LBPUS 507 



Italy : Ceresole d'Alba, Turin, 1 (Turin) ; Porlezza, Como, 1 (Ghidini) ; 

 Siena, 4. 



Greece : Corfu, 2. 



Bemarles. — It is with some hesitation that I have referred 

 the hares of northern Italy and of Corfu to this form. In the 

 absence of more complete material it seems, however, the most 

 satisfactory course to pursue. 



2 S. Baroelonnette,Basses-Alpes, 0. Thomas (p). 8. 8. 10. 133-134. 



Prance. (C. Mottaz.) 



2 6. Siena, Italy. (S. Brogi.) Dr. E. Hamilton. 98. 10. 2. 18-19. 



i. Corfu, Greece. (G. Mottaz.) 3.1. S. Whitaker (p). 8.10.1.51. 



<$. Corfu. C. Mottaz (c). 8. 11. 3. 23. 



Lepus europ^jus corsicanus de Winton. 



1898. Lepus corsicanus de Winton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., I, 

 p. 155, February, 1898. Type in British Museum. 



1906. L[epus~\ ■m[editerraneus~\ corsicanus Hilzheimer, Zool. Anzeiger, xxx, 

 p. 513, August 14, 1906. 



1910. Lepus corsicanus Trouessarfc, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 224. 



Type locality. — Bastia, Corsica. 



Geographical distribution. — Corsica, Sicily and Italy (Rome). 



Diagnosis. — Size small, as in Lepus europseus pyrenaicus (hind 

 foot, 114 to 125 mm., occipitonasal length of skull about 90 to 

 94 mm.) ; general colour more yellow than in true europseus, the 

 underfur conspicuously buff. 



Colour. — The colour does not differ appreciably from that of 

 Lepus europseus europseus, except that it is throughout somewhat 

 brighter and more yellowish, and the colour pattern of the ear 

 and the tawny markings below eye and at base of whiskers are 

 better defined ; nape patch scarcely indicated and without 

 special colour. Underfur with three distinct colour bands ; the 

 basal grey and terminal blackish as in L. europseus, but with an 

 intermediate band about 6 mm. in width of dull buff, thrown 

 into strong contrast by the black. Inguinal patches light 

 tawny. Rump dull ochraceous-buff, the bases of the hairs 

 bluish grey (about grey No. 7 of Ridgway). 



STcull and teeth. — Except for their reduced size the skull and 

 teeth resemble those of Lepus europseus europmus. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : hind foot, 119 ; ear from 

 crown, 105. Two males from Marsala, Sicily: hind foot, 114 

 and 120; ear from crown, 103 and 110 mm. Adult male from 

 Rome, Italy : hind foot, 125 ; ear from crown, 127. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 511. 



Specimens examined. — Pour, from the following localities : — 

 Cobsica: Bastia, 1 (type). 

 Sicily : Marsala, 2. 

 Italy : Borne, 1. 



