TALPID.E. — SCALOPS. J 09 



Talpa moorgura. 

 SieboM, Fauna Japonica, p. 11. figs. 1-0 (skull). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 6 



Caudal 12 



*o. Skull. Japan. From M. Yerreaux's Collection. 

 b. Skeleton. Japan. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



ASTROMYCTES. 

 Teeth :— Incisors y ; Canines^; Premolars^; Molars ^| ;= 44. 



o— J 1 — 1 4—4 a-6 



The Ratiated Mole. Astromyctes cristatus. 



Talpa (Condylurus) cristatus, Blainv., Ost. Atl. Insectiv. pi. 1 (ske- 

 leton), pi. 5 (skull). 



UROTRICHUS. 



Teeth : — Incisors ^ ; Canines '4 : Molars ^ ;=36. 

 l-l 0-0 7-7 ' 



Urotrichus talpoides. 



Temm., Fauna Japonica, pi. 4. fig. 8 (skeleton), figs. 9, 10, 11 (skulls). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 5 



Caudal 14 



a. Skeleton. Japan. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



Urotrichus gibbsii. 

 Baird, Mamm. N. America, pi. 28 (skull), 1859. 



SCALOPS. 

 Teeth :— Incisors ^ ; Canines ] ~ ; Premolars ^ ; Molars || ;=36. 



The Scalops or Sueew Mole. Scalops aquaticus. 



Owen, Odont. pi. 110. fig. 2, text p. 414 (dentition).— Blainv., Ost. 

 Atl. Insectiv. pi. 5 (skull). 



*a. Skull. N. America. 



6, c. Skulls. S. Carolina. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



