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usual interest have, however, been recently obtained through 

 the kindness of Mr. B. S. Rairden, United States Consul at 

 Batavia, Java. Study of this material as it was received has 

 already led to the discovery of thirteen new forms. To this 

 number eleven are now added, none of which appears to have 

 hitherto been described and named. 



Tragulus lutescens, sp. nov. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull) No. 115,507 United States National 

 Museum. Collected on Pulo Sugi Bawa, Rhio Archipelago, September 

 2, 1902, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Orginal number 2011. 



Characters. — A member of the napu group somewhat resembling Tra- 

 gulus canescens of the Malay Peninsula, but not as large, and color much 

 more yellowish; dark nape stripe present but not sharply defined; dark 

 throat stripes heavily shaded with black. 



Color. — Type: Back orange-buff, heavily clouded with blackish brown, 

 but latter color not in excess of former. On sides the orange-buff fades 

 rather abruptly through straw yellow to cream color, the black clouding 

 at the same time becoming less noticeable and producing a finer grizzle, 

 but this region is not distinctly contrasted with the back. Coarse fur of 

 shoulders, neck, and nape orange-buff, of a tint somewhat lighter and 

 duller than that of backs, and everywhere mixed with blackish hairs. 

 Along median line these are so much in excess as to produce a broad 

 dark stripe slightly speckled with yellowish and fading without sharp line 

 of demarkation into color of sides of neck. Elsewhere the black produces 

 a mere inconspicuous grizzle in the orange-buff. The dark nape stripe 

 is continued forward between ears and eyes nearly to muzzle. Pale 

 superciliary stripe well defined, concolor with cheeks and sides of neck. 

 Over middle of eye it is about 10 mm. in width. Throat pattern normal, 

 the two dark stripes with only a little more yellow than in nape band. Collar 

 narrow but distinct, concolor with sides of body, therefore noticeably 

 lighter than longitudinal dark bands. A clear orange-buff line extends 

 forward from side of neck at level of front of dark throat stripes nearly 

 to naked chin area where it meets its fellow of the opposite side. In a 

 second specimen this line is rather wider than the white throat stripes 

 and the two unite to form a broad patch extending back 30 mm. from 

 naked chin area. Chest, belly, and inner surface of legs white, the 

 chest with a narrow brownish median line, the belly faintly washed 

 with yellow. In a second specimen this wash is much more extensive 

 and many of the hairs producing it are tipped with blackish, causing a 

 distinct clouding. Outer surface of legs like sides but slightly more 

 yellow, the hind legs brightening to ochraceous above heel. Tail white 

 beneath and at tip, dull orange-buff above, very slightly grizzled by a 

 few blackish hair tips. 



