416 ON HARES from: BRITISH EAST AEElCA. [Mar. 21, 



Lepus somalensis Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. 1861, 

 xxviii. p. 5. 



This is a pale-coloured Hare, with a more or less strong wash 

 of black oM'^ing to the outer hairs being mostly black-tipped ; the 

 ears are very long, edged with black at the extreme tips only, 

 inner mai-gin dull yellow ; the nape is pale fawn ; throat dull 

 sand-colour ; there are no distinct lines between the colours of 

 the upper and under surfaces ; there is a wash of yellow on the 

 edge of tiie dark colour on the inside of the thighs ; the tail has a 

 clear black broadish line above. 



Collector's note : — " Ukamba, 5000 ft., Athi Plains, July 15th, 

 1898. Weight about 3| lbs. This Hare frequents the bare open 

 plains of the Upper Athi River, where there is not a tree for 

 miles and miles.'" — li. 0. 



Measurement of the ear in the dry specimen 120 millitu. 



The upper incisors are moderate in width, with the front surfaces 

 level ; the grooves are placed near the inner edge, they are shallow, 

 diverging inwardly, and entirely hlled with cement. 



The back of the nasal bones is gradually bowed from the out- 

 ward edge, forming a wide V. 



This Hare is closely allied to L. tigrensis Blanf., from Abyssinia, 

 and probably that species does not differ much except in being 

 rather larger. It would also stand very close to L. cegyiitius in an 

 arrangement of the genus. 



Lepus crawshayi, sp. n. (Plate XXIV.) 



Greneral colour very dark, all the hairs broadly tipped with 

 black, sabtermmal band golden, the hair rather straight and 

 shining; the nape, forelegs inside and out, throat, and a line 

 between the coloui's of the upper and lower surfaces brighl; rust- 

 coloured ; the face is very rich black and gold ; the ears are 

 moderate, with a black spot on the back of the tips ; the tail is 

 rather long, with a broad band of black above. 



Incisors rather narrow, flat in front. 



The only specimen is labelled — " S . J>feugia Kitwi, 3400 ft., Oct. 

 1898. Shot in barren hills amongst thorny scrub where there is 

 no fresh vegetation. Weight 3| lbs." — R. 0. 



Measurement of the ear in the dry specimen 97 millim. 



Outwardly this Hare closely resembles L. ivhytei from Nyasaland, 

 but the points of the fur are black, and not dark brown as in that- 

 species. 



The skull of L. crawshryl is about the size of that of //. ivhytei ; 

 the nasals are shorter, and the face-line droops more than in that 

 species ; the fronto-nasai suture forms a deep V in the middle 

 Ime. 



The rather narrow upper incisors are quite flat, the inner and 

 outer sides of the grooves being on the same level ; whereas in 

 L. whytei these teeth ai-e very broad, the part on the inner side of 

 the groove projects considerably, and on the outer side of the 



