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Show 1 9 0 4 .] NEW SPECIES OF TUFTED DEER. 16 7 skull (text-figs. 32 & 33, A) obtained by Mr. Styan at Icliang is compared with an adult male skull of E. michianus from Ningpo (No. 78.11.14.3) (text-figs. 32 & 33, B), the latter being somewhat older than the former. The Ichang skull shows the shortness of the nasals characteristic of the immature specimen, the length of these bones being 2g inches, against 3| inches in E. michianus. Text-fig. 32. Left lateral view of adult male skulls of Elaphodus michianus (A ) , and E. ichangensis (B). pr.mx., premaxilla; pr.v., preorbital cavity. The antler-pedicles are much more developed in the Ningpo skull, and have a much more outwardly-directed ridge connecting them with the orbit (as shown in text-figure 32, A ) ; but this feature may be due, to some extent, to difference in age. The flat surface of the jugal below the orbit is quite narrow in the Ningpo, but |