1902.J 



ON RHYNCHOTA FROM UGANDA. 



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absence of a clearly defined white supra-orbital stripe. From 

 L. peguensis, to which it more nearly approaches in size, it differs 

 in the fur on the back and tail being dark brown instead of 

 black, and in the absence both of the ashy tinge on the rump 

 and the black terminal patch on the posterior outer surface of 

 each ear. 



The skull of a species of Lepus sent home by Mr. Lyle in a 

 former collection agrees with the type skull. The animal to 

 which it belonged was unfortunately destroyed, but Mr. Lyle 

 writes that it was a female, and the following are the measure- 

 ments in the flesh : — Head and body 463 mm. ; tail 74 ; hind foot 

 97 ; ear 84. 



For the sake of comparison the measurements of the skulls of 

 L. hainanus (type), L. peguensis, and the two skulls of this species 

 are appended : — 



5. On the Insects o£ the Order Rhynchota collected by 

 Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., in the Uganda Protec- 

 torate. By W. L. Distant. 



[Received November 23, 1901.] 

 (Text-figure 8.) 



The few specimens of this Order collected by Sir H. H. Johnston, 

 and by him presented to the British Museum, are principally 

 interesting as showing that the Uganda Rhynchotal fauna and 

 that of West Africa are practically identical. The species known 

 only from East Africa are very few, and further knowledge may 

 prove them still fewer. Two new species are described, one of 

 which has a far wider distribution than the Uganda Protectorate, 

 I have added notes to the enumeration of each species as expla- 

 natory of its geographical dispersion, 



