212 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Type LOCALITY. — Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washing- 
. ton. Altitude, 8000 feet. 
Lutra canadensis sonora (Rhoads). 
1898. Lutra hudsonica sonora Rhoai>s, Trans. Amer. philos. 
soc., n. s., XIX, p. 431. September, 1898. 
1898. Lutra canadensis sonora Allen, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. 
hist., X, p. 460. November 10, 1898. 
Type locality. — Montezuma Well, Beaver Creek, Yavapai 
County, Arizona. 
Lutra degener Bangs. 
1898. Lutra degener Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xii, 
p. 35. March 24, 1898. 
Type locality. — Bay St. George, Newfoundland. 
Subfamily Melinae. 
Genus MEPHITIS Cuvier. 
1800. Mephitis Cuvier, Legons d’ anat. comp., i, [tabl. 
(described but not named in 1798, Tabl. 41em. de 1’hist. nat. des 
anim., p. 116). Type. — Genus based on “Les Moufettes.” 
Mephitis avia Bangs. 
1898. Mephitis avia Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xii, 
p. 32. March 24, 1898. 
Type locality. — San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. 
Mephitis elongata (Bangs). 
1895. Mephitis mephitica elongata Bangs, Proc. Boston soc. 
nat. hist., xxvi, p. 531. July 31, 1895. 
1896. Mephitis elongata Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, 
X, p. 142. December 28, 1896. 
Type locality. — Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 
