lvon] the hares and their allies 33 1 



HOUSE, bachiiiani ubcricolor Miller, ccrrosciisis Allen, cincrascens Allen, 

 peiiinsularis Allen. 



In the present paper it is regarded as a subgenus of SylvHagus, and includes 

 the species just mentioned as recorded by Miller and Rehn. 



Baird (Mammals of North America, p. 575, 1857) recognized that the mem- 

 bers of this subgenus formed a distinct group included under his section E. 



MICROTOLAGUS 



A curious misprint for Macrotolagiis Mearns found in Elliot (Synopsis of 



Mammals of North America and adjacent Seas, Field Columbian Mus., Zool. 



Sen II, pp. 269, 288, 1901), repeated by Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



p. 607, 1903). 



MNUOLAGUS 



Billberg (Syn. Faunae Scandinavise, i, Mamm., Conspectus A. (before p. 

 i), 1828). Nomen nudum, occurring only in a table between Lagomys and 

 Lcpus, fide Palmer, North American Fauna, No. 23, January 23, 1904, pp. 

 850, 951. 



NESOLAGUS 



Proposed by Major (Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 2d sen, vii, Zool., p. 514, 

 November, 1899) as a genus under the Caprolagus group (or a subgenus of 

 the genus Caprolagus; Major does not definitely state) for Lepus netschcri 

 Schlegel (Notes Leyden Museum, 11, 1880, pp. 59-65). 



Netscheri is the only mentioned species and the type. 



Nesolagus is here regarded as a well-marked genus. 



OCHOTONA 



First used by Link, 1795 (Beytrage Naturgeschichte, i, pt. ii, p. 74, 1795) 

 as the generic name of the pikas. The following species are given : pusilla, 

 alpina, and minor (Lepus Ochotona) Linnaeus, of which ochotona is the type, 

 dauricus is an earlier name, however, for the same species. (See Palmer, 

 N. A. Fauna, No. 23, p. 468, January 23, 1904.) 



It is the proper generic name of the pikas, for nearly a century called 

 Lagomys Cuvier (Legons d'Anat. Comp. Table, 1800) owing to ignorance of 

 Link's rare work. Thomas (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 1026) seems to 

 have been the first to have brought forward Link's name. 



It is used in the present paper as a genus for the pikas and also as a sub- 

 generic name for Ochotona ladacensis and related species. 



OGOTOMA 



First used by Gray in 1867 (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xx, 3d sen, p. 220, 1867) 

 as the generic name for Lagomys ogotoma of Cuvier and of Waterhouse, the 

 Lepus ogotoma Pallas. Gray changes the specific name to pallasii. As this 

 is the only species placed in the genus by Gray, it is the type. 



The term is antedated by Ochotona Link (Beytrage Naturgesch., i, pt. ii, p. 

 74, 1795), which has the same species for the type. 



ORYCTOLAGUS 



Proposed by Lilljeborg (Sveriges och Norges Ryggradsdjur, i, p. 417, 1S74) 

 as a subgeneric name for Lepus cuniculus Linn.eus which is designated as the 

 type. It was used to replace Cuniculus Gray (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d 

 sen, XX, p. 225) which is preoccupied by Cuniculus Wagler (Nat. Syst. 

 d'Amphibian, p. 21, 1830), and Brisson (Regn. Animal, 1762). 



