7ieiv Forms of the SpanLli IIare» 401 



Province of Polite vedra, measuies : hind foot 110; car from 

 crown 105. 



Specimeyis examined. — Two, both from North-western 

 Spain. 



Lepus granatensis iturissius, subsp. n. 



Ti/pe.—Adu\t (skin and skull). B.M. no. 97.6. 15. 1. 

 Collected in the Basses Pyrenees by G. Greig *. Presented 

 Ijy J. E. Harting. 



Geographical distribution. — Basses Pyrenees. Limits of 

 range unknown. 



JJiagnosis. — Colour essentially as in Lepus granatensis 

 granatensis; ear short, its length from crown only 95 mm.; 

 skull small and slender, its occipito-nasal length about 82 mm. 

 instead of 85-90 mm. 



Colour. — The colour so exactly agrees with that of Lepus 

 granatensis granatensis as to require no special description. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull differs from that of Lepus 

 granatensis granatensis in its distinctly smaller size, in the 

 even less convex dorsal profile, and the more slender rostrum. 

 The rostral depth at front of tooth-row is 1 7 mm., while iu 

 L. granatensis granatensis it ranges from 19 to 21 mm. 

 Other cranial characters as well as teeth as iu the typical 

 form. 



Measurements. — Iliiid foot 110 ram. ; ear from crown 95. 

 Skull : occipito-nasal length 82-4; condylo-basal length 72'6; 

 zygomatic breadth 39"4 ; interorbital breadth IG ; postorbital 

 breadth 1.3 ; breadth of brain-case 29"8; nasal (diagonal) 36"4 ; 

 greatest breadth of both nasals together 18"8 ; diastema 'I'l-Q; 

 mandible 61; maxillary tooth-row (alveoli) 14*8; mandibular 

 tooth-row (alveoli) 15-8. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



liemarks. — This strikingly marked form, which may prove 

 to be specifically distinct from Lepus granatensis, is imme- 

 diately recognizable by its short ear and small slender skull. 

 Its range is probably confined to tlie region of the Basses 

 Pyrenees ; at least, the Central Pyrenean hare, as described 

 by llilzheimer t, is a very different auimal, a large member 

 of the Lepus europceus group. 



* Probably bought iu market at Biarritz (see note by Mr. tcieif iu 

 ' Fiold; no. 2301, p. 13o, January 30, 1897). ° 



t Lepus europceiis pijyoKiicus, llilzheimer, Zool. Auzeigcr, xx.\. j). ol2 

 (August 14, 1900). Type locality : " liiigueres." 



