MILLER AND REHN : NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 249 



Blarina fossor Merriam. 



1895. Blarina fossor MERRIAM, North Amer. fauna, no. 10, 



p. 28. December 31, 1895. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Mount Zempoaltepec, State of Oaxaca, 

 Mexico. Altitude, 10,500 feet. 



Blarina magna Merriam. 



1895. Blarina magna MERRIAM, North Amer. fauna, no. 10, 



p. 28. December 31, 1895. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Totontepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Altitude, 6800 feet. 



Family TALPIDAE. 

 Subfamily TALPINAE. 



Genus SCALOPS Illiger. 1 



1811. Scalops ILLIGER, Prodr. syst. marum. et avium, p. 126. 

 Type. Sorex aquaticus LINNAEUS. 



Scalops aquaticus (Linnaeus). 



1758. [>Sorex] aquaticus LINNAEUS, Syst. nat., x ed., i, p. 53. 

 1825. Scalops aquaticus F. CUVIER, Dents des mamm., p. 251. 

 1885. /Scalops aquaticus aquaticus TRUE* Proc. U. S. nat. 



mus., vn (1884), p. 606. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Eastern United States. 



Scalops aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque). 



1832. Talpa machrina RAFINESQUE, Atlantic journal, i, p. 61. 

 1885. Scalops aquaticus argentatus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. 

 mus., vn (1884), p. 606. 1885. 



1 Revised by True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., xix, pp. 19-47. December 21, 1896. 



