that shows more than an
average amount of coppery color. Jackson (N. Amer. Fauna, 38:52,
September 30, 1915) and subsequent authors accord full specific rank to
the specimen under the name _Scalopus aereus_. Blair (Amer. Midland
Nat., 22:98, July, 1939) recorded, from the type locality of _Scalopus
aereus_, normally colored individuals of _Scalopus aquaticus pulcher_
Jackson. Previously, Scheffer (Kansas State Agric. College, Exp. Bull.,
168:4, August 1, 1910) reported that in his examination of 100
individuals of _Scalops_ [= _Scalopus_] _aquaticus_ from Manhattan,
Kansas, there were two individuals "that were suffused all over with
rich golden brown." Because our examination of the type specimen of
_Scalops texanus aereus_ Bangs reveals no features additional to
coppery color that differentiate _aereus_ from other individuals of
_Scalopus aquaticus pulcher_ Jackson (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
27:19, February 2, 1914) we conclude that Jackson's name and Bangs'
name (_Scalops texanus aereus_) apply to the same subspecies. Bangs'
name has priority and the correct name, therefore, for the populations
of moles that in recent years have been designated as _Scalopus aereus_
Bangs and _Scalopus aquaticus pulcher_ Jackson will be _Scalopus
aquaticus aereus_ (Bangs). This name combination was previously used by
Miller (U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 79:8, December 31, 1912).

~Scalopus aquaticus australis~ (Chapman)

Quay (Jour. Mamm., 30:66, February 14, 1949) recorded _Scalopus
aquaticus_ from Springhill Plantation, 10 miles south-southwest of
Thomasville, Georgia. He stated that the specimens were intermediate
between the subspecies _S. a. australis_ and _S. a. howelli_, but did
not refer the specimens to either subspecies. The locality whence the
material was obtained is approximately half way between the geographic
ranges, as previously known, of _S. a. australis_ and _S. a. howelli_
(see Jackson, N. Amer. Fauna, 38, September 30, 1915).

The specimens recorded by Quay probably are two females in the
Cleveland Museum of Natural History bearing Catalogue Nos. 18136 and
18262 and labeled as from Springhill Plantation, Thomas County,
Georgia. We have examined these specimens and find that they resemble
_S. a. howelli_ in narrowness across the upper tooth-rows, but that
they resemble _S. a. australis_ in length of tail (22, 24), in
shortness of maxillary tooth-row (9.5, 9.5), and in convex dorsal
outline of the skull. Accordingl