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termination on the loins. But anteriorly, instead of the 
median black stripe running forward, as is usual, to within 
half an inch of the black of the head, it ends on the withers 
4 inches short of the coronal black, the whole breadth of the 
nape being therefore white, except for a minute and probably 
inconstant black spot halfway down the neck. Black of fore- 
head liberally mixed with isolated white hairs. Tail almost 
entirely black; some isolated long white hairs on its middle 
third ; the end wholly black. 
Fur long, as usual in the highland species. Hairs from 
the coronal ridge to the isolated black spot directed forwards, 
those of the next two inches backwards ; then those of the 
anterior inch of the median black stripe forwards, from a 
median radiating centre, behind which again all are directed 
backwards. 
Skull rather shorter and broader than in C. arequipe. 
Approximate dimensions of the type (measured on the 
skin) :— 
Head and body (c.) 400 millim. ; tail 250; hind foot, s. u. 
62, c. u. 69. 
Skull: greatest length 77; basal length 66; zygomatic 
breadth 47 ; postorbital constriction 20°5 ; mastoid breadth 40 ; 
palate length 32. 
Hab. Caylloma, Peru. Altitude 4500 m. 
Type. Female. B.M. no. 3.8.4.1. Original number 30. 
Collected 18th January, 1903, and presented by Mr. Bernard 
Hunt. 
“‘ Shot crossing the pampa, with four or five others, about 
midday.” —B. H. 
This skunk is in some respects a link between C. arequipe 
and C. rex, but differs from both, as from all the other 
allied species, by its white nuchal region. I have named it 
in honour of its donor, to whom the National Museum is 
indebted for many excellent skins of Caylloma mammals. 
Galictis andina, sp. n. 
A member of the G. Allamandi group. 
Size and general pattern of coloration as in G. Allamandt, 
but wherever in that animal the colour is white, notably on 
the light horizontal line bordering the black of the face and 
throat, in G. andina it is a dull buffy. Tips of dorsal hairs 
whitish buffy. Underfur of back and tail stronger buffy. 
The net result is that the whole animal has the buffy or 
