16 POFESSOR ALLMAN ON THE CHARACTERS AND AFFINITIES OF POTAMOGALE. 
a new one of his own, and proposes to call the West African insectivore by the name 
of Bayonia velox. For the reasons, however, already stated, I must still adhere to the 
claims of ‘* Potamogale”’ over all other synonyms, 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES I. & II, 
Plate I. Potamogale velox, size of life. 
Plate II. Skeleton of Potamogale velox, of the natural size, 
