Eaces o/TraguIus kancliil, Raffles. 203 



Gray's type, however, is in tlie British Museum, and a 

 comparison with specimens from the Peninsula shows that it 

 agrees with them exactly, but does not agree with the 

 specimen from Cochin China described in this paper. 



Under these circumstances, therefore, Mr, Miller's name of 

 ravus has to give place to Gray's name, and the small chevro- 

 tain from the Peninsula should be known as T. kanchil affiais. 



The following belong to apparently undescribed races of 

 T. kanchil: — 



Tragulus kanchil Pierrei, subsp. n. 



Size as in Trag. hnnchil affiais, Gray. 



General colour throughout very uniform and of a dull 

 yellowish brown, slightly darker on the back, the general 

 tone being between " wood-brown and tawny olive"*, sliading 

 in the darker portions to "mummy-brown"*. The under- 

 part of the chin and throat (except for the usual markings), 

 the chest, and the inner sides of all four limbs are white. 

 The belly is pale ochreous and the markings on the throat, 

 which form a complete triangle, brownish clay. 



The skull does not appreciably differ from that of T. k. 

 affinis of the Peninsula, except in being a trifle more stoutly 

 built. The nasals are narrower and the bullifi somewhat 

 broader, {. e. projecting farther downwards. The basioccipital 

 is more constricted and its downward processes much more 

 marked. 



Dimensions (from skin) : — Head and body 420 millim. ; 

 tail 57 ; tarsus 81. 



Skull — Greatest length 89 millim. ; basal length 76 ; pala- 

 tal length 57 ; length of nasals 25 ; maxillary tooth-row 32 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 42 ; length of bullas 17 ; greatest breadth 

 of bulla 7*5. 



Hab. Bien Hoa, Lower Cochin China. 



Type. B.M. 78. 6. 17. 18. Collected by M. Pierre, Feb- 

 ruary 1877. 



The very brownish colour of this animal and absence of 

 any black serve to distinguish it from all other forms. It is 

 most nearly related to T. k. affinis, Gray. 



Tragulus kanchil Hosei, subsp. n. 

 A brightly coloured Tragulus slightly larger than T. k. 



* These are the names given in Ridgway's ' Xomen. of Colours.' 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xi. 21 



