250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Family TRAGULID^. 



TRAGULUS NIGROCINCTUS, new species. 



Type.—AA\x\t male (skin and skull), Cat. No. 122863, U. S. N. M. 

 Collected on Pulo Kundur, Rhio Archipelago, June 21, 1903, by Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott. Original number, 2531. 



. Chmncters. — Resembling Tragiilus annm Matschie, but ear not 

 specially elongated (about 30 mm. instead of 37-38 mm.); neck and 

 back distinctly contrasted in color, and a faint but evident supraorbital 

 stripe always present. 



Colo?'. — Type: Upper parts raw-sienna, fading to a buff considerably 

 yellower than that of Ridgway on sides and darkening noticea))ly on 

 outer surface of legs; the hairs everywhere light drab at base and 

 black at tip. The black tips everywhere produce a heavy shading. 

 This is distinctly in excess of the raw-sienna on back, but on sides the 

 lighter color predominates. Neck clear black, contrasting rather 

 noticeably with back. Crown and face very dark brown, fainth' griz- 

 zled with a dull, light russet which becomes sufficiently concentrated 

 over eye and along edge of naked loral area to form a slight though 

 evident stripe. Cheeks and haired portion of interramia a grizzle of 

 black and dull russet. Throat clear black, without trace of light mark- 

 ings, except that posteriorly a few annulations slightl}' paler and more 

 yellow than those on cheeks occur in the region usually occupied by 

 the transverse band. Under parts yellowish buff like that of sides, 

 fading to whitish gray in inguinal and hypogastric regions. On chest 

 and anterior portion of belly the hairs are tipped with black, produc- 

 ing a grizzle as on sides; median line on chest blackish; this bordered 

 anteriorl}^ by an area of l)right, clear ochraceous, into which the dark 

 stripe quickly fades. A clear, nearly white, spot 20 mm. long by 10 

 mm. wide on each side of median line between front legs. Tail an 

 indefinite dull tawny throughout, washed with blackish above. Ears 

 and feet blackish. 



Skull and teefJi. — The skull is slightly larger than that of Tragulus 

 amis'., but without making direct comparisons it is impossible to enter 

 into details concerning the form. Teeth apparently as in T. anndd. 



MeasuremenU. — For external measurements see table, page 255. 

 Cranial measurements of type: Greatest length, 210 mm. ; upper length, 

 97.4; condylobasal length, 104; basal length, 97.8; palatal length, 70.8; 

 diastema, 9.6; length of nasals, 29; greatest breadth of both nasals 

 together, 11,6; zj^gomatic breadth, 45.8; least interorbital breadth, 28; 

 mandible, 89; maxillary toothrow (alveoli), 38.6; maxillary premolars 

 (crowns), 20; mandibular toothrow (alveoli), 44.2; mandibular premo- 

 lars (crowns), 20. 



Specimens examined. — Pulo Kundur, 19; Great Karimon, 2. 



