Vol. XVII, pp. 103-110 May 18, 1904 



PROCEEDINGS 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVEN NEW KABBITS FRO^M 



^MEXICO. 



BY E. \V. XKI.SOX. 



T]\v Biological Sui'vcy Collection contains st'vcral liundi'cd 

 specimens of raltlnts from Mexico, inclnding representatives of 

 all the species known to occur in that conntry, outside of T^ower 

 California. Recent examination of tliis material shows that in 

 addition to the known species it contains the two strongly 

 marked new species and five new snhspecies whicli are di'scrilied 

 helow. I am indehted to Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the 

 Biological Survey, for the opportunity to study this material, 

 and to Mr. \'crnon Bailey for suggestions regarding the species 

 found along the houndary line, with which rect'ut study has 

 made him familiar. I am also under ohligations to ]\Ir. GerritS. 

 Miller, .Jr., As.sistant Curator of Mammals, U. S. National 

 ]Museum, to Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of 

 Natural Historj^ and to ]\Ir. Outram Bangs, of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, for the use of material from the collections 

 in their charge for comparison. 



Suhgenus Sylvilagus Gray. 

 Lepus insonus sp. nov. 



O.MII.TE.MK RABBrr. 



Ti//)!'. — Adult female, Xo. ]2(>,S78, U. S. National Museum, Biological Sur- 

 vey Collection, from Omilteme, Guerrero. Collected ]May-20, 190o, by E. AV. 

 Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original number 16,460. 



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