(591 ) 



An older sknll has a greatest length of 84 mm., condylo-iucisive length, 74. 



Hab. As above. 



Type. Female. No. 31. (B.M. No. 13.8.6.89.) Collected May 2, 1913. 



All the N. African hares are very closely allied, belonging to but a single 

 group of the genus, and it might almost be said that they belong to but a single 

 species — in a broad sense — with a number of local races. Among these local races 

 (for which at present it seems necessary to use binomial names) the Ain Sefra hare 

 is distinguished by its pinkish colour, which is of quite a different shade from that 

 of L. whitakeri, and is absent in anv other described form. 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW STNT03IIDS. 

 By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



Metaxanthia aureiventris sp. nov. 



? . Differs from eespi/ormis Drnce by having the first two segments of the 

 abdomen black above, while below the abdomen is entirely yellow. The hindwings 

 are also more vitreous, the sooty black scaling being confined to the fringe. 



Hab. Cananche, Candiuamarca, July 1903 (M. de Mathan). 



Metaxanthia atribasis sp. nov. 



?. Differs from vegpiformis m having the anterior half only of the first 

 abdominal segment black above and below, the rest of abdomen entirely yellow. 

 The forewings are more densely scaled. 



Iktb. Paramba, Ecuador, 350O ft., March 1897, dry season (W. F. H. 

 Rosenberg). 



[The hitherto nudescribed S of vespiformii Druce has the basal two-thirds 

 of forewing sooty black, and only the basal segment of the abdomen and the 

 posterior half of the subbasal yellow.] 



