LEPUS. 417 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 
A. Ears shorter than hind foot. 4 
a. Ears equal to or shorter than head. PAGE 
a.’ Above mixed black and buffy white....L. f. subcinctus 417 
b.’ Above buffy cinnamon and black.......... L.f. aztecus 418 
c.’ Above black and ochraceous buff ...... L.f. persultator 418 
d.’ Above mixed black and buff.......... L. f. yucatanicus 419 
e.’ Above vinaceous cinnamon mixed with 
eran and black (Summer)... ... -anT% 2 le holenert 419 
f.’. Above yellowish brown and black........ L. verecrucits 420 
Geepove pale brownmsion LUsset..... 2... as. L. russatus 420 
yee pove pale buliand black......5.... G8... L. parvulus 421 
jee pove Saney bUfeand black...........2... L.insolitus 421 
b. Ears longer than the head. 
a.’ Above yellowish brown and black......... L.audubont 422 
b.’ Above mixed black and light cream 
POULEL ok ee de es a L. sanctidiegi 422 
c.’ Above pale yellowish gray and black........ L.arizone@ 423 
d.’ Above grayish drab and black tinged with 
Sean tpaa) 0) RUA. G0 anaes Oe L. a. major 423 
e.’ Above yellowish brown and black.......... L.a.minor~ 423 
ioe oome Cark Sra yiemePIOWM.....:........ L. a. confinis 424 
g.’ Above paler than Li a. major, larger........ L.durange 424 
h.’ Above deep clay color and black............ L. orizabe@ 425 
c. Ears very short. 
a.’ Above mixed yellowish gray, black, and 
Jengenyinl. Wiig orisha 1 nn oer L. nuttalla 425 
b.’ Above pale rufous varied with blackish 
LOT O WilereminiremneM Lae ds ee ake L. graysont 426 
floridanus suwbheinctus (Lepus), Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 
1899, p. 386. 
MicHoacan Hare. 
Type locality. Hacienda El Molino, near Negrete, State of Mich- 
oacan, Mexico. 
Geogr, Distr. State of Michoacan, Mexico; range unknown. 
Genl. Char. Similar to L. 7. chapmanz; larger. 
Color. Above mixed black and buffy white; paler on rump and 
sides; nape light cinnamon; crown yellowish; orbital ring whitish; 
cheeks below and behind eyes blackish; lower throat and chest buffy 
cream sprinkled with black; rest of under parts whitish, with a buff 
band in front of hind legs; legs ochraceous cinnamon buff, palest on 
hind legs; tail mixed brown and whitish above, white beneath; ears 
