Merriam — Six JVew /Sl'toiks. 163 



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; frontals even more elevated than in leuconotus; upper 

 molar and sectorial large. 



licmarks. — 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 

 texensiti but are narrower throughout, with narrower anterior nares and 

 shallower postorbital constriction. 



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

 total length 715; tail vertebrte 300; hind foot 84. xVverage of 3 young 

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

 Skull of type specimen ( $ yg. ad.): basal length 60.5; zygomatic breadth 

 43; palatal length 33; upper molar on outer edge S.5. 



Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi subsp. nov. 



77,7)^ locality. — Mason. Mason County, Texas. No. ?i|-f, 9 ^'^■ 

 ilerriam Collection. February 20, 1880. Ira B. Henry. 



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

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

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

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

 be nearer mesoleucus than meornsi. 



Characters. — Similar to inesoleitcus but skull and molar teeth decidedly 

 smaller. 



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

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

 580; tail verlebr;i' 220: hind foot 70. Average of 3 females from Hacien- 

 da La Parada, San Luis Potosi: total length 028; tai'l 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. 

 6,019. 



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 $ onlj- 74); pelage soft, full and 

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

 small, depressed and llattened anteriorly, the prolile sloping rather evenly 



