388 MR. C. BODEN KLOSS ON 
44 Lepus siamensis 
Bouhote, P. Z. 8. 1902, i, p 40; Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. 
Handl., 57, No 2, p. 49, (1917) 
2 subad. examples, Chengmai, N. Siam ( topotypes ). Nos. 
2531-2. : 
l adult example, Paknampo, Central Siam.1 No, 2122. 
2 3 subad., 1 2 subad., Lopburi, Central Siam. Nos 2123-5. 
1 2 ad., Muak Lek, E. Siam between Ayuthia and Korat. 
No. 2105 
1 d subad., 1 Qad., 12 juv., Koh Lak, S. W. Siam. Nos, 
2444-5, 2402 
2 ¢ subad., 12 subad., Mouth of Pran River, S. W. Siam.2 Nos. 
2536-8. 
Tn colour all these specimens agree closely with Bonhote’s 
description of the type. 
Above warm buff and black, the latter nearly absent on the 
sides and limbs, the shoulders tinged with ochraceous; the hind- 
limbs ochraceous-buff, the forelimbs and nape nearly ochraceous, all 
without any black element. Top of muzzle and head ochraceous 
and black, sides of muzzle to eyes dull whitish. Ears finely grizzled 
ochraceous-buff and black, the latter in excess; the edges fringed 
with buffy hairs palest posteriorly; inner side of tips ochraceous- 
buff, outer side blackish. ‘Tail above pure brownish-black, below 
white. Sides and front of neck avellaneous-buff, the hairs fre- 
quently slightly blackened; fore-chest rather more ochraceous ; 
throat and underparts of body white, this colour extending down 
the inner sides of the hindlimbs and less distinctly on to the inner 
sides of the feet. 
The dorsal hairs are pale grey at base becoming tinged with 
buff higher up, next broadly annulated with black, or blackish- 
brown, and buff and finally tipped with black. 
As compared with the type of peguensis Blyth (the only one 
available of that form and unfortunately lacking the posterior portion 
1 Mr. K,. G. Gairdner coll, 
2 Messrs. W. J. F. Williamson & M. A. Smith’s collectors. 
JOURN, NAT, HIST, SOC, SIAM, 
