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Show 60 DR. J. B. GRAY ON A NEW APE. [Jan. 23, namomeous or chestnut, and the outer tail-feathers more or less terminated with white :- (1) Leptoptila jamaicensis (Linn.); Bp. Consp. ii. p. 73, et Icon. t. 119. Ex ins. Jamaica. Mus. Brit. (2) L. albifrons, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 74. Perist. brachyptera, Gray, M S . Ex Mexico et Guatemala. Mus. Brit, et S. & G. (3) L. verreauxi, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 75. Perist. brevipennis, G. R. Gray, in Mus. Brit. Ex ins. Trinit. Venezuela, Nov. Granada, Panama, rep. .ZEquatoriali et Veragua. Mus. Brit, et S. & G. (4) L. rufaxilla (Rich, et Bern.) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 73. Ex Guiana et valle Amazon, inf. Mus. Brit. (5) L. plumbeiceps, sp. nov. Ex Vera Pace et Mexico. (6) L. erythrothorax (Temm.) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 74. Peristera macrodactyla, G. R. Gray in Mus. Brit. Ex Guiana et Brasil. Mus. Brit, et S. & G. (7) L. cassini, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1867, p. 94. Ex Panama. (8) L. cerviniventris, nobis, ex Guatemala. We have not yet met with examples of L. dubusi, Bp. 2. Notice of Macacus lasiotus, a N e w Species of A p e from China, in the Collection of the Society. By Dr. J. E. G R A Y , F.E.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. (Plate VI.) Mr. Bartlett has brought to the British Museum for my examination and identification a large strong tailless male Macaque, which has just been imported from China in the ' Star of the Isles,' and added to the Collection of the Society. As the species is evidently new to science, I propose to name it Macacus lasiotus, and send the following short description, waiting until the animal can be more carefully examined after its death ; for it is too fierce and unquiet to be closely observed or handled. In the want of a tail, the square form of the rump, and the colour of the face it is much like the Magot (Lnuus ecaudatus), or Tailless Ape of Africa ; but in the colour of the fur, of the skin of the hinder part of the body, and in its general appearance it is more nearly allied to the Rhesus (Macacus rhesus) of Asia. Indeed it is very like a very fine large specimen of that group of Monkeys that has accidentally lost its tail; but the want of the tail is evidently a natural deficiency. |