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Dimewsioiis of the type. — Hindfoot, lOSmni. ; ear 105nim. (The 

 dimensions of another very similar specimen are recorded by the 

 Collector as follows: — head and bod}^, 462mm.; tail, 112mm.; 

 hindfoot, 107mm. ; ear, 130mm.). Skull. — condylo-basal length, 78 ; 

 z5^gomatic breadth, 42 ; greatest length of nasals, 41 ; posterior 

 breadth of nasals, 21; breadth of nasals anteriorly, 16; palatal 

 foramina, 21 ; diastema, 24; upper molar series, 15. 



Habitat. — Eajputana. (Type from Sambhar Lake). 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 85, 8. 1. 342. Collected by Mr. 

 R. M. Adam and presented to the National Collection by the late 

 Mr. A. 0. Hume, I.C.S. 



There seems to be no connection between roj'put and either 

 dayanus or simcoxi; in the coloration of its nape and scut it 

 resembles ruficaudatus, of which it is possibly a desert form. The 

 question of the exact status of the various named Indian hares is a 

 most complex and difficult one, and I propose, for the present, to 

 treat them all as species. Mr. Adam took three specimens of 

 rajimi near the Sambhar Lake, and Blanford a fourth in Alwar. 



