The Descent of Man

lue, clothed on the lower edge with a thin
black moustache; the whiskers are orangecoloured,
with the upper part black, forming a
band which extends backwards to the ears, the
latter being clothed with whitish hairs. In the
Zoological Society's Gardens I have often overheard
visitors admiring the beauty of another
monkey, deservedly called Cercopithecus diana
(Fig. 78); the general colour of the fur is grey;
the chest and inner surface of the forelegs are
white; a large triangular defined space on the
hinder part of the back is rich chestnut; in the
male the inner sides of the thighs and the abdomen
are delicate fawn-coloured, and the top
of the head is black; the face and ears are intensely
black, contrasting finely with a white
transverse crest over the eyebrows and a long
white peaked beard, of which the basal portion
is black. (47. I have seen most of the above
monkeys in the Zoological Society's Gardens.
The description of the Semnopithecus nemaeus
is taken from Mr. W.C. Martin's 'Natural Histo-