180 CARNIVORA. 
HHlustela erminea, Linn. * 
Dentition :—I. > C. a Pine , M. = 
Hab. Northern Europe, Asia, and America. 
16709. The anterior portion of the cranium, wanting the canines ; 
(iig.) 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. 
167094. 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.’ 
Mustela angustifrons (Pomel *). 
Syn. Plestogale angustifrons, Pomel +. 
Plesvogale pomelt, Laurillard °. 
Dentition :—I. 5 Cc: +, Pm. 5 M. (teste Filhol). 
Hab. France. 
26703. The greater portion of the cranium, imperfect posteriorly ; 
(Fig.) from the Lower Miocene of St. Gérand-le-Puy (Allier), 
France. This specimen is the type of the species, and is 
figured by Pomel in the Bull. Soc. Géol. France, ser. 2, 
vol. iv. pl. iv. fig. 3 (p. 513). It contains all the teeth 
except the right pm.l 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. Géol. vol. x. pl. xxv. 
figs. 15, 16. There is no inner cusp to the carnassial. 
Bravard Oollection. Purchased, 1852. 
1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 68 (1776). 2 Vide Owen, loc. cit. 
* Bull. Soc. Géol. France. ser. Z, vol. iv. p. 385 (1846), Plesiogale: for a 
full description of this species see Filhol, Ann. Sci. Géol. vol. x. art. 3, p. 177. 
4 Desi. 5 Diet. Univ. d’Hist. Nat. vol. x. p. 268. 
