PUTORIUS. 425 



1026. Putorius melampeplus (Elliot). 



Putorhis vison melampeplus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 

 1903, p. 170. Zool. Ser. 

 Dark-hued Mink. 



Type locality. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Size large, but smaller than P. v. ingens; color dark 

 without reddish tint. Skull: compared with that of P. v. energnmenus 

 has flatter audital bullae ; palate broader posteriorly ; broader ptery- 

 goid fossa and comparatively shorter; rostrum wider and heavier; 

 interorbital constriction greater as is also the width across post- 

 orbital processes; palate wider at incisors, and last .upper molar 

 smaller and narrower. Well developed sagittal and occipital crests. 



Color. Entire upper parts, legs, and feet dark chocolate without 

 any red tints ; under parts slightly paler ; white spot on chin, and some- 

 times a smaller one on chest; tail blackish. 



Measurements. Total length, 710; tail vertebrae, 180; hind foot, 

 65. (Skin.) Skull: occipito-nasal length, 59; Hensel, 60; zygo- 

 matic width, 40; interorbital constriction, 10; mastoid width, 32; 

 width of braincase, 30; palatal length, 28; length of audital bullae, 

 15-; breadth of rostrum, 15; length of nasals, 9; width across post- 

 orbital processes, 18; length of mandible, 35; height at angle, 6; 

 at coronoid process, 19. 



1027. Putorius lutensis Bangs. 



Putorius (Lutreola) lutensis Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



1898, p. 229. 

 Putorius lutensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 340. Zool. Ser. 

 MuD-LoviNG Mink. 



Type locality. Salt marsh off Matanzas Inlet, St. John County, 

 Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. South Atlantic States, South Carolina to Florida. 



Svibgenus B. Oynomyanax. 



1028. Putorius nigripes Audubon & Bachman. 



Putorius nigripes Aud. & Bach., N. Am. Quadr., 11, 1851, p. 297. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 341, 

 fig. 68. Zool. vSer. 

 Black-footed Mink. 



Type locality. Plains of the Platte River, Nebraska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Kansas to Montana and North Dakota, east of 

 the Rockv Mountains. 



