TALPIDJS. 15 



Suborder IfrSECTIVORA VERA. 

 Family TALPID^. 



Subfamily T ALPINE. 



Genus TALPA, Linn. 1 

 (Including Geotrypus and Hyporyssus, Pomel. 2 ) 



Dentition : I. |, C. [, Pm. f, M. |. 



Calpa ntropfea, Linn. 3 

 Hob. Europe. 



17645-52. Fragments of the mandible, and several bones of the axial 

 and appendicular skeleton ; from the Forest-bed of Ostend, 

 near Bacton, Norfolk. Green Collection. Purchased, 1843. 



Talpa telluris (Pomel 4 ). 



Syn. Hyporyssus telluris, Pomel 5 . 

 Talpa sansaniensis, Lartet 6 . 



Hob. France. 



21849. The greater portion of the humerus ; from the Middle Mio- 

 cene of Sansan. This specimen agrees with the one from 

 the same locality figured by De Blainville (' Osteographie,' 

 Insectivores, pi. xi.), which is referred by P. Gervais to 

 T. telluris. Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848-9. 



Talpa, sp. non. det. 

 Hob. Europe. 



48196. Two humeri ; from the Middle Miocene of Steinheim, 

 Bavaria. Purchased, 1877. 



21849 a. Humerus ; from the Lower Miocene of Allier, France. 



Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848-9. 



M. 413. Several specimens of the humerus ; from the Upper Eocene 

 of Caylux, France. These bones are more elongated than 

 in typical forms. Purchased, 1884. 



1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 73 (1766). 



2 Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. vol. ix. pp. 159-161 (1848). 



3 LOG. tit. * Op. cit. p. 161. 



8 Ibid. 6 Notice sur la Colline de Sansan, p. 14 (1851). 



