On a new Skunk from Peru. 41U) 



Key to Species. 



Tail not markedly distichous, its hairs dark at 

 their bases. 



Laryre ; colour above deep blaek It. i/i(/(t/itt'(i. 



Smaller ; colour above li<rlitisli, especiuUy 



across the centre of the back li. dtcolor. 



Tail markedly distichous, with lijfht bases to tlie 

 hairs. 

 All the hairs on the back with light subter- 

 miual annulations. 

 Feet liofht. 



Colour of upperside " caft5-au-lait." 



Belly yellowish orange It. nffinis aurciveixter. 



Belly white It. ajfiiiis ti/picus. 



Colour of upperside uniform grizzled [ensis. 



amber-brown R.ephippium sirhassen- 



Feet black. 



Large ; underparts deep orange It. eph. huiKjuranensis. 



Smaller; underparts; yellow li. eph. 7iuni>y{()as. 



Hairs along the centre of back without annu- 

 lations, forming dark medio-dor.eal tract. 

 Hairs on the sides of body with animlatious. 



General colour grey It. eph, saiidakaneiisi.s. 



General colour brown H. eph. haraviensis. 



Hairs on the sides of the body without annu- 

 lations, especially anteriorly. 

 Colour of flanks deep rufous R. eph. fijpica. 



LXV. — A new Skunk from Peru. 

 By Oldfii::ld Thomas. 



Conepatus inca, sp. ii. 



Size medium. Fur long, coarse, and close; underfur 

 abundant. Wiiite markings much reduced, consisting only 

 of a narrow {\ to | inch wide) band on each side, joined on 

 the occiput and running back only as far as tiie shoulders, or 

 at most to middle of the back, where they come to an end. 

 Tail black, an intermixture of white hairs at its tip. 



Skull proportions as shown by the measurements below. 

 Zygomata less widely expanded than in C. mapurito. Last 

 upper molar decidedly larger than in 6'. zoriUa. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult female, measured by 

 collector in the flesh): — 



Head and body 350 millim. ; tail 210 ; hind foot (s. u.) (55 ; 

 ear 28. 



Skull: greatest length in middle line 75'5; basal length 664; 

 greatest breadth 44 ; intertemporal breadth 20 ; greatest 

 po.sterior breadth iJS; palate length from gnathion 32'4 ; 



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