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Show 416 ON HARES FBOM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. [Mar. 21 j LEPUS SOMALENSIS Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. 1861, xxviii. p. 5. This is a pale-coloured Hare, with a more or less strong wash of black owing to the outer hairs being mostly black-tipped; tbe ears are very long, edged with black at the extreme tips only, inner margin dull yellow; the nape is pale fawn; throat dull sand-colour; there are no distinct lines between the colours of the upper and under surfaces ; there is a wash of yellow on the edge of the dark colour on the inside of the thighs; the tail has a clear black broadish line above. Collector's note :-" Ukamba, 5000 ft., Athi Plains, July 15th, 1898. Weight about 3| lbs. This Hare frequents the bare open plains of the Upper Athi Biver, where there is not a tree for miles and miles.*'-li. C. Measurement of the ear in the dry specimen 120 millim. The upper incisors are moderate in width, with the front surfaces level; the grooves are placed near the inner edge, they are shallow, diverging inwardly, and entirely filled with cement. The back of the nasal bones is gradually bowed from the outward edge, forming a wide V. This Hare is closely allied to L. tigrensis Blanf., from Abyssinia, and probably that species does not diifer much except in being rather larger. It would also stand very close to L. ceggptius in an arrangement of the genus. LEPUS CRAWSHAYI, sp. n. (Plate XXIV.) General colour very dark, all the hairs broadly tipped with black, subterminal band golden, the hair rather straight and shining; the nape, forelegs inside aud out, throat, and a line between the colours of the upper and lower surfaces bright rust-coloured ; the face is very rich black and gold; the ears are moderate, with a black spot on. the back of the tips; the tail is rather long, with a broad band of black above. Incisors rather narrow, flat in front. The only specimen is labelled-" J . Neugia Kitwi, 3100 ft., Oct. 1898. Shot in barren hills amongst thorny scrub where there is no fresh vegetation. Weight 3| lbs."'-li. C. Measurement of the ear in the dry specimen 97 millim. Outwardly this Hare closely resembles />. whgtei from Xyasalaud, but the points of the fur are black, and not dark brown as in that species. The skull of L. craivsh'tgi is about the size of that of L. whytei; the nasals are shorter, and the face-line droops more thau in that species; the fronto-nasal suture forms a deep V in the middle line. The rather narrow upper incisors are quite flat, the inner and outer sides of the grooves being on the same level; whereas in L. whytei these teeth are very broad, the part on the inner side of the groove projects considerably, and on the outer side of the |
