DESCRIPTION OF THE SIMIA SAGULATA. 167 



VIII. — Description of the Simia sagulata, — or 



Jacketed Monkey. 



By Thomas Stewart Traill, M. D. F. R. S. E. M. G . S. &c 

 (Read With November 1819J 



Character : 

 Simia caudata ; capite barbata nigra ; caudd non 

 prehensile nigra villosissima, claviformi) corpore 

 subtus nigro ; dor so pilis ochraceis bene tecto. 



Monkey, with head black and bearded ; tail not 

 prehensile, thickly set with black hairs, clavi- 

 form ; body below black ; back well clothed with 

 an ochry-coloured fur. 



This animal resembles Simia Beelzebub, the 

 Preacher Monkey of Pennant, in several respects ; 

 but is distinguished by the form of the tail, and the 

 colour of the upper part of the body. Though it 

 be found in great numbers in the forests of Deme- 

 rary, it appears to have hitherto escaped the notice 

 of our writers on natural history. 



The skin of the face is black ; and there are a 

 few straggling hairs of the same colour on the 



