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Rocky Mountain flying Squirrel, yeliowish-brovvn above ; 

 tail flat, longer than the body, blackish-gray ; flying membrane 

 with a straight border. 



Size greater than that of the Siberian flying Squirrel. 



Hub. The vallies in the Rocky Mountains. 



13. Lepus (Lagomys) prIxVceps, ecaudutus fuscus : latere palli- 

 dior : subius griseus, capite brevi, auriculis rotundatis. 



The Little-cihef Hare, tail-less, blackish-brown on the back, 

 yellowish brown on the sides, gray beneath ; head short and thick, 

 ears rounded. 



Dimens. Length 6| inches. 



Hub. Rocky mountains. Stony places. 



The specific name is a translation of its Indian appellation. 



Art. LIX. A Description of some Coleopterous Insects 

 in the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.L.S. By 

 the Rev. William Kirby, F.R. Sf L.S., Sfc. 



Fam. Scarab^idje. MacLeay. 

 Genus. Scar adieus. MacLeay. 



femoralis. S. naso sexdentato, prothorace dilatato caelato, fe- 

 raoribus anticis maximis dentatis. 

 Plate xiv. Fig. 1. 

 Long. Corp. Unc. 1|. 

 Hah. in Nigritia. 



Descr. Corpus latum, depressum, nigrum. Caput dilatatum naso 

 sexdentato, vertice subpromiiiulo. Proiliorax dilatatus, sparse 

 granulatus : spatiis qnibusdam elevatis laevibus, antice repandus. 

 Elytra depressa minutisslme et vix conspicue granulata, substriata ; 

 striarum interstitiis serie una alterave punctorum obsoletius exca- 

 vatorum. Brachia humerls (femora antica,) maximis basi denticu- 

 latis ; apice gonytheca dentata, dente item discoidali subtus 



