PALEHOSPALAX MAGNUS. Di: 
of Talpide, iw which I include the Water-moles, or Des- 
mans (Mygale) ; the fossil differs from the common Mole 
(Talpa), and resembles the Mygale pyrenaica in the size 
of the first true molar, which nearly equals the second, 
and in the larger size of the three premolars ; it precisely 
resembles the common Mole in the position of the two 
outlets of the dental canal which are preserved in the fossil. 
The fossil differs, however, from both the typical Moles and 
the Desmans, not only in its larger size, but in some slight 
modifications of the crown of the true molars; there 
is a minute but sufficiently obvious tubercle at the bottom 
of the outer fissure, between the two principal cusps of 
each molar, of which there is no trace in recent /nsectivora. 
The specific name is founded on the leading character of 
this extinct Mole-like Insectivore, viz., its large size. 
For. the knowledge of this specimen I am indebted to 
Mr. Waterhouse, the able assistant in the Fossil Depart- 
ment of the British Museum. 
