156 Mr. W. E. de Wiiitoii on the Hares of 



not white below the deep black ring, but bufF shading into 

 grey. There is a conspicuous buff-white ring round the eyes 

 extending towards the nose and ears. The chest (somewhat 

 grizzled) and fore legs are rufous, and all the underparts 

 except the centre of the belly and the inguinal region are 

 much washed with the same colour. 



Type (Brit. Mus. no. 51. 8. 25. 7), Algiers. 



Measurements (taken from dry skin) : — 



Head and body 475 niillim. ; tail (taken from another 

 specimen, that of the type injured) 80; hind foot (c.) 105; 

 ear 113. 



Skull: greatestlength,basedamaged (c.) SG; greatest breadth 

 41; breadth of maxillae below lachrymals 28*5 ; length of nasals, 

 middle line 27, greatest length 34*5, greatest breadth 20, nar- 

 rowest part 12*5; intertemp. constr. 12*2; basal length — ; 

 length of upper molar series (tooth-sockets) 15 ; deptli from 

 top of nasals to ])alate immediately in front of premolars 

 20"2, at front of palatal foramina 17"2 ; mandible, length 

 (bone only) from back of condylar process to upperside 

 of back of incisors 62, upperside of back of incisors to 

 angle — ; greatest height standing on table perpendicularly 

 to condyle o5'5. 



This hare is no doubt closely allied to L. meJilerraneus, 

 but, besides the greater size of the animal, the skull is so 

 peculiarly narrow, that I consider it worthy of full specific 

 rank. 



Lepus Schlumbergeri, St. Loup. 



Lepus Schhimberyeri, St. Loup, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1894, t. xix. 

 p. 168. 



As this hare has been very imperfectly described, a more 

 complete description is here given ; it is the common hare in 

 the neighbourhood of Tangier. 



Size medium, rather smaller than L. e. occidentalis ; 

 darker and greyer in colour, somewhat resembling the East 

 African hare L. victorice, but the grizzling coarser and more 

 mottled owing to the very broad black median band on the 

 fur ; nape very pale cinnamon ; a well-defined buff-wiiite 

 ring round the eyes, a stripe of the same colour extending 

 towards the nose and the ears ; ears medium, about same 

 length as head, black tip not well defined; neck and chest 

 dull brown, grizzled. The extreme bases of the fur of all 

 parts are pale grey, on the back the base of the fur is only 

 very faintly tinged with grey ; there is a broad extent of dirty 

 white, showing a slight tinge of pale cinnamon, followed by 

 a dec]) black band ; above this the coarser glossy hairs have 



