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Show 318 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [-^Pr« &» its tributaries, either solitary or in parties of about half a dozen they were very active and wild. In the Botanical Gardens, Penang, I have seen this species playing in the trees. On Penang Hill I have occasionally seen Lutongs which appeared to belong to this species ; they are very shy, and it is difficult to see much of them before they disappear among the jungle trees. In the Museum at Taiping there are specimens from the Larut Hills, Perak. In April 1898, at about 3500 feet elevation in the Larut Hills, I came on a party of from 10 to 20 Semnopitheci, of this or a closely allied species. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 25, p. 57) says : " S. obscurus, Reid. The Grey Lotong. This monkey, which is common in Pahang, varies much in colour. Here it is of a dark grey, wrhile further south, in Johore, it is almost black." Kelsall (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 26, p. 16) says : " S. obscurus, Reid. The Dusky Lotong. This species is very nearly black in Johore. Several specimens were obtained. Common everywhere in the inland districts." There are two stuffed specimens in the Siamese Museum, labelled " Siam." Colour. Specimens from Kedah. The very handsome fur is darkish grey above, paler below, with hands and feet black. The face is black except for the white nose and the distinctly defined white spaces or rings round the eyes. Iris brown. Size. Specimens from Kedah :- d. Head and body 21| in. (or 546 m m . ) ; tail 26% in. (or 679 mm.). 2- Head and body 22| in. (or 571 m m . ) ; tail 27 in. (or 685 mm.). Distribution. Siam, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 11. SEMNOPITHECUS FEMORALIS Horsf. Tbe Banded Leaf- Monkey. Semnopithecus femoralis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., M a m m . p. 42. Cantor (p. 5) apparently obtained only one specimen-from Purlis (a small State on the west coast of'the Malay Peninsula, north of Kedah), and says that the species does not appear to occur in either Penang or Singapore. Eidley (Mamm. Malay Pen. p. 26), however, says "it is not very common in Singapore, but a few occur in most^of the larger jungles." Mr. Oldfield Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 72) mentions a specimen from Klang, Selangor, collected by Mr. Davison. In September 1897, in the woods among the foothills of Gunong Pulai, Johore, were many Lutongs of this species going about in flocks; they were shy and difficult to see except for a glimpse of a black form disappearing from one high tree to another. In the Museum at Taiping there are several stuffed monkeys which I feel inclined to refer to this species. Some from the Larut Hills are labelled by Mr. Wray S. cristatus, Horsf. & Raffl. |