1886. ] MR. F. W. STYAN ON CERVULUS CRINIFRONS. 267 
Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S., exhibited a rare Beetle of the family 
Cerambycidee (Macrotoma heros), obtained in one of the islands of 
the Fiji group. 
This species was originally described and figured by Graeffe (Reis. 
Ins. Viti, 1868, p. 47, Taf. i.; see also the Stettin. entom. Zeitung, 
1868, Taf. ii.). It was said to live in hollow trees. The specimen 
was intended for the National Museun. 
Mr. Layard also exhibited a series of specimens of the genus 
Bulimus from New Caledonia and the adjacent islands, and some 
other interesting shells. 
The following letter, addressed to the Secretary by Mr. F. W. 
Styan, F.Z.S., relating to some Chinese animals, was read :— 
Shanghai, 
12th March, 1886, 
**T have lately procured from Ningpo the skin of a Hairy-fronted 
Muntjac, Cervulus crinifrons, the species described by you before 
the Society on the 20th January last. My specimen is a female, 
and as I believe the male in the Gardens of the Society is the only 
individual of the species that has yet been met with, a description 
of the skin may be interesting. 
“The following are the measurements of the dry skin :— 
inches. 
“From nose to root of tail ................ 46 (appa- 
rently stretched) 
Pailsfaiend iof hotie-jiatsies jaiivel. Lael iee 168 
Eealasostap Obdhnir yGegh 22 nels taal ce 18h 
Heel to base of hoof ater ee feel 
Shoulder to base of hoof .................. i 
Nose to forehead between base of ears ...... 9 
Parse tsts bile Qian cemrtetad bal Gantt. RI ORT 
“‘ Upper parts rich dark glossy brown, mixed with black, darkest 
along the middle of the back. Belly and inner sides of thighs pure 
white, the line of demarcation very distinct except in the lower part of 
the thighs, where it merges gradually into dark brown. Tail above 
black, below pure white; a pale patch under the forearm; rest of 
the underparts dark brown. The brown of the neck gradually 
pales into reddish brown on the sides of the head; the nose-ridge 
dark brown; the longitudinal slits form a black Y, the colour 
between them is a bright reddish brown, which turns into a fiery 
orange-brown in the tuft of bristly hair, rather more than two inches 
long, which rises from the tip of the forehead. On each side of 
this is a very small bony pedicle surmounted by short tufts of hair 
of the same colour. Lars at the base of the same hue, but not quite 
so bright, and fading into brown on the upper parts. 
“In general appearance it much resembles both Elaphodus michi- 
anus and Cervulus lacryman s, having the dark-coloured mony tufted 
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