254 New Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. 
face of the incisors to the middle or back of ¥:4, while in the 
latter it does not reach to the anterior edge of 23. 
Tragulus nigricans, Sp. N. 
Allied to and apparently about the size of 7. napu, F. Cuv. 
Arrangement of colours above much as in that species, but 
the whole of the dorsal and lateral surfaces broadly washed 
with jet-black, the hairs white at their bases, then dull orange 
and broadly tipped with black. Nape with the indistinct 
blackish line found in T. napu. Face and sides of neck 
mixed black and dull fulvous. Chin with the usual naked 
glandular patch between the rami of the lower jaw. Arrange- 
ment of white throat-bands quite different from that of the 
allied species, perhaps most similar to that of 7. Stanleyanus, 
All the stripes very narrow, sharply defined. Anteriorly on 
each side of the naked space there is a short pure white stripe, 
which ends abruptly at about the level of the posterior canthus 
of the eye; these short stripes are completely separated from 
each other and from the posterior stripes by a dark brown 
space, the break in their continuity with the latter being not 
less than one inch in length. Posteriorly the median white 
stripe, which is very narrow and scarcely broader behind, is 
bounded on each side, between the lateral white stripes, by 
deep jet-black fur, strikingly different from the fur in the 
corresponding position in the otier species. Behind the 
stripes are separated from the white patch between the fore 
limbs by a broad blackish band.  Belly-hairs broadly tipped 
with black, but the inner sides of the thighs, as usual, white. 
Skull and teeth of the only specimen too young and in too 
bad a condition for detailed comparison ; but, comparing the 
actual sizes of the milk-teeth, ™--? is much smaller than in 
a specimen of corresponding size of 7. napu, ™?— is slightly 
smaller, while ™-?:* and ™1 are of about the same antero- 
posterior diameter. Similarly below aprg and yr are each 
much smaller than in 7. napu, while ya and ya are of 
about the same size. 
Dimensions of teeth :— 
Antero-posterior diameter of ™?-? 7 inillim., ™2-3 7-5, mp4 
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Hab. Balabac, Philippine Islands. 
Type Brit. Mus. 91. 11. 28. 2. Collected by the Steere 
Expedition to the Philippines, 1887-88. 
Jt is unfortunate that the only specimen obtained of this. 
new Chevrotain is both young and in bad condition; but its 
general blackness and the peculiar character of its throat- 
inarkingss separate it at once from any of its congeners, 
