420 LEPUS. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Upper sides of head and back to rump 

 vinaceous cinnamon mixed with gray and black; thighs and rump 

 whitish gray, lined with black; beneath white, tinged with yellowish; 

 pectoral band clay color; nape tawny; legs tawny, the inner side 

 brownish white; ears reddish brown, gray, and black mixed, bor- 

 dered anteriorly for basal two-thirds with white; tail above yellowish 

 brown grizzled, beneath white. 



Winter Pelage. Above gray, lined with black, washed with clay- 

 color on back, hips, and ventral border; sides and thighs gray, lined 

 with black; under parts grayish white on breast, tinged with clay- 

 color, remainder pure white; orbital region whitish; nape russet; 

 top and sides of head gray, washed with yellowish brown; tail grayish 

 brown above, hairs tipped with hoary, beneath pure white; feet 

 whitish; ears grayish white on lower part passing into gray mixed 

 with black, with a narrow black band on terminal half and edged 

 with white; inner side grayish white. 



Measurements. Total length, 415; tail vertebrae, 64; ear from 

 crown, 77; from notch, 65; hind foot, 99.5. 



430. veraecrucis (Lepus}, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1890, p. 74, pi. 



VII. 



VERA CRUZ HARE. 



Type locality. Las Vigas, Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico ; range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. floridanus, but larger, ears longer. 



Color. Upper parts yellowish brown mixed with black ; nape pale 

 rufous; face grayish yellow and black; orbital ring pale cream color; 

 ears pale gray, tips and outer edges blackish; inner surface yellowish; 

 under parts yellowish gray ; legs pale orange yellow or orange gray ; tail 

 above grayish brown; beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 492; tail vertebras, 32; hind foot, 

 104; ear from crown, 90. Skull : greatest length, 85 ; basal length, 69.5 ; 

 length of nasals, 36; interorbital constriction, 19.4: length of inter- 

 parietal, 5.3; length of palatine foramen, 20.4; of upper tooth row, 

 crowns, 14 ; length of lower jaw to tips of incisors, 68. 



431. russatus (Lepus), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 31. 

 RUSSET HARE. 



Type locality. Pasa Nueva, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Gcnl. Char. Pelage coarse, harsh. Audital bullae very large. 



Color. Top of head and upper parts of body and tail pale brownish 

 russet, varied with dark brown; sides and hips varied creamy white; 

 nape, anterior surface of fore legs, and outer side of hind legs ferru- 

 gineous; cheeks and sides of neck like back, lined with black; pectoral 



