NO. 1101. 



PBOCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



11 



Dimensions of skulls of Parascalops breweri. 



Catalogue 

 number. 



Skull. 



47684,35419 

 232 

 1232 

 1007! 

 1160 

 1013 

 1002 

 1769 



848 



1670 



851i 1673 

 850; 1672 



Collection. 



Dept. Agric 

 Merriam ... 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Nat. Mus . . . 



Anier. Mus . 



do 



do 



....do 



Dept. Agric 

 do . 



849 1671 

 54091 . . . 

 541)93 . . . 



50869 1 do 



53823 ! do 



53824 do 



53826 do 



57088 ' do 



54087 do 



54088 1 do 



54(189 1 do 



54925 do 



Locality. 



Lake George, N. T 

 Leydeu. K. T 

 LocustGrove, N. T 



do 



....do 



....do 



do 



Cleveland, Oliio. . . 



Eavenna, Oliio. 



....do 



do 



do 



Magnetic Citv,N.C 



do '. 



do 



do 



do 



...do, 



. . .do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



• ? 



mm.rn'in. Trim. mm. mm,, mm. mm. 



29.9 24.6 1 14.01 11.2 12.9: 



33. 5 28. Ol 12. 8: 15. 12. 5 14. 2 . . 



13.0 ' 13.6 10.4 



t3S 



Age. 



32.5 ! 



32.3; 28.0 



32.4 

 31.8 

 31.5 

 33.0 



33.4 

 32.9 

 32.5 



32.0 

 33.7 

 31.2 

 32.0 

 33.0 

 32.7 

 31.1 

 31.0 

 31.7 

 32.0 

 32.0 

 32.0 



27.4 

 27.0 

 26.2 

 27.6 



28.6 

 27.5 

 27.4 



27.5 

 28.1 

 26.0 

 27.0 

 27.6 

 27.1 

 26.0 

 26.0 

 26.5 

 26.9 

 26.2 

 26.5 



13.4 

 13.0 

 12.8 

 12.0 

 13.7 



13.6 

 13.4 

 13.0 



13.3 

 13.2 



15.0 12.0 13.8 10.0 



15.0: 12.4 14.0 10.4 



15.0 12.3 13.7 10.4 



14.6 11.9 13.3 10.4 



15.0 12.2 14.2 10.2 



14.5 

 14.6 

 14.-5 



15.0 

 15.2 

 14.5 



12.3 

 12.3 

 12.0 



14.3 

 14.0 

 14.0 



14.0 

 12.5; 14.1 

 12.0 13.2 

 15.0 11.8 13 

 15.0 12.3 14.0 

 1.5.0 12.0 13.6 

 14.0 11.8 13.5 



14.1 1 13.5 



14.5 12.0 13.0 

 14.7 12.0 13.3 

 14.7 13.1 



13.3 



13 



12.8 



12.5 



12.4 



12.5 



12.4 



12.5 



12.4 15.0 13.0 



10.4 

 9.8 



10.0 

 10.5 



9.8 

 10.5 

 10.0 

 10.0 



9.0 



'9.' 6 

 9.9 

 9.5 



10.0 



Young. 



Do. 

 Youngish. 

 Adult. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Adult, or 

 old. 



Do. 

 Adult. 

 Adult, or 



less. 

 Adult. 

 Old. 



Do. 

 Adult. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Genus CONDYLURA, Illiger. 



Co II dy I lira, Illiger, Prod. Syst. Maimii., 1811, p. 125. (.Type Sorex eristatus, 



Liun.) 

 Scalojis, Fischer, ZoogiioBia, III, 1S14, p. 1.56. (Type aS'ojy'x eristatus, L.) 

 Talpasorvx, SCHINZ, Ciivier's Thierreicli, IV, 1825 (?), p. 312 (fide Fischer). (Not 



Talpasorex, Lessox. ) 

 Ithhiaster, Wagler, Nat. Syst. Aiuphib., 1830, p. 11. 

 Asiromyctes, Gray, ListMamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, pp. xxi and 76. (Xomtti nudum, 



credited to Harris, who does not use it.) 

 Astromydes, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Asiat. Soc. Mus., 1863, p. 87. 



Sknll elongated. Interorbital coustrictiou slight. Premaxilla' pro- 

 truding. Anterior nares directed obliquely upward. Tympanic bulliie 

 incomplete. Palate abbreviated posteriorly. Angular process of mandi- 

 ble linear. 



Pelvis without osseous bridges beliind the acetabulum. Caudal ver- 

 tebra numerous. Manubrium sterui moderate. 



JJental formala i, f; c, y; pm, |; m,f; 'total, 44 Second upi)er and 

 third lower incisors minute. Premolars tricuspidate. Molars with a 

 broad tridentate internal basal ledge. 



N^ostrils anterior, surrounded by a series of large radiating tactile 

 processes. Tail long and scaly. Fore feet broad, fossorial, furnished 

 with an os falHforme. Hind feet elongate. 



The genus GondyJura is not closely allied to any other existing genus 

 of moles, if osteological characters can be relied on. The peculiar 



