SOKEX, SPHINX. 257 



1 3. SOREX. Spec. 17, 



eristatuS) (shrew-mouse,) nostrils cartmculate ; 



tail short. 4 inches long. 

 aquaticiiS) (water shrew,) hind feet palmate ; fore 



feet white ; tail short, white. Size of a mole. 

 bicolor, (swamp shrew,) tail middle length, naked* 



ish ; hody blackish, cinereous beneath ; toes 



fingered. 4 inches long. 

 See MS. P. 



4 6. SPATULARIA. Spec. 1 or none. 



[A bad genus, taken from SQUALUS.] 

 S t MS. p. 



4 3, SPARUS. Spec. 39. 



auratus, (gilt-head,) a semi-lunar golden spot be- 

 tween the eyes. Sometimes weighs 10 pounds. 

 See MS. P. 



4 1. SPHAGEBRANCHUS. Spec. 1. 



restrains, (pike-nose,) the nose extended so as'to 

 have the appearance of a beak. 

 See MS. P. 



8 9. SPHKX. Spec. 129. 



tnaculata, (solitary-wasp,) thorax spotted; first 

 segment of the abdomen with a white dot each 

 side, second edged with white. 



See MS. P. 



810. SPHINX. Spec. 175. 



Remarks, This genus resembles the genus 



Phalaena, and approaches the Papilio. All the 



species of Papilio fly in the day time only ; those 



of the Phateua ia the night ; and of this genus* 



