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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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narrower and are broken into alternate bands on the second fifth of the body, being still more broken into small spots on the third fifth, beyond which they gradually disappear anterior to the vent. Eyes of moderate size. Specimen evidently young. Lengtu about 10½ in., of which tail about 2 in., its extreme tip being lost in the specimen. Seutœ 187; Seutellœ —— ?

P. S.—It appears that a species of Deer, which has been named Cervus pseudaxis, has recently been received in France from the mountainous regions of the north of China and Mantcheeria. From the geographical region it cannot be a true Axine, and the name would imply its being of Axis-like (or spotted) species,—just possibly identical with the Formosan Deer.