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nose and wrists lacking the ochraceous suffusion; skull shorter and 

 broader. 



Color. Upperparts pale drab, lighter. on head; nose ivory t color; 

 underparts pale drab and neutral gray mixed, with a wash of Sac- 

 cardo's cinnamon-brown. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 160; tail, 31.5; hind foot, 22. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 34.9; Hensel, 29.9; zygomatic width, 

 16.3; intertemporal width, 8.2; length of nasals, 10.7; length of upper 

 tooth row, n.i; length of mandible, 22.4; length of lower tooth row, 

 10.9. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Scalopus inflatus Jackson. 



Scalopus inflatus Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVII, 1914, 

 p. 21. 



Type locality. State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 45 miles from Browns- 

 ville, Texas. 



Genl. Char. Larger than S. a. texensis, and less ochraceous in 

 color. Skull high, arched; rostrum broad; zygomatic arch heavy; 

 outer groove pronounced in third upper premolar, first lower premolar 

 small . 



Color. Cheeks ochraceous; upperparts wood-brown and drab; 

 underparts similar but mixed more conspicuously with mouse-gray. 

 Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Skull: Imperfect, posterior portion of braincase 

 and the basioccipital lacking. Palatilar length, 13.4; mastoid width, 

 17.0; intertemporal width, 7.1; length of upper tooth row, n.i; 

 length of mandible, 20; length of lower tooth row, n.o. Ex type in 

 United States National Museum. 



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Scalopus aquaticus howelli Jackson. 



Scalopus aquaticus howelli Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVII, 

 1914, p. 19. 



Type locality. Autaugaville, Alabama. 



Genl. Char. Size intermediate between S. aquaticus and S. a. 

 australis, but paler; skull flat, rostrum long and narrow. , 



Color. Head and nape buffy brown; rest of upperparts dark 

 drab; underparts like back but tinged with tawny olive. Ex type in 

 United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 152; tail, 20; hind foot, 18. Skull: 

 Occipito-nasal length, 32.7; Hensel, 26.9; zygomatic width, 15.2; 

 intertemporal width, 7.4; length of nasals, 12; length of upper tooth 

 row, 10.2; length of mandible, 20.5; length of lower tooth row, 10.1. 

 Ex type in United States National Museum. 



