Abstract: Among the fossil remains found in the lignite at Shihuiba, from the Ramapithecus loeality of Lufeng, Yunnan, are speeimens of a previously reported member of the family Leporidae (Qi, 1979; Wu et al. , 1981; Qiu et al. , 1985) . Material of the mammalian order Lagomorpha in the Lufeng collection is quite rich, but contains only one taxon of Palaeolaginae, Alilepus. Based on 69 speecimens collected in the last derade, descriptions and comparisons of this leporid are made. Based on the development of P: a suggested relationship of the new speeies to some other leporids of China is given in this paper.

Key words: Yunnan; Lufeng; Miocene; Lagomorpha