230 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washing- 

 ton. Altitude, 8000 feet. 



Genus BASSARI3CU3 Cones. 



1887. Bassariscus COUES, Science, ix, p. 516. May 27, 1887. 

 Type. By elimination, Bassaris astuta LICHTENSTEIN. 



* Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein). 



1831. Bassaris astuta LICHTENSTEIN, Isis, xxiv, p. 513. 

 1885. Bassaris astuta TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn (1884), 



p. 608. 1885. 

 1887. Bassariscus astutus COUES, Science, ix, p. 516. May 



27, 1887. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Southern Mexico. 



Bassariscus astutus flavus Khoads. 



1894. Bassariscus astutus flavus RHOADS, Proc. acad. nat. 



sci. Phila., 1893, p. 417. January 30, 1894. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Texas, exact locality unknown. 



Bassariscus astutus oregonus (Rhoads). 



1894. Bassariscus flamis oregonus RHOADS, Proc. acad. nat. 



sci. Phila., 1893, p. 416. January 30, 1894. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Grant's Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. 

 According to Merriam (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xi, pp. 186- 

 187, July 1, 1897) this should stand as Bassariscus raptor. (Bas- 

 saris raptor BAIRD, Mamm. Mexican boundary, p. 19, 1859. Type 

 caught in the city of Washington, D. C., where it had evidently 

 escaped from captivity.) 



Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



1897. Bassariscus saxicola MERRIAM, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, xi, p. 185. July 1, 1897. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



