lyon] the hares and their allies 327 



Bangs, and fnici Allen. In the present paper the last named species is 

 referred to the genus Sylvilagiis. 



As shown by Mearns (Science, n. s., v, March S, 1897, p. 393) Hydrolagus 

 Gray, 1867, is antedated by Hydrolagus Gill, 1862, for a genus of fishes. 

 (See Limnolagus.) 



LAGOMYS 



Proposed by Cuvier (Legons d'Anat. Comp., Table, 1800, characterized in 

 Table elementaire de I'histoire naturelle des animaux, p. 132, 1798) as a 

 genus to include the animal previously known as Lepus alpimis, the only 

 named species and the type. 



From 1800 up to 1896 Lagomys was in general use among systematists as the 

 generic term of the pikas. At the latter date Thomas (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1896, p. 1026) adopted the older name Ochotona Link (Beytrage Natur- 

 geschichte, i, pt. 11, p. 74, I795)- 



Under Lagomys, Gray (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xx, 3d ser., p. 220, 1867) 

 included the following species : Asia : alpimis Cuvier, piisilliis Desmarest, 

 rufescens Gray, hodgsoni Blyth, nepalensis Hodgson, roylii Ogilby, hyper- 

 boreus Wagner; America : princips Richardson, minimus Lord. 



Lagomys Cuvier is preoccupied by Lagomys Storr, 1780 (Prodromus 

 Methodi Mammalium, p. 39), a substitute for the name Arctoviys (fide 

 Miller, North American Fauna, No. 12, p. 13, July 23, 1897). 



LAGOPSIS 



Used by Rafinesque (Analyse de la Nature, 1815, addendum, p. 219) as an 

 emendation of Lagopsys used on p. 58. Nomen nudum. 

 Used by Schlosser 1884, and Major 1899, for fossil forms. 



LAGOPSYS 



Used by Rafinesque (Analyse de la Nature, 1815, p. 58). Nomen nudum, 

 'Lagopsys R. Lepus sp.; name emended to Lagopsis, ibid., p. 219. 



LAGOS 



Used in a sales catalogue by Brookes. " Cat. Anat. & Zool. Mus. of Joshua 

 Brookes, London, p. 54, 1828." 



Type: Lagos arcticus {^ Lepus arcticus Ross), fide Palmer, North 

 American Fauna, No. 23, pp. 361, 850, January 23, 1904. 



This questionable name is a synonym of the restricted genus Lepus. 



LEPUS 



Used by Linnaeus, 1758 (Syst. Nat., loth ed., i, p. 57, 1758), as a genus 

 for four species, representing three modern genera, as follows : 



Timidus, Chionobates Kaup 1829. 



Brasiliensis, Tapeti Gray :^ part of Sylvilagus Gray 1867. 



Capensis, Chionobates Kaup, 1829. 



Cuniculus, Cuniculus Gloger, 1841 (not of Brisson, 1862) ^Oryctolagus 

 Lilljeborg, 1874. 



In accordance with the code of nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, the species cuniculus would become the type, as it represents the last 

 of the non-exotic groups to be removed. 



