340 PUTORIUS. 



Geogr. Disir. Maine to North Carolina, confined to the sea coast 

 in New England. 



Genl. Char. Long and heavily built; coat long and coarse. 



Color. Uniform dark chestnut brown, the tail darker. Chin 

 and usually some spots on chest and belly white. 



Measurements. Total length, 640; tail vertebrae, 214; hind 

 foot, 75. 



b.—vul^iva^us. {Muste/a), Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.. 

 1895, p. 539. 



Tyjye locality. Burbridge, Louisiana. 



Geogr. Distr. Shores of Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, 

 and probably the Atlantic coast of South Carolina and Georgia. 

 (Bangs.) 



Genl. Char. Superior outline of skull arched; audital bullae 

 large and somewhat inflated. Dentition heavy, with last molar larger 

 than that of P. vison. 



Color. Light lustrous brown; end of tail darker. Chin, spot on 

 throat and some hairs on belly white. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 567; tail vertebrae, 173; 

 hind foot, 71. (Bangs, 1. c.) 



c. — ener^umenus. (Musti-la), Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc, 1896, p. 5, pL 



II, fig- 3- 



Ty/>e locality. Sumas, British Columbia. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific coast from northern California to Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Size large, color dark. Skull large, broad across 

 mastoids; interorbital region well arched; audital bulla? very deep. 



Color. Uniform dark sooty brown, becoming black on the tail. 

 Chin white. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 600; tail vertebrae, 205; 

 hind foot, 72. (Bangs, 1. c.) 



d.—in^ens. Osgood, N. Am. Faun., igoo, No. 19, p. 42. 



Ty/e locality. Fort Yukon, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Yukon region, Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Size large; similar to L. v. eitergumcnus, but paler. 



Color. Paler hues of L. v. energumenus. 



Measurements. Total length, 720; tail vertebrae, 180; hind foot, 

 75. (Osgood, 1. c.) 



503. lutensis. {Mus/ela), Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, 1898. 

 p. 229. 



