Dr. J. E. Gray on the Skulls of Hares and Picas. 219 



interruptante luteo-ochreis, ad basim flavescentibus : posticse 

 macula luteo-ochrea subquatlrata subapicali, a venis tripartita ; 

 fascia valde irregulari submargiwali coccinea apud apicem at- 

 teniiata : corpus nigerrimum ; collo flavo fasciato ; abdomine flavo 

 fasciolato, fasciolis regularibvis in medio et ad latera interruptis ; 

 antennis palpisque nigris. 



Aire subtus nigerrimse ; anticse macula discoidea apud cellse fiuem, 

 altera disco-cellulari, ovalibus, tertia triangulari subanali, striola 

 apud marginem apicalem, punctoque basali, omnibus coccineis ; 

 macula submedia costali triangulari luteo-ochrea ; fascia velut 

 supra irregulari sed tripartita ; punctis tribus submarginalibus 

 apicalibus cinereis : posticaj puncto basali coccineo, aliter velut 

 supra : corpus nigerrimum ; pedes postici tarsis albido fascio- 

 latis ; segmentis abdominalibus minima flavo marginatis ; ano 

 flavo. 



Exp. alar. unc. 21. 



Hab. Bahia. Possidet T. W. Wood. 



Most closely allied to sacriftca, but quite distinct ; it does not 

 sliow any pectinations to the antennae, and the hind wings are 

 proportionally larger than in conferta. This species has been 

 kindly lent to me by my very obliging friend Mr. T. W. Wood. 



XXVII. — Notes on the Skulls of Hares (Leporida^) and Picas 

 (Lagomyidge) in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, 

 F.U.S. 



Having had occasion to examine the skulls of hares in the British 

 Museum, I have made the following notes. 



It has been usual to unite the Leporidse and Lagomyidse into 

 one family; but the entire form of the skull forbids such a union, 

 and I follow Professor Lilljeborg in regarding them as belong- 

 ing to two distinct groups of the suborder Duplicidentata of 

 Illiger. 



Dr. Spencer Baird, in his excellent essay on the Hare of 

 North America, has shown how the hares of that country might 

 be divided into natural sections ; and I have verified the accuracy 

 of this from the skulls contained in the British Museum, and 

 have added one or two groups for skulls which did not come 

 under his observation. 



The determination that the hare of the Holy Land is distinct 

 from the common European hare is interesting. It is more 

 allied to the hare of Tunis and the southern shore of the Medi- 

 terranean, and it may be only a large variety of that species ; 

 but there are several characters in the skull that make it proba- 

 bly a distinct kind. 



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