254 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY, VOL. III. 



FAM. LEPORID^E. 

 LEPUS. 



SlLVILAGUS. 



Lepus* laticinctus. Sp. nov. 



Type locality: Ore Grande, Mohave Desert, Kern County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Genl. char.: Desert form, much paler than either L. auduboni 

 or L. a. sanctidiegi, with a much paler nape, a dark band across thighs, 

 and soles of feet bistre, and the nasals shorter on the median line. 



Color: Upper part of head and dorsal region pinkish buff, the 

 black bases of the hairs showing, giving these parts a streaked appear- 

 ance of black and pinkish buff; nape pale taWhy ochraceous; rump 

 french gray (No. 10 of Ridgway, plate II), darkest in the middle; 

 sides cream buff; broad band in front of thighs like dorsal region; 

 sides of head mixed buff and black; orbital ring pale buff; pectoral 

 band buff; lips, throat, and rest of under parts, under parts of fore 

 legs, and upper part of hind legs and feet white, with some white on fore 

 feet about toes; soles of all feet bistre; tail above blackish, the hairs 

 tipped with buff; beneath white; ears externally mixed buff and black, 

 with the edges white, internally lead color, nearly naked. 



Measurements: Tolal length, 395; tail vertebrae, 62; hind foot, 

 88; ear, 79. Skull: total length, 70; Hensel, 53; interorbital width, 

 19; median length of nasals, 20; lateral length of nasals, 29; posterior 

 width of nasals, 14; anterior width of nasals, 9; palatal length, 25; 

 length of upper tooth row, 1 1 ; length of mandible, angle to tips of 

 incisors, 54; length of lower tooth row, alveolar border, 13. 



This appears to be a very distinct form, quite different in colora- 

 tion from any described, and is easily recognizable by its pale hue and 

 the bands in front of thighs and the dark soles of the feet. It was 

 procured only at one locality by Mr. Heller, Ore Grande, where a 

 small series was obtained. 



Lepus 1. rufipes. Subsp. nov. 



Type locality: Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Genl, char.: Similar to L. laticinctus^ but paler and smaller; soles 

 of feet russet; ear shorter. 



Color: Upper parts buffy white ; the base of fur lead color, then 



* Latus, broad cinctus a band. 



