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. The languages and forms of these tribes demonstrate their 

 essentially Northern stock or race ; but some of them, and most 

 so the Khas, have been much mixed with the Brahmanical or 

 modern Indian family. The Newars also have received a copious 

 infusion from the South. The two historical events which 

 brought the southern into the Sub-Himalayas, are, 1st the perse- 

 cution of the Buddhists by the Brahmans ; 2d of the latter, by 

 the Mahomedans. The Khas are now the dominant and military 

 tribe ; the other soldier tribes are the Muggar and Gurung. 

 N. B. — As to location, the following initial letters signify as follows: — 



H. is habitat, and G. after it is general, that is, both Tarai and all three 

 regions of the hills. L. is lower hilly region. C. is central hilly region, 

 and N. is northern hilly region. T. is Tarai and saul forest, or the plains 

 at the base of the mountains. For a general sketch of features and charac- 

 ter of the above four regions, see Catalogue as first printed apud Journal, 

 Asiatic Society. 



QUADRUMANA. 



SlMIAD^. 



Semnopithecus necnon Cereopithecus. — Gen. ch. nobis. Facial angle 

 45 to 50 : face flat : nose short with long narrow lateral nares : 

 limbs long : thumbs small, remote : no cheek pouches : 5th 

 tubercle on last molar present or absent : callosities large : 

 canines variable, large : only in grown males : stomach sacculat- 

 ed and banded as well as intestines : tail very long, commonly 

 tufted, and exceeding the length of the animal. Agile, grave, 

 gregarious, not docile. 



I. Sp. new, schistaceus nob. (Nipalensis of former catalogue, 

 see remark at end.) Darker and more uniform in hue than 

 Entellus, and stouter built like Maurus. I think there may prove 

 to be two species. 



H. T. and L. more rarely. C. and N. even. 

 . Macacus ? Pitliex, Nob. — Gen. ch. nob. Facial angle 50 : muzzle 

 not elongated. Callosities and cheek pouches large. Buttocks 

 often nude. Structure compacter, but generally like that of 

 Semnopithecus ; limbs shorter, thumbs larger, orbits more salient, 

 head rounder, canines similarly variable, nares shorter, rounder 

 and more terminal. Stomach simple. Coecum and rectum saculat- 

 ed. Tail equal to half the length of the animal. Agile, lively, 

 gregarious, familiar, and docile. 

 2. Sp. new. Oinops et Pelops, nob. 

 H. of the first, T. L, and C— of the second, N. 



