404 Mr. H. L. Jameson on a 



dark line, margined on each side by a series of pale yellow 

 spots, like beads." 



According to Moreau, the pale spots bordering the dark 

 undulated stripes may frequently be absent, or in large speci- 

 mens they maybe gi-eyish white in colour and the stripes may 

 be less distinctly marked than in the young. 



LIV. — On a new Hare from the Transvaal. 

 By H. Lyster Jameson. 



In June of this year I noticed a large grey Pronolagus on 

 the Observatory Kopje adjoining the town of Johannesburg. 

 After some difficulty I succeeded in trapping this specimen, 

 a full-grown and pregnant female, which proved to belong to 

 a hitherto undescribed form. Pending a fuller study of the 

 genus Pronolagus I shall describe this hare as a High-Veld 

 race of Pronolagus Ruddi (Thomas and Schwann, Abstract 

 P. Z. S. no. 18, p. 23, April 25, 1905 ; and P. Z. S. 1905, 

 vol. i. p. 272). 



Tlie Witwatersrand Pronolagus is specially interesting 

 because it extends considerably the range of tiie P. Ruddi 

 group westwards, liitherto known only from Zululaud and 

 the Eastern Transvaal. 



This form difters from the type species (so far as I can 

 gather by conijjaring it with Thomas's description, for I have 

 not had an opportunity of comparing it with tiie type) in its 

 generally grey colour, in the dark tail, black for its distal 

 third, in the absence of slaty bases to the fur, and in having 

 black soles to its feet. 



Pronolagus Ruddi randensis *, subsp. n. 



Size as in P. Ruddi (much larger than in P. crassi- 

 caudatus^. Coat harsh, as in P. Ruddi. Ground-colour 

 buff, heavily pencilled with black, giving the impression of 

 rather dark grey when seen at a distance. Colour a little 

 lighter on rumj). The long stiff hairs are black, with a 

 subterminal buff zone, as in P. Ruddi, and are about 18 mm. 

 long. Among these, especially along the back, are a few 

 very long hairs (10 mm. or more), which are white at the 

 base and black distally, sometimes with a subterminal white 



* Subspecific name from Hand, popular abbreviation for Witioaters- 

 rinid, the name of the range of hills on which Johannesburg' is situated. 



