450 lot. o. thomas ox mammaes from oman. [May 1, 



6. Hekpestes albicaida. G. Out. 



a. Ad.sk. Rhode. 6/11/92. 



6. Dnm. al. $ . Rui, near Muscat. 26/10/91. 

 c, c£. 2 ad. sks. Muscat. 1888. 



e. Ad. al. c? . Muscat. 1889. 



7. Cams paeeipes, Sykes. 

 a. Ad. sk. Muscat. 1891. 



If I am right in referring this skin to C. pallipes, the present 

 example shows a great extension of the western range of the species, 

 as it has been hitherto only recorded from India. The specimen is, 

 however, barely adult, so that proper comparison is rather difficult ; 

 but its skull agrees very fairly with that of a Karachi specimen, and 

 there is little inherent improbability of the Indian A\ r olf occurring 

 as far west as Muscat. 



8. Yulpes leccopls, Ely. 



a. Ad. sk. Muscat. 



h, c. Adult in spirit, and a separate head. Muscat. 1885. 

 [d, e. Ad. sks. 6 $ . Muscat. Col. Miles, 1^77. _ 



9. G-EBBILLUe (DlPODILIiTTS) DASTTJETTS, YfagJl. 



a. Ad. al. J. Gobia, on the coast 10 miles N.W. of Muscat. 



h. Ad. al. Muscat. 1887. 



The type of this species was sent over by the authorities of the 

 Munich Museum at the request of Dr. Anderson, and I had then 

 the opportunity of examining it. These Muscat specimens are 

 undoubtedly conspecific with it, while their similarity to Q. nanus, 

 Blanf., renders it probable that the latter will prove to be 

 synonymous with G. dasyurus. The typical G. nanus is, however, 

 a somewhat smaller animal than these are. 



10. Mus EATTUS, L. 



a-c. Rhode. 6/11/92. 



dr-f. Miti, AVadi Bani Buha, foot of Jebel Akhdar. 11/91. 



Specimens a-c, which are marked as "Tree Eats" by Dr. Jayakar, 

 are brown, while d-f axe, bright rufous, and seem to closely corre- 

 spond to the Indian M. rattus rufesceas, Gray. All have pure white 

 bellies. 



11. Lepus oma>~exsis, sp. n. 



a. Ad. sk. 2 . Ziki, in Oman Proper. 26/10/92. Type. 



b, c. 2 ad. al. Ziki. 26/10/92. 



Size remarkably small, smaller than in any other Old-World 

 Hare, except the abnormal L. netscheri of Sumatra. Form 

 exceedingly slender and delicate ; head small, ears long, limbs 

 very long and thin. General colour dull greyish brown, not far 

 from, but a little yellower than, Eidgway's " hair-brown " ; the 



