198 ORDER V. 



PLATE XIII. 

 Marp. Chilensis, GRAY. Meph. Chttensis, GEOFF, 



TOTAL length 1 foot 6 inches ; colour deep chest- 

 nut brown, with two white streaks on the sides, 

 united on the shoulders, and again connected in the 

 form of a crescent at the back of the head, where it 

 forms a ridge of standing hairs ; tail white, mixed 

 with brown, which increases towards the rump, and 

 leaves the white to pass up towards the descending 

 streaks from the shoulders ; nose, cheeks, and feet, 

 buff. 



Mephitis nasua, of Bennet, and Viverra marputio, 

 Gmel., may belong to this section. 



There may be other species in the numerous va- 

 rieties that are noticed; and even the Coaze of 

 Buffon may be a real Skunk of the brown species, 

 without the white markings, or a large Orison 

 wanting the band on the forehead, such as we have 

 ourselves seen in Guiana. 



We form a group of the following genera, which 

 seems to constitute the gluttons of different parts 

 of the world. 



