PUTORIUS. 531 
KEY TO) SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES IN SUMMER PELAGE. 
A. Tail more than half as long as head and body; 
white streak between eyes. 
a. White spot on forehead. 
a.’ Sagittal crest absent; interorbital constric- 
tion slight ; audital bulla small and narrow. PAGE 
Mn OMT wee pet a gate aes eh os ay 1S Sy ee P. tropicalis 531 
Pee MeseIES Ce ace Yee tes nA Ss carro ts se eh soon aac P.t. perdus 531 
b.’ Sagittal crest present; interorbital con- 
striction considerable. 
a.’ Audital bulla obliquely truncate an- 
teriorly. 
ee eUMCer MO aAntS OLANGe. 4 Voki ie = P. frenatus 532 
b.’’’” Under parts pale yellowish 
OIG iss ee oars an luce Je avs Alea P. f. neomexicanus 533 
b.” Audital bulla narrow; under parts sal- 
STACI cia Ee Sy I eer ema e P. f. goldmant 533 
ce.’ Audital bulle small, high on inner side; 
under pants orange bull... 6. 4s... P. f. leucoparia 534 
(NO UMmintterSpOL Oni TOTehead ice 6k etn de Pains 5374 
503. tropicalis (Putorius), Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 11, 1896, p. 30. 
TROPICAL WEASEL. 
Type locality. Jisco, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Altitude, 
6,000 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and along coast into 
Guatemala. 
Genl. Char. Smaller and darker than P. frenatus; white mark- 
ings less and color paler on belly. 
Color. Upper parts deep umber brown with a fulvous tinge; 
head, ears, and neck black; white band between eyes and ears, and 
patch between eyes; throat and fore feet ochraceous buff; belly and 
inner sides of thighs orange buff; inner side of hind feet and toes 
buffy; forehead and wrists yellow; tail with apical fourth black. 
Measurements. Total length, 442; tail vertebre, 175; hind foot, 
50. Skull: basal length, 37.5; Hensel, 36.5; zygomatic width, 22.5; 
across postorbital processes, 12; interorbital width, 9; palatal length, 
16; postpalatal length, 21.5. 
a.—perdus (Putorius), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xv, 1902, p. 67. 
TEAPA WEASEL. 
Type locality. 'Teapa, State of Tabasco, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 
