark ; 
hands and feet blackish. 
Moustac, Buffon, H. N. xiv. t. 39; F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. ? Si- 
mia cephus, Linn. Cercopithecus cephus, Eri. 
Adult. Front of crown reddish. B.M. 
Hab. West Africa. 
2. Cercopithecus petaurista. The White-cheeked Hocheur. B. M. 
Fur olive-green, yellow-dotted ; face black ; nose-spot small, sub- 
trigonal, white; cheeks, chin, and under parts of body, inside of 
legs, and underside of tail white. 
