CONEPATUS. SPILOGALE. 137 



23; mastoid width, 39.5. Ex type in American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



Conepatus mesoleucus telmalestes Bailey. 



Conepatus mesoleucus telmalestes Bailey, N. Am. Fauna, No. 25, 



1905, p. 203. 

 Swamp White-backed Skunk. 



Type locality. Big Thicket, 7 miles northeast of Sour Creek, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Hardin and Liberty Counties, Texas. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. mesoleucus. Skull more slender; den- 

 tition lighter. 



Color. Upperparts and tail white; rest of body, face and limbs 

 black. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 625; tail vertebras, 257; hind foot, 

 78. Skull: Basal length, 65.2; zygomatic width, 44.3; intertemporal 

 breadth, 22.3; mastoid breadth, 40.3; length of upper molar series, 

 16.5; length of mandible, 44; length of lower molar series, 20.8. 

 Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Conepatus tropicalis trichurus Thomas. 



Conepatus tropicalis trichurus Thos., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. 7, XV, 1905, p. 585. 



Type locality. Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. Type in British 

 Museum. 



Genus Spilogale (126). 



The genus Spilogale has been monographed by Mr. A. H. Howell 

 in North American Fauna, No. 26; 1906. Two forms have been 

 described as new. The only change of importance made in the nomen- 

 clature was the substitution of the name Viverra putorius Linnasus 

 given to the little skunk which ranges from northern Virginia to South 

 Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, for S. ringens Merriam. 

 The latter name now becomes a synonym. 



Spilogale angustifrons Howell. 



Spilogale angustifrons Howell, N. Am. Fauna, No. 26, 1906, p. 27. 



Type locality. San Bartolome, State of Chiapas, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Highlands, State of Chiapas, Mexico, and Costa 

 Rica, Guatemala. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S. a. tropicalis; skull narrower, dentition 

 heavier; mastoids not inflated but with pronounced upper ridge; 

 upper molars larger, lower carnassial broader. 



Color. Like S. a. tropicalis, but base of tail less white, the white 



