SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 15 



'(45-46); fore-arm, 31-5 (33-34, 7); ear, 12-5 (14-15) ; tibia, 16 

 (15'5, 16-5); hindfoot, 7 (6-8); middle finger, metacarpal 31 

 (38-6-36) ; first phalanx, 15 (15-8-17) ;— total, 65 (69-73-2). 



Shdl.- — ^Condylo-incisive length, 13-3 (13*2-14) ; basilar length, 

 11 (11-12) ; zygomatic breadth, 9 (9-9-5) ; braincase, 8-2 (7-8-8-2) ; 

 front of upper canines to back of last molar, 5-5 (5*5-6) ; breadth 

 ■across palate at front end of last molar, 5-5 (5-5-8). 



(Note: — The figures between brackets are the maximum and minimum in three 

 adult specimens of hardtvickii.) 



Rabitat. — Shimoga, South India. 



TT/pe.— Adult male. B. M. No. 12.8.25.2. Original No. 1317, 

 collected b}'^ Mr. G. C. Shortridge, on 20th June 1912, and pre- 

 sented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History 

 -Society. 



C. — A New Species of Hare from the Central Provinces. 



Amongst the hares obtained by Mr, Crump in the Hoshangabad 



District are some specimens from the Mahadeo Hills, which are so 



markedly and distinctly different from those of the surrounding 



country that I propose to describe them as a new species under the 



name. 



Lepus mahadeva, sp. n. 



The Pachmarhi Hare. 



A liare, allied to L. simcoxi, with a similar grey neck, but dis- 

 tinguished from that species by its much richer, darker colouring 

 and the absence of the grey patch on the rump, so characteristic of 

 L. simcoxi. 



General colour above " cinnamon rufous " strongly washed with 

 black, individual hairs of the back white at the base (10 mm.) 

 followed by black band (4-5 mm.), the remainder (12 mm.) about 

 equally cinnamon and black ; below pure white. The grey rump 

 so characteristic of simcoxi almost or entirely wanting. The face 

 coloured like the back, ears in front dark bistre, ticked with buff"y. 

 Cheeks between "wood-brown" and "cinnamon," much washed 

 with black. Tail above dingy rufous, the individual hairs black 

 with buff'y tips. Nape grey, as in simcoxi. 



On the whole the average size of the skull is smaller and the 

 nasals narrower than in true simcoxi. 



Bvmensions of the Type (recorded by the Collector). — Head and 

 body, 455; tail, 79;' hindfoot, 102; ear, 94. 



Shdl. — Greatest length, 94 ; basal length, 74 ; zygomatic 

 breadth, 44 ; greatest length of nasals, 40 ; palatal foramen, 24 ; 

 upper molar series, 16. 



Hahitat. — Mahadeo Hills, Central Provinces. (Type from Dhaim). 

 Altitude 2,300 ft. 



