380 LEPUS. 



Merriam's Jack Rabbit. 



1-3. Adult ? Exch. San Antonio, Texas. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y. H. P. Attwater. 

 4. Adult — Coll. Sabinas, State of Coahuila, Mexico. Heller 

 & BarV)er. 

 654. Lepus melanotis Mearns. 



Lepus melanotis Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1890, 

 p. 297. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 290. Zool. Ser. Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & 

 W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 355. Zool. Ser. 

 Black-eared Jack Rabbit. 



1. Adult (^ Coll. White Horse Spring, Oklahoma Territory. T. 



Surber. 



2. Adult d' Exch. Long Island, Kansas. Am, Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y. W. W. Granger. 



3. Adult c? P. Lawrence, Kansas. J. Rowley. 



4. Adult 9 P. Lawrence, Kansas. J. Rowley. 



a. Lepus texensis eremicics (Allen). 



Lepus texianus! eremicus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1894, p. 347. 

 Lepus texensis eremicus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



II, 1901, p. 291. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C. M, Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 435, pi. xli. Zool. 



Ser. Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. 



M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 355. Zool. Ser. 

 Desert Jack Rabbit. 



1. Adult d P. Fort Lowell, Arizona. Loye Miller. 



2. Adult 9 P. Fort Lowell, Arizona. Loye Miller. 



3. Adult d Paratype. P. Fairbank, Arizona. W. W. Price. 



4. Adult 9 Paratype. P. Fairbank, Arizona. W. W. Price. 



5. Adult d Exch. Neutral Strip, Indian Territory. Am. Mus. 



Nat. Hist. N. Y. Richardson & Rowley. 



b. Lepus texensis deseTticola (Mearns). 



Lepus texianus! deserticola Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, 



p. 564. 

 Lepus texensis deserticola Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 291. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. 

 & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 437. Zool. Ser. 

 Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., VT, 1905, p. 356. Zool. Ser. 

 Western Desert Jack Rabbit. 



I. Adult c? Coll. Phoenix, Arizona. G. F. Breninger. 



