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Show 224 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON A NEW MONKEY. [Mar. 17, ever taken of this animal in the flesh, it seemed well worth while reproducing two of them (text-figs. 39, 40). Text-fig. 40. Recently-killed Rhinoceros simus, adult <$. Dec. 1902. Mr. Oldfield Thomas exhibited the skin of a Chinese Monkey, which had been obtained from a hunter by Mr. Henry Brelich, and presented by him to the National Museum. It appeared to represent a new species, the third known, of the remarkable genus Rh inopithecus, and was described as follows :- R h in o p ith e c u s b r e l ic h i , sp. n. (Plate X XI.) Size very large, apparently larger than either R. roxellance or R. bieti; for the skin, though that of a female, is as large as the male of either of the other species. Fur not abnormally elongated in any region, the longest being on the flanks, where the hairs may attain to about 90 mm. in length ; those of the back 50-60 mm. and those across the shoulders 70-80. General colour of back glossy slaty grey, the hairs grey to their roots, with shining tips. A prominent oval white patch, 5 inches long by 2 broad, present in the middle line between the shoulders, its hairs white to their roots. Crown suffused with yellowish, its hairs yellow at base whitening terminally, but with broad black tips; haiis of cheeks |