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Sorex, Linn. 



Pachyura, Selys. 

 Crocidara, Wagier. 



Snncns, Ehrenb. 

 Myosorex, Gray. 

 Coi'sira, Gray. 



Amphisorex (No. 1.) Diivern. 

 Blaria, Gray. 



Blarina, Lesson. 

 ? Otisorex, Dekay. 

 Crossopus, Wagier. 



Hydrosorex, Ii^atb., Duvern. 



Pinalia, Gray. 

 Solenodonta, Brant. 



Soleuodon, Lesson. 

 Myogalea, Fischer. 



Mygale, Cuv. (not Fab.) 



Caprios «, Wagier. 

 Galemys, Wagier. 



Mygalina, I. Geoff. 



Caprios /?, Wagier. 

 Oymnura, Eaffles, Lesson. 



Echiiiosorex, Blainv. 

 ? Ecbiuops, Martin. 

 Erinacens, Linn. 



e. — Cenietina. 

 Ceutetes, Illiger. 



Centenes^ Desm. 



Setifer, Cuv. 



Tenrec, Lacep. 

 Ericulus, I. Geoff. 



It is difficult to conjecture what physiological, structural, or other 

 characters could give rise to such combinations as these, thus exhibited. 

 Certainly, they cauuot for a moment be supported against any critical 

 examination. 



POMEL, 1848 and 1849. 



In 1848 and 1849, Pomel* pnblished the results of his studies of the 

 living and extinct species of the order in several articles on the classi- 

 fication, geographical distribution, and geological range of the group. 

 Pomel recognized this group only as a suborder of "carnassiers." This 

 position he regarded as not at all doubtful, t the adaptation for regimen 

 deciding the question, and indicating a transition between the carnivores 

 and cheiropters. The several members are then combined into two 

 families, according as they are more or less adapted, by modifications 

 of the anterior members, (1) for digging, or (2) for not digging (" uon 

 fouisseurs ou simplement terriers '-f). How little even these purely teleo- 

 logical divisions are sustained by the facts will be evident to those 



* Pomel (A.) fitudes sur les caruassiers insectivores. (Extrait. ) <^ Arch, de phys. et 

 nat., ix (Ire partie — Insectivores fossiles) 159-165; (2me partie — Classification des insecti- 

 vores), 244-251, 1848. 



Pomel (A.) Sur la distribution geoc^raphique des mammiftres insectivores raonodelphes. 

 <^ Bull. Soc. geol. France, *2 ser., vi, 56-64, 1849; abstracts, Archives sc. nat. et phys., x ; 

 Fror. Not., 3. Reihe, xi , No. 224, 49-53, 1849. 



t "La place et la valeur du groupe d'abord ne me paraissent pas douteuses." — Arch, 

 sc. phys. et nat., ix, 244. 



