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slightly less extensive than in L. granatensis granatensis. Collar 

 a dark wood-brown washed with yellowish clay-colour. Head and 

 ears noticeably darker than in the typical form, and eye-ring 

 thrown into rather strong relief. A conspicuous dull cinnamon- 

 rufous patch at base of whiskers. Chin conspicuously dusky in 

 strong contrast with surrounding parts. 



Measurements. — Type : hind foot, 107 ; ear from crown, 105. 

 Adult from Vigo: hind foot, 110; ear from crown, 105. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 521. 



Specimens examined. — Two, one from La Corufia, the other from Vigo. 



1. Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. Lord Lilford (p). 82. 12. 8. 1. 



6. La Corufia, Corufia, Spain. Dr. F. L. Seoane (c &p). 94. 2. 16. 1. 



(Type of subspecies.) 



Lepus granatensis iturissius Miller. 



1907. Lepus granatensis iturissius Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 7th ser., xx, p. 401, November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 



1910. Lepus granatensis iturissius Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 

 p. 223. 



Type locality. — Basses-Pyrenees, near Biarritz, France. The 

 type was probably bought in the Biarritz market, but a note 

 published by the collector in the Field, lxxxix, January 30, 

 1897, p. 135, refers to the animal as occurring on the Spanish 

 side of the border. 



Geographical distribution. — Known only from the type 

 locality. 



Diagnosis. — Colour essentially as in Lepus granatensis grana- 

 tensis ; ear short (only 95 mm. instead of 105-115 mm.); skull 

 small and slender, its occipitonasal length 82 mm. instead of 

 85-90 mm. 



Colour. — The colour so exactly resembles that of Lepus 

 granatensis granatensis as to require no special description. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull differs from that of Lepus 

 granatensis granatensis in its distinctly smaller size (occipitonasal 

 length only 82 • 4 mm.), in the even less convex dorsal profile, 

 and the relatively more slender rostrum. The rostral depth at 

 front of tooth-row in the type specimen is 17 mm., while in 

 L. granatensis granatensis it ranges from 19 to 21 mm. Teeth 

 as in the typical form. 



Measurements. — Type: hind foot, 110; ear from crown, 95. 

 For cranial measurements see Table, p. 521. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



Biarritz, Basses-Pyrenees, J. E. Harting (p). 97. 6. 15. 1. 



France. (Greig.) (Type of subspecies.) 



