420 On Mammals from Northern Angola. 



44. Qeorychus Bocagei, de Wint. 



<J. 142, 151, 160, 189, 190, 191. Braganza. 



J. 12. Arabaca. 



<£ . 129. Pungo Andongo. 



45. Lepus angolensiSj sp. n. 

 Lepus ochropus, Bocage, nee Wagner. 



$ . 3, 7, 11. Ambaca. 



? . 15. Pungo Andongo. 



A dark strongly coloured species, with rufous neck ; enamel 

 foldings of incisors peculiar. 



General colour above dark, a dark clay-colour grizzled with 

 blackish, the hairs with a subterminal band of dark buffy and 

 black tips ; sides rather paler. Centre of face dark lined 

 buffy, a white frontal spot generally present. Sides of muzzle 

 whitish and a narrow orbital ring of the same colour; an 

 indistinct patch below the front of the eye blackish. Nape 

 bright rufous, near "tawny ochraceous" of Ridgway. Ears 

 of medium length; anterior part of external surface dark 

 lined greyish; the fringing hairs dark buffy; tips edged with 

 black ; outer margin white basally, becoming buffy terminally. 

 Chin and interramia white, throat dull buffy; belly white, 

 not sharply defined laterally. Fore limbs dull cinnamon, a 

 narrow line on the inner side of the forearms white. Hind 

 limbs similar, their inner surfaces. more broadly white. Tail 

 of medium length, black above, white on sides and below. 



Skull in its general proportions not unlike that of L. Wht/tei, 

 Thos., of medium length, stoutly built, without noticeable 

 peculiarities. 



Incisors with the involution of the enamel about as in 

 L. Whytei*, the groove practically filled up with cement. 



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Section of upper incisors of Lepus angolensis. 



But in addition to the main involution, there is a further and 

 peculiar complexity in the presence of a fine thread (as seen 

 in section), apparently of enamel, passing backwards and 



* Figured by Forsyth Major, Tr. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 468, figs, xi 

 & xiii. (1899). 



