1178 
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma; south in eastern Texas to about 
the middle of the State. 
Neotrichodectes <tl099.— Ext. 
[^mephitidis ^ Osborn. — Iowa.] 
#553 Spilogale [phenax] latifrons Merriam, 1890, N. Amer. Fauna, no. 4, Oct. 8, 
15. So. #553 Spilogale phenax latifrons, q. v. 
#553 *Spilogale phenax Merriam, 1890, N. Amer. Fauna, no. 4, Oct. 8, 13. 
Cheating spotted skunk. Nicasio *, Marin Co., Calif. Two subspecies. 
Anomiopsyllus <tl634. — Ext. 
^californicus. — Claremont *, Calif. — T. h. 
^falsicalifornicus. — Los Angeles Calif. 
Neotrichodectes <tl099. — Ext. 
[*mephitidis ^ Osborn. — Calif.] 
#553 *Spilogale phenax latifrons Merriam, 1890, N. Amer. Fauna, no. 4, 
Oct. 8, 15. Broad-Headed Spotted Skunk. Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon 
northern California; Brit. Columbia. 
Ceratophyllus tl627.— Ext. 
nepos nepos. — Chilliwack *, Brit. Columbia. — T. h. 
#553 *Spilogale phenax phenax (Merriam, 1890, N. Amer. Fauna, no. 4, Oct. 8> 
13) Miller, 1912, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bui. 79, 106. Nicasio, Marin Co., Cali- 
fornia *; greater portion of California, excepting extreme northern part and 
southeastern desert regions. 
Mesocestoides <Ct299. — Intest. 
^variabilis. — Mendocino Co., California. 
#553 Spilogale species. 
Megarthroglossus <tlG34. — Ext. 
procus. — Chilliwack Brit. Columbia. — T. h. — Probably refers to 
Spilogale phenax latifrons. 
#554 (490). Alisphenoid canal present; true molars 2-2 in upper jaw. See #555. 
#555 (571). Feet comparatively long and slender, digits unequal, pads arranged in 
a strongly curved line round the comparatively narrow plantar pad. Tail 
at least long enough to reach the ground. M.3 of mandible suppressed; 
carotid foramen on inner side of bulla well in advance of foramen lacerum 
posticum. See #556. 
#556 (569). PROCYONiDAE Bonaparte, 1850, Conspectus Syst. Mastozool., etc. — 
Raccoons, coatimundis, etc. Penis long, prepuce abdominal, remote from 
scrotum. Digital and plantar pads normally developed and quite naked; 
carpal pad or pads also well developed and close to plantar pad; toes 5 on each 
foot. No glandular area around anus. Pm. 2 and pm. 3 of maxilla compara- 
tively small and 1- or 2-rooted (exceptionally in Procyon, pm.3 is 3-rooted); 
pm.3 unlike pm.4, at most with 1 main cusp and 3 minute cusps; alisphenoid 
canal absent; foramen rotundum of normal size, well separated from the for. 
lac. ant., and not sunk in a common pit with it; foramen ovale rounded. 
Anterior edge of coronoid inclined backward. America. See #557. 
#557 (567). Mandible slender, the rami separable and with normal symphysis, 
lower edge arched and inclining upward without expansion toward angular 
process, which is well developed and close beneath the condyle; inner dentary 
foramen about midway between the condyle and the anterior margin of the 
coronoid; palate with arcuate sides, wider behind than in front, not depressed 
behind molars; paroccipitals and mastoids arising close to the bullae, which 
