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Show 1893.] MONKEYS OF T H E GENUS CERCOPITHECUS. 257 nulla) ; id. Diet. univ. d'Hist. nat. iii. p. 303 (1843) ; Mus. ii. p. 558, pi. 31. Hab. Africa. Described from a menagerie specimen. Allied to C. mona, perhaps the same as C. albogularis. 6. CERCOPITHECUS PALATINUS. Cercopithecus roloway, Erxl. Syst. p. 42 (1777); Geoffr. Diet. univ. d'Hist. nat. iii. p. 304; id. Arch. d. M. ii. p. 558. Cercopithecus palatinus, Wagn. Saug. v. p. 47. Hab. Guinea. Like C. diana, but with the belly white and the lower back very dark, nearly black. 7. CERCOPITHECUS PICTURATUS. Cercopithecus picturatus, Santos, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, xi. p. 98 (1886). Hab. West Africa. This species was based on an individual living in the Zoological Gardens, Lisbon. It belongs to the Spot-nosed section, and is allied to C. petaurista, but has the terminal four-fifths of the tail " copper-reddish." It is perhaps = C. melanogenys. 8. CERCOPITHECUS SIGNATUS. Cercopithecus signatus, Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 55 (1886). ' Hab. West Africa? This species is based on a specimen formerly living in the Zoological Garden, Rotterdam. It belongs to the Spot-nosed group, and is allied to C. petaurista and C. melanogenys. 9. CERCOPITHECUS STAMPFLII. Cercopithecus melanogenys, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Sim. p. 90 (nee Gray). Cercopithecus stampflii, Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. x. p. 10 (1888). Hab. Liberia. This species was established on a specimen procured in Liberia by Biittikofer and Stampfii. It belongs to the White-nosed section, allied to C. nictitans, but differs from that species in having the underparts white. 10. CERCOPITHECUS OOHRACEUS. Cercopithecus ochraceus, Peters, Reise n. Moss., Siiug. p. 2, t. l. a. Hab. Querimba, Mozambique. Allied to C. ruber and C. pyrrhonotus, but body above yellowish. |