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#552 *Mephitis (Mephitis, Chincha) occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs, 1898, 
Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash., v. 12, Mar. 24, 31) Allen, 1901, Bui. Amer. Mus. 
Nat. Hist., V. 14, 334. Puget Sound Skunk. Sumas Brit. Columbia, 
Canada; shores of Puget Sound and coast region of Washington State and 
northern Oregon. 
Ceratophyllus tl627.— Ext. 
\acamantis. — Brit. Columbia. , 
#552 Mephitis ohinche ™ for chiuche. 
#552 Mephitis species. 
Ascaris ^ t479. 
columnaris. 
dasypodina. 
mephitidis. — Intest. — T. h. 
Filaroides < t440. — Lungs. 
mustelarum' 
Skrjabingylus <t41S. — Frontal bones. 
[mustelarum K] 
Amblyomma fSSl.— Ext. 
^americanum. 
Dermacentor t873. — Ext. 
^"^variabilis. — East half of United 
States. 
Ixodes 1866.— Ext. 
kingi 
Anomiopsyllus <tl634. — Ext. 
^nudatus. — Paradise, Ariz. 
Ceratophyllus 11627.— Ext. 
*eumolpi cyrturus. — Paradise *, 
Ariz.— T. h. 
*pansus, — Paradise Ariz. 
*sihynus. — Paradise *, Ariz. — T. h. 
Hectopsylla <ti630.— Ext. 
stomis. — Canada Mariano *, Argen- 
tina. 
Neotrichodectes <tl099.— Ext. 
^mephitidis Packard. — Wyoming *. — 
T. h. 
Oropsylla < tl626.— Ext. 
["facutus 8. — Nat. Inst. Health No. 
12773.] 
Paraceras <tl626.— Ext. 
javanicus. — Gede *, Java. — Skunk 
t. h. 
Phalacropsylla < tl623.— Ext. 
^paradisea. — Ariz. 
Pulex tl635.— Ext. 
\irritans. — Nat. Inst. Health No. 
12775. 
Rhopalopsyllus tl635^.— Ext. 
rimatus. — Argentina. 
Trichodectes fllOO.- Ext. 
interrupto-fasciatus. — Bolivia. — 
Skunk. 
#552 Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, 1898, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., v. 12, Mar. 24, 
31. So. #552 Mephitis (Mephitis) occidentalis spissigrada, q. v. 
#552 Mephitis ^ suffocans (Ilhger, 1815, Abh. ph.-Kl. K. pr. Ak. Wiss. 1804- 
1811, 109, 121 [Gulo ']) Lichtenstein [1832-1834], Darst. Saugth., pt. 9, pi. 48. 
So. #550 Conepatus siiffocans, q. v. 
#553 (552). *Spilogale Gray, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 8, 150, mt. 
interrupta Raf., 1820. — Little spotted skunk, little striped skunk. Skull 
flattened, rostrum only slightly depressed below plane of upper surface; 
periotic region and audital bullae greatly inflated; mastoid and paroccipital 
processes obsolete or very small; postorbital processes well developed; 
"step" in lower jaw not pronounced (sometimes lacking); tube of auditory 
meatus directed forward; zygomata highly arched, with highest point at 
middle of arch; antero-posterior diameter of upper molar less than transverse 
diameter; teeth 34 (i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 1/2). Slender and weasel-like 
in form, active, agile, somewhat arboreal, often making their homes in hollows 
of trees or crevices in cliffs. North American arboreal skunks. 
#553 *SpiIogale* interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820, Annals Nature, London, v. 1, 
3 [Mephitis ']) Merriam, 1890, North Amer. Fauna, no. 4, Oct. 8, 8. Little 
striped skunk, white spotted skunk. Louisiana *; Iowa, southern Minnesota^ 
