1918.] C. BoDEN Kloss : Notes on Hares. 91 



figured by Forsyth-Major (/. c. s., fig. xviii) and not so forked 

 posteriorly. 



The skull has considerably smaller bullae but larger palatal foramina 

 than yarlrindensis and craspedotis, with the palatal bridge a trifle broader : 

 the inter-orbital width is greater ; there is a well-developed anterior 

 foot to the zygomata ; the nasals are rounded posteriorly towards their 

 outer sides and the post-orbital processes are joined to the frontals 

 behind. 



Lepus cutchensis, sp. no v. 



No. 9827. Type. — Nearly adult male (skin and skull) from Bhuj, 

 Kntch, collected on 17th August 1911 by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Mammal Survey. Original No. 401. 



Characters. — Pelage very Hke that of L. dayanus from Sehwan but 

 perhaps a Httle harsher ; tail darker and less grizzled : bullae smaller. 

 Skull like that of riificaudatus in the broad sense, but pelage duller and 

 tail dark. 



Colour. — Upper parts a grizzle of pale buffy and dark brown, the 

 former predominating, but distinctly greyish above the base of the tail. 

 Limbs and top of muzzle ochraceous-buff, the hind feet rather paler 

 above. Sides of muzzle and area about the eyes whitish ; nape and 

 foreneck nearly avellaneous-buff, not blackened. Throat, underside 

 of body and tail and inner sides of thighs white. Hair beneath the 

 digits of all limbs ta\\aiy. Ears finely grizzled buff and brown and 

 edged with buff, the lower edge paler ; the tips blackish posteriorly ; 

 the bases whitish below. Tail bone-brown above, slightly grizzled with 

 ochraceous-buff. 



ShiU and Tee//?.— Skull very like that of ruficaiidatus (s. g.), having 

 sm^aller bullae than dayanus, as small or smaller than ruficaudatus : 

 palatal bridge broader but palatal foramina narrower than in dayanus, 

 zygomatic feet equally developed ; nasals similarly rounded posteriorly; 

 inter-orbital breadth less ; post-orbital processes considerably smaller 

 and short, showing no sign of posterior contact with the frontals. 



The grooves of the incisors, though of the same bifurcate pattern as 

 in the cotype of dayanus figured by Forsyth-Major (/. c. s., fig. xviii), 

 have the branches longer and more distinct and more divergent ; they 

 are completely filled with cement (fig. 4). 



Measurements. — Collector's external measurements : — Head and body, 

 415; tail, 80; hind foot, 101; ear, 93. For other measurements see 

 table, p. 96. 



Lepus ruficaudatus. 



GeoHroy, Diet. Class. Hi.^f. Nat.. ^X, p. 3Sl {lS2Ci). 



Lepvs macrotus, Hodgson, Jovrn. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, IX, p. 1183 (1840) (Gangetic 

 Plains and sub-Himalayas). 



No. 10172. Adult skin and imperfect skull from Thankot, Nepal 

 (J. Scully coll.). 



Apparently a brightly coloured animal, ochraceous and black above, 

 the lower portions of the limbs ochraceous to ochraceous-tawny 

 throughout : the upper surface of the tail ochraceous, some of the 



