Vol. XXIV, pp. 231-232 November 28, 1911 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL- SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW ROE-DEER FROM CHINA. 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 

 [By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] 



While exploring portions of western China during the summer 

 of 1909, Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby procured skins and skulls 

 of ('■i/in ol us in the provinces of Shensi and Kansu.* Those 

 from Shensi are essentially topotypes of C. bedfordi Thomas; 

 the single Kansu specimen represents a species readily distin- 

 guishable from the members of the genus hitherto described. 



Capreolus melanotis sp. nov. 



Type. — Immature female (permanent premolars in place, but crown of 

 in ' not yet in line with cutting surface of other teeth) No. 155,220 U. S. 

 National Museum. Collected thirty miles east of Ching-yang-fu, Kansu, 

 China, August 14, 1909, by Arthur de C. Sowerby. Original number, 

 247. 



Diagnosis. — Resembling Capreolus bedfordi in essential characters, 

 including the hypsodont form of the teeth, but color of summer pelage 

 more reddish, and outer surface of ear mostly clear Mack in striking con- 

 trast with surrounding parts. 



Color. — Qpperparts a clear tawny, brighter and richer than that of 

 Ridgway, becoming duller on sides and fading on underpartsto ochraceous- 

 Imff or cream-buff. < >n sides of body the change is gradual, but on sides 

 of neck it is so abrupt as almost to produce a contrasted dorsal hand. 

 Lower half of underside of neck variegated by faint grayish white blotches 

 about the size of finger-prints. Markings on muzzle and chin normal, 

 apparently rather better defined than in C. bedfordi. Inner surface of 

 ear light cream-buff; outer surface black, except at extreme base, which 

 is like sides of crown, and along outer border where, there is a wash of 

 cream-buff extending upward as a band about 15 mm. wide to within 

 20 mm. of tip. 



* Descriptions of four now mammals obtained during the same expedition have 

 already been published U'roc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXIV, pp. 53-56. February 24, 

 1911). 



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