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33. Lepus capensis aquilo, subsp. n. 



d. 1518, 1542, 1563, 1565. 5. 1568, 1667, 1669. 



A Hare of the capensis group with the nuchal patch grey, and 

 the chin, chest, and belly snowy white. 



Fur long, soft, and very fine, length on middle of back about 

 25 mm. General colour of upper surface "broccoli-brown" 

 tinged with "drab-grey," becoming lighter and gradually sufiused 

 with bufiy on the flanks. Individual hairs divided into five rings 

 of the following coloui-s and approximate dimensions : — pi^oximal 

 ring " grey no. 9," 7 mm. in length ; second ring very pale ecru- 

 drab, 5 mm. ; third ring jetty black, 4 mm. ; fourth ring light 

 pinkish buff, 6 mm. ; distal ring black, 3 mm. Individual hairs 

 of belly about 30 mm. in length, soft, silky, and entirely snow- 

 white. Nostrils and lips edged with white, muzzle and vibrissate 

 area between wood-brown and Isabella colour ; a broad Hne ex- 

 tending from upper edge of orbit to within half an inch of muzzle, 

 and thence spreading downwards over lower region of cheek sandy 

 grey ; infraorbital area between wood-brown and Isabella colour. 

 Eyes ringed with white ; forehead coloured like back. Ears dis- 

 tinctly smaller than in the other subspecies, with the proectote * 

 coloured like forehead and back, fringed with yellowish-buff hairs 

 intermixed with white ; metentote sjaarsely covered with minute 

 white hairs, outer fringe snowy white, absent terminally ; 

 metectote white, the terminal margin black. Nape-patch between 

 "smoke-grey" and "drab-grey." Interramia white, Throat- 

 patch " pinkish buff." Chest and belly snowy white. Outer side 

 of fore and hind limbs deep buff, becoming lighter and interspersed 

 with white on fore and hind feet. Tail short, compactly haired, 

 not loose and straggling as is generally the case in specimens of 

 ochrojnis, black above, white below. 



Skull as in true capensis. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 472 mm.; tail 95 ; hind foot 113 ; ear 92. 



Skull — greatest length 85-5 mm. ; basilar length 70 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 40-1 ; nasals, oblique length 38-2 ; brain-case breadth 

 28-0 ; diastema 24-4 ; palatal length 36-0 ; palatal foramina 22-7 ; 

 upper molar series 14*7 ; antero-posterior diameter of bulla 11-3. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 6.11.8.132. Original number 1565 

 Collected 6 July, 1906. 



This subspecies may be distinguished from Z. ochropus by its 

 white chin and chest and the buffy colour of its flanks, in contrast 

 with the yellow of the latter on the sides and nape. It can be 

 easily separated from Lepus capensis centralis and L. c. granti by 

 their having a vinaceous buffy or pinkish buffy chest and flanks. 

 It bears more superficial resemblance to L. c. capeitsis however 

 but is distinguishable by having a white chest and chin and a 

 white border surrounding the tip of the ear., instead of, as is usual 



* Thomas, P. Z. S. 190-5, vol. ii. p. 359 (1906). 



