LEPUS. 1 13 



Key of the Indian Species, 

 a. Ears longer than the head. 

 b. Fur distinctly curly ; tail white. 



c. Rump grayish ; ears posteriorly brown. 



L. hypsibius, p. 113. 



c''. Rump french gray, contrasting strongly with the colour of 

 the back ; ear posteriorly white. L, pallipeS) p. 114, 



b'^. Fur straight ; tail never wholly white. 



d. Tail black above ; nape never black. 



e. Fur very soft and thick ; ear about 4-5 inches ; tarsus about 

 4*75 inches in the dry skin ; nasals rounded or truncated 

 posteriorly ; posterior wing of postorbital process of 

 the frontal bone free. . L. tibetanus, p. 114. 



e^. Fur not so soft ; ear about 5*5 inches ; tarsus 4*25 inches ; 

 nasals as in L. tibetanus ; posterior wing of postorbital 

 process of the frontal bone meeting the squamosal. 



L. dayanus, p- 115. 



e^. Fur coarse; ear about 4 inches; tarsus 4*25 inches; 

 nasals acutely pointed posteriorly and externally; pos- 

 terior wing of postorbital process free. 



L. peguensis, p. 117. 



d^. Tail and nape black. . . L. nigricollis, p. 116. 



d^. Tail red above . . . L. ruficaudatus, p. 116. 



a^. Ears shorter than the head ; fur very coarse, 



L. hispidus, p. 117. 



Lepus hypsibius. 



Lepus oistolus, apud Adams P. Z. S,, p. 520 (1858). 



Lepus pallipes, apud Blyth Cat. no. 433, p. 131 (1863) ; Blanford J A. S, B., 



xliv, p. 109. 

 Lepus hypsibius, Blanford J. A. S. B., xliv, p. 214 (1875); id. Varkand 



Mammals, p. 60, pi. iii, fig. i, pi. \va, fig. i. 



Distribit/ioft. — Northern Ladak. 



a. Skin Pamzal, Changchemno F. Stoliczka. 



Valley, Ladak, 29-8-73. 



b. Skin, skull Kium, N. Ladak F. Stoliczka. 



[Co-types of Lepus hypsibius, Blanford.] 



c. Skin West Thibet? E. Smyth, A. S. B. 



