LEPUS. 417 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 



A. Ears shorter than hind foot. 



a. Ears equal to or shorter than head. PAGE 

 a.' Above mixed black and buffy white. . . .L. f. subcinctus 417 



b/ Above buffy cinnamon and black .......... L. f. aztecus 418 



c/ Above black and ochraceous buff ...... L. f. pcrsultator 418 



d.' Above mixed black and buff .......... L. f. yucatanicus 419 



e.' Above vinaceous cinnamon mixed with 



gray and black (summer.) ............... L. f. holzneri 419 



f/ Above yellowish brown and black ........ L. veracrucis 420 



g/ Above pale brownish russet ............... L. russatus 420 



h/ Above pale buff and black ................ L. parvulus 421 



i/ Above sandy buff and black ............... L. insolitus 421 



b. Ears longer than the head. 



a/ Above yellowish brown and black ......... L. anduboni 422 



b/ Above mixed black and light cream 



buff ................................. L. sanctidiegi 422 



c.' Above pale yellowish gray and black ........ L. arizonaz 423 



d/ Above grayish drab and black tinged with 



cinnamon .............................. L. a. major 423 



e/ Above yellowish brown and black .......... L. a. minor 423 



f.' Above dark grayish brown .............. L. a. con-finis 424 



g.' Above paler than L. a. major, larger ........ L. dnrangce 424 



h/ Above deep clay color and black ............ L. orizabce 425 



c. Ears very short. 



a/ Above mixed yellowish gray, black, and 



brown. Ear, 50 mm ...................... L. mtttalli 425 



b/ Above pale rufous varied with blackish 



brown. Ear, 57 mm ..................... L. graysoni 426 



subcinctus (Lepns}, Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1899, p. 386. 

 MICHOACAN HARE. 



Type locality. Hacienda El Molino, near Negrete, State of Mich- 

 oacan, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Michoacan, Mexico ; range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. f. chapmani; larger. 



Color. Above mixed black and buffy white; paler on rump and 

 sides; nape light cinnamon; crown yellowish; orbital ring whitish; 

 cheeks below and behind eyes blackish ; lower throat and chest buffy 

 cream sprinkled with black; rest of under parts whitish, with a buff 

 band in front of hind legs; legs ochraceous cinnamon buff, palest on 

 hind legs; tail mixed brown and whitish above, white beneath; ears 



