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16. Abticanthis barbarus, L. 



2 . Enzel on the Great Atlas range east of Morocco city, 31st 

 May, 1897. " Caught in trap under thorn-bushes." 



Head and body ll3 millim ; tail 127 ; hind foot 25 ; ear 16. 



This auinial, so well known in menageries, is very rarely 

 obtained " wild killed ; " it is much to be regretted that a full series 

 was not procured. 



17. Hystrix cristata, L. 



2 . Ecru, 18th June, 1897. Head and body 510 millim. ; tail 

 80 ; hind foot 90 ; ear 30. 



18. Lepxjs atlanticus, sp. n. (Skull, figs. 3 & 5, p. 961.) 



Size very small ; ears very long, considerably longer than the 

 head. Colour light sandy over cinnamon, the fur almost entirely 

 wanting the conspicuous black median band which gives the 

 characteristic mottling to most species ; the underparts are white, 

 but there is no sharp line between the colours of the upper and 

 under sides ; tail long, jet-black in a broad line above, pure white 

 beneath. 



The fur is slate-grey for a considerable distance from the base, 

 the underfur broadly tipped with cinnamon ; on the back the grey 

 is of less extent though well marked even there, the greater part 

 of the fur being cinnamon-coloured, but much brighter at the ends ; 

 the coarser hairs have only a very narrow dusky median band, the 

 tips tawny, though the extreme tips of some of the hairs are 

 blackish. On the rump the general colour is greyer, the cinnamon 

 colour being less conspicuous. The band on the chest is pale 

 cinnamon, the hairs beuig dark slate-coloured for nearly their 

 entire length and only tipped with the brighter colour. The nape 

 is bright cinnamon. The fore and hind legs are red-fawn. The 

 long ears have a well-defined black patch on the back of the tips, 

 the inner margin is white, the outer margin golden fawn ; 

 whiskers black at the bases, white at the ends. 



This Hare is unquestionably nearly allied to L. Tcabylicus, mihi ', 

 from Algiers, but is very much smaller, with longer ears iu 

 proportion to its size. 



Skull. — Greatest length 76^minim. ; greatest breadth (squa- 

 mosals) 36, across front of zygomata 32 ; length of nasals in 

 middle line 23, greatest length 28, greatest breadth 14*5, across 

 narrowest part 10-5 ; intertemporal constriction 12 ; breadth 

 across maxiUse below lachrymals 26 ; basal length 62 ; length of 

 upper molar series 13 ; depth from nasals to palate immediately in 

 front of molars 17, above front of palatal foramina 14 ; length of 

 mandible (bone only) from back of condylar process to inner side 

 of back of incisors 54-5 ; greatest height standing on table, 

 perpendicularly to condyle, 31-5. 



Type, 6 . Eas el Ain, Haha, 23rd June, 1897. Killed in Arab 

 hunt. 



1 Ann, & Mag. N. H. (7) i. p. 155. 



