B. Silvilagus. 

 " Interparietal persistent as a distinct bone in adults; rostrum 

 wider than high; skull and teeth light; postorbital process united 

 with cranium behind, inclosing a narrow foramen; upper surface of 

 skull less pitted; skull sometimes wider than half its length, much 

 arched: pelage softer." (Mearns.) 



426. floridanus. {Lrpus), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1899, 

 p. 160. 



Type locality. Sebastian River, Brevard County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. North Carolina to Florida west to Louisiana. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. f. mallunis, Thomas, but darker in 

 color. 



Color. Above buffy gray mixed with black; legs dark rufous; 

 pectoral band broad; dark grayish; ears broadly edged and tipped 

 with black; space about eye grayish white, not creamy white; under 

 parts grayish white. 



Measurements. Total length, 455; tail to end of hairs, 65; hind 

 foot, 84; ear from notch, 57. 



a. — mallurus. {Lepiis), Thomas Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., i8g8, p. 320. 



sylvaticus, Bachm. Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, p. 403, 

 (nee Nillson.) 



Type locality. Raleigh, North Carolina. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Maine along the coast to Florida and 

 the Gulf States, west to eastern Kansas, Nebraska and the Indian 

 Territory. In the states bordering on the Mississippi it grades into 

 Lepus nuttalli; and in Arizona into Lepus arizotm. In the interior its 

 range is limited apparently by the northern boundary of the United 

 States. 



Genl. Char. Hind foot and ears longer than head. 



Color. Above yellowish brown lined with black; rump ash, gray 

 and black; nape, fore legs, and outside of hind legs rusty; throat 

 yellowish gray; under parts white. Tail above yellowish brown, 

 beneath white. Ear ashy brown edged with white posteriorly; 

 towards the top black. Fur lead color at base. 



Measurements. Total length, 477; tail vertebrae, 64; hind foot, 

 142; ear, 55. 



b.—mearnsi. (Lepus), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1894, p. 171 

 (note). 



Type locality. Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 



Genl. Char. Similar to Z. floridanus mallurus, but larger; color 

 slightly paler, especially on the sides of the body. 



