218 LATAX — PUTORIUS. 



Fiiinil.v AirSTKLID.E. 



Genus LATAX. 



Latax lutris nereis Mciriaiu. Biological Survey collection. 



I'roc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVIII, p. 159, October 6, 1904. 

 133.")08. Complete disarticulated skeleton. Adult male. San Miguel 

 Island, Santa Barbara Islands, California. July 2, 1904. Col- 

 lected by G. M. McGuire. Original number 4690x. 



8kull perfect, except for ab.«ence of last right and left lower molars and first left 

 lower incisor. 



Genus PUTORIUS. 



Putorius richardsoni alascensis Merriam. Biological Survey coll. 

 North Anier. Fauna, No. 11, pp. 12-13, pi. 2, fig. 2, June ',\0, 189(). 

 = Putorius cicognani alascensis (Merriam). See Trouessart, Catalogus Mammal- 

 ium, p. 277, 1897. 



74423. Skin and skull. Adult male. Juneau, Alaska. August 22, 

 1895. Collected by C. P. Streator. Original number 480G. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Putorius arcticus Merriam. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 11, p. 15, pi. 2, figs. 2, 2a, June 30, 1896. 

 itH f 0- Skin and skull. Adult male. Point Barrow, Alaska. July 

 16, 1883. Collected by John iVIurdoch, U. S. Signal Service. 

 Explorations in Alaska under Lieut. P. L. Ray, V . S. A. Original 

 number 1672. Skin catalogued Jaimary 16, 1884; skull July 25, 

 1888. 



Well-made skin in good condition. Skull nearly perfect; left n)alar broken; 

 and a crack runs through right frontal and nasal. 



Putorius culbertsoni Coues. Chirotypes. 



r. S. (icol. Sur\ . of Terr., Misc. Pub. No. 8, Fur-Bearing Animals, p. 13t>, 1877. 

 = Putorius longicauda (Bonaparte). See Coues, Ivr. rit. 



sVV'o'V' Skin and skull. Fort Laramie, Wyoming. December, 1859. 

 Collected by Dr. F. V. Ilayden. Exploration of headwaters of 

 Missouri and Yellowstone, under Capt. W. F. Reynolds, U. S. A. 

 Original number 75. Skin catalogued November 22, 1860; skull, 

 January 22, 1902. 



Specimen remade into a fairly good study skin in January, 1902, and skull 

 removed. Tail lost, scorched about the rump; skull perfect. 



The other chirotype, 4325, can not be found. The entrj' in the cata- 

 logue corresponding to that number is '"'' Junior lus cidhcrtsoni^ Ft. 

 Union [now FortBuford, North Dakota], Aug. 8.60, G. If. Trook." 



Chirotypes designated by number. Coues gives the species as a synonym of 

 PutoriuK loiif/icdnda, thus: '^ Putorius culhcrlKoiii, Bd MSS. Mua. Smiths (labels 

 of nos. 4320, 4325)." 



