146 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELIDA. [Jan. 24, 
Viverra putorius, Mutis, Act. Holm. 1769, p. 68. 
V. marputio, Gmelin, 8. N.; Humb. Obs. Zool. 350. 
Mephitis (Thiosmus) marputio, Licht. Abh. Ak. Berl. 1836, p.270. 
M. (Thiosmus) leuconota, Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1836, p. 270 
(1838), Mus. Berl. ; Baird, Mamm. N. A. 200. 
M, intermedia, Saussure, Rev. Zool. 1860, p. 6. 
M. mesoleuca ?, Tomes, P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 280. 
M. longicaudata , ? Tomes, P. Z.8. 1861, p. 280. 
The Chinche (Viverra chingu), Molina, Essai de Chili, 240. 
Hab. Mexico; New Granada ; Santa Fé de Bogota; California. 
The Mephitis (Thiosmus) moline, Licht. J. c. p. 272, with the 
white dorsal streak broken into five oval spots, is probably only an 
accidental form of this variety. 
Var. 2. humboldtii. Black or blackish-brown, with a very broad 
dorsal streak, like var. 1, with a narrow black streak up the centre 
of the back, widest i in the middle. 
Conepatus humboldtii, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. i. 581, 1837 ; List 
Mamm. B. M. 69; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 97. 
Mephitis humboldtii, Blainv. Ostéogr. Mustela, t. 13. f. (teeth). 
Conepatus humboldtii, Owen, Odont. t. 12, 86, 11, 
Mephitis patagonica, Licht. Abhandl. Akad. Berl. 1836, p. 275, 
t. (1838) ; Burm. La Plata, ii. 409. 
? Mustela (Lyncodon) patagonica, D’Orb. Voy. Amér. ix.3 
f. 4 (skull). 
Yaguare, Maikel, Falk. Patagon. 128. 
? Mephitis westermannii, Reinhardt, K. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. 
1856, p. 270. 
M. conepate, Desm., Waterh. Cat. Zool. Soc. Mus. 29, 176. 
Hab. Magellan Straits. B.M. 
Var. 3. chilensis. Black; back with two broad white streaks, 
which are confluent on the forehead and continued to the tail; tail 
black and white. (In one specimen the lateral streaks are narrow, 
interrupted on the side of loins, and in another, very young, narrow 
and not united on the forehead.) 
Conepatus humboldtii, var., Gray, Mag.N. H. i. 581, 1837. B.M. 
C. amazonicus, Gray, List Marit: B. M. 69, 1842. B.M. 
Mephitis fureatus, Wagner, Schreb. Siugeth. Suppl. ii. 129; 
Tschudi, Arch. f. Naturg. 1842, p- 248. 
M. chilensis, F. Cuv. Dict. Sci. Nat. xiii. 126. 
M. suffocans, Mliger, Licht. Darstell. t. 48. 
M. (Thiosmus) amazonica, Licht. Abhand. Akad. Berlin. fiir 1836, 
p- 275, t. (1838). Type, B. M.. 
M. (Thiosmus) chilensis, Licht. Abhand. Ak. Berl. 1838, p. a 
Gray, P. Z. 8. 1848. B.M. 
M. (Thiosmus) quitensis, Licht. 1. e. 273. 
Gulo quitensis, Humb. Obs. Zool. 346. 
Moufette du Chili, Buffon, H. N. Suppl. vii. 233, t. 57. 
Mephitis of Chili, Griffiths, A. HG. tit 
Conepatus chilensis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 97. B.M. 
