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white dorsal band broad throughout; tail long, the black at base be 

 neath very short, falling short of outstretched feet; skull long and rela 

 tively slender; f rentals even more elevated than in leuconotus; upper 

 molar and sectorial large. 



Remarks. In cranial characters the relationship of this species to G, 

 leuconotus, of eastern Mexico, is surprisingly close, particularly in view 

 of the fact that their ranges are on opposite sides of the continent, sepa 

 rated by a broad interval inhabited by a very different species. Un 

 fortunately no skull of the male from the type region is available for 

 comparison. Skulls of females resemble those of female leuconotus and 

 texensis but are narrower throughout, with narrower anterior nares and 

 shallower postorbital constriction. 



Measurements. $ yg. ad., from Valparaiso Mountains, Zacatecas: 

 total length 715; tail vertebrae 30*0; hind foot 84. Average of 3 young 

 adult 9 topotypes: total length 647; tail vertebrae 276; hind foot 79. 

 Skull of type specimen ( 9 yg- ad.): basal length 66.5; zygomatic breadth 

 43; palatal length 33; upper molar on outer edge 8.5. 



Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi subsp. nov. 



Type locality. Mason, Mason County, Texas. No. fJlf, 9 ad - 

 Merriam Collection. February 20, 1886. Ira B. Henry. 



Range. Tableland of Mexico and adjacent southern part of the United 

 States, from Jalisco (Guadalajara and Zapotlan) and southwestern San 

 Luis Potosi northward to central Texas (Llano and Mason) and central 

 Arizona (Phoenix and Fort Verde). Specimens from Colima appear to 

 be nearer mesoleucus than mearnsi. 



Characters. Similar to mesoleucus but skull and molar teeth decidedly 

 smaller. 



Measurements. $ yg. ad., from Boquillas, Texas: total length 670; 

 tail vertebrae 290; hind foot 75. Adult 9 from same place: total length 

 580; tail vertebrae 220; hind foot 70. Average of 3 females from Hacien 

 da La Parada, San Luis Potosi: total length 628; tai-1 vertebrae 243; hind 

 foot 72. 



Conepatus filipensis sp. nov. 



Type locality. Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca (altitude 10,000 feet). No. 

 68,172, $ ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. 

 August 24, 1894. E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original No. 

 6,619. 



Range. Forests of pine and oak on summit of Cerro San Felipe from 

 altitude of 9000 up to 10,500 feet. 



Characters. Size small (hind foot in $ only 74); pelage soft, full and 

 woolly; dorsal white stripe rather narrow, especially on shoulders; skull 

 small, depressed and flattened anteriorly, the profile sloping rather evenly 



