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Show 244 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON T H E [Mar. 14, Species. Sect. B. Chloronoti. Above olive-green ; beneath white 10-15 Sect. C. Erythronoti. Above rufous ; beneath white 16, 17 Sect. D. Melanochiri. Arms, hands, and feet black 18-26 Sect. E. Auriculati. Ears with long tufts 27-29 Sect. F. Barbati. With a long pointed white beard 30,31 Sect. A. Cercopitheci rhinosticti. The nine species of the " spot-nosed " group with which I am acquainted may be diagnosed as follows :- A. Naso piloso, albo. a. Pectore albo. a'. Cauda non rufescente. a". Brachiis cinereis. a'". Genis albis. f Capite nigro cincto 1. petaurista. \ Capite post, unicolore 2. buettikoferi. b'". Genis olivaceis 3. martini. b". Brachiis nigris 4. ludio. b'. Cauda rufescente. /Genis anguste nigris 5. melanogenys. \ Genis late nigris 6. schmidti. b. Pectore cinereo 7. nictitans. B. Naso piloso, rubro 8. erythrotis. C. Naso semi-nudo, cseruleo 9. cephus. 1. CERCOPITHECUS PETAURISTA. Simia petaurista, Schreb. Saug. i. p. 103, t. xix. B (1775). Cercopithecus petaurista, Erxl. Syst. Reg. An. p. 35 (1777); Martin, M. An. p. 539 ; Geoffr. Diet. univ. d'Hist, nat. iii. p. 301; Wagn. Saug. Suppl. v. p. 50 (1855) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 182; ' id. Cat. Monk. B. M. p. 20 (1870); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. vii. p. 86 (1876); Sci. List Vert. (1883) p. 13. Ascagne (Cere, ascanius), F. Cuv. Mamm. i. pi. 18 (?). Hab. Gold Coast (Mus. Lugd.). This is one of the commonest of the Cercopitheci in captivity. W e have always examples of it living in the Gardens. The black line which passes above the ears and borders the crown behind serves to distinguish this species from all its allies. The sharply defined white of the lowTer surface of the tail is another peculiar character of C. petaurista. 2. CERCOPITHECUS BUETTIKOFERI. Cercopithecus buttikoferi, Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. viii. (1886). Hab. Liberia (Buttilcofer). This species, described from specimens in the Leyden Museum, |
