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its colour and proportions. The only specimens I have seen 

 are in the British Museum, and form part of the collections 

 brought by the late Mr. Loftus from the banks of the 

 Euphrates. 



11. Lepus craspedotis, sp. nov. 



L. supra fuscus ex nigro cum isabellino vermiculatim mixto, pilis 

 mollissimis basin versus pallide cinereis, juxta apicem nigris, 

 isabellino termiuatis ; subtus albus ; nucha, collo posteriore pecto- 

 reque fusco-rufesceutibus ; auribus magnis, extus brunneis, postice 

 apicem versus uigris, iutus fere nudis, mfargine posteriore isabellina, 

 anteriore pilis longioribus albidis incluta, apicem versus nigra ; 

 cauda supi'a nigra, ad latera subtusque alba. 



Long, corporis cum capite 15, caudae (vertebrarum) 3*5, auris 6 poll., 

 lat. ejusdem 3*25, long, tarsi 4-25 (dimensionibus ad feminam 

 nuper occisam mcnsis). 



Hab. in Gedrosia. 



This hare differs greatly from all Indian species, and re- 

 sembles L. mediterraneus, but it is less rufous and has much 

 larger ears. A still more nearly allied form is a hare im- 

 perfectly described by Dr. Gray (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1867, ser. 3, vol. xx. p. 222) as Eulagos judceai : this, however, 

 is larger, the tarsus measuring 5'1 inches ; and the fur is 

 differently coloured. 



XLI. — Descriptions of new Species of New-Zealand Fish. 

 By F. W. Hutton, Curator of the Otago Museum. 



Toxotes squamosus. 



D. J. A. ~. P. 20. V. 1 | 5. L. lat. 85. L. transv. 11/18. 



Length twice and a third the height of the body, or nearly 

 four times the length of the head ; length of the snout equal 

 to the width between the orbits. A single row of teeth on 

 each palatine bone, none on the vomer ; teeth in the jaws 

 cardiform, the exterior row on the intermaxillaries larger. 

 Diameter of the eye goes three times and a half into the length 

 of the head. Maxillary extends back nearly to the vertical 

 from the centre of the orbit. Operculum, prseoperculum, and 

 maxillary scaly, their margins smooth. Dorsal and anal fins 

 covered with scales ; the first soft ray of the dorsal and anal 

 longest, behind which the fins suddenly contract and then 

 maintain a uniform level along the tail. Pectorals long and 

 pointed. Ventrals small, with a set of elongated scales just 



