138 BULLETIN 128, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



*Mephitis mesomelas varians — Continued. 

 Type Locality. — Texas. 

 Range. — Southern and western Texas, eastern New Mexico, 



and adjacent parts of Mexico; north into Oklahoma, Colorado, 



Kansas, and Nebraska. 



t* Mephitis estor Merriam. 



1890. Mephitis estor Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 3, p. 81 , 



September 11, 1890. 

 Type Locality. — San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 



Arizona. 

 Range. — ^Arizona, western New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and 



northern Lower California; south in the Sierra Madre to 



southern Chihuahua; limits of range unknown. 



f*Mephitis occidentalis occidentalis Baird. 



1857. MepMtis occidentalis Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 194. 

 1890. M[epMtis] occidentalis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 3, p. 82. September 11, 1890. 

 Type Locality. — Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 

 Range. — Northern and central California, from the vicinity of 



Monterey Bay northward, west of the Sierra and Cascades, to 



the Willamette Valley, Oregon. 



*Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs). 



1898. Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 12, p. 31. March 24, 1898. 



1899. Mephitis fcetulenta Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., publ. 32, 

 zool. ser., vol. 1, p. 269. March, 1899. (Lagune, near Port 

 Angeles, Clallam County, Washington.) 



1901. Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



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

 Type Locality. — Sumas, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Shores of Puget Sound and coast region of Washington 



and northern Oregon. 



t*Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). 



1901. Ohincha occidentalis notata Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 36. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis notata Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



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

 Type Locality. — Trout Lake, Skamania County, Washington. 

 Range. — Southern Washington and northern Oregon, east of the 



Cascades; exact limits of range unknown. 



