Ifollistei—Netv Ufammcds from Tropical America. 1-13 
Remarks. —Speciiin'iis examined, two from (lonta Idea. This Iona 
shows no apin-oach toward the diminutive raccoon of I’anama, Rr()cjio)h 
pumilus 31 iHer. 
Mustela meridana sj). nov. 
T;/})e from Sierra de Mei'ida ( UvJO m.) near Florida, Venezuela. Adult 
C?, skin and skull (basal and nasal sutures closed), U. S. National 
3Iusenm No. 12;b:’.41. (Vdlected August 14, IhOH, l)y S. Briceno. 
(Jeueral ehai'acters. — Lik(' Mustela afinis ol Panama and Colombia l)nt 
much lighter tioloivd, moiv brown, less Idackish; head and nape dark 
brown, not pure black; underparts less intensely colored. The difference 
in size between the si'xes is much greater than in 31. a finis; c? about 
size of (S' a(ji)iis; 9 very much smaller than 9 a,finis. 
Color (tyjK' specimen).—Face, sitles of head to ears, and top of liead to 
crown dark mink brown; a few white hairs in trout of ears and between 
ej^es; entire upperparts and sides of ])ody miidc brown (between Front’s 
brown and cinnamon-brown), considerably lighter than head; tail like 
back, except ternunal third, which is l)lackish. Underparts from chin 
to lower belly pinkish-bntr, washed with cinnamon-buff; limbs like 
upperparts of body, but with light color of breast extending on under 
side of arms to near wrist. 
Skull and teeth much as in M. affinis, but skull of 9 very much smaller 
than in that species. 
Measurements of type. —Head and body, 280; tail, 170; hind foot, 50. 
Skull: Total length, 48.0; condylobasal length, 47.9; zj^gomatic breadth, 
20.9; breadth of ))raincase, 28.1; interorbital breadth, 12.2; palatal 
length, 21; upper tooth row, including canine, 14.8; mandible, 26.9. 
Skull of 9 from type locality compared with a 9 of dk. afinis from 
eastern Panama, measurements of the latter in parentheses : Condylo¬ 
basal length, 40.7 (40.0) ; zygomatic breadth, 28.8 (20.8); upper tooth 
row, including caiune, 12.0 (18.4). 
Specimens examined.—Ten from the type region, 
Remarks .—Compared with a series of six specimens of dfustela affinis 
from Chiri(pii, Panama, Colombia, and the coast of Venezuela, the 
3Ierida specimens are all uniformly much lighter brown, without the dis¬ 
tinctly black face, head, shoulders, and withers. They are, in general 
color, more like iMustela macrura of Peru. A single specimen from San 
Julian, east of La (luaira, Venezuela, is slightly browner than the speci¬ 
mens I refer to true afinis, and is without trace of white markings on 
the head. It may represent diustela affinis paraensis (Coeldi), or a 
closely related form. 
Loncheres flavidus sjn nov. 
Type from El Valle, ^targarita Island, Venezuela. Adult S, skin and 
skuil, U. 8. National JIusenm, No. 68,218. Collected July 9, 1895, ))y 
V’irt Kobinson. Orig. No. 479. 
General characlers.—An insular form of Loncheres punctalus Thomas, 
difiering from the mainland species in its more yellowish, less brownish. 
