150 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELIDA, [Jan. 24, 
25, SPILOGALE. 
Head conical. Nose short, underside with a distinct central 
groove ; muzzle small, bald, rather notched in front; nostrils lateral. 
Tail short, cylindrical, bushy, not so long as the body, ending in a 
long pencil of hair. Hind feet moderate ; sole bald, flat, the front 
portion divided into four oblong pads, the central one small and 
triangular, before the others, hinder part narrow; front claws 
elongate, brown. False grinders 2/3; upper tubercular grinder 
square, moderate size (Lichtenstein, Abh. Akad. Berl, 1836, t. 
a ees 
Mephitis, § 2, Gray, Mag. N. H. i. 1837; List Mamm. B. M. 
xxi. 69. 
1. SpILOGALE INTERRUPTA. Little Striped Skunk. B.M. 
Black ; a spot on forehead, a spot on each temple, four streaks 
on back of neck and Withers, a streak on side of body, that is bent 
up to the middle of the back behind, an interrupted band across 
rump, a spot on each buttock, and the base and tip of tail white. 
Mephitis interrupta, Rafinesque, Ann. of Nat. ii. No. 4, 1818 ; 
Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1836, p. 281, t. 2. f. 1 (tail not good). 
M. bicolor, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 583, 1837 (B.M.); Baird, Mamm. 
N. A. 197, t. 19 (Mexico). 
Var. Tail-end black. 
Mephitis zorilla, Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl, 1836, p. 281, t. 2. f. 2 
(not Darstell.). 
Le Zorille, Buffon, H. N. xii. 302, t. 41. 
Hab. North America, California (Douglas). 
Prof. Lichtenstein has described two species—one with an oval 
nose-spot and white tail, the other with a small triangular frontal 
spot and black tail. I have only seen three specimens: one had a 
black, the other a white, and the last a black and white tail. They 
each had a different-sized and -shaped nose-spot. 
Professor Lichtenstein has determined that the Zori/le of Buffon 
is the American animal. It had been previously regarded as the 
Meer-cat of South Africa. It is figured by Buffon as from America ; 
but his figure does not accurately represent either species. 
B. Subdigitigrade. Hind feet rather narrow ; soles hairy, with a 
narrow, elongate, triangular bald space behind the palm-pads ; 
toes unequal; claws elongate, slender; tubercular grinders 
band-like, transverse. 
Tribe 7. Zortitxyrna. Flesh-tooth elongate, with a small, anterior, 
inner lobe with a single tubercle. 
26. ZoRILLA. 
Head conical. Nose acute, hairy, with a central groove below. 
Muzzle small, bald, notched in front; nostrils lateral. Ears rounded, 
covered with hair. Fore feet strong; toes unequal, three middle 
