104 Nelson — Seven New Bahhits. 



Distribution. — Known onl}- from type localitj'. 



General characters. — A dark, coarse-haired species with small shoit tail 

 belonging to same group as Lepus gablii and L. truei, bnt considerably larger, 

 with ears twice as large as in either of species named. 



Description of type in .tjiring jiehige. — Top of head and back dark ochra- 

 ceous bufFy, approaching tawny ochraceous, heavily shaded and grizzled 

 witii black ; cheeks and sides of body and rump a little paler and grayer 

 than back; sides of nose and area about eyes dingy buffy grayish ; nape 

 dull dingy rusty rufous ; toj) of tail dull dark reddish brown ; under side of 

 tail dingy brownish bufly ; neck on sides and below dull dark buffy ; rest 

 of under parts white with bluish under fur showing through ; tops of fore 

 feet and under side of fore legs dingy whitish ; front and sides of fore legs 

 to shoulders tawny ochraceous; front of liind legs and tops of feet dingy 

 whitish ; rest of hind legs similar to sides but with a tawny ochraceous wash 

 becoming most marked about heels and sides of hind feet ; soles of feet 

 dark smoke brown ; ears on convex surface dark grizzled blackish brown, 

 a little more blackish along anterior border and at tip. 



Skull clt'iraviers. — Skull practically indistinguishable from that of L. truei, 

 but apparenth' with slightly shorter, heavier jugal. 



^feasllre)nentx. — External measurements of type (taken in flesh): Total 

 length, 430; tail vertebrte, 40 ; hind foot, 98 ; ear from notch (from dried 

 skin), H2. 



Cranial measurements of type: Occipito-nasal length, 75 ; basal length of 

 Hensel, 57; interorbital breadth, 17.5; parietal breadth, 26; length of 

 nasals, 31 .5 ; breadth of rostrum above front of base of premolar, 17 ; depth 

 of rostrum at same point, 15 ; greatest diameter of bullae, 9. 



Specimejis ex<t m ined. — Two. 



General notes. — Though obviously belonging in the same group as L. truei 

 and L. gabbi, the curiously dark color and strikingly larger ears at once dis- 

 tinguish the present species. The skull is decidedly larger than that of X. 

 gobbi, but is pi'actically indistinguishable from that of L. truei. Like truei, 

 the present well-markeil species lives in burrows in heavy forest, and is very 

 difficult to secure, owing to its mainly nocturnal habits and the heavy 

 undergrowth in its haunts. 



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Lepus versecrucis pacificus subsp. nov. 



AC.APULCO COTTONTAIL. 



Tg})e. — Adult male, No. 70,622, U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey 

 Collection, from Acapulco, Guen-ero. Collected January 9, 1895, by E. W. 

 Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original number 7340. 



Distribution. — Pacific Coast region of Guerrero and adjacent section of 

 Oaxaca. 



General characters. — Externally much like typical venvrrvcis, but paler 

 and more buffy. Skull larger and more massive ; rostrum, especially, 

 deeper and heavier. 



Descrijdion of type in utncorn winter pelage. — Uppei' parts, including top 

 and sides of head, back and sides of body, dingy creamy buff waslied and 



