1918,] C. BoDEN Kloss : Notes on Hares. 95 



Lepus sadiya, sp. nov. 



Le-jHis sp., Robinson, Eec. Ind. Mas., VIII, p. 90 (191:5). 



No. 9165. Type. — 'Adult skin and skull from Kobo about 15 miles 

 west of Sadiya, N.-E. Assam. Collected during the course of the Abor 

 Expedition by Mr. S. W. Kemp. 



Characters. — Pelage somewhat as in L. pegucnsis Blyth, with meta- 

 podials of hind feet whitish, but colour generally paler and duller, and 

 tail suffused with ochraceous. Grooves of incisors roughly triangular. 



Colour. — Upper parts mingled buff and black, top of face tinged 

 with ochraceous, sides of head rather paler buff, some white on the 

 sides of muzzle and areas round eyes, sides of body bufEy-white with a 

 few black tips to the hairs. Nape ochraceous-tawny slightly grizzled 

 with black. Fore-limbs ochraceous-buff ; forefeet dull buff above with 

 a few white hairs above the claws, below greyish-buff ; hind feet white 

 above with some buff hairs over the digits, below and at sides greyish- 

 buff. Tail above superficially ochraceous but the hairs with dark brown 

 bases (" seal brown "') most visible near the tip : throat, under parts 

 of body, back of fore-limbs, front and inner aspect of hind-limbs and 

 under-surface of tail white, gradually blending on the under-body wirh 

 the colour of the sides. Extremity of chin grey ; fore-neck like the 

 fore-limbs, the hairs faintly tipped with black. Ears finely grizzled 

 blackish and buff', the former in excess ; the edges fringed with buff' 

 except the tip externally which is brownish-black. 



Skull and Teeth. — Skull rather smaller than the type of peguensis, 

 the posterior termination of the nasals rounded ; frontals narrower 

 and post-orbital processes larger, not, however, touching the skull 

 behind. Palatal foramina relatively narrower, palate bridge broader 

 with a pronounced posterior spine, mesopterygoid space very narrow ; 

 anterior feet of zygomata moderate ; bullae about as in ruficaudatus 

 (they are missing in the type of peguensis). 



Incisor grooves triangular (thus approximating towards sinensis, 

 Gray) but well filled with cement and the inner borders slightly sinuate ; 

 inner side of incisor very narrow and projecting considerably (fig. 12). 



Measurements. — See table, p. 96. 



Remarhs. — I have no skins of Lepus sinensis or other Chinese hares 

 to compare this animal with, but judging from descriptions it is quite 

 distinct. While the shape of the incisor groove shows that it is allied 

 to the northern animals the white hind-feet connect it with peguensis. 



Lepus sinensis. 



Gray, 111. Ind. Zuul, II, pi. xx (1S34). 



No. 436c. Imperfect skull of young adult from Amoy, South China. 



Skull small, rostrum slender, nasals obliquely truncate, frontals 

 broad, post-orbital constriction narrow ; palatal bridge relatively broad 

 a id mesopterygoid space wide. 



Incisor grooves triangular much as figured by Forsyth-Major (/. c. s., 

 fig. vii) but with less cement therein, the groove being practically empty 

 except at the extreme apex (fig. 13). 



