16 INSBCTTVOBA. 



Subfamily MYOGALIN^E. 



Genus MYOGALE, Cuvier 1 . 

 Syn. Pakeospalax, Owen 2 . 

 Desman, Lace"pede. 



Dentition : 1. f, C. J, Pm. J, M. |. 



iHjjogale mofttfjata (Linn. 3 ). 



Syn. Castor moschatus, Linn. 4 

 Mygale muscovitica, Geoffrey. 

 Palceospalax magnus, Owen*. 

 Talpa magna, Pomel 6 . 



Hab. Europe. 



16120. Portion of the left ramus of the mandible, containing the 

 (Fig.) three true molars and the last three premolars ; from the 

 Forest-bed of Ostend, near Bacton, Norfolk. This spe- 

 cimen is described and figured by Owen in the ' British 

 Fossil Mammalia and Birds,' pp. 25, 26, figs. 12, 13, under 

 the name of Palceospalax magnus, of which it is the type. 

 For the authority for the present generic reference, see 

 Newton, Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. viii. p. 256 (1881). 



Green Collection. Purchased, 1843. 



Family SORICLD^E. 

 Genus SOREX, Linn. 7 

 Dentition: I. =p, C. \, Pm. ^, M. |. 



Sorex (?), sp. non det. 



28079. Fragments of the mandible ; from the Pleistocene of Grays, 

 Essex. Presented by J. Broun, Esq., 1852. 



31059-60. Fragments of the mandible and humerus ; from the Lower 

 Miocene of Allier, France. 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



1 Tab. de Classification, appended to ' Lemons d'Anat. Coinp.' vol. i. (1800) 

 (Mygale). 



Brit. Foss. Mamm. and Birds, p. 25 (1846). 

 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 79 (1766), Castor. 

 Loc.cit. 6 Op. tit. 



Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. vol. is. p. 160 (1848). 

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



