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  LASIOPYGA 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  red 
  frontal 
  band 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  back. 
  This 
  is, 
  however, 
  only 
  

   a 
  surmise, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  

   L. 
  brazz^e, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  supposed 
  is 
  really 
  the 
  fact. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  697; 
  tail, 
  367; 
  foot, 
  90, 
  (skin). 
  

   Ex 
  type 
  Garden 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  

  

  Lasiopyga 
  diana 
  (Linnseus). 
  

  

  Simla 
  diana 
  Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1758, 
  p. 
  26 
  ; 
  I, 
  1766, 
  p. 
  38; 
  Schreb., 
  

   Saugth., 
  I, 
  1775, 
  p. 
  94, 
  pi. 
  XIV; 
  Gmel., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1788, 
  

   p. 
  32. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  diana 
  Erxl., 
  Syst. 
  Reg. 
  Anim., 
  1777, 
  p. 
  30; 
  Wagn., 
  

   Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  V, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  48 
  ; 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  

   Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  107, 
  figs. 
  263, 
  267 
  ; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb. 
  

   Primates, 
  II, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  79; 
  Jentink, 
  Notes 
  Leyd. 
  Mus., 
  1898, 
  

   p. 
  237; 
  Pocock, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1907, 
  pp. 
  682, 
  683, 
  pi. 
  

   XLI, 
  fig. 
  1 
  ; 
  Thos., 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1911, 
  p. 
  127. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  diana 
  var. 
  ignita 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  

  

  Fruit-eating 
  Bats, 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  22. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  diana 
  ignitus 
  Sclater, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1893, 
  

  

  p. 
  255 
  ; 
  Johnst, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1905, 
  p. 
  191. 
  

   Type 
  locality. 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Liberia, 
  very 
  common, 
  (Johnstone) 
  ; 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

   Genl. 
  Char. 
  Beard 
  short, 
  front 
  hairs 
  black; 
  ears 
  tufted; 
  inner 
  

   side 
  of 
  thighs 
  bright 
  bay. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Top 
  of 
  head, 
  nape, 
  neck, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  sides 
  

   of 
  body 
  iron 
  gray 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  chestnut 
  red 
  band 
  from 
  middle 
  of 
  back 
  to 
  

   root 
  of 
  tail 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  or 
  whitish 
  crescentic 
  band 
  on 
  forehead 
  above 
  eyes, 
  

   edged 
  in 
  front 
  with 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  stiff 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  face 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  

   hairs; 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  reaching 
  to 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  

   neck 
  to 
  shoulders, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  elbows 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms, 
  

   beard, 
  (except 
  front 
  hairs 
  at 
  base 
  which 
  are 
  black), 
  throat 
  and 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  chest, 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  outer 
  sides 
  of 
  arms 
  to 
  elbow, 
  black, 
  with 
  very 
  

   few 
  white 
  specks, 
  forearm 
  black, 
  thickly 
  speckled 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  with 
  

   white; 
  rather 
  broad 
  white, 
  or 
  yellowish 
  white 
  band 
  from 
  knee 
  across 
  

   thigh 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  ; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  thigh 
  from 
  

   knee 
  black, 
  minutely 
  speckled 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  thigh, 
  and 
  leg 
  

   half 
  way 
  below 
  knee, 
  and 
  anal 
  region 
  bright 
  bay 
  ; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  chestnut 
  and 
  black 
  mixed 
  at 
  root, 
  rest 
  black 
  to 
  tip. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,275; 
  tail, 
  820; 
  foot, 
  130. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  97.6 
  ; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  83 
  ; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  42.8 
  ; 
  

   Hensel, 
  67.6; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  62.4; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  13.6; 
  

  

  