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above dark, evenly grizzled buffj and black, the combined 

 tone darker than in any of the allied species, rather paler on 

 flanks. Of the longer hairs of the back, the basal fourth is 

 light grey, darkening to brown on the second fourth ; the 

 third fourth is ochraceous buff, the end being shining black. 

 The woolly underfur is greyish white basally, brown ter- 

 minally. Face more ochraceous than back, owing to the 

 black tips to the hairs being less prominent; sides of face 

 rather paler and again darker below the eye, but no prominent 

 light or dark orbital or cheek-markings are present. Ears 

 remarkably short, shorter than in any known hare (except 

 Romerolagus and NesoJagus) ; the anterior halves of their 

 outer surface grizzled rufous just at their bases, but otherwise 

 nearly wholly black ; posterior halves of outer and whole of 

 inner surfaces pale rufous. Nape-patch rufous, rather duller 

 tlian Ridgway's "cinnamon rufous." Chin dull whitish, 

 the hairs slaty basally. Chest grizzled grey buffy and 

 blackish. Belly dull whitish or whitish buff, not sharply 

 defined laterally. Fore limbs dull rufous, whitish like the 

 belly on their inner side above. Long hairs of palm smoky 

 brown. Hind limb grizzled like back on outer side of thigh 

 and lower leg, more rufous on upper surface of foot; inner 

 side whitish or buffy, almost ochraceous buffy along the edge 

 of the body-colour; long iiairs of soles smoky brown. Tail 

 reduced to a n)ere stump, barely half an inch in length, its 

 upper side black, its lower buffy. 



Skull on the whole most like that of S. Oabhi. Frontal 

 region low and flat. Interorbital space slightly concave. 

 Postorbital processes long and broad, close to the brain-case 

 and pressed against it terminally, but not anchylosed with it. 

 Upper surface of brain-case unusually rough and coarsely 

 pitted. Sides of muzzle fairly complete, about as in S. an- 

 dinus. Palatal foramina large and widely open, compara- 

 tively narrow posteriorly, broadest just behind their middle. 

 Bullae exceedingly small, far smaller than in any allied species, 

 so low that a line from the top of one to that of the other 

 hardly clears the basioccipital. 



Enamel of incisors thin, not penetrating into the tooth 

 mesially, but evenly following the line of its anterior surface. 

 Front surface of anterior upper and lower premolars more or 

 less coarsely fluted. 



Dimensions of the type (measured by the collector in the 

 flesh) : — 



Head and body 388 millim. ; tail (c.) 12; hind foot, 

 s. u. 77, c. u. 83 ; ear 43. 



Skull : greatest length 72 ; basilar length to back of tV 57 ; 



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