22S Loom is — New Mink from the Shell Heaps of Maine 



equal in size to the Alaskan L. vison, ingens Osgood. This 

 new form may be described as follows : 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. A, tbe upper dental series of the type specimen, nat. size. B, the 

 skull seen from above, nat. size. 



Luireola vison antiquus sp. nov. 



The type is a male skull lacking the brain case together 

 with an associated right lower jaw, numbered M 1401 in the 



Fig. 2. 



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Fig. 2. <? lower jaw, nat. size ; a is scratch made by aboriginal tool in 

 removing the flesh. i lower jaw of female, showing relative size. 



Amherst Collections : and also a right lower jaw of a female 

 numbered M 1402. both from Flagg Island shell heap. 



