LEPUS. 347 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. laticincttis, but paler and smaller; soles 

 of feet russet; ear shorter. 



Color. Upper parts buffy white, base of fur lead color, then pale 

 brown and hairs tipped with white; nape buff, darkest on lower part; 

 top of head like back ; sides grayish white ; faint brown stripes in front 

 of thighs; rump pale gray; upper part of fore legs, lower part of 

 shoulders and thighs and soles of feet russet ; pectoral band pale buff ; 

 entire under parts and upper surface of hind feet white; base of fur 

 plumbeous; ears mixed buff and black, edges white; tail above similar 

 to rump, beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 355; tail vertebrae, 59; hind foot, 

 85; ear, 74. Skull: total length, 66; Hensel, 50; zygomatic width, 

 32; interorbital width, 16; median length of nasals, 15; lateral length 

 of nasals, 25; anterioi* width of nasals, 7; posterior width, 12; palatal 

 length, 24; length of upper tooth row, 11.5; length of lower tooth 

 row, 10. 



h. Lepus laticinctus yerplicatits Elliot. 



Lepiis laticinctus perplicatus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 

 1903. P- 255. Zool. Ser. 

 Mixed Cotton-tail. 



Type locality. Hannopee Canon, Panamint Mountains, Inyo 

 County, California. Altitude, 7,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Panamint, Coso and Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, 

 California. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. laticinctus and L. I. rufipes, but smaller 

 than the former and larger than the latter, with the soles of the feet 

 Prout's brown. Ears shorter in proportion to the other dimensions. 



Color. Upper parts mixed black and buff; rump dark gray, hairs 

 tipped with white; upper part of fore legs vinaceous cinnamon; soles 

 of feet Prout's brown ; pectoral band dark buff ; throat whitish plumb- 

 eous; rest of under parts white. 



Measurements. Total length, 380; tail vertebrae, 69; hind foot, 

 98; ear, 73. Skull: total length, 64.5; Hensel, 49; zygomatic width, 

 ^;^ ; interorbital width, 16; median length of nasals, 21 ; anterior width, 

 11; palatal length, 23; length of upper tooth row, 8; of lower tooth 

 row, Q. 



863. Lepus versecrucis Thomas. 



Lepus vercBcrucis Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1890, p. 74, pi. vii. 

 Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 

 Pt. I, 1904, p. 420. Zool. Ser. 

 Vera Cruz Cotton-tail. 



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

 Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Range unknown. 



