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  LASIOPYGA 
  

  

  black 
  line 
  with 
  numerous 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  whiskers 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  

   white 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  body 
  to 
  rump, 
  shoulders 
  and 
  flanks, 
  

   ochraceous 
  on 
  some 
  examples, 
  yellowish 
  green 
  in 
  others, 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   being 
  dark 
  brown 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  ringed 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  black, 
  or 
  

   yellow 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  rump 
  and 
  limbs 
  dark 
  gray 
  tipped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  entire 
  

   under 
  parts, 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  white 
  ; 
  hands 
  brownish 
  black, 
  feet 
  

   reddish; 
  tail 
  iron 
  gray, 
  ochraceous 
  rufous 
  on 
  sides 
  at 
  root, 
  apical 
  

   portion 
  black. 
  Skull 
  in 
  the 
  specimen. 
  Ex 
  type 
  Paris 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  figured 
  by 
  F. 
  Cuvier 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  

   and 
  has 
  lost 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  blackish 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  It 
  is 
  yellowish 
  

   green 
  in 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  differs 
  

   from 
  a 
  more 
  recent 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  brought 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  

   Congo 
  in 
  1902. 
  The 
  difference 
  of 
  tint 
  shown 
  by 
  these 
  examples 
  is 
  

   probably 
  only 
  an 
  individual 
  variation 
  of 
  hue, 
  for 
  Cuvier's 
  specimen 
  

   does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  faded 
  to 
  any 
  perceptible 
  degree 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   parts. 
  The 
  gray 
  portions 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  Congo 
  specimen 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  the 
  tail 
  are 
  much 
  darker 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  form 
  described 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  L. 
  lalandi 
  Geoff., 
  is 
  all 
  dark 
  gray 
  above 
  with 
  a 
  

   slight 
  wash 
  of 
  olive. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  nor 
  any 
  

   specimen 
  even 
  marked 
  "un 
  des 
  types/' 
  and 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  determined 
  

   whether 
  the 
  examples 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  Geoff 
  roy 
  had 
  in 
  

   his 
  possession 
  or 
  not, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  presumable 
  that 
  they 
  are. 
  Grant 
  states 
  

   that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  "common 
  in 
  the 
  Dukudukuthorn 
  forest, 
  eight 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  Hlatwa 
  District, 
  Zululand. 
  

  

  "Generally 
  seen 
  in 
  parties 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  twelve. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  morn- 
  

   ing 
  they 
  sit 
  on 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  ant-heaps 
  enjoying 
  the 
  sun. 
  

   The 
  natives 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  bush 
  eat 
  the 
  'Nkau,' 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  open 
  

   country 
  will 
  not 
  touch 
  it." 
  In 
  Knysna, 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  the 
  same 
  collector 
  

   says 
  this 
  monkey 
  is 
  "common, 
  frequents 
  the 
  forest 
  country, 
  and 
  visits 
  

   the 
  land 
  and 
  gardens 
  near 
  houses 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage. 
  Gener- 
  

   ally 
  in 
  parties 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  more, 
  although 
  occasionally 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  a 
  

   pair 
  with 
  their 
  young 
  only." 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  shades 
  of 
  color 
  from 
  light 
  

   to 
  dark 
  among 
  individuals, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  well 
  exemplified 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Grant, 
  from 
  various 
  

   localities. 
  As 
  these 
  differences 
  in 
  intensity 
  of 
  color 
  occur 
  among 
  

   examples 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  it 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  individual 
  

   variation, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  no 
  importance 
  in 
  a 
  scientific 
  sense, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   observable 
  in 
  quite 
  young 
  specimens 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  those 
  fully 
  adult. 
  

   As 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  from 
  the 
  localities 
  given 
  above, 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  

  

  