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THALASSINADiE. 



from the usual type of the fossorial family, yet its essential 

 characters shew it to belong to that group. The most 

 remarkable peculiarity, however, which it exhibits, is the 

 absence of any colouring pigment and of cornese in the 

 eyes, to which more particular reference will be made 

 in the specific description. 



