124 BUu:.ETi]sr 128, united states national museum. 



t*Mustela tropicalis tropicalis (Merriam). 



1896. Putorius tropicalis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 

 11, p. 30. June 30, 1896. 



1912. Mustela tropicalis tropicalis Miller, North Amer. Land 

 Mamm. 1911, p. 100. December 31, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Jico, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Altitude, 6,000 

 feet. 



Range. — The tropical coast belt of southern Mexico and Guate- 

 mala from Vera Cruz southward. 



Mustela tropicalis nicaraguae Allen. 



1916. Mustela tropicalis nicaraguse Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 35, p. 100. April 28, 1916. 

 Type Locality. — Matagalpa, Nicaragua. 



t*Mustela tropicalis perda (Merriam). 



1902. Putorius tropicalis perdus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 15, p. 67. March 22, 1902. 

 1912. Mustela tropicalis perda Miller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 



1911, p. 100. December 31, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. 



Regarded by Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 35, pp. 99-100, 

 April 28, 1916), as identical with M. tropicalis tropicalis. 



t*Mustela affinis costaricensis (Goldman), 



1885. Putorius hrasiliensis xquatorialis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. 610. 1885. (Part.) 



1896. Putorius affinis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 11, p. 31. 

 June 30, 1896. Not Mustela affinis of Gray, 1874. 



1912. Mustela costaricensis Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 25, p. 9. January 23, 1912. 



1916. Mustela affinis costaricensis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 35, p. 101. April 28, 1916. 



Type Locality. — San Jose, Costa Rica. 



Range. — Costa Rica and Panama, south through the western 

 Andes of Colombia to northwestern Ecuador (and Peru ?) . Allen. 



* Mustela macrophonius (EUiot). 



1905. Putorius macrophonius Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 18, p. 235. December 9, 1905. 

 1912. Mustela macrophonius Miller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 



1911, p. 100. December 31, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Achotal, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Subgenus LUTREOLA Wagner.^s (Minks.) 



1841. Lutreola Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere, Suppl., vol. 2, 

 p. 239. Type, Mustela lutreola Linn^.us, 



<6 Revised by Hollister, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 44, pp. 471-480, Apr. 18, 1913. 



