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5 1401. $ 1417, 1418. Chinchpali, Chanda. 



6 1462, 1466. $ 1453, 1458, 1475, 1530. Chanda. 



( See also Reports Nos. 1, 2 and 4.) 



The present series enables us to define, to some extent, the distribution 

 of L. simco.vi. It was first taken at Edlabad in East Khandeish and has 

 since been obtained in Nimar, the Berars, Balaghat, Chanda and Hoshang- 

 abad ( inclusive of the Mahadeo Hills). 



Some specimens in the British Museum point to the below-Ghat hare 

 as a distinct form so that the Ghat line is apparently a western 

 boundary. 



A series presented to the National Collection by Capt. C. H. T. White- 

 head, from Sehore, in Central India, and the specimens in the present 

 Collection from ?augor and Damoh show that it does not cross the 

 Vindhyan Mountains and the Nerbudda River. 



Its range to the eastward is at present quite an open question, while, 

 though ib probably ranges at least as far south as the Godavery River, we 

 have no specimens to show that it is so. 



We take this opportunity to point out to Members of the Society that 

 the hare fauna of the tvhole country betioeen Khandeish and Dharivar is 

 unknown. 



Lepus mahadeva, Wrought. 



The Pachmarhi Hare. 



1912. Lejms ynahadeva, Wroughton. Journ. B. N. H. S. antea. 

 S 779, 810. $ 809. Khapa, Hoshangabad. 

 $ 898. Dhaim, Hoshangabad. 

 S 1081. 9 1030. Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad. 

 S 1322. Ouda, Balaghat. 

 This series from the Mahadeo Hills is quite constant in its colouration 

 and consistently differs from svmcoxi. It may be that further material 

 will show that it is merely a local race of simcoxi, but the absence of inter- 

 mediates negatives that view for the present. 



Leptjs, sp. 



c? 1175.1176, $ 1165 (imm.), 1177,1178. Mundra, Saugor. 



9 1251, 1252, 1253. Damoh. 



d 1291. 1301 9 1261, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1308. Narsingarh, 

 Damoh. 

 L. ruficaudatus was described by Geoffroy from 'Bengal.' — Blanford . 

 accepts it as ranging right across India from the N. W. Frontier to Assam. 

 If this is so, this series may possibly belong to that species. We cannot 

 think that any species is likely to range unchanged through such very 

 different climatic and physiographical conditions. Until material is 

 available to enable us to compare it with similar series from neighbouring 

 areas, we do not feel justified in dealing with it. 



Tetraceros quadricornis, Blainv. 



The four-horned Antelope. 



( Synonymy in No. 2. ) 



9 945. Bori, Hoshangabad. 



6 1413. 9 1399. Chinchpali, Chanda. 



( See also Report No. 2. ) 



