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This is a very dark colored form of Geomys, like melanistic 

 individuals occasionally seen in different species of the group. 

 The three specimens are alike, and are nearly black on the upper 

 parts and sides, a slight tinge of brown being occasionally visi- 

 ble. The cranial characters, as mentioned by Mr. Bangs, are to 

 be seen in the slightly wider palate and the wider and rounder 

 palatal notch, when compared with G. tuza or even with G. t. 

 floridanus. Mr. Surber states that "the three specimens of this 

 ' Salamander ' were secured on the Arpow (not Arnott) plantation, 

 four miles from St. Marys. Apparently they were abundant, but 

 I could find but few fresh hills, though old signs of their pres- 

 ence could be seen in abundance through the high pine woods. 

 They do not seem to differ in their habits from either G- tuza or 

 G. t. floridanus. 



FAM. 



LEPUS. 

 Lepus floridanus. 



Lepus floridanus. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1899, 



P- 13- 



Four examples: i, Micco; 3, Enterprise, Florida. 



Mr. Surber writes that this species was "fairly common 

 about Enterprise, particularly in the flat woods and sand 

 ridges." 





 Lepus floridanus mallurus. 



Lepus f. mallurus. Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1898, 

 p. 320. 



Three specimens: i, Apex, North Carolina; i, Gainesville; i, 

 Enterprise, Florida. 



"Cotton-tails," writes Mr. Surber, "were fairly common at all 

 the places visited except Riceboro, Georgia, and in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity of New Berlin, Florida. On Anastasia Island they 

 were very rare, the common rabbit of the Island being L. palus- 

 tris. On the East Peninsula I failed to take any rabbits at all, 

 but this peninsula, as well as the mainland of Florida, is densely 

 covered with scrub palmetto, and one very seldom gets a shot at 

 a rabbit; in fact, one seldom gets even a glimpse of one, unless 

 hunting with hounds, which is the only successful way to kill 

 them in Florida." 



