12 ox MAMMALS FROM TRIPOLI. [May 6, 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 187 mm. ; tail 20; hind foot 34; ear 14. 



Skull— greatest median length 47-5; basilar length 35-5; 

 gnathion to most posterior point of bulla 49 ; zygomatic breadth 

 31; nasals 18x5-5; interorbital breadth 12-2; interparietal 

 8-8xM; diastema 11; palatal foramina 8x4; npper molar 

 series 8-2 ; greatest oblique diameter of bullfe below 18-1 ; greatest 

 oblique diameter, as seen from above, nearly at right angles to 

 last 17-2 ; vertical height of bulljB 17 ; height of lower ja.w, from 

 condyle, 10'5. 



Tvpical locality. Wadi Bey, just noi'thwest of Bonjem. 



Type. Old female. No. 13. Killed 19 April, 1901. 



This animal is the most distinct from its allies of all the species 

 found by Mr. Dodson, and bearing in mind the fewness of the 

 members of the Ctenodactylince, the discovery of so well-maiked 

 a new form is a matter on which Mr. Whitaker may well be 

 congratulated. 



19. Lepus whitakeri, sp. n. (Plate I.) 

 3. Wadi Sofedjin. 12/4/1. 

 61. Timinint. 17/5/1. 



111. W. Agarib. 2/7/1. 



A very handsome pinkish-buJS" Hare, quite distinct from all its 

 allies. 



Size medium. General colour a rich pinkish buff, licher and 

 moi'C pinkish than in L. cethiopicus, the species to which L. 

 'whitakeri has the greatest external resemblance. On the back 

 the general colour is more or less lined with black, b\it on the 

 forehead it is clear and lich, not greyer as is often the case. 

 Nape rather deeper in colour, approaching " vinaceous buff" in 

 the darkest specimen. Eyes with indistinct whitish rings, but 

 scarcely a trace of the pre- and postorbital white patches present in 

 L. cethiopicus. Ears long, buffy, the marginal hairs whitish buffy ; 

 back of tips rather browner, but no distinct terminal patch. 

 Sides and chest rich pinkish buffy ; chin and belly white, not 

 sharply defined laterally. Limbs buffy, the inner side of the 

 arms and thighs whitish ; long hairs of palms and soles yellow or 

 reddish. Tail black above, pure white on the sides and below. 



" Irides yellow-ochre." 



Skull not unlike that of L. cethiopicus, but rather narrower, 

 a,nd with less broadly expanded supraorbital wings. Enamel of 

 incisors forming a simple angular notch, not penetrating deeply 

 into the tooth, and not filled up with cement. In this last 

 respect L. lohitakeri agrees rather with the very differently 

 coloured Algerian species than with L. cethiopicus and its allies. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 420 mm. ; tail 70 ; hind foot 100 ; ear (measured 

 dry) from crown 140, from notch 121. 



Skull— greatest length 83 ; basilar length 67 ; zygomatic breadth 

 38'5; nasals, oblique length 34, greatest breadth 17-5, least 



