﻿SIMIA 
  173 
  

  

  nected 
  with 
  some 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Apes, 
  but 
  the 
  reasons 
  advanced 
  

   for 
  doing 
  this 
  were 
  faulty, 
  and 
  an 
  error 
  was 
  committed, 
  and 
  no 
  matter 
  

   how 
  familiar 
  this 
  act 
  may 
  have 
  become 
  to 
  Authors 
  and 
  others 
  generally, 
  

   yet 
  it 
  was 
  still 
  an 
  error, 
  and 
  therefore 
  something 
  necessary 
  to 
  change 
  

   and 
  correct. 
  No 
  error 
  can 
  ever 
  become 
  the 
  truth 
  simply 
  by 
  toleration, 
  

   and 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  continued 
  when 
  discovered 
  for 
  any 
  reason, 
  and 
  

   particularly 
  not 
  for 
  the 
  totally 
  insufficient 
  one 
  that 
  a 
  change 
  would 
  

   inconvenience 
  the 
  memories 
  of 
  some 
  writers. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   Simia 
  has 
  at 
  length 
  found 
  its 
  true 
  resting 
  place 
  for 
  all 
  time. 
  Mr. 
  

   Thomas 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  communication, 
  p. 
  125, 
  advocates 
  that 
  the 
  

   Macaques 
  should 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  Simia 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  view 
  I 
  cannot 
  agree 
  

   with 
  him. 
  If 
  the 
  Barbary 
  Ape 
  belongs 
  to 
  a 
  distinct 
  genus, 
  it 
  would 
  

   naturally 
  be 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  certain 
  attributes 
  possessed 
  by 
  it. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   these 
  are, 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  tail, 
  the 
  peculiar 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  

   oblong 
  face, 
  etc., 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  Macaque. 
  The 
  

   Barbary 
  Ape 
  alone 
  represents 
  the 
  genus 
  Simia, 
  and 
  the 
  Macaques 
  are 
  

   only 
  properly 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Pithecus 
  which 
  antedates 
  Macaca 
  

   (sic), 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  genera 
  proposed 
  for 
  them, 
  and 
  leaves 
  no 
  reason 
  

   whatever 
  for 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  term. 
  

  

  Simia 
  sylvanus 
  Linnagus. 
  

  

  Simia 
  sylvanus 
  Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1758, 
  p. 
  25 
  ; 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth., 
  

   I, 
  1755, 
  p. 
  68, 
  tab. 
  IV; 
  Gmel., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1788, 
  p. 
  27; 
  Shaw, 
  

   Genl. 
  Zool., 
  I, 
  Pt. 
  I, 
  1800, 
  p. 
  14, 
  pi. 
  VIII; 
  Cuv., 
  Reg. 
  Anim., 
  

   1829, 
  p. 
  96; 
  Thos., 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1911, 
  pp. 
  121-125. 
  

  

  Simia 
  inuus 
  Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1766, 
  p. 
  35; 
  Erxl., 
  Syst. 
  Reg. 
  

   Anim., 
  1777, 
  p. 
  13 
  ; 
  Bodd., 
  Elench. 
  Anim., 
  1784, 
  p. 
  55 
  ; 
  Gmel., 
  

   Syst. 
  Natur., 
  I, 
  1788, 
  p. 
  28; 
  Shaw, 
  Genl. 
  Zool., 
  I, 
  1800, 
  p. 
  13, 
  

   pi. 
  VII; 
  Fisch., 
  Syn. 
  Mamm, 
  1829, 
  p. 
  31. 
  

  

  Cynocephalus 
  inuus 
  Latr., 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Buffon, 
  (Sonnini 
  ed.\ 
  

   XXXVI, 
  1809, 
  p. 
  293. 
  

  

  Inuus 
  ecaudatus 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  XIX, 
  

   1812, 
  p. 
  100; 
  Kuhl, 
  Beitr. 
  Zool., 
  1820, 
  p. 
  15; 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  

   Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  V, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  59; 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  

   and 
  Fruit-eating 
  Bats, 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  32. 
  

  

  Le 
  Magot 
  F. 
  Cuv., 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Mamm., 
  Livr. 
  lime, 
  1819, 
  p. 
  114, 
  

   pi. 
  XLI. 
  

  

  Macacus 
  inuus 
  Desm., 
  Mamm., 
  1820, 
  p. 
  67; 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Cours 
  Hist. 
  

   Nat. 
  Mamm., 
  1828, 
  p. 
  23, 
  8me 
  Legon; 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Belang., 
  

   Voy., 
  1834, 
  p. 
  62; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb. 
  Primates, 
  II, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  4. 
  

  

  