180 CARNIVORA. 



rcmtiwa, Linn. ' 

 Dentition : I. |, C. \, Pm. |, M. -*. 

 JTa6. Northern Europe, Asia, and America. 



16709. The anterior portion of the cranium, wanting the canines ; 

 (Fig.) from Kent's-Hole Cavern, Torquay. This specimen is 

 described and figured, from the palatal aspect, by Owen in 

 the ' British Fossil Mammals and Birds,' p. 118, fig. 42. 



McEnery Collection. Purchased, 1842. 



16709 a. The cranium and mandible ; from a cave at Berry Head, 

 (Fig.) Devonshire.' This specimen is figured by Owen in the 



'British Fossil Mammals and Birds,' pp. 116, 118, figs. 



40, 41. (?) Presented by Bartlett, Esq. 2 



Mustela angustifrons (Pomel 3 ). 

 Syn. Plesioyale angustifrons, Pomel 4 . 

 Plesiogale pomeli, Laurillard 5 . 



Dentition : I. |, C. \, Pm. |, M. \ (teste Filhol). 

 Hab. France. 



26703. The greater portion of the cranium, imperfect posteriorly ; 



(Fig.) from the Lower Miocene of St. Gerand-le-Puy (Allier), 

 France. This specimen is the type of the species, and is 

 figured by Pomel in the Bull. Soc. Geol. France, ser. 2, 

 vol. iv. pi. iv. fig. 3 (p. 513). It contains all the teeth 

 except the right pm. 1 and both the penultimate upper 

 premolars. Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. 



31010. The greater part of the left ramus of the mandible, showing 

 all the cheek-teeth and the broken canine; from the 

 Lower Miocene of Allier, France. This specimen appears 

 to agree exactly with the one figured under the same 

 name by Filhol in the Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. pi. xxv. 

 figs. 15, 16. There is no inner cusp to the carnassial. 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 68 (1776). 2 Vide Owen, loc. cit. 



8 Bull. Soc. Geol. France, aer. 2, vol. iv. p. 385 (1846), Plesiogale : for a 

 full description of this species see Filhol, Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. art. 3, p. 177. 

 4 Loc- oit. Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. vol. x. p. 268. 



