388 NEUROTRICHUS. SCALOPS. 



Genl. Char. '■'■ 'Sixm.Wz.x \.q N. gibbsi, but larger; tail longer, feet 

 larger; under parts darker; upper large premolar smaller, with an- 

 terior cusp to the cingulum; lower large premolar larger than in N. 

 gibbsi. 



Color. Similar to IS! . gibbsi. 



Measurements. Average total length, 120; tail vertebrae, 40; hind 

 foot, 17. 



b.—hyacinthinus. {^Ne'iiroirichus), Bangs, Am. Natur., 1897, xxxi, 

 p. 240. 



Type locality. Nicasio, Marin County, California. 



Genl. Char. Larger than N. gibbsi; skull broader relatively. 



Color. Black with green and purple reflections. 



Measurements. Total length, average, 123.8; tail vertebras, 39.7; 

 hind foot, 17. 



Sub. Fam. II. Talpinae. 



Clavicle and humerus very short and broad; manus with a large 

 falciforme bone. 



98. Scalops. 



I. 3r_3; C. ^; P. ^; M. 3=3 ^ o, 



3-3 i-i' 3-3 3-3 ^ 



Functional dentition. I. g; C. ~; P. ^; M. ^ = 36. 



Scalops. Cuv. Lee. Anat. Comp., 1800-1, (Desc. null.) Type none. 



Talposcrex. Less, (nee Schinz), Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 124. 



Palate extending behind last molars; bullae complete; first upper 

 incisor large, next two minute; molars with narrow, anterior internal 

 basal ledge; nostrils superior; sacral vertebra^ and ischium connected 

 by two bony bridges. Fore and hind toes webbed. Hand with an 

 OS falciforme. 



573. aquaticus. {Sorex), Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 53. 



europaea flavescens, Erxl. Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 118. 



europaea flava, Gmel. Syst. Nat., 1788, p. no. 

 Jiava, Kerr, Anim. King., 1792, p. 201. 

 fusca, Kerr, Anim. King., 1792, p. 202. 



cupreata, Rafin. Free, decouv. trav. somiol. Palerme, 181 4, p. 14. 



canadensis, Desm. Mamm., 1820, p. 155. 

 pennsylvanica, Harl. Faun. Amer., 1825, p. 33. 



virginiana, De Blainv. Osteog. Atl., 1839-64, i, p. 4, pis. v, ix. 

 pennantii, Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1853, p. 327. 



Type locality. Eastern United States. 



Geogr. Distr. Massachusetts to Florida, westward to Mississippi. 



Genl. Char. Eyes and ears minute, not covered by membrane. 



