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in tlie riiiladelpliia Academy Museum, which, from its large size and 

 other characters, would seem to be the same as ScaJops aquaticus argen- 

 tatus. The description is far from satisfactory. 



LeConte refers in the paper under consideration to the Talpa cupreata 

 of Eaiinesque, which, he says, is " unknown in recent times." So far as 

 may be judged from Eafinesque's diagnosis, the name should be consid- 

 ered a synonym of typical Scalops aquaticus. The tail, however, is 

 short ("le septicme de la longueur"), which may possibly indicate that 

 Eafinesque's specimen was from Florida,^ and represented the subspe- 

 cies aiistralist. This is unlikely, however, as in a reference to it subse- 

 quent to the original description he remarks that it was " one of the 

 moles found in the Atlantic States." ^ 



DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE SPECIMEN OF SCALOPS PARVUS, RHOADS. 



No. 1468. Male. Tarpon Springs, Florida, December 24, 1893. (Rhoads collec- 

 tion.) . Collector's measurements: " L., 4.60; T., 0.60; H. ft.(?), 0.73." 



This is probably an adult, but the great wearing of the teeth would 

 appear to be due to its having been kept in confinement. All the 

 sutures are closed and there is a small crest. (The left zygomatic arch 

 and coronoid are broken.) 



The skin measures 0.113 mm. from tip of snout to base of tail; tail, 

 without hairs, 10 mm.: hind foot and claw, IG.o mm.; hind foot, with- 

 out claw, 14 mm. 



General color silvery brown. The wrists, the region of the eyes, and 

 two spots on the breast are rust colored. 



The front claws have upon them a deposit of quartz grains united 

 by a black pasty material. 



Dimensions of the type skuU. 



mm. 



Greatest length 29. 5 



Basilar length (Hensel) 24.0 



Mastoid breadth 15.3 



Createst zygomatic breadth 13.8 



Palate length (inside incisors) 12. 3 



Angle to coronoid of mandible (angle broken) 8. 3 



iThrongh the kindness of Mr. Howard M. Ballon, of Melrose Highlands, Massachu- 

 setts, I am able to quote Rafinesque's diagnosis from the rare work in which it occurs. 

 This is the " Precis des decouvertes ct travaux somiologiques." Palermo, 1814. The 

 diagnosis, which occurs on p. 14, is as follows: " Talpa cupreata. Queue le septieme 

 de la longueur, totale brun luisant argento, a rellets cuivros et pourprcs, gorge 

 legcrement roussatre, museau couleur de chair et nu, pieds concolors. — Obs. de 

 I'Amer. septentrionah'." 



-Atlantic Journal, 1832, p. 61. 



