h.—caniclunis. {L,pu.<), Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1899, 

 p. 388. 



Type locality. Fort Clark, Texas. 



Gcogr. Distr. Southwestern Texas, limits of range unknown. 



Gcnl. Char. Similar to /,. /. chapmani, Allen, but paler through, 

 out; white of bellj- not encroached upon by color of the sides. 



Color. Like*/./, siibcinctus Miller, from Hacienda El Molino, 

 Nyrete. Michoacan, Mexico. Back grizzled black and buffy white; 

 rump and tail paler, the terminal band of the under fur (5cru drab. 

 Head paler than back; ears pale gray, tinted with buff inside. Bellj' 

 pure white. 



Mtasiiremtnts. Total length. 395; tail vertebra", 52; hind foot, 

 87; ear from crown, 72. 



427. auduboni. (Lepiis), Baird, Mamm., 1857, p. 608, pi. 13, 58. 



J'ype locality. San Francisco, California. 



Gfogr. Distr. Coast of California from San Francisco to San 

 Diego. 



Gcnl. Char. Size smaller than L. f. malliirus; ears longer than 

 head; tail long. 



Color. Above pale yellowish brown inixed with black; sides 

 paler with little or no black; nape pale rufous; fore feet, above pale 

 yellowish and rusty; hind feet whitish, sides rusty; pectoral band 

 pale yellowish brown. Under parts white. Ears dark brown, the 

 hairs with pale yellowish tips, so that this hue predominates, grad- 

 ing into black or brownish black at tips. Tail, above like back, 

 beneath black. 



Measurements. Total length, 457; tail vertebrjK, 38; hind foot, 

 8g: ear from notch, 70. 



a.—sanctidieii. (Lepiis), Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1899, 

 p. 389. 



Type locality. Mexican boundary line, San Diego County, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Geogr. Distr. Southeastern California. 



Genl. Char. Similar to L. f. auduboni, but paler. 



Color. Above grizzle of black and light cream buff; sides paler; 

 rump whitish gray; nape ochraceous buff; tail, dark brown above, 

 white beneath. Ears gray, lower half paler than crown of head, 

 which is like the back. Orbital ring whitish; chin and throat white 

 tinged with plumbeous; lower part of throat and chest cream buff. 

 Legs ochraceous buff; fore feet cream buff; hind feet white. White 



* Proc. .^cad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1S99, p. 3S6. 



