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Show 160 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Apr. 2, Dimensions of the type, an adult male, preserved in skin :- Head and body (c.) 520 millim.; tail 670; hind foot 154; heel to tip of hallux 123; length of eyebrows 25-28; length of crest-hairs (c.) 40. Skull.-Greatest length (gnathion to occiput) 91 millim.; basal length (basion to gnathion) 61 ; zygomatic breadth 68 ; nasal opening, height 15*2, breadth 10-0; nasals, length 10, greatest breadth 10; interorbital breadth 8*0; distance from outer edge of one orbit to that of the other 55*5 ; height of orbit 23 ; breadth across face, including external walls of orbits, 62 ; intertemporal constriction 46 ; brain-case, breadth 54, height from basilar suture to bregma (junction of sagittal and frontal sutures) 47 ; palate, length 30, breadth outside m1. 30, inside m1. 18*8 ; combined length of upper premolars and molars 26, of molars only 17*6. This handsome new species differs from all known Semnopitheci in the marked contrast in colour presented by its black crest, and white forehead and cheeks, no other species having a coloration in any way resembling this. The suspicion already mentioned as to its being a senile form of S. chrysomelas is effectually dispelled not only by the cranial differences above described, but by the fact that Mr. John Whitehead frequently saw the species during his recent expedition to Mount Kina Balu, where he obtained a specimen at an altitude of 4000 feet. The specimen was unfortunately destroyed, and its skull only preserved ; but when asked as to the characters of the original owner of the skull, Mr. Whitehead, before seeing Mr. Hose's specimen, immediately replied that it was a grey Monkey with white all over the sides of the head and throat, and that the species was fairly common in certain patches of forest on and near Mount Kina Balu. Mr. Hose is to be congratulated on his discovery of this fine Monkey, and I have much pleasure in connecting his name with it. April 2, 1889. Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1889 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of March was 64, of which 22 were by presentation, 2 by birth, 21 by purchase, 2 were received in exchange, and 17 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 100. The following additions are worthy of special notice :- 1. A specimen of the Manatee (Manatus australis), said to have been received from the Amazons, and purchased of Mr. Cross of Liverpool, March 2nd, being the second * example of this Sirenian obtained alive by the Society. 1 See P.Z.S. 1875, p. 529. |
