194 CAKNTVORA. 



Lutra valetoni, E. Geoffrey 1 . 

 Syn. PotamotJierium valetoni, E. Geoffroy 2 . 

 Lutrictis valetoni, Pomel 3 . 

 Stephanodon mombachiensis, H. von Meyer 4 . 

 Lutra clermontensis, Blainville 5 (in parte). 



Dentition: 1. f, C. \, Pm. |, M. f. 



#a&. Europe. 



In his memoir on the Fossil Mammals of St. Gerand-le-Puy 6 , 

 Filhol refers this species to the genus Lutra ; and the present 

 writer is inclined to adopt this view. If it be referred to a distinct 

 genus, the name Potamotherium is the correct one 7 . 



31031. Fragment of the right maxilla and premaxilla, containing 



the canine and P m - 2 ; from the Lower Miocene of Allier, 

 France. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



25448. The left ramus of the mandible wanting the proximal 

 extremity, and containing the canine and all the cheek- 

 teeth except m. 2 ; from the Lower Miocene of Mombach, 

 near Mayence. Purchased, 1850. 



31032. Hinder portion of the left ramus of the mandible, con- 



taining the carnassial ; from the Lower Miocene of Allier. 

 Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



31033. Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, containing 



the carnassial in alveolo ; from the Lower Miocene of 

 Allier. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



26699. The left humerus, imperfect superiorly, showing the ent- 

 epicondylar foramen ; from the Lower Miocene of St. 

 Gerand-le-Puy (Allier), France. 



Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. 



31040. The right humerus, wanting the proximal extremity; from 

 the Lower Miocene of Allier. 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852 



Revue Encyclopedique, vol. lix. p. 88 (1833), 2 Loc. cit. 



Bull. Soc. Geol. France, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 380 (1846). 



Neues Jahrti 1847, p. 182. 



Osteographie, genus Mustela, p. 59 (1842?). 



Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. art. 3, p. 58. 



In the ' Palseontologialndica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 190, the present writer, who 

 had not, at the time of writing the passage, entered into the question of priority, 

 followed Gaudry in referring the present species to Pomel's genus Lutrictis. 



