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the dark dorsal area; sides light, tinged with fulvous, deepening to rufous on the 

 shoulders, and to chestnut on the sides of the neck and sides of the head; throat 

 and pectoral region darker, blackish chestnut; ventral surface pale rufous; a small 

 oval white spot on the nape, about 8 X 15 mm. in extent. 



The pelage of the male is, unfortunately, in bad condition, the hair having be- 

 come in large part detached. The white nape-spot present in the female (probably 

 an individual variation) is apparently absent. The pattern of coloration is in other 



Fig. 4. Solenodon paradoxus. Left fore foot, from below, nat. size. 



respects similar, but the tints are paler, the rufous especially much weaker in tone. 



The interdental palatal ridges (Fig. 3) are apparently less strongly developed 

 than in S. cubanus, as figured by Peters (I. c., pi. ii, fig. 7), and cease about oppo- 

 site p 1 , instead of being continued forward to the base of the middle incisors, there 

 being only 7 in paradoocus instead of 9 as in cubanus. In this respect the present 

 specimens agree well with Brandt's figure (I. c., pi. ii, fig. 5) of the type of paradoxus. 



Mr. Verrill's description of the external characters, from the living animal, is 



Fig. 5. Solenodon paradoxus. Left hind foot from below, nat. size. 



of interest in the present connection, especially his references to the sparseness of 

 the pelage, and the color of the naked parts of the animal, which is as follows: 



"The body and head are covered with sparse, coarse hair, which is reddish fer- 

 ruginous from the eyes to the shoulders, and dusky brown on the rest of the body. 



"The hair becomes very thin and scattered on the hind quarters, which for some 

 distance on the back and sides are naked, roughly corrugated, and warty, with a 

 sparse, short, wooly growth between the excrescences. 



