160 Tht American Geologist. September, 1893 
irons breccia ; ( d ) ( rrotta Pietro Tamboni, Tavolara ; and (e) 
Olivola, Province of Massa, Italy, the Val d'Arno horizon of 
Upper Pliocene. 
IXSECTIVORA. 
TALPIDJE. 
Talpa minutct Blain.* 
Represented by two humeri having the characteristic great 
relative breadth. Grive St. Alban, and confined to the Mid- 
dle Miocene. 
'/'. telluris Pomel. 
Considerably larger than minutct, and represented by the 
humerus, radius, ulna, femur and mandible with incomplete 
dentition . Grive St. Alban. 
M 2 & 3 
T. tyrrhenaica Major. 
About twice the size of minuta and represented by the man- 
dible , humerus, radius, ulna, femur, and tibia. 
Pm 2 M 3 
Verv characteristic of the ossiferous breccia of Mont St. Gio- 
vanni, Sardinia. 
SORICIIKK. 
Sorex pusillus v. Meyer. f 
Represented by several specimens of maxilla, mandible 
, and humerus. As a rule, the superior incisors 
C 1 Pm 1 M 3 
and pre-molars are of variable number. Grive St. Alban. 
The species extends into the Lower Miocene in Germany. 
S. si in His Hensel. 
This species is somewhat larger than pusillus, and is repre- 
sented by the humerus, femur, maxilla, and mandible 
C. 1 Pm. 2 M. 3 
. Mt. St. Giovanni. Sardinia. 
I. 1 ( . 1 Pm. 1 M. 3 
TUPAIID^. 
Plesiosorex soricinoides Blain. \ 
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*Osteographie, Insect, p. 97, pi. xi. 
+Xeues Jahr. 184G, p. 47:!. 
JOsteographie, etc. Insect, p. 100, pi. xi. 
