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24. Lepus capensis granti Thos. & Schw, 



Lepus capensis granti Thos. & Schw. Abstr. P. Z. S, 1904, no. 2, 

 p. 6 (Feb. 9th). 



d . 506, 505, 557, 561, 558, 566, 547. $ . 543, 550, 560, 542, 

 559, 565, 563, 556. Port Nolloth. 



S . 535. Anenous. 



General colour above of the head and back " broccoli- brown," 

 with a very faint mauve suffusion. Individually the long hairs 

 are black, becoming lighter terminally; the under-fur " =french- 

 grey " at the base, " drab-grey " distally. Sides of the head, 

 shoulders, and flanks " ecru-drab." A few scattered hairs about 

 1 5 in. long bordering the flanks, black proximally, white terminally. 

 Head like back, margin of nostrils and upper lip and a ring round 

 eyes white. Ears distinctly larger than in the true capensis, fringed 

 with white hairs, the tips dark brownish black. Nape and base 

 of ears " ecru-drab." Under surface, with the exception of a 

 white patch along the centre of the belly, deep " vinaceous buff." 

 Inner side of thighs and hind feet pinkish buff. Tail as in 

 capensis, black above, pure white below. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — Head and 

 body 454 mm. ; tail 106 ; hind foot 115 ; ear 126. 



SkuU — greatest leng-th 88 mm, ; basilar length 67*5. 



Hob. of type. Port Nolloth. 



Type. Male. Original no. 561. Collected 12 August, 1903. 



The common Namaqua Hare proves to be very similar below 

 to the Deelfontein form, while its general colour above is very 

 much that of the true capensis. 



The fovir members of the present group may be distinguished 

 as follows : — 



A. Nape grej' or vinaceous. 



a*. Back greyer ; ear-fringes whitisli. 



a'^. Nape grey X. capensis. 



li^. Nape vinaceous i.e. granti. 



h^. Back and ear-fringes dull buffy L. c. centralis. 



B. Nape yellow L- ochropus. 



" ' Vlackte-haas ' of the Dutch. 



" Very common on the white and i-ed sand- veldt near Port 

 Nolloth, less so on the lower flats (1774 ft.) near Anenous, while 

 only one was seen on the flats on the mountain-range." — C. H. B. G. 



25. Oryctolagus crassicaudatus melanurus Riipp. 

 Lepus melanurus Riipp. Mus. Senck. iii. p. 137 (1845). 



S . 515, 516, 521, 539, 539 a. $ . 483, 491, 478, 485. Klip- 

 iontein. 



This handsome black-tailed Rabbit, which is quite new to the 

 Museum collection, agrees well with the description of Ruppell's 

 Lepus melanurus, and may be safely identified with it. Our only 

 doubt is whether Smith's rupestris, dating from 1834, is not also 

 the same form, a point which can only be settled when series of 

 young specimens are available for examination. 



