BANGS : LAND MAMMALS OF FLOBIDA AND GEORGIA. 229 
Putorius (Lutreola) lutensis 1 sp. nov. 
Type from salt marsh opposite Matanzas Inlet, Florida, $ adult 
No. 7,225, collection of E. A. and O. Bangs. Collected, February 
16, 1897, by O. Bangs. 
General characters. Size rather smaller than P. lutreocephalus ; 
tail shorter; hind foot larger; color paler, more yellow, less brown; 
skull long and slender with long narrow rostrum and frontals 5 
zygomatic arch differently shaped; dentition very heavy and strong* 
Color. Russet or yellowish clay color, usually some irregular 
white markings on chin and under parts; tail gradually darkening 
towards tip to dark reddish brown. 
Apparently there are two seasonal pelages, a clay-colored spring 
and summer one, and a russet autumnal and winter one. Most 
specimens taken after the middle of February have wholly assumed 
the clay-colored dress. Specimens taken before that time are 
almost all in the russet pelage. Many specimens are “ patched ” 
with large irregular, distinct blotches of clay color and russet. 
Putorius lutensis , old adult $. 
1 Lutensis = found or living in mud. 
