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S CAL OPS ARGENT A' T US . — A u d . and Bach. 
* Silvery Shrew-Mole. 
PLATE CL. Fig. 4. — Female. 
S. Pilis tota longitudine albo, plumboque annulatis ; fronte, mentique 
albido flavescente. 
CHARACTEES. 
Hairs, from the roots regularly annulated with white and plumbeous ; fore- 
head and chin, yellowish-white. Colour of the body, shining silver gray. 
SYNONYME. 
Scalops Argentatus — Silvery Shrew-Mole. Aud. and Bach., Jour, Acad. Nat. 
Sci., October 5 , 1841. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In form this species is cylindrical, like the common Shrew-Mole ( S . aqua- 
tions), to which it bears a strong resemblance. Muzzle, naked ; and the 
nostrils inserted, not on the sides, as is the case in Scalops Breweri, but in 
the upper surface, near the point of the nose, as in S. aquaticus. Byes, not 
visible, and appear covered by an integument ; the lips are fringed with 
rather coarse hairs ; this species is pendactylous, with naked palms and 
tail ; the teeth are larger, shorter, and broader than those of the common 
Shrew-Mole ; the fur is long and lustrous on the back, but much shorter 
and more compact on the under surface. 
COLOUR. 
Teeth, and nails, white ; palms, hind-feet, and tail, flesh coloured ; nose, 
forehead, lips, and chin, yellowish-white ; the fur on the back is from the 
roots marked with alternate narrow bars of dark blue and white to near 
the extremities, where it is broadly barred with ashy white, and so slightly 
tipped with brown that the lighter colour beneath is still visible on the 
surface, giving it a beautiful silvery appearance, which presents a variety 
of changes, on being exposed to different rays of light. On the lower 
