PUTORIUS. 531 
KEY TO SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES IN SUMMER PELAGE. 
A. Tail more than half as long as head and body; 
white streak between eyes. 
a. White spot on forehead. 
a.’ Sagittal crest absent; interorbital constric- 
tion slight; audital bulla small and narrow. PAGE 
CaN sao) “ill Gs ATE) i a a agen a ic Pe eee are P. tropicalis 531 
PG TREO Mir et vine ik aNd hoe Wie eck OA ee Wb P.t. perdus 531 
b.’ Sagittal crest present; interorbital con- 
striction considerable. 
a.” Audital bullz obliquely truncate an- 
teriorly. 
et actA ES OTATIES 5 coi e su cae <a ak. P. frenatus 532 
b.’” Under parts pale yellowish 
Bee a echt has cs PP WK te asa Coie P. f. neomexicanus 533 
b.” Audital bulla narrow; under parts sal- 
Chto HS a OAC es ee a ea P. f. goldmani 533 
ce.” Audital bullz small, high on inner side; 
under parts orange buff............ P, f. leucoparia 534 
Dena -wiite Spot Ol TOTEDEAG« wi... i ee ieee P. affinis 534 
503. tropicalis (Putorius), Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 11, 1896, p. 30. 
TROPICAL WEASEL. 
Type locality. Jisco, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Altitude, 
6,000 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and along coast into 
Guatemala. . 
Genl. Char. Smaller and darker than P. frenatus; white mark- 
ings less and color paler on belly. 
Color. Upper parts deep umber brown with a fulvous tinge; 
head, ears, and neck black; white band between eyes and ears, and 
patch between eyes; throat and fore feet ochraceous buff; belly and 
inner sides of thighs orange buff; inner side of hind feet and toes 
buffy; forehead and wrists yellow; tail with apical fourth black. 
Measurements. Total length, 442; tail vertebre, 175; hind foot, 
50. Skull: basal length, 37.5; Hensel, 36.5; zygomatic width, 22.5; 
across postorbital processes, 12; interorbital width, 9; palatal length, 
16; postpalatal length, 21.5. 
a.—perdus (Putorius), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xv, 1902, p. 67. 
TEAPA WEASEL. 
Type locality. Teapa, State of Tabasco, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 
