SPILOGALE. 523 



499. interrupta (Mephitis), Rafin., Ann. Nat., I, 1820, p. 3. Elliot, 



Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 328. 



quaterlinearis Winans, Coues, Fur-bear. Anim., 1877, p. 239. 



bicolor. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 583. 

 WHITE-SPOTTED SKUNK. 



Type locality. Upper Missouri? 



Geogr. Distr. From Guatemala throughout Mexico to Texas, 

 Oklahoma Territory to Kansas. 



Genl. Char. Tail large, black, slender white tuft at tip; white 

 markings on body limited in extent ; postorbital processes small. 



Color. Black; small spot on forehead and crescent before ear; 

 two stripes from nape, and one from each ear to middle of back; one 

 broad lateral stripe from behind each fore leg joining a broad patch 

 on side below the back stripes ; two patches on middle of back ; inter- 

 rupted rather broad band across rump, and patch on rump each side 

 of base of tail white; tail black, white tuft at tip, extending beyond 

 the black hairs. 



Measurements. Total length, 538; tail vertebrae, 215; hind foot, 

 47. Skull :basilar length, 58; Hensel, 51.5; occipito-nasal length, 52.7; 

 zygomatic breadth, 34.8; mastoid breadth, 31.2; across postorbital 

 processes, 16.7; interorbital constriction, 14.1; palatal length, 20; 

 length of mandible, 37; height at coronoid process, 18.2; pterygoid 

 fossa from tip of hamular process to palatal arch, 12.7. 



500. lucasana (Spilogale), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. n. 

 CAPE ST. LUCAS SPOTTED SKUNK. 



Type locality. Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico; range 

 unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size large ; tail about as long as head and body. 



Color. Black, with white spots and stripes; median pair of dorsal 

 stripes, anterior transverse bands and lateral stripes joined together; 

 lumbar spots elongated and confluent with posterior transverse 

 stripe, forming an angle posteriorly; tail spots indistinct; two stripes 

 from chin to throat, and three connected by a curved line; two lines 

 from angles of mouth to below the ears, and there joining the lateral 

 stripes; tail with white spots and white tip. 



Measurements. Skull: basilar length, 64; Hensel, 55.5; occipito- 

 nasal length, 59; zygomatic breadth, 40.5; mastoid breadth, 38.5; 

 across postorbital processes, 20; interorbital constriction, 18; palatal 

 length, 22.5; width of braincase, 24.5; length of mandible, 41.5; 

 height at coronoid process, 20.5; tip of hamular process to palatal 

 arch (pterygoid fossa), 12.6. 



