344 Mr. C. T. Regan on in altitude, that the Deelfontein hare is sufficiently distinct from the Cape one to need subspecific distinction. It may be called Lepus capensis centralis, subsp. n. Size and proportions of true Lepus capensis. General colour strongly suffused with pinkish buff, instead of being nearly pure grey. Sides more strongly rufous and lateral parts of under surface very strongly washed with reddish vinaceous, as are also the throat and chest. Nape " vinaceous buff," instead of dull grey; ear-fringes more buffy ; chin, throat, and limbs all more strongly rufous. Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and body 440 millim. ; tail 94 ; hind foot (s. u.) 110 ; ear 122. Skull : greatest length 84*5 ; basilar length 67. Bab. Deelfontein, Cape Colony. Alt. 1400 m. Type. Female. B.M. no. 2. 9. 1. 100. Original number 165. Collected 12th March, 1902, by C. H. B. Grant, and presented by Col. A. T. Sloggett. The true Cape hare is a much greyer animal than L. c. centralis, with the rufous tones less developed throughout, the difference being especially marked on the nape and throat. On the nape, indeed, the colour is simply grey without any rufous or buffy suffusion at all. Of other names that have been given to members of this group none seem to apply to the Deelfontein hare. L. aren-arius, Geoff., has clearly no relationship to it and was said to have come from Natal. L. ochropus, Wagn., is the Transvaal species, which was obtained by Capt. Barrett-Hamilton at Bloemhoff, Vredefort Road, and elsewhere, and is readily distinguishable by its much yellower general colour and clear yellow nape. XXXI. — On a Collection of Fishes from the Azores. By C. Tate Regan, B.A. The collection of fishes brought back from the Azores by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant, who obtained them through the kind co-operation of Major F. A. Chaves, of the Ponta Delgada Museum, is of interest as showing the great similarity which exists between the fish-fauna of the shores of these islands and that of Madeira and of the Mediterranean, and also as x
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