1853.] 327 
differences. In color the specimen precisely resembles Talpa europea; the hair 
of the tail is, however, entirely black. 
Nose to root of tail 2 4 : - 4:8 inches. 
Tail e e e e e e e ° °8 6¢ 
Locality unknown. For this new species the name T. reposta is pro- 
posed. . 
2. Dentes 44, incisivis mediis superioribus magnis, dente 4to superiore vix 
elongato : rostrum elongatum, gracile naribus vel lateralibus, vel supernis ; pedes 
postici non palmati. 
Of the seven teeth foilowing the enlarged incisors of the upper jaw, the three 
first are pointed, conical, and increase gradually in size; the three next are 
small, very slightly compressed, and also increase a little in size; the 7th is 
triangular, moderately large, and has a small antero-internal cusp, which is 
larger i in T. Breweri than in the other species, which seem to differ principally 
in color. The following table will express the relations: 
Nares laterales. 
Cinereo-nigra, cauda longa, valde pilosa 5 ° - Breweri. 
Nares superni, cauda brevi parce piers 
/Eneo brunea ungues antiel nigri 5 EAIN@ Bey 
Concolor, (fusco- nigra) pedibus solis pallidioribas. . Townsendili. 
Cinereo-nigra, pedibus pallidis, fronte vittaque inferna 
albis. : : : : : 5 : 2 wana ta. 
The singularly marked specimens referred by Dr. Bachman (Jour. Acad. 8, 
58, and Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 4, 31,) as varieties of Scalops Townzendii, and 
afterwards (Quadr. of America, pl. 145,) erroneously figured by Mr. Audu- 
bon as the type, seem to present sufficient characters to rank as a distinct 
species. The third tooth of the upper jaw following the large incisor is 
more elongated than in the true Talpa Townsendii: the posterior cusps of the 
7th and 8th lower teeth, although distinct, are smaller than in T. Townsendii, 
and there is no distinct internal ‘basal margin connected with the cusp. I have, 
therefore, separated it as distinct under the name Talpa leniata. 
3. Dentes 36, primo superiore, 2do inferiore magnis, rostrum subdepressum, 
naribus supernis ; pedes postici palmati. 
This group contains the typical Scalops aquaticus, and probably also S.lati- 
manus Bachman, (Bost. Journ. 4, 34), which differs by its coarser and slightly 
curled hair, and larger anterior feet. A specimen in the Academy differs from 
S. aquaticus in being much larger (equal in size to Talpa Europza,) and in 
having much larger anterior feet : the hair is, however, soft and lustrous, as in 
T. aquatica; the color is uniform yellowish brown at tip, dark cinereous at 
base; feet and tail pale; the latter is short and naked. This appears to be the 
yellow mole of Pennant, (Synops. Quadrupeds, p. 312,) described from a speci- 
men without teeth, and referred, on account of its size, to T. europrwa. The 
dentition of our specimen shows no difference worthy of notice. This species 
should be called Talpa Pennantri. 
Unknown in recent times is Talpa cupreata Raf. (Precis des découvertes 
et travaux Somiologiques, Palerme, 1814, page 14.) The description is as 
follows : 
«* Queue le septieme de la Jongueur, totale brun luisant argenté, a reflets 
cuivrés et pourprés, gorge legérement roussatre, museau couleur de chair et nu, 
pieds concolors.—Obs. De l’Amér. septentrionale.”’ 
Probably identical with this,species is the black and shining purple mole from 
Virginia described by Seba, p. 51, plate 32, and the purple species described by 
Dr. T. W. Harris, in the New England Bammagn. 
* Scalops eneus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 6, 299. 
