164 Merriam — Six New Skimks. 



from middle of parietals to front of nasals; anterior nares small; postor- 

 bital constriction stronglj- marked; zygomata broadest posteriorly; upper 

 molar and sectorial smaller than in any known species exce^tt pediculus. 



Remarks. — Cone-pat us fllipenfiis ap-pe&vs to be a high mountain species. 

 Externally it differs from its relative of the surrounding low country, C. 

 mesoleiicus, in much smaller size, softer, fuller pelage, and the restriction 

 of the white dorsal area. The skull and molariform teeth are so much 

 smaller as not to require comparison. 



Measurements.— Ty^efipQQ.im.Qn ( $ ad.): total length 630; tail vertebrfe 

 205; hind foot 74. Skull of type specimen: basal length 64; zygomatic 

 breadth 47.5; palatal length 31; length of upper molar on outer edge 7.5. 



Conepatus pediculus sp. nov. 



Type locality. — Sierra Guadalupe, Coahuila, Mexico. No. 110,953, $ 

 yg. ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. April 25, 

 1902. E, W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original No. 15,123. 



Characters. — Size smallest of the known species (hind foot only 01); 

 skull and teeth smallest (in male smaller than in female of C. mesoleucvs 

 mearnsi); skull short; nasals very broad and tlat, ending posteriorly in a 

 straight line; anterior nares smallest: braincase strongly elevated; fronto- 

 nasal region flat, smooth, sloping strongly downward, in profile a straight 

 line. In the type and only specimen, there is a median circular bulge 

 (probably abnormal) on the posterior half of the frontals. 



Remarks. —Owing to its small size this species requires no direct com- 

 parison with others. The only one approaching it in the small size of 

 the teeth is C. felipensis from Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca. 



Measurements. — Type specimen ( ^ yg. ad.): total length 485; tail ver- 

 tebra 178; hind foot 01. Skull: basal length .57; zygomatic breadth 43; 

 palatal length 27; upper molar on outer side 7. 



Subgenus Marputius Ciray. 



Conepatus tropicalis sp. nov. 



Type locnlity. — Motzorongo, Vera Gruz, Mexico. Tyj-)e No. 03,050, $ 

 ad., U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. February 20, 

 1894. E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. (Original No. 5,903. 



Range. — Tropical east coast of Vera Cruz and thence southeasterly to 

 Yucatan. Limits of range unknown. 



Characters. — Back with two rather narrow parallel white stripes (about 

 30 mm. in width, and separated by a still narrower internal stripe) reach- 

 from nape (where they unite in a nuchal patch with convex front) to 

 hips (where they taper off to a point); tail very short, Avhite except on 

 basal part which is black all round, the black covering about one-third 

 of the vertebrte above and one-half Ix'low, and presenting a V-shaped 

 indentation on median line above. 



