170 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY, VOL. III. 



ORDER CARNIVORA. 



GENUS SPILOGALE. 

 Spilogale arizonae martirensis. Subsp. nov. 



Type locality. Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir mountains, Lower 

 .California, 9,000 feet elevation. 



Gen. char. Similar to S. arizonce in markings, but the white 

 stripes from occiput and cheeks narrower and shorter, those from 

 cheeks reaching only to just beyond shoulders; broken stripe 

 from fore leg across lower back, broader; tail and hind foot 

 shorter. Skull is shorter, narrower and lighter, with narrower 

 rostrum. 



Color. Entire body, legs and feet jet black, with white stripes 

 and spots as in S. arizonce, differing only as mentioned above. 

 Tail jet black for basal half, white for the remainder. Chin white. 

 White spot on forehead large and broad. 



Measurements. Total length, male, 395; tail vertebrae, 143; 

 hind foot, 44; ear, 25. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 49 (51); 

 Hensel, 45.5 (50); zygomatic width, 33 (37); interorbital con- 

 striction, 12 (14); width of rostrum, n (12.5); length of nasals, 

 8 (8.5); breadth of brain case over auditory meatus, 27 (25); 

 mastoid breadth, 30 (32); palatal length, 19 (19); post-palatal 

 length, 26 (29); length of mandible, angle to alveolus of incisor, 

 30; height at condyle, 6; at coronoid process, 15. The figures 

 in parentheses are the measurements taken from the skull of the 

 type of .S. arizonce. 



This seems to be a valid subspecies of 6". arizonce, usually 

 regarded as a subspecies of S. phenax, but which should probably 

 occupy a specific rank. The new form is a smaller, possibly a 

 - more slender animal than its relative, and differs from it in 

 appearance and in cranial characters, as mentioned above. It 

 will be noticed that, although the skull of 6". a. martirensis is 

 smaller generally than that of its relative, in its measurements, 

 the brain case is wider above the auditory meatus. 



GENUS PUTORIUS. 



A. LUTREOLA. 



Putorius vison *melampeplus. Subsp. nov. 

 Type locality. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



, with dark garments. 



