506 



Lepus europjEUS pyrenaicus Hilzheimer. 



1906. Llcjnis] e[u7-opieiis] pyrenaicus Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx, 



p. 512, August 14, 1906. 

 1910. Lepus curopseus p)ijrenaicus Trouessarfc, Fauna ^lamm. d'Europe, 



p. 220. 



Type loralit;/. — Bagneres [de Luchon ?], Pyrenees, France. 



GfO<jrapltieal flisfrlhnfion. — Pyrenean region, south-eastern 

 France. 



Diagnosis. — Essentially like Lepus curojjcens europsevs, but 

 .smaller (hind footj 113 to 125). 



Specimens examined. — Five, from the Department of Ariege, France, 

 and the neighbouring portion of Andorra. 



B.i'inarlcs. — The tive specimens, though inijjerfect, do not 

 appear to be referable to any of the other forms of Lepus 

 cnropneus. They agree sufficiently well with pyrenaicus as 

 described by Hilzheimer. 



2?, 1. Ax -les-Thermes, Ariege, V. Builles (c & p). 10.9.20.1-3. 

 France. 



Lepus europ.eus meridiei Hilzheimer. 



1859. ? Lepus meiidionalis Gervais, Zool. et Paleont. Fraucaises, 2nd ed., 

 p. 47 (Nomen nudum, based on the hare of Languedoc and 

 Provence). 



1906. Llcpus] eluropxus] meridiei Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx, p. 512, 

 August 14, 1904 (Aveyron, France). 



1910. Lepus europxus meridiei Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europo, p. 220. 



Type locality. — Department of Aveyron, France. 



Geograpiliical (Vistrihutiuu. — South-central and south-eastern 

 France, northern Italy, Corfu. • 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Lepus eiiropseus eiiropseus ; colour 

 ))rowner and less buffy than in the typical form, and runi}) 

 distinctly bluish grey, though less conspicuously contrasted with 

 back than in the large L. e. transsylvanicHS. 



Measurements. — Four males from the neighbourhood of 

 Nimes, Gard, France, average and extremes: hind foot, 146 '6 

 (140-152). Two males from Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, 

 France: head and body, 528 and 540; tail, 112 and 95; hind 

 foot, 138 and 140. Two males from Siena, Italy : head and 

 body, 500 and 550; tail, 80 and 90; hind foot, 130 and 133; 

 ear from crown, 116 and 118. Two females from the same 

 locality : head and body, 550 and 558 ; tail, 88 and 92 ; hind 

 foot, 130 and 134; ear from crown, 119 and 123. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 511. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty, from the following localities : — 

 Prance : Near Nimes, Gard, 7 (U.S.N.M. and Mottaz) ; near Digne, 

 Basses-Alpes, 3 (Mottaz) ; St. Paul, near Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, 2. 



