MEPHITIS. 435 



a. Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs). 



Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, i8g8, p. 

 31. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 

 326. Zool. Ser. 

 Mephitis fcetulenta Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., i, 1899, p. 269. 

 Zool. Ser. Id. Syn. N. Am. Mamm.., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 326. Zool. Ser. 

 Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada Elliot, Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. 

 Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 408. Zool. Ser. 

 PuGET Sound Skunk. 



1-6. Adult — Collr Port Angeles, Washington. D. G. Elliot. 



h. Mephitis occidentalis IiolzneTi Meams. 



Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 

 1897, P- 461- Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. 

 C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 507, fig. 94. Zool. Ser. Id. 

 Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 VI, 1905, p. 409. Zool. Ser. 

 Lower California Skunk. 



I. Adult (S^ Coll. Oro Grande, Mohave Desert, California. E. 

 Heller. 

 2—^. Adult ? Coll. Oro Grande, Mohave Desert, California. E. 

 Heller. 



753. Mephitis platyrhina (Howell). 



Chincha platyrhina Howell, N. Am. Faun., No. 20, 1901, p. 39. 

 Mephitis platyrhina Elliot, Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & 



W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 409. Zool. Ser. 

 Broad-nosed Skunk. 



I. Adult c? Coll. Lone Pine, Inyo County, California. E. 



Heller. 



Subgenus B. Leucomitra. Hooded Skunks. 



754. Mephitis macrura Lichtenstein. 



Mephitis macroura Licht., Darst. neuer oder wenig bekann. 



Saugeth., 1832, pi. xlvi. 

 Mephitis macrura Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. 



C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 510, figs. 95, Lxxi. Zool. Ser. 



Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 



Pub., VI, 1905, p. 410. Zool. Ser. 

 Hooded Skunk. 



1. Adult rj^ Coll. Ocotlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico. F. E. Lutz. 



2. Adult 9 Coll. Ocotlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico. F. E. Lutz. 



