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338, 1912 ; xxii,p. 15, 1913; xxiv, p. 42, 1915). Of the mountain 

 forms I think craspedotis, Blanford, may be kept distinct from 

 tihetanus, but as to hypsibius, Blanford, I can offer no opinion. 

 Including these additional forms the species of the true hares may 

 be arranged in a key as follows : — 



Key to the species of Lepus. 

 I. — Hair comparatively short and coarse. 

 A. — Tail brown above. 



a. Colour darker; ears blackish brown 1 . ruficaudatus, Geoff. 



b. Colour paler; ears bright buff ... 2. rajput, Wr. 

 B. — Tail black above. 



a. Nape black. 



a. Feet ochraceous ... ... o. nigricollis, F. Cnr. 



b\ Feet white ... 4. singhala, Wr. 



b. Nape grey or brown or ochra- 

 ceous. 



a. Nape grey ... ... ... 5. simcoxi, Wr. 



6\ Nape brown, or ochraceous. 

 a'. Face pale, grizzled brown 



and buff; a grey rump ... 6. dayanus, Blanf. 



6". Face darker, grizzled black 

 and ta^. 

 a^. Nape brown ; general 



ground colour tan... ... 7. maJiadeva, Wr. 



b^. Nape ochraceous, or ru- 

 fous. 

 a^. Nape ochraceous ; feet 



white ... ... ... 8. pegicensis, B\j. 



6*. Nape rufous; feet ochra- 

 ceous ... ... ... 9. siamensis, Bonh. 



II. — Hair long and silky. 

 A. — Tail black above. 



a. General colour paler, ecru drab ; 



nape fawn... ... ... ... 10. craspedotis, ^lanf. 



b. General colour darker, dark pin- 

 kish drab; nape cinnamon rufous.. 11. tibetanns, Waterh. 



£.— Tail all white. 



a. Ears longer than hindfoot with 



tarsus ... ... ... ... 12. oiostolus, Hodgs. 



b. Ear not longer than hindfoot 



M'ith tarsus ... ... ... 13. hypsibius, Blanf. 



DiSTKIBUTION : — 



1. L. ruficaudatus, Geoffrey. Type locality : — "Bengal." 



Other localities : — Saran, Bengal ; 

 Pari, Orissa; Nepal; Sikkim (B.M.); 



