132 PROCYON. 



Genl. Char. Similar to B. gabbi in size, but differing in cranial 

 characters; broader basi-occipital ; bullae smaller; post-orbital proc- 

 esses very long. 



Color. Entire upperparts pale fulvous, hairs on dorsal line black- 

 tipped making this darker ; top of head and face grizzled gray ; under- 

 parts orange-buff in middle of belly ; buffy yellow on sides ; tail above 

 like dorsal line, growing paler towards the tip which is brownish; 

 beneath paler; fore feet brown, hind feet pale fulvous which is also 

 the color of the limbs; ears blackish at tip, rest brown. Ex type in 

 United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 820; tail, 419; hind 'foot, 86. Skull: 

 Total length, 82.2; Hensel, 71.9; zygomatic width, ; inter tem- 

 poral width, 55.3; length of nasals, 19; length of upper molar series, 

 24; length of mandible, 56.3; length of lower molar series, 26. Ex 

 type in United States National Museum. 



Genus Procyon (120). 



Procyon minor Miller. 



Procyon minor Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 4. 



Type locality. Ponite-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. 



Genl. Char. Size small; posterior extension of palate wider than 

 distance from last molar to anterior border of mesopterygoid fossa. 



Color. Upperparts grizzled gray; back clouded with black; neck 

 tinged with yellow; face with the usual black markings; underparts 

 dark wood-brown, long hairs whitish; interramial bar narrow, indis- 

 tinct; tail like back, the rings narrow, distinct; large white spot on 

 tip of ear. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 625; tail, 185; hind foot, 85. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 91.7; Hensel, 86; zygomatic width, 

 55.4; intertemporal width, 17.8; breadth of braincase, 44.8; length 

 of nasals, 27.2; length of upper molar series, 33.3; length of mandible, 

 70.4; length of lower molar series, 39. Ex type in United States 

 National Museum. 



Procyon pumilus Miller. 



Procyon pumilus Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 3. 



Type locality. Ancon, Panama. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. pygmceus Merriam, from Yucatan, but 

 yellowish, teeth less reduced and nasal bones not distinctly widened 

 posteriorly. 



Color. Top of head finely grizzled gray; upperparts and sides 



