MAMMALS --TALPIDAE SCALOPS TOWNSENDII. 65 



SCALOPS LATIMANUS. 



Scalops latimanus, BACH. Pr. Best. Soc. N. H. Oct. 1841, 41. IB. Bost. Jour. N. H. IV, 1843, 34. 



AUD. & BACH. J. A. N. Sc. Phila. VIII, n, 1842, 295. IB. N. A. Quad. IV, 1864, 323. 

 WAGNER, in Wiegm. Archiv, 1843, n, 32. IB. Suppl. Schreber Saugt. V, 1855, 573. 



The Scalops latimanus of Bachman has not yet come under my notice. The diagnosis given 

 is as follows : 



" Larger than the common shrew mole, intermediate in size between S. townsendii and S. 

 breweri. Hair longer and thinner than on either of the other species, and slightly curled. 

 Palms larger than in any other known species. Tail naked, and color nearly black. Inhabits 

 Mexico and Texas. 



" Length to root of tail, Y^V inches ; of tail, if ; breadth of palm, || ; of tarsus, T 7 j. 



" Specimen from Mexico in the Berlin Museum. Another seen from Northern Texas." 



The dimensions of this species do not exceed those of S. argentatus ; while the palm is not 

 broader (nor so broad) than in specimens of all the other species of American Scalops, (except 

 S. breweri,) as shown above. The combination of the black color, large size, and locality would 

 seem to indicate it to be a genuine species. The description mentions nothing as to the number 

 of teeth or the position of the nostrils. 



SCALOPS (SOAP ANUS) TOWNSENDII. 



Oregon Mole. 



Scalops townsendii, BACH J. A. N. S. Ph. VIII, 1839, 58. IB. in Townsend's Narr. 1839, 314. IB. in Pr. Bost. Soc. 



N. H. I, 1841, 41. IB. in Jour. Bost Soe. N. H. IV, 1843, 31. 



WAGNER, in Wiegmann's Archiv, 1843, n, 31. IB. Suppl. Schreber's Saugt. V, 1855, 574. 

 ACD. & BACH. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1853, 217 ; pi. cxlv. 

 Scalops canadensis, RICH. F. B. A. I, 1829, 9. 

 Scalops aencus, CASSIN, Pr. A. N. Sc. Ph. VI, Feb. 1853, 299. 

 WAGNER, Suppl. Schreb. V, 1855, 574. 

 ACD. & BACH. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1854, 321, (from Cassin.) 

 Scalops taeniata, LECONTE, Pr. A. N. Sc. Ph. VI, June, 1853, 327. 

 ? Scalops californicus, ATRES, Pr. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, May 21, 1855, 54. 



Sp. CH. Teeth 44. Eye small, but not covered by the integument. Tail rather scantily haired. Nostrils opening on 

 the upper surface of the tip of the snout. Palm large and broad. Color nearly black, with faint purplish or sooty brown 

 reflection. (Sometimes, perhaps, glossed with silvery ?) 



Description of a dried skin, No. 361. Snout elongated, compressed ; the nostrils opening on 

 its upper side, near the end. Muzzle nearly naked above, with short hairs ; entirely hairy 

 below. Tail moderately long, covered with scanty hairs which do not conceal the skin. Palms 

 large and broad ; nearly naked above, with scattered hairs. The toes of the hind feet are cleft 

 to the penultimate articulation. 



The general color is a dark purplish, almost sooty black, nearly uniform everywhere. The 

 largest specimen, from Puget Sound, is rather lighter, especially on the lower surfaces. 

 9L 



