LEPUS. 117 



Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p.^147; Kelaari Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 72; 

 Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. £20; Zelebor' Saugeth. Novara Reise, p. 31; 

 Blyth Cat. no. 437, p. 132 ; yerdon Mamm,, p. 225 ; McMaster Notes on 

 Jerdon, pp. S7i 66. 

 Lepus melanauchen, Temminck and Schlegel Faun. Jap, Mamm, Discour. 

 Prelim., p. xiii (1835)*. 



The Black-naped Hare; Malla, Canarese ; Sassa, Mahr. ; Musal, 

 Tamil ; Kundeli, Tel.; Hava, Cingalese. 



Distribution. — Southern India ; from the Taptee and Godavery 

 rivers southwards ; Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, and Mauritius where 

 perhaps introduced by human agency. 



a. Skin Bangalore Mus Coll., Jaffa. 



b. Skin ^ Tenmalai, S. Arcot dist. Mus Coll., Jaffa. 



c. Skin South India Madras Mus. (1863). 



d. Skin Ceylon Columbo Mus. 



e. Skin Ceylon R. Templetoo (1849), A.S.B. 

 /-£'. 2 Skins, I skull ... No history. 



h. Stuffed Java Batavian Soc. (1844), A.S.B. 



y. Stuffed Mauritius BatavianSoc. (1844), A.S.B. 



Lepus peguensis. 



Lepus peguensis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 471 (1855) ; id. Cat. no. 43S, 

 p. 132 ; id. J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 43. 



Distribution. — The open country of Upper Pegu in Burma. 



a. Skin, skull Upper Pegu Sir A. Phayre, A. S. B. 



[Type of Lepus peguensis, Blyth.] 



Lepus sinensis. 



Lepus sinensis, Gj-aj)/ Illustr. Ind. Zool., ii, pi. xx (1834); Waterhouse 

 Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 80 ; Blyth y. A. S. B., xxx, p. 90 ; id. Cat. no. 436, 

 p. 132 ; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1862, p. 359 ; id. P. Z. S., 1870, p. 639. 



Distribution. — China, from Peking to Canton and the Island of 

 Formosa. 



a-4. 2 Stuffed, Amoy, China R. Swinhoe (1861), A. S. B. 



I skull. 



Lepus hispidus. 



Lepus hispidus, Pearson Bengal Sporting Mag., p. 131 (1843)*; McClelland 

 P. Z. S., 1839, p. IS2; Hodgson f. A. S. B., xvi, p. 572, pi. xiv; Water- 

 house Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 78 ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed., p. 1 1 ; 

 Blyth Cat. no. 438, p. I33 I Jordon Mamm., p. 226. 



Caprolagus hispidus, Blyth J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 247, with two plates (1845); 

 Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 148; Tytler Ann. Mag. N. /7. (2), xiv, 

 p. 175- 



