112 MAMMALIA. 



Lagomys roylei. 



Lagomys roylei, Ogilby Royle's Himal.Bot., p, Ixix, pi. iv (1839) ; Is. Geoff., 

 St. Hil. Jacquemont Voyage, iv, p. 62; Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mainni., 

 ji, p 26; Wagner HugeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 575 ; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, 

 p. 520; BIytli Cat. no. 439, p. 133 ; Jerdnn Mamm., p. 226 ; Blanford 

 J. A. S.B., xli, p. 35 ; Lydekker J. A. S. B., xlvi, p. 286; Scully Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. (5) viii, p. 100. 



Lagomys hodgsonii, Blyth J. A. S. B., x, p. 816, figure on p. 844 (1841); 

 Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mainm., ii, p. 23. 



Lagomys nepalensis, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 854, figure on p. 816 (1841) ; 

 id. y. A. S. B., xi, p. 289; Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 24 ; Gray 

 Cat. Hfldgs. Coll., 1st ed., p. 21 ; Horsjield Cat. E. I. Mus., 148 ; Giinther 

 Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xvi, p. 230. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas generally from Kashmir to Sik- 

 kim. 



Two other species of Lagomys, allied to L. roylei, have been 

 described, whether they are identical with L. roylei cannot be 

 decided without an examination of the types ; one is L. curzoniae 

 of Hodgson (J. A. S. B., xxvi, p. 207) procured from the Chumbi 

 Valley of Thibet; this is asserted by Giinther (Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), 

 xvi, p. 230) to be quite distinct from the other Himalayan spe- 

 cies, the other is L. tibetanus of Milne Edwards from Moupin in 

 Thibet, and this seems to be closely allied to L. roylei. 



a. Skin, skull Mataian, Dras valley, F. Stoliezka. 



Kashmir, 12,000 ft., 



1S-8-73-. 



b. Skin, skull Deosai plain, Kashmir J.Scully. 



(Biddulph )i 1,000 

 to I2,C00 ft. 



c. Skin Sango-Pir, above Astor, G. M. Giles. 



Kashmir, 15,000 t. 



d. Skin, skull Kashmir J. E. T. Atehison. 



e. Skin, skull Nepal (^Hodgson) India Mus., London. 

 /-/. 6. Stuffed A.S.B. 



M-K. 2 Ale. 1 skull Native Sikkim V. T.Blanford. 



Genus LEPUS. 



Lepus, Linnaus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 77 (1766). 



Caprolagus, Blyth J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 248 (1845). Type, L. hispidus. 



