Mammals from Lake Nyami, &c. 4')1 



of head rather darker than rest of face. Dark lines above 

 eyes, on sides of muzzle, well defined. Nasal region yellowish 

 white. Eyes surrounded with whitish rings, the white 

 coloration extending forwards for a short distance on the 

 sides of the muzzle, just beneath the dark frontal stripes. 

 Cheeks and sides of neck similar in colour to flanks. Ear3 

 markedly paler and greyer than in L. ochropus ; black tips 

 not nearly so evident, and the yellow colour on the outer sides 

 very much greyer. Rump greyish ; hairs with slate-grey 

 bases and whitish tips, only a few of the hairs having buff- 

 coloured or black tips. Fore limbs buffish, paler than in 

 L. ochropus. Inner sides of hind limbs pale buffish white 

 (maize-yellow no. 2, ' Repertoire '), a little richer in colour 

 than the yellowish tint on the flanks. Backs of hands and 

 feet buffish white (maize-yellow no. 1, ' Repertoire '). Belly, 

 underside of thighs, and lower lip white ; hairs white through- 

 out. Throat and chest buffish ; hairs with pale slaty-grey 

 bases and long buffish-white tips. Underside of fore limbs 

 and chin buffish white. Tail as in L. ochropus, white with a 

 well-defined dark dorsal marking. 



Skull very similar to that of L. ochropus. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 420 mm. ; tail 96 ; hind foot 108 ; ear 134. 



Skull: greatest length 82; basal length 64; condylo- 

 basal length 70 5 ; basilar length 61'5 ; condylo-basilar 

 length 67*5; zygomatic breadth 40*5 ; interorbital constriction 

 12*5 ; breadth of brain-case (across squamosal region) 29 ; 

 nasals, greatest length 35*4, greatest breadth 18'6, lea3t 

 breadth 12 ; palatilar length29*4: ; length of palatal foramina 

 20*7; length of upper cheek-teeth, from front of first pre- 

 molar to back of last molar, 14*2. 



Hob. Lehutitung, Kalahari. Altitude 3300 feet. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10.6.3.75. Original 

 number 22. Collected May 21st, 1909. 



Like most of the other new forms described in this paper, 

 this hare would appear to represent a desert race of a South 

 African species, and, as such, it is here described as a sub- 

 species of L. ochropus, from which it is distingushed by the 

 far paler colour of dorsal surface. 



" Hares were very rarely seen in the Kalahari, but that 

 they are to be found throughout the desert is proved by their 

 spoor. A few were found round the big salt-pans at Lehuti- 

 tung and again at Okwa Spruit." 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. vi. 27 



