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Show 1896.] MAMMALS O F NYASALAND. 789 2. CERCOPITHECUS LEUCAMPYX, Fisch. (C.pluto, Sci. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 97; C. leucampyx, Sci. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 253.) 3. CERCOPITHECUS MOLONETI, Sci. (Sci. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 252.) 4. CERCOPITHECUS ALBIGULARIS, Sykes. (P. Z. S. 1894 \ p. 137.) Three specimens from the Chiradzulti Mts., July 1895 (A. Whyte). 5. P A P I O PRUINOSUS, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII.) a. Ad. skin, <$ . Fort Johnston, July 24,1895 (Br. P. Bendall). " Irides yellowish brown. Native name ' Nyani.'"-P. B. Size and length of fur very much as in P. thoth, Og., to which tbe species seems to be most nearly allied, but the hairs are softer to the touch, entirely different in colour, and unannulated throughout. General colour hoary grey, not very unlike that of such specimens of Bldelphys marsuplalis as have white-tipped bristle-hairs. Throughout, on the upper surface, there are two sorts of hairs, the shorter about 3-4 inches in length, and the longer about 7 inches ; both have black tips about f to 1 inch long, while their remainder is dirty white. In a general view the black tips of the shorter hairs show clearly against their white bases, but those of the longer hairs do not show at all, so that these latter look wholly white. The general hoary colour obtained by this mixture of black and white extends all over the upper surface, including the head, along the outer sides of the limbs to the metapodials, and to the end of the tail, which is, however, rather blacker proximally and whiter terminally than the rest of the body. Tip of tail untufted. Below, on cheeks, chin, and belly, and on the inner sides of the limbs the black tips disappear, the fur is then entirely dirty white. The fingers and toes are also nearly unmixed white. Skull very closely resembling that of P. thoth in size and general characters, but the muzzle is very decidedly shorter. Thus, while the distance from the orbit to the occiput is almost identical in the two, that from the orbit to the gnathion is very materially shorter in the new form. The muzzle is also more tapering and less parallel-sided anteriorly. The nasals are less flattened, and are more clearly visible in a lateral view of the skull. Below, the palate is shorter, the tooth-rows are more bowed in anteriorly, and the pterygoid fossae are broader. In the lower jaw the pit below p.2 Am.1 is very much shallower, indeed scarcely noticeable, and the chin is much more developed, probably because of the shortening of the palate and consequent vertical position of the lower incisors and canines. 1 These references refer to the three previous papers in the P. Z. S., in 1892, 1893, and 1894. |
