LEPus 497 



Hiud foot more than 110 mm. ; legs usually with 



white markings, the inner surface always 



noticeably lighter than outer. 



Outer side of thigh much brighter than back, 



its colour often nearly the cinnamou- 



rufous of Ridgway ; dorsal surface of foot 



and wrist marked with pure white L. granatensis, p. 615. 



Ear from crown about Da mm. (Basses - 



Pyrenees) L. gratmtcneis iturissius, 



p. 518. 

 Ear from crown, 105 to 115 mm. 



Buffy tints pale, approaching the cream- 

 buff of Bidgway (Central and south- 

 ern Spain) L. grunatemis granatensis, 



p. 516. 

 Buffy tints rich, approaching the ochra- 

 ccous-buff of Ridgway (North-western 



Spain) L. granatensis gallaecixis, 



p. 517. 

 Outer side of thigh not brighter than back, 

 its colour ochraceous, buffy, or greyish ; 

 dorsal surface of foot and wrist without 

 white markings. 

 Predominating brownish tints ; rump 

 usually bluish grey in strong contrast 

 with back. 

 Rump scarcely greyer than back ; black 

 area on outer side of ear extending 

 about 10 mm. below tip ; skull with 

 unusually slender rostrum (Parnassus 



region, Greece) L. parnassius, p. 519. 



Rump noticeably greyer than back ; black 



area on outer side of ear extending 



20 to 30 mm. below tip; rostrum 



normal. 



Size small, hind foot 119 to 126, occipi- 



tonasal length of skull 90 to 96 



(Crete and Cephalonia) L. creticus, p. 512. 



Size medium or large. 



Rump very conspicuously grey ; 

 hind foot 135 to 155 mm. ; occi- 

 pitonasal length of skull 97 to 

 105 mm. (Roumania to the Pelo- 



ponesus) A. europeeus ti-anssylcanicvs, 



p. 509. 

 Rump less conspicuously grey ; hind 

 foot 125 to 140 mm. ; occipito- 

 nasal length of skull 95 to 103 mm. 



(South-eastern France to Corfu) L. e. meridiei, p. 506. 

 Predominating buffy tints ; rump buff" or 

 buffy grey, scarcely or not contrasted 

 with back. 

 Cheeks conspicuously whitish ; general 

 colour of upper parts a light cream- 

 buff ; size very large, hind foot about 

 155 mm. (Eastern Clermany and • 



eastward) L. e. hybridus, p. 508. 



Cheeks greyish or brownish ; general 

 colour never a light cream-buff ; size 

 large or medium, hind foot 113 to 

 147 mm. 



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