94 Records of the Indian Mvseum. [Vol. XV, 



No. 10004. Adult skin and imperfect skull from Satpara, Puri 

 District, Orissa (S. W. Kemp coll.). 



Colour not markedly differing from the Gaya exam})le (No. 7244) 

 with muzzle and top of head ochraceous I lit the sides of the head and 

 hind feet less white. Hairs of upper side of tail ochraceous distally, 

 greyish-brown basally. 



Skull large with the nasals broadly rounded posteriorly, palatal 

 bridge narrower than in No. 7244. 



The groove of the right incisor (left missing) well filled with cement, 

 of simple form almost square in section, the posterior angles projecting 

 very slightly (fig. 9). 



No. 10173. Nearly adult skin and imperfect skull from the Naga 

 Hdls, Assam (A. W. Chennel coll.). 



Colour like the last but a little less bright. A ring round the eye 

 buffy instead of whitish : hairs of upper side of tail without dark bases. 



A smaller skull than the last with the nasals narrower posteriorly, 

 frontals much narrower and narrower palatal bridge. 



Incisor grooves of essentially the same type but their posterior 

 angles sharper and more projecting (fig. 10). 



The difference between this individual and the last does not appear 

 to be great and the incisor grooves are similar. If the latter were typical 

 Tythrs name tytleri {Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2), XIV, p. 176;" 1854) 

 based on material from Dacca, an intermediate locality, might possibly 

 applv. But the presence of the above recorded specimen No. 7317 from 

 Calcutta (fig. 8), also an intermediate locality, renders such a course 

 impossible until more is known of the hares ranging from the Bengal 

 Coast to Assam. It is of course highly probable that the Calcutta 

 specimen was obtained in the Bazaar and came from up-country. 



Lepus peguensis. 



Blyth, ■Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bewinl, XXIV. p. 471 (IS-'io). 



No. 435a. Mounted skin and imperfect skull (scarcely fully adult) 

 from Upper Pegu (Sir A. Phayre coll.). Type of L. pegueiisis.^ 



The skin has suffered much from exposure but exhibits clearly the 

 white upper surfaces of the hind metapodials and small pale patches on 

 the forefeet ; and also the pure dark upper surface of the tail (now 

 altered to " seal brown "). 



Nasals pointed posteriorly, frontals broad, post-orbital processes 

 not touching behind ; palatal foramina broad, palate bridge medium. 



Groove of left incisor (right damaged) very similar to those figured 

 by Forsyth-Major {I. c. s., fig. xx), consisting essentially of a two- 

 branched groove with the outer branch bifurcating and the stem fairly 

 narrow : well filled with cement (fig. 11). 



^ The first example of L. peguensis seen by Blyth and recorded as identical with 

 sinensis Gray (Joiirn. Asiat. Soc Bengal, XXI, 1852, p. 359) was a hare from Arakan : 

 it was evidently not made the type of the species for its ears liad been destroyed whereas 

 in the present specimen they are perfect, and there is no black on the underside of the 

 ])aws as was stated to be the case with the first animal. 



