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Show 258 ON MONKEYS OF T H E GENUS CERCOPITHECUS. [Mar. 14> 11. CERCOPITHECUS RUFO-VIRIDIS. Cercopithecus rufo-viridis, Geoffr. Compt. Rend. xv. p. (1842); id. Diet. univ. d'Hist. nat. iii. p. 307 (1843) ; id. Arch. du Mus. ii. p. 564, t. xxxii.; Wagn. Saug. Suppl. v. p. 40 (1855); Scbleg. Mus. P.-B. vii. p. 78. Chlorocebus rufo-viridis, Gray, Cat. Monk. B. M . p. 25 (1870). Described from a menagerie specimen, of which the locality was not known ; perhaps = C. erythrarchus. 12. CERCOPITHECUS TANTALUS. Cercopithecus tantalus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33. Hab. Africa, loc. ign. Founded on a specimen formerly living in this Society's Gardens. " Most nearly related to C. sabceus aud C. pygerythrusT 13. CERCOPITHECUS TEMMINCKI. Cercopithecus temmincki, Ogilby, Library of Entertaining Knowl., Menageries, p. 345 (1838); Martin, M. An. p. 530. Hab. Guinea. This species was based by Ogilby on a specimen formerly in the Leyden Museum. Dr. Jentink, the present Director of that Institution, is not able to give me any information about it, stating that he does not believe that it could have been in that collection in 1853, when Temminck published his 'Esquisses Zoologiques sur la cote de Guinee,' as Temminck made no mention of it. 14. CERCOPITHECUS WERNERI. Cercopithecus werneri, Geoffr. C. R. xxxi. p. 874 (1850); id. Cat. Prim. p. 23; id. Arch. d. Mus. v. p. 539, pi. xxvii.; Wagn. Saug. v. p. 42. Described from living specimens in the Jardin des Plantes. It belongs to the section of Green Monkeys, but is uniform fulvous above and white beneath, with a black face and golden-red tail-end. 15. CERCOPITHECUS WOLFI. Cercopithecus wolfi, Meyer, Notes Leyd. Mus. xiii. p. 63 (1891). Hab. Central West Africa. Described from a living specimen in the Zoological Garden of Dresden. It belongs to the " mona " division of Sehlegel, but is distinguished from all the other species by its ferruginous hind legs, and by the light patches on the inner side of the thighs and arms. |