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Show 252 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE [Mar. 14, The Samango Monkey has the whole back of a nearly uniform colour, the hairs being yellowish olive, annellated with black; the lower surface of the base of the tail is dirty white, which colour extends round the sides of the tail, leaving a broad line on the upper median surface blackish; the tail-end is black. The outer surface of the arms is black. The outer surface of the legs is grey; the feet are black. 22. CERCOPITHECUS MOLONEYI, sp. nov. (Plate XVII.) Supra olivaceus,nigricante annellatus, in capite obscurior; dorso ferrugineo nigro annellato ; brachiis et manibus nigris; cruribus cinereis nigro mixtis ; cauda, nisi ad ipsam basim, nigerrima corpore subtus pallide fulvo nigricante punctulato : long. corp. poll., caudce 26 poll. Hab. British Central Africa, north of Lake Nyasa. I base this apparently new and distinct species upon a skin brought home and presented to m e by Dr. J. A. Moloney, one of the surviving members of Stairs's Expedition to Katanga, to whom we are also indebted for our living specimen of Cercopithecus stairsi. Dr. Moloney obtained this specimen from Mr. Whyte at the African Lakes Company's Station of Karonga, at the north end of Lake Nyasa, in April 1892. Dr. Moloney informs me that it was procured by the natives of the surrounding district, which is named Nkonde1, the people themselves being called the Wa-Nkonde. The specimen appears to me to indicate, without doubt, a new species remarkable for its large size, long hairs, and the characteristic ferruginous broad band which covers the lower back. So far as I can tell from the single skin, from which the whole of the bones have been removed, Cercopithecus moloneyi appears to belong to the group of C. samango and the allied species, amongst which its large size and red back render it easily distinguishable. 23. CERCOPITHECUS STAIRSI. Cercopithecus stairsi, Sci. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 580, pi. xl. Hab. Lower Zambesi. Stairs's Monkey, which I place here for the present, is at once distinguishable from all its allies by the red patches in front of the ears. 24. CERCOPITHECUS ERYTHROGASTER. Cercopithecus erythroc/aster, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 169, pi. xvi., etl868, p. 182; id. Cat. Monk. B.M. p. 128 (1870); Murie, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 380 (anatomy); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. vii. p. 69. Hab. West Africa. W e have never been so fortunate as to receive a second specimen of this remarkable Monkey, which may be at once known from its congeners by its red chest, white beard and whiskers, and black frontal band. 1 See ' With Captain Stairs to Katanga,' by J. A. Moloney, p. 264. |