586 New or little known Mammalia in Brit, Mus. 



"Legga^da Gray. The grinders rather high, with rather convex crowns; 

 the cross ridges of the crown of the upper grinders deeply three lobed ; 

 the front one with an additional lunate lobe at the base of its front 

 edge. Rest like Mus. 



Leggdda Booduga. Fur mouse-coloured, varied with brown ; beneath, 

 greyish white. Under fur lead-coloured, with pale, slender, grooved, black- 

 tipped bristles. Whiskers slender. Tail as long as the body, slender, 

 grey, with black short close-pressed hairs. Ears hairy, rather large. 

 Length of the head and body, 2 in. ; tail, 2 in. ; hind foot, 6| lines; from 

 the heel to the thumb, 4 lines. 



Inhabits India, Bombay. Brit. Museum. 



They live in pairs, in the black soil, making little burrows, in which 

 they produce two or three young. 

 y The Mus Platythryx Bennett, which has, flat spine-like channeled hair, 

 is a second species of this genus, and may be called Laggada Platythryx. 



Golu'nda Gray. The grinders, when perfect, low, with a broad flat crown ; 

 the cross ridges of the crown of the upper grinders divided nto three 

 distinct slightly raised tubercles. Rest like Mus. 



Golunda Ellioti. Fur pale brown, with minute, very slender, hair-pointed 

 black tips. Chin, throat, and beneath whitish. Under fur paler. Teeth 

 yellow ; upper cutting teeth grooved in front. Ears covered with short 

 hairs. 



Inhabits India, Bombay. Brit. Museum. 



Golunda Meltdda. Fur very soft, mouse-coloured, varied with black. 

 Chin, and beneath, whitish. Under fur lead-colour, with very numerous 

 soft brown hairs, having long black tips ; of the belly, white, with 

 brownish tips. Ears large, hairy. Whiskers very slender, long. Tail 

 shorter than the body, scaly, covered with short adpressed black hairs, 

 hiding the scales. Feet pale ; claws white. Length of body and head, 

 4£in. 



Inhabits Bombay. Live in cracks in the black soil, in pairs; and 

 are often crushed, when the rain, or cultivation, obliterates the cracks. 

 Brit Museum. 



Mus barbara Bennett, belongs to this genus. 



Le n pus Dougldsii. Fur yellowish, blackish varied. Under fur lead- 

 coloured, with blackish tips. Hair of back enlarged at the tip, rigid, black, 

 with a very broad subterminal yellow band. Nape, and upper surface of 

 feet, rufous. Tail, above, grey brown. Chin, belly, and under part of 

 tail, white. Throat yellowish. Upper cutting teeth narrow, with a 

 deep groove on the inner side. Hind feet elongate. Var. 1. rather larger. 

 Var. 2. : — Fur rather softer, blacker; and the soles more hairy. From , 

 California. 



Inhabits North America, Texas : ? called the Marsh hare. 



Lepus longicauddtus. Grey brown, black varied ; beneath, paler. Cheeks, 

 belly, and legs, greyish. Orbits whitish. Under fur pale grey, soft. 

 Hair of the back pale ; upper half black, with a rather broad subterminal 

 brown band. Tail elongate, black ; beneath, white. Ears longer than 

 the head; edge of tip black. Nape pale rufous. Palms and soles dark 

 rufous. Whiskers black. The upper cutting teeth are rather narrow 

 and converging, with a shallow, indistinct, subcentral groove, and a few 

 other indistinct grooves. Length, 25 in. ; ears, 5^ in. ; hind feet, 5 in. ; 

 tail, 5 in. 



Inhabits Magellan Land. — Captain P. P. King. 



Lepus californica. Fur black and grey grizzled ; sides rufous, black va- 

 ried. Feet yellowish black varied. Chin and belly white. Orbits pale, 

 with a small black spot over the middle of the eyebrow. Tail elongate, 



