230 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Type locality. — Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washing¬ 
ton. Altitude, 8000 feet. 
Genus BASSARISCUS Coues. 
1887. Bassariscus Coues, Science, ix, p. 516, May 27, 1887. 
Type. — By elimination, Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein. 
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein). 
1831. Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein, Isis, xxiv, p. 513. 
1885. Bassaris astuta True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii (1884), 
p. 608. 1885. 
1887. Bassariscus astutus Coues, Science, ix, p. 516. May 
27, 1887. 
Type locality. — Southern Mexico. 
Bassariscus astutus flavus Rhoads. 
1894. Bassariscus astutus flamis Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 
sci. Phila., 1893, p. 417. January 30, 1894. 
Type locality.— Texas, exact locality unknown. 
Bassariscus astutus oregonus (Rhoads). 
1894. Bassariscus flamis oregonus Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 
sci. Phila., 1898, p. 416. January 30, 1894. 
Type locality.— Grant’s Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. 
According to Merriam (Proc. biol. soc. Washington, xi, pp. 186- 
187, July 1, 1897) this should stand as Bassariscus raptor. {Bas¬ 
saris raptor Baird, Mamm. Mexican boundary, p. 19, 1859. Type 
caught in the city of Washington, D. C., where it had evidently 
escaped from captivity.) 
Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 
1897. Bassariscus saxicola Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Wash¬ 
ington, XI, p. 185. July 1, 1897. 
Type locality.— Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, 
Mexico. 
