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tomys, Arvicola, Neotoma, Sigmodon, Oryzomys, Onychomys, 

 Sitomys, Scittrus, Tamias, Spermopliihis, and Spilogale ; or, 

 practically the families Leporidse. Heteromyidae, Geomyidae, 

 Muridae, and Sciuridae. 1 



In 1884 tne genus Lepus, or the Hares, was recognized 

 in Mr, True's List as consisting of 11 species and 7 ad- 

 ditional subspecies; it now numbers 24 species and 8 sub- 

 species. Of the new forms 9 have been added from the 

 United States 2 and 5 from Mexico. 



1 In the following review, and in the lists given in the footnotes, North 

 America is taken in its geographic sense, and the subject is brought down to 

 June, 1894. The writer assumes no responsibility as an endorser of the species 

 and subspecies recorded in the lists, which are in no sense revisionary, but 

 merely intended to reflect the present status of the subject as it stands in the 

 literature of this date. To give the lists consistency, and to facilitate compari- 

 son with the 1S84 List, a few changes have been made in the generic allocation 

 of some of the recently described forms, followed always, however, by the 

 name employed by the original describer. 



2 The United States list of additions is as follows : 



Lepus sylvaticus floridanus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., III., p. 160, 

 Oct., 1890. Brevard Co , Fla. 



I.epus sylvaticus bachmani (Waterhouse). Revived by Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., VI., p. 170, May, 1894. Texas. 



Leptis sylvaticus mearnsii Allen, ibid., p. 171, May, 1S94. Minnesota and 

 adjoining portions of the Upper Mississippi region. 



Lepus idahoensis Merriam, N. Am. Fauna, No. 5, p. 75, July, 1891. Idaho 

 and northern Nevada. 



Lepus ciiierascens Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., III., p. 159, Oct., 



1890. Southern California. 



Lepus insularis Bryant, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d Ser., III., p. 92, April, 



1891. Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California. 

 Lepus alleni Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus Nat. Hist., II. 



Arizona. 



Lepus melanotis Mearns, ibid., p. 297., Feb., 1890. 

 ritory, and western Texas. 



Lepus paludicola Miller and Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., IX, 

 9, 1894. Western Florida. 



Mexican and Central American species recently added are the following : 

 Lepus sylvaticus aztecus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., III., p. ]88, 



Dec, 1890. Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



Lepus otizabcv Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., VIII. , 1S93, p. 143. Mt. 



Orizaba, Mexico. 



p. 294, 



Feb., 1890. 



Kansas, 



Indian Ter- 



ish., IX, 



p. 105, June 



