b44 Mr. C. T. Regan on 
in altitude, that the Deelfontein hare is sufficiently distinct 
from the Cape one to need subspecific distinction. 
It may be called 
Lepus capensis centralis, subsp. n. 
Size and proportions of true Lepus capensis. 
General colour strongly suffused with pinkish buff, instead 
of being nearly pure grey. Sides more strongly rufous and 
lateral parts of under surface very strongly washed with 
reddish vinaceous, as are also the throat and chest. Nape 
“¢ vinaceous buff,” instead of dull grey; ear-fringes more buffy ; 
chin, throat, and limbs all more strongly rufous. 
Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— 
Head and body 440 millim. ; tail 94; hind foot (s. u.) 110; 
ear 122. 
Skull: greatest length 84:5 ; basilar length 67. 
Hab. Deelfontein, Cape Colony. Alt. 1400 m. 
Type. Female. B.M. no. 2. 9.1. 100. Original number 
165. Collected 12th March, 1902, by C. H. B. Grant, and 
presented by Col. A. T. Sloggett. 
The true Cape hare is a much greyer animal than JL. c. 
centralis, with the rufous tones less developed throughout, 
the difference being especially marked on the nape and throat. 
On the nape, indeed, the colour is simply grey without any 
rufous or buffy suffusion at all. 
Of other names that have been given to members of this 
group none seem to apply to the Deelfontein hare. ZL. aren- 
arius, Geoff., has clearly no relationship to it and was said to 
have come from Natal. JL. ochropus, Wagn., is the Transvaal 
species, which was obtained by Capt. Barrett-Hamilton at 
Bloemhoff, Vredefort Road, and elsewhere, and is readily 
distinguishable by its much yellower general colour and clear 
yellow nape. 
XXXI.— On a Collection of Fishes from the Azores. 
By C. Tate Reean, B.A. 
THE collection of fishes brought back from the Azores by 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant, who obtained them through the 
kind co-operation of Major F. A. Chaves, of the Ponta Delgada 
Museum, is of interest as showing the great similarity which 
exists between the fish-fauna of the shores of these islands 
and that of Madeira and of the Mediterranean, and also as 
