1<S4 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



Type locality. — Fort Island, near Crystal River. Citrus 

 County, Florida. 



Lepus telmalemonus Elliot. 



1899. Lepus telmalemonus Elliot, Field Columbian mus., 



publication 08, zool. ser., i, p. 285. May 24, 1899. 

 Type locality. — Washita River, near Dougherty, Chickasaw 



Nation, Indian Territory. 



Lepus truei Allen. 



1890. Lepus truei Allex, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., in, p. 



192. December 10, 1890. 

 Type locality. — Mirador, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Subgenus Sylvilagus Gray. 



1867. Sijlnilaf/us Gray, Ann. and mag. nat. hist., od ser., xx, 

 p. 221. Type. — Lepus syloaticus Bach man. 



Forsyth Major has recently (Trans. Linn, soc. London, zool., 

 2d ser., vii, pp. 433-520, Xovember, 1899) united Si/li;llagus, 

 Linmolafpis, Romerolar/us, and Tapeti to form a group, Sijloilagus, 

 coordinate in rank with Caprolagus, N^esolagus. and Oryctolagus. 

 He remarks (p. 514) that whether these four groups " are to be 

 considered as genera or subgenera is for the present quite imma- 

 terial." 



* Lepus arizonae (Allen). 



1877. \_Lepus si/lvaticus] var. arizonae Allen, Monogr. N. 



Amer. rodentia, p. 332. August, 1877. 

 1885. Lepus sylvaticus arizonae True, Proc. XJ. S. nat. mus., 



VII (1884), p. 601. 1885. 

 1890. Lepus arizonae Merriam, North Amer. fauna, no. 3, p. 



76. September 11, 1890. 

 Type locality. — Beal's Springs, fifty miles west of Fort 



Whipple, Yavapai County, Arizona. 



