LEPUS 509 



Measurements. — Adult froui Litluuuiia : hind foot, 155; ear 

 from crown, 125. 



Specimens examined. — One, from Lithuania. 



Hemarhs. — This race appears to be well characterized by its 

 large size, rather light colour of summer pelage, and the 

 frequency with which the grey winter coat is assumed. 



1. Lithuania. {T. Barcy.) Branicki Museum (b). 9i. 8. 7. 30. 



Lepus europ^us transsylvanicus Matschie. 



1901. Lepus transsylvanicus Matschie, Sitz.-Ber. Gesellsch. Naturforsch. 



Freunde, Berlin, p. 236 (Taslau, Roumania). 

 1906, L{epus'] e\iiropiKUs\ transsylvaticits Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeigcr xxx, 



p. 512, August 14, 1906. 

 1910. Lepii.s curopn'us transsylvaticus Trouessart, Faunc Mamm. cl'Europe, 



p. 221. 



2'//j^e locality. — Taslau, Roumania. 



Geogi-aphical distribution. — From Roumania southward through 

 the Balkan Peninsula to the Peloponesus. Exact limits of range 

 unknown. 



Diagnosis. — Size nearly as great as in Lepus europseus 

 hyhridus (hind foot about 150 mm., occipitonasal length of skull 

 in largest individuals 105 mm.) ; general colour dark and 

 brownish, much as in L. eurojjisus meridiei, the rump bluish 

 grey in strong contrast with back ; black area on posterior 

 surface of ear normal in extent. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Visoko, Bosnia, and from 

 Herzegovina : hind foot, 150 and 148 mm. ; ear from crown, 120 

 and 121 mm. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 511. 



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



Bosnia : Visoko, 1. 



Herzegovina: Mostar, 3 ; Dragajica, 1. 



Albania : Coast opposite Corfu, 2. 



Greece : Patras, 1. 



BemarJcs. — While I have not seen Roumanian specimens of 

 this hare, the Balkan skins agree so essentially with the original 

 description that there seems little doubt that they represent the 

 same form. Though readily distinguishable from Lepus europseus 

 europaeiis its resemblance to L. e. meridiei, particularly to north 

 Italian skins of this form, is rather close. The Balkan- 

 Roumanian animal appears, however, to be sufficiently dis- 

 tinguished by its large size. 



S. Visoko, Bosnia. Dr. 0. Reiser (c & p). 7. 10. 15. 3. 



i, 9. Surmancipolje, Horze- Dr. 0. Reiser (c & r). 7. 10. 15. 1-2. 



govina. 

 2 <5. Opposite Corfu, Albania. J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 8. 10. 1. 49-50. 



(C. Mottas.) 



