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Show 1902.J ON RHYNCHOTA FROM UGANDA. 41 absence of a clearly defined white supra-orbital stripe. From L. peguensis, to which it more nearly approaches in size, it differs in the fur on the back and tail being dark brown instead of black, and in the absence both of the ashy tinge on the rump and the black terminal patch on the posterior outer surface of each ear. The skull of a species of Lepus sent home by Mr. Lyle in a former collection agrees with the type skull. The animal to which it belonged was unfortunately destroyed, but Mr. Lyle writes that it was a female, and the following are the measurements in the flesh :-Head and body 463 mm.; tail 74 ; hind foot 97 ; ear 84. For the sake of comparison the measurements of the skulls of L. hainanus (type), L. peguensis, and the two skulls of this species are appended :- Greatest length Breadth between 1st molars Least breadth between orbits Length from 1st premolar to outer edge of incisors. Greatest breadth of brain-case Height, crown to base of lower jaw ... Greatest breadth of basioccipital Posterior breadth of nasals Lepus siamensis (type). mm. 86 13 13 26 30 54 10 21 Lepus siamensis. mm. 89 13 12 27 28 ii 21 Lepus hainanus. mm. 72 11 12 21 26 10 16 Lepus peguensis. mm. 85 13 13 25 28 53 9 18 5. On the Insects of the Order Rhynchota collected by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., in the Uganda Protectorate. By W . L. DISTANT. [Received November 23, 1901.] (Text-figure 8.) The few specimens of this Order collected by Sir H. H. Johnston, and by him presented to the British Museum, are principally interesting as showing that the Uganda Rhynchotal fauna and that of West Africa are practically identical. The species known only from East Africa are very few, and further knowledge may prove them still fewer. Two new species are described, one of which has a far wider distribution than the Uganda Protectorate. I have added notes to the enumeration of each species as explanatory of its geographical dispersion, |