NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 137 



*Mephitis nigra — Continued. 



1914. Mephitis nigra Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 27, p. 215. October 31, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Maryland. 

 Range. — New England and Middle Atlantic States; south to 



Virginia; west to Indiana. 



*Mephitis elongata (Bangs). 



1895. Mephitis me/phitica elongata Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 26, p. 531. July 31, 1895. 



1896. Mephitis elongata Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington ^ 

 vol. 10, p. 142. December 28, 1896. 



Type Locality. — Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 



Range. — Florida (from vicinity of Lake Worth) to North Caro- 

 lina, and in the mountains to West Virginia; west on the 

 Gulf coast to the Mississippi River. 



*Mephitis mesomelas mesomelas Lichtenstein. 



1832. Mephitis mesomelas Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer 

 oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere, pi. 45, fig. 2. 



1896. Mephitis mephitica scrutator Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 10, p. 141. December 28, 1896. (Cartville, 

 Acadia Parish, Louisiana.) 



1901. Chincha mesomelas Howell, North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, 

 p. 29. August 31, 1901. 



Type Locality. — Louisiana. 



Range. — West side of Mississippi Valley from southern Louisi- 

 ana to Missouri; westward along the coast of Texas to Mata- 

 gorda Island; and up the Red River Valley as far at least as 

 Wichita Falls. 



*Mephitis mesomelas avia (Bangs). 



1898. Mephitis avia Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



12, p. 32. March 24, 1898. 

 1901. Mephitis mesom,elas avia Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. 

 Range. — Prairie region of Illinois, western Indiana, and eastern 



Iowa; boundaries of range imperfectly known. 



*Mephitis mesomelas varians (Gray). 



1837. Mephitis varians Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 1, p. 581. 

 1901. Chincha mesomelas varians Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 31. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis mesomelas varians Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 



