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Distribution : — 



1 . M. grandicornis, Lydek- Tyjje localitij .-—Amherst District 



ker. Burma. (Allen). 



Other localities : — Lower Chindwin • 

 Shan States (B. M.) ; Chin Hills • 

 Chindwin; Mt. Popa; Shan States j 

 Tenasserim (M. S. I.). 



Tijpe:—B. M. No. 4.9.23.1. 



2. M. vaginalis, Boddeert. T ijpe locality : — Bengal. 



Other localities : — Kumaon ; Nepal ; 

 Sikkim ; Garo Hills (B. M.); Sikkim • 

 Bhutan Duars ; Chindwin (M. S. I.). 



Type .-—Unknown. (Co-tj^pes of 

 ratwa, Hodgson, B. M, No. 43.1,12, 

 123 and 43,1.26.13. ; Lectotype B, iAJ.' 

 No, 43,1.12.123.) 



3. M. aureus, Hamilton Type locality : — Unknown. 



Smith, Other localities ,-— Dekhan (Sykes) ; 



(B, M,) ; Central Provinces ; Berars ; 

 Kiimaon (M. S. I.). 



TyjJe : — Unknown. (Type of tamu- 

 licus. Gray, B. M. No. 701. b., skull 

 only). 

 A- M. malaharicus,^vo\\g\\- Type locality: — Nagai^hol, Coorg. 

 ton. (B. N. H. S.— Shortridge). 



Other localities :■ — Kanara ; Coorg ; 

 Ceylon (M. S. I.). 



Type :— B. M. No. 13.8.2lM03, 

 5, M. fece, Thomas & Doria. Type locality : — Mt. 'Muleyit, Bur- 

 ma. (Fea). 



Other localities : — S, W. Siam (B. 

 M.), 



Type : — Genoa Museum, 



Gen, II. — Axis, 



No. 368. axis, Erxl, Lydekker admits a subspecies for 



Ceylon, which may be distinguished 

 from the peninsular form as follows: — 



Key to the subspecies of Axis axis. 



A. — Antlers stouter; spots larger; fore- 

 head usually with a dark chevron and 

 a few white spots 1. «• axis, Erxl. 



B. — Antlers lighter ; spots smaller; fore- 

 head uniformly brown 2, a. ceylonensis, Pitz. 



