LEPUS. 417 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 
A. Ears shorter than hind foot. 
a. Ears equal to or shorter than head. PAGE 
’ Above mixed black and buffy white....L. 7. subcinctus 417 
b.’ Above buffy cinnamon and black.......... L.f. aztecus 418 
ce.’ Above black and ochraceous buff ...... L.f. persultator 418 
d.’ Above mixed black and buff.......... L.f. yucatanicus 419 
e.’ Above vinaceous cinnamon mixed with 
gray and black (summer.) ........ : ee ng L.f.holenert 419 
f.’ Above yellowish brown and black..:..... L. verecrucits 420 
g.’ Above pale brownish russet............... L. russatus 420 
h. Above pale buff and black................ L. parvulus 421 
1 pove Sandy buff and black............ ...L.insolitus 421 
b. i. longer than the head. 
’ Above yellowish brown and black......... L.audubont 422 
be Above mixed black and light cream 
MR eights So C84: ws kc soem ahd > L. sanctidtegt 422 
c.’ Above pale yellowish gray and black........ L.arizone 423 
d.’ Above grayish drab and black tinged with 
RNIN CM Ye la rahe’ os Maun) gh 'o.0 N80 L. a. major 423 
e.’ Above yellowish brown and black.......... L.a.minor 42 
f.’ Above dark grayish brown.............. L.a.confinis 42 
g.’ Above:paler than L. a. major, larger........ L.durange 424 
h.’ Above deep clay color and black...... ict oes Oi L.orizabe 425 
c. Ears very short. 
’ Above mixed yellowish gray, black, and 
SS LO ago a sn L.nuttalla 425 
b.’ Above pale rufous varied with blackish 
rR SL ge does Ue L. graysont 426 
floridanus subcinetus (Lepus), Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 
1899, p. 386. 7 
Micwoacan Hare. 
Type locality. Hacienda El Molino, near Negrete, State of Mich- 
oacan, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Michoacan, Mexico; range unknown. 
Genl. Char. Similar to L. f. chapmant; larger. 
Color. Above mixed black and buffy white; paler on rump and 
sides; nape light cinnamon; crown yellowish; orbital ring whitish; 
cheeks below and behind eyes blackish; lower throat and chest buffy 
cream sprinkled with black; rest of under parts whitish, with a buff 
band in front of hind legs; legs ochraceous cinnamon buff, palest on 
hind legs; tail mixed brown and whitish above, white beneath; ears 
