1875.] W. T. Elan ford— On a large Rare from Western Tibet. 233 



larger than those of the back. Toes short, thick, finely fringed on both 

 sides, lower surface with cross plates, each divided into raised ribs or tuber- 

 cles : all the toes with claws. Colour pale sandy, dotted over with the dark 

 brown enlarged tubercles, dark transverse bands on the tail. The largest 

 specimen obtained measures 3*3 inches, of which the tail from the anus is 

 1-4. One specimen obtained in the hills west of Mehar, another on sand- 

 hills south of Rohri, 



Trapelus rubrigularis, sp. nov. 



General form similar to that of T. ruderatus. Head short, depressed. 

 Both eyelids fringed with elongate pointed scales. Ear-opening larger than 

 a nasal sbield, without any fringe of long pointed scales partly covering the 

 orifice, tympanum very little sunken. Scales of the back smooth or very 

 faintby keeled, subimbricate, arranged in oblique rows, with larger bluntly 

 keeled scales, each about equal to four ordinary scales, scattered irregularly 

 over the back and basal portion of the tail, but not on the limbs. Tail- 

 scales keeled. Scales of abdomen smooth. Claws moderate, those on the 

 fore feet scarcely exceeding tbose of the hind feet in length and none of 

 them half the length of the thumb without its claw. A single row of 10 to 

 12 pores just in front of the anus in males. Colour olive brown to grey, 

 spotted with pale yellow, each enlarged scale of the back being in the mid- 

 dle of a pale spot. A dusky longitudinal line on each side of the neck and 

 3 or 4i pairs of dark spots on the back. A bright red patch beneath the 

 throat in living specimens of both sexes ; this colour disappears after a time 

 in spirit. The largest specimen obtained was nearly 7 inches long, tail 3'8. 

 Found in the semi-desert plain extending along the foot of- the Khirthar 

 range in Upper Sind. 



The paper will be published with illustration in Part II of the Journal 

 for 1S7G. 



2. Note on a large Hare inhabiting high elevations in Western Tibet. 

 By W. T. Blanford, F. R. S. 



(Abstract.) 

 The hare previously identified, with doubt, as L. pallipes proves, on 

 comparison with specimens of the latter received from Mr. Mandelli at 

 Darjeeling, to be distinct and is described as new under the name of Lepus 

 hypsibius, from its inhabiting very elevated regions. The description is 

 taken from a specimen collected by Dr. Stoliczka at an elevation of 15,500 

 feet in the Changchenmo valley, Lad. tk. 



S. hypsibius, sp. nov. 

 Ears but little longer than the head, with only the extreme tips black, 

 brown outside in front, whitish behind, bulf inside, anterior dark band 



