MAMMALIA. 
65 
TllQ £ jj 
s ' vU U of t] le other* are the measurements of the skull, which is unfortunately imperfect. The 
r specimen is equally imperfect below and at the occiput: — 
Width bet' ' across posterior portion of zygomatic arches 
of na sal bones 
of do. behind 
Prom base ^°- ^ lont 
Jjgjj th^f fowler) upper incisor to foremost molar 
Do ° r ^ 1<5 S * x m °l ars taken together . 
•breadth °f ^^ind anterior palatine opening . 
Heio.bt f ^°‘ lot ween 3rd pair of molars . 
This hare ‘ b °' Vcr i aw from base to coronoid process . 
porter and l eS g sma ^ er than L. hypsibius, and very differently coloured ; the fur is much 
The pall- an< ^ the tail has a broad black band above. The skull differs in several 
, 0 ^e shorter tdr t ^ ° °^ >eri ^ Q S is much broader behind, the molars comparatively wider apart, 
" er (!( lge of tin/ i’ r,stor hilal processes rise much less above the plane of the frontals, the 
i i'^'orn th e s i Z ;'^ omatic arch is nearly straight and not angulately convex, &c. 
la, »itant 0 f a / 01 ness °f the fur I should have anticipated that this hare would be an 
ftp,.- .. mss SeVfiY*o A! i n : i J 
Metre. 
•040 
•023 
•036 
•017 
•013 
•023 
•0155 
•006 
•0115 
•040 
Inches. 
1-59 
0 - 9 
1 - 42 
0-67 
0-52 
0-9 
0-61 
0-24 
0 - 47 
1 - 58 
<‘lo leceri tly S p e SCVere c iimate than L. pallipes and the species hereafter described. 
^^roacCT 80 ' ahare procured by Major Biddulph in Yassin near Gilgit, and 
’ to belonw . tlbetan us in external characters, have proved, on examination of the 
b ° a different species, and have been described by myself as L. biddulphi. 1 
G 
L. 
43 - Lei>ijs yarkandensis. PI. IY, fig. 1 ; PL IVa, fig. 2. 
unlher, An Ar 
p. 109 nn ' Ma 8'- Kat - Hist., Ser. L xvi, p. 229.— W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv., Pt. 2, 
kkkan> Ydrkan di (Scully). 
lav C( J'' vct>l e °ncotor'7 tolai, sed multo minor , nusquam nigcr nee griseus , auriculis usque 
» 7ioi[- lS ' ^ €r ibus / ><S> J lauc ^ Tigris, arenaceo-isabellinus, fusco plusve minusve ad dorsum 
a Ur -' l y il isculo nil S> - 4 >e otore pallidissime rufo, cauda alba , superne fused " 
^4-2* 
Cf do, ap basin 
lani *3S p 0 u 
cinereo. Long, a rostro ad basin caudce 17, capitis 3’6, cauda 4 , 
y, d ’ ^ ‘Wgihissar ; 4, skin, 5, skeleton, Kalti-ailak near Pyzabad; all localities in the plain of 
_ rra| colo lkaDd aud Kashghar. 
tail d^ e dSa hellin e ^ brown or sand colour, above more or less mixed with dusky, becom- 
sU ark hro\ Vri a 1T10s t cream colour on the sides, without any trace of grey on the rump ; 
7 dusky tin^ V ears without any black at the end, though in one specimen there is 
S ’ as Usual, wpq ace ancl anterior portion of the ears the same colour as the back; lower 
s hn!„_ ^ * ’ tur verv soft and lrvno\ fine and wooll 
te 
Pale rufous for at least half an inch ; 
tail 
a 
Part; 
amp 
du 
as ^ 
'Usk 4 ° as hairs ’ ^ ur vei 7 s °ft and long, fine and woolly towards the base, and with 
of . la | d P s on the i Vl ' p*' i° n S' 01 ‘ than the rest, scattered throughout the body ; these hairs have 
11 llic h, then , a , h’he dorsal fur is pale grey at the extreme base for about a quarter 
towards the end there is a dusky ring> 
J. A. S. B., 1877, xlvi, Pt, 2, p. 324. 
