type from Medina River, 18 mi. S San
Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

1899. _Lepus telmalemonus_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., publ. 38,
zool. ser., 1:285, May 25, type from Washita River, near
Dougherty, Murray County, Oklahoma.

_Marginal records._--Illinois: 6 mi. N Sesser (Cockrum, 1949:427).
Indiana: Point Township (Harrison and Hickie, 1931:319). Tennessee:
5 mi. W Hornbeak (Kellogg, 1939:292); Henryville (A. H. Howell,
1909:63). Alabama: Huntsville (Nelson, 1909:273); Big Crow Creek
near Stevenson (A. H. Howell, 1921:71). South Carolina: "about" 3
mi. SE Westminster (F. Sherman, 1939:259); "about" 5 mi. W Iva
(_ibid._). Georgia: Fulton County (_ibid._); Lumpkin (Nelson,
1909:273). Alabama: Castleberry (_ibid._). Louisiana: Covington
(Lowery, 1936:32); Kleinpeter (_ibid._). Texas (Nelson, 1909:273):
Sourlake; Richmond; Medina River, 18 mi. SW San Antonio; Gurley.
Oklahoma: 7 mi. NW Stillwater (Blair, 1939:129). Kansas: Crawford
County (8826 KU). Arkansas: along White River near Springdale
(Black, 1936:34). Missouri: 3 mi. SW Udall (Leopold and Hall,
1945:145). Arkansas: White River near Augusta (Dellinger and Black,
1940:190). Missouri: St. Francis River, W of Senath (Nelson,
1909:273).

[Illustration: FIG. 42. Distribution of _Sylvilagus palustris_ and
_Sylvilagus aquaticus_.

1. _S. p. palustris_
2. _S. p. paludicola_
3. _S. a. aquaticus_
4. _S. a. littoralis_ ]

SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS LITTORALIS Nelson.

1909. _Sylvilagus aquaticus littoralis_ Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna,
29:273, August 31, type from Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

_Range._--Swamps and marshes along Gulf Coast, wholly within Lower
Austral Life-zone, below 50 ft., from Mobile Bay west to Matagordo
Bay. Inland _Marginal records_.--Alabama: Blakely Island opposite
Mobile (A. H. Howell, 1921:73). Mississippi: Bay St. Louis (Nelson,
1909:275). Louisiana: Rayne (Lowery, 1936:32); Hackberry (Nelson,
1909:275). Texas: Matagorda (Nelson, 1909:275).

=Sylvilagus insonus= (Nelson)

Omilteme Cottontail

(See figure 39)

1904. _Lepus insonus_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 17:103,
May 18, type from Omilteme, Guerrero. Known from type locality
only.

1909. _Sylvilagus insonus_, Lyon and Osgood, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
62:34, January 28 (see Hershkovitz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
100: