SPILOGALE. 523 
499. interrupta (Mephitis), Rafin., Ann. Nat., 1, 1820, p. 3. Elliot, 
Syn. N. Am. Mamm., rgo1, p. 328. 
quaterlinearts Winans, Coues, Fur-bear. Anim., 1877, p. 239. 
bicolor. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 583. 
WHITE-SPOTTED SKUNK. 
Type locality. Upper Missouri? 
Geogr. Distr. From Guatemala throughout Mexico to Texas, 
Oklahoma Territory to Kansas. 
Genl. Char. Tail large, black, slender white tuft at tip; white 
markings on body limited in extent; postorbital processes small. 
Color. Black; small spot on forehead and crescent before ear; 
two stripes from nape, and one from each ear to middle of back; one 
broad lateral stripe from behind each fore leg joining a broad patch 
on side below the back stripes; two patches on middle of back; inter- 
rupted rather broad band across rump, and patch on rump each side 
of base of tail white; tail black, white tuft at tip, extending beyond 
the black hairs. 
Measurements. Total length, 538; tail vertebre, 215; hind foot, 
47. Skull: basilar length, 58; Hensel, 51.5; occipito-nasal length, 52.7; 
zygomatic breadth, 34.8; mastoid breadth, 31.2; across postorbital 
processes, 16.7; interorbital constriction, 14.1; palatal length, 20; 
length of mandible, 37; height at coronoid process, 18.2; pterygoid 
fossa from tip of hamular process to palatal arch, 12.7. 
500. lucasana (Spilogale), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. 11. 
Cape St. Lucas SPOTTED SKUNK. 
Type locality. Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico; range 
unknown. 
Genl. Char. Size large; tail about as long as head and body. 
Color. Black, with white spots and stripes; median pair of dorsal 
stripes, anterior transverse bands and lateral stripes joined together; 
lumbar spots elongated and confluent with posterior transverse 
stripe, forming an angle posteriorly; tail spots indistinct; two stripes 
from chin to throat, and three connected by a curved line; two lines 
from angles of mouth to below the ears, and there joining the lateral 
stripes; tail with white spots and white tip. 
Measurements. Skull: basilar length, 64; Hensel, 55.5; occipito- 
nasal length, 59; zygomatic breadth, 40.5; mastoid breadth, 38.5; 
across postorbital processes, 20; interorbital constriction, 18; palatal 
length, 22.5; width of braincase, 24.5; length of mandible, 41.5; 
height at coronoid process, 20.5; tip of hamular process to palatal 
arch (pterygoid fossa), 12.6. 
