Dr. J. E. Gray on the Skulls of Hares ind Picas. 219 
interruptante luteo-ochreis, ad basim flavescentibus: posticese 
macula luteo-ochrea subquadrata subapicali, a venis tripartita ; 
fascia valde irregulari submarginali coccinea apud apicem at- 
tenuata: corpus nigerrimum; collo flavo fasciato ; abdomine flavo 
fasciolato, fasciolis regularibus in medio et ad latera interruptis ; 
antennis palpisque nigris. 
Ale subtus nigerrimee ; anticee macula discoidea apud celle finem, 
altera disco-cellulari, ovalibus, tertia triangulari subanali, striola 
apud marginem apicalem, punctoque basali, omnibus coccineis ; 
macula submedia costali triangulari Juteo-ochrea; fascia velut 
supra irregulari sed tripartita; punctis tribus submarginalibus 
apicalibus cinereis: posticze puncto basali coccineo, aliter velut 
supra: corpus nigerrimum; pedes postici tarsis albido fascio- 
latis; segmentis abdominalibus minime flavo marginatis; ano 
flavo. 
Exp. alar. unc. 23. 
Hab. Bahia. Possidet T. W. Wood. 
Most closely allied to sacrifica, but quite distinct ; it does not 
show any pectinations to the antenne, 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.—WNotes on the Skulls of Hares (Leporide) and Picas 
- (Lagomyidz) in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, 
FERS. 
Havine 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 Leporide and Lagomyidz 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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