new Furms of the Spanish Hare. 399 



Lepus granatensis granatensiSj Rosenhauer. 



Type locality. — Vicinity of Granada, Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — The greater part of Spain, 

 extending at least from the Province of Burgos in the north 

 to the entire Mediterranean coast ; Balearic Islands. Exact 

 limits of range not known. 



Diagywsts. — Ear long, its heiglit from crown in dried 

 specimens 105-115 mm.; general coloration pallid, the 

 ground-colour of back nearly the cream-colour of Ridgway 

 and much in excess o£ black. 



Colour. — Underfur (17 mm.) bluish grey at base, the hairs 

 becoming buflfy terminally, their extreme tips frequently 

 darker, though never definitely blackish ; longer hairs 

 (30 mm.) greyish at base, then black to tip, each with a 

 conspicuous, sharply defined, subterminal annulation (4 mm.) 

 of pale cream-buff; clear area along sides (ill defined) be- 

 tween cinnamon-rufous and ochraceous-rufous, becoming 

 somewhat less bright on inguinal patches and darker and 

 more intense on outer surface of thiglis; outer surface of fore 

 leg a duller shade of the same colour, the inner surface white 

 to wrist, where the white crosses to outer side and forms a 

 conspicuous patch on metacarpals. Collar pale wood-brown, 

 strongly washed with pale, dull, ochraceous-buff. Chin 

 slightly clouded with dark brown. 



Skull and teeth. — In the typical form of Lepus granatensis 

 the skull is of maximum size for the species, the occipito- 

 nasal length in full-grown individuals ranging about from 

 85 to 90 mm. 



Measurements. — Adult from Granada : hind foot 115 mm. ; 

 ear from crown 120. Adult from Seville (type of Lilfordi) : 

 hind foot 116 ; ear from crown 120. Adult male from Silos, 

 Province of Burgos (no. 7384 G. S. M.) : head and body 520; 

 tail-vertebiie 87; hind foot 115; ear from crown 120*. 

 Skull of adult male from Seville (type of TAlfordi) and of 

 adult male from Silos, Province of Burgos (no. 7384 G. S. M.), 

 those of latter in parentheses : occipito-nasal length 88*0 (88) ; 

 condylo-basal length 77*0 (78) ; zygomatic breadth 42-8 (42); 

 interorbital breadth 19 (18-8); postorbital breadth 12-4 (13*4) > 

 brea'lth of brain-case 31'8 (29*6); nasal (diagonal) 37'4(39-G); 

 greatest breadth of both nasals together 20 (18*8) ; diastema 



Lepus Lilfordi applied to the animal by Mr. de Wintou lias been shown 

 by Hilzheiiner (Zool. Anzeiger, xx.v. p. 512, August 14, 1004) to be ante- 

 dated by the Lepus granatensis of Koseuhaiier (' Die Thicre Andahisiens,' 

 p. 3, 1856). 



* In the fle.^li the hind foot and ear of this specimen nifa>La'ed 118 and 

 140 mm. respectively. 



