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and has the under parts more richly colored. For purposes of compar- 

 ison, a specimen collected by R. H. Becker at Itacoatiara, near Manaos, 

 Brazil, has been regarded as representing true hrevicandatus . 



Odocoileus lasiotis sp. nov. 



Type from Paramo de los Conejos, Sierra de Merida, Venezuela. 

 Altitude 9,000 ft. No. 20198 Field Museum of Natiu"al History. 

 Adult male. Collected Aug. 19, 1912. Received from S. Bricefio 

 Gabaldon and Sons. 



Characters. — ^A medium-sized deer with full long pelage (hairs on 

 back and sides 30-50 mm.), densely hairy and relatively short ears, 

 broad heavy tail, and dark gra^ash coloration ^^dth rather extensive 

 blackish brown markings; no metatarsal gland. 



Color. — General color of upper parts huffish gray, the hairs broccoli 

 brown or drab with a broad subterminal annulation of buffy and a dusky 

 tip producing a somewhat coarsely peppery appearance; sides of body 

 notably paler than back ; a continuous dark bro\A-n line from the nose over 

 the head, neck, and shoulders to the middle of the back, widening to 

 cover practically the entire forehead and interorbital region, broadening 

 again over the shoulders and thence gradually merging with lighter toward 

 the tail; sides of head and face gra5'ish finely punctulated; sides of nose 

 dark brown continuous with median dark frontal area and separated 

 from rhinariimi and upper Hps by a sharply defined line of buffy white; 

 a broad blackish eyering; chin cream}^ white wdth a conspicuous blackish 

 brown submaxillary spot on each side separated from the narrowly 

 white throat by a buffy gray continuation from the sides of the face; 

 lower neck and brisket brownish drab only slightly punctulated or 

 lined with whitish; axillary region buffy white continuous with a well 

 defined stripe down the hind side of the foreleg to the "knee" and 

 bordered by pale cinnamon; foreleg mixed drab and cinnamon fawn 

 becoming brighter nearly clear clay color touched ^vith tawny below the 

 "knee"; a well-marked dark brown line from midway of the humerus 

 down the front of the leg to the pastern where it is interrupted by a 

 fulvous area followed by a broad brown spot at the base of the hoofs; 

 belly white, continuous with a sharp stripe do\^^^ the inner side of each 

 hind leg to a point opposite the hock; remainder of hind legs colored 

 practically like forelegs but brownish stripe less pronounced; ears 

 densely hairy on the outside, dark drabbish bistre distally somewhat 

 more grayish proximally; lower base of ear and one third of lower side 

 white; inside of ear thickly clothed with long creamy white hairs; tail 



