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and some limb bones (B.M., Nos. 15081, M. 929, 664, 838, 1123 

 and 1124). 



2. A nearly complete, subadult skull and mandible, collected 

 by Mr. Herron. 

 Devonshire. Brixham Cave, Torquay. 



Part of a left mandibular ramus, probably referable to A 

 ahbotti (B.M., No. 48925). 

 Devonshire. Torbryan Cave, Torquay. 



Skull and right ramus, probably of one individual, together with 

 the left mandibular ramus of a larger animal (B.M., No. M. 4650). 

 Devonshire. Happaway Cave. 



A series of mandibular rami, mostly fragmentary. One, nearly 

 perfect, shows the peculiarities of A. abholli. (Pengelly Collection, 

 B.M., No. M. 5807, etc.). 

 Lancashire. Dog Holes, Warlon Crag. 



Three fragmentary palates ; presented by Mr. J. Wilfrid Jack- 

 son (B.M.). 



These are probably referable to A. abbolti. 

 Herefordshire. Cave in the Valley of the Wye, near Syniond's Yat. 

 Parts of three skulls and several mandibular rami; collected 

 by Mss D. M. A. Bate (B.M., Nos. 7765, 7773). 

 Herefordshire. Merlin's Cave, Wye Valley, Symond's Yat. 



A large number of fragmentary skulls, mandibular rami and 

 other remains collected by the Bristol University Spelseological 

 Society, 1924, 1925. (Hinton, Proc. Bristol Univ. Spel. Soc, 

 2, p. 158.) 

 Sobiersetshire. Aveltne's Hole, Burrington Combe, Somerset. 



A number of imperfect skulls, mandibular rami, and other 

 remains, representing at least twenty- two individuals; collected 

 by the Bristol Universitv Spelseological Society (Hinton, Proc. 

 Bristol Univ. Spel. Soc., 1, p. 77 ; 2, p. 36). 

 Glamorganshire. Gower ; Cave deposit. 



Part of a left mandibular ramus, probably referable to A. 

 abbolti, but not determinable with certainty {B.M., No. M. 119; 

 Colonel Wood, 1865). 

 Channel Islands. Jersey ; La Cotte de St. Brelade. 



Some scanty remains, insufficient for precise determination, 

 were obtained in this cave and not improbably represent A . abbofti 

 (Hinton, Bull. Ann. Socidt6 Jersiaisc, 43, p. 356, 1918). 



10. tArvicola antiquus Pomel. 

 1853. Arvicola antiquus Pomcl, Catal. Method., p. 25. 



Type. — None indicated. 



Type locality and horizon.— Bieche de Coudes, Puy-de-D6me, 

 France; Late Pleistocene. 



Range. — Late Pleistocene of France, from the Auvergne 

 northwards to the neighbourliood of Paris. Recorded by Pomcl 

 as very common in the Breche de Coudes, and as occurring in 

 the fluviatile deposits of Neschcrs, in the terrace deposit of 

 Langy, environs of Paris (" ou il a etc pris pour I'Arv. amphi- 

 hius "), and in the cave of Brcngucs (where it was determined at 

 first as A. ferrefttris). 



Characters. — Closely related to A. abbolti and the living 



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