LEPUS. 113 



Key of the Indian Species. 

 a. Ears longer than the head. 

 h. Fur distinctly curly ; tail white. 



c. Rump grayish ; ears posteriorly brown. 



L. hypsibius, p. 113. 



c^. Rump french gray, contrasting strongly with the colour of 

 the back ; ear posteriorly white. L. pallipes, p. 114. 



i^. Fur straight ; tail never wholly white. 



d. Tail black above ; nape never black. 



e. Fur very soft and thick ; ear about 4-5 inches ; tarsus about 

 4"75 inches in the dry skin ; nasals rounded or truncated 

 posteriorly ; posterior wing of postorbital process of 

 the frontal bone free. . L. tibetanus, p. 114. 



^. Fur not so soft ; ear about 5" 5 inches ; tarsus 4'2 5 inches ; 

 nasals as in L. tibetanus ; posterior wing of postorbital 

 process of the frontal bone meeting the squamosal. . 



L. dayanus, p. 115. 



e*. Fur coarse; ear about 4 inches; tarsus 4'25 inches; 

 nasals acutely pointed posteriorly and externally ; pos- 

 terior wing of postorbiul process free. ' 



L. peguensis, p. n^. 



^. Tail and nape black. . . L. nigricoUis, p. 116. 



rfs. Tail red above . . . L. ruficaudatus, p. 116. 



c?. Ears shorter than the head ; fur very coarse. 



L. hispidus, p. 117. 



Lepus hypsibius. 



Lepus oistolus, apud Adams P. Z. S., p. 520 (1858). 



Lepus pallipes, afudBlyth Cat. no. 433, p. 131 (1863) ; Blanford J A. S. B,, 



xliv, p. 109. 

 Lepus hypsibius, Blanford J. A S. B., xliv, p. 214 (1875); id. Varkand 



Mammals, p. 60, pi. iii, fig. i, pi. iva, fig. i. 



Distribution. — Northern Ladak. 



a. Skin Pamzal, Changchemno F. Stoliczlsa. 



Valley, Ladak, 29-8-73. 



b. Skin, skull Kium, N. Ladak F. Stoliczka. 



[Co-types of Lepus hypsibius, Blanford.] 



i,. Skin West Thibet P E, Smyth, A. S. B. 



