SOREX, SPHINX. pisy | 
i—3. Sorex. Spec. 17. 
eristatus, (shrew-mouse,) nostrils caranculate ; 
tail short. 4 inches long. 
equaticus, (water shrew,) hind feet palmate ; fore 
feet white ; tail short, white. Size of a mole. 
bicolor, (swamp shrew,) tail middle length, naked- 
ish ; bedy blackish, cinereous beneath ; toes 
fingered. 4 inches long. 
See MS. P. 
4—6. Sparunarta. Spec. 1 or none. 
[A bad genus, taken from Saquatus. | 
“Sigs Wiser. 
4—3. Svarus. Spec. 39. 
auratus, (gilt-head,) a semi-lunar golden spot be- 
tween the eyes. Sometimes weighs 10 pounds. 
See MS. P. 
4—1. SpHacGesrancnuus. Spec. ft. 
rostratus, (pike-nose,) the nose extended se as te 
have the appearance of a beak. 
See MS. P. 
8—9. Sruex. Spec. 129. 
snaculata, (solitary-wasp,) thorax spotted ; first 
segment of the abdomen with a white dot each 
side, second edged with wiite. 
See MS. P. 
S8—10. Spninx. Spec. 175. 
HRentarks. This genus. resembles the genus 
Phalena, and approaches the Papilio. All the 
species of Papilio fly in the day time only ; those 
of the Phalzna in the night ; and of this genus, 
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