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Three fingers. 



35. Chrysochlouis. (Lacep.) Hair of a metallic bril- 

 liancy. Scalpa Asiatica, Lin. 



b. Produced incisors without intermediate small ones. 



36. Erinaceus. Hedgehog. Two middle incisors of 

 the upper jaw cylindrical. Back covered with prickles. 

 JE. Eitropaus. 



37. SoREX. Two middle incisors of the upper jaw bent 

 and notched at the base. Sorex araneus *. 



% Incisors nearly equal, tusks large. 

 Incisors in a regular row. 



38. Centenes. Tanrec. Back covered with prickles 

 like a hedgehog. The body, however, is incapable of loll- 

 ing up like that animal. There is no tail. Ei'inaccus ccau- 

 datuSy Gm. 



39. Talpa. Mole. Back with hair. A tail. Six in- 

 cisors above, and eight below. The sternum is furnished 

 with a mesial crest, to give support to the base of the pec- 

 toral muscles. 



The second incisor on each side in the lower jaw, placed 

 a little behind the others. 



All the plantigrada already noticed, have the sum- 

 mits of the grinders covered witii conical points, and feed 

 chiefly on insects and worms. In tliose now to be noticed, 

 these three kinds of grinders, which, in the others, can 

 scarcely be traced, are very obvious. In the former, the 



• It is probable, that the mole described by Barrington, from North 

 America, will constitute a genus belonging to this section. " There are two 

 very long and large cutting teeth in the centre, calculated to fill the vacancy 

 in the lower jaw, which contains only two short cutting tectli, followed im- 

 ^nedjately by two long canine ones."— Phil, Trans., vol. Ixi. p. 292. 



