531- barbata. {Phoca), Fabricius, Muller's Zool. Dan. Prod., 1776, 

 viii. 



/I'porina, Lepech. Act. Ac. Petrop., i, 1777, p. 264, pis. 8, 9 

 (juv). 



parsonsi. Less. Diet. Class. 1828, xiii, p. 414. 



lepechini. Less. Diet. Class., 1828, xiii, p. 415. 



nautica, Pall. Rosso-Asiat., 1831, p. 108. 



allngena, Pall. Rosso-Asiat., 1831, p. 109. 



nauiUa, Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1871, p. 3. 



Type locality. Coast of Cornwall, England. 



Geogr. Distr. Circumpolar, boreal, south in North American 

 seas to Newfoundland. 



Genl. Char. Body Jong, slender. Skull: orbital fossae small, as 

 are also the auditory bullae; lower jaw small and weak; process on 

 posterior border beneath condyle, transverse to longitudinal axis. 

 Bones of skeleton light and porous. 



Color. Above gray, darker on middle of back; color, however, 

 varies greatly. Some are gray without spots, others spotted with 

 yellowish. 



Measurements. Total length about 3050 ; skeleton adult 

 female, 219. 



B. Histriophoca. 



Skull imperfect, much broken; molars placed apart, crowns 

 simple directed backward. Superior outline of skull apparently 

 nearly straight, flat; zygomata wide, heavy; bullae large, widely sep- 

 arated, obliquely placed; basioccipital and basisphenoid wide; ptery- 

 goid fossa wide for all its length; palatal arch rounded; palate broad 

 posteriorly, narrowing rapidly anteriorly. 



532. fasciata. {^Phoca), Zimm., Geog. Gesch., 1783, iii, p. 277. 



equistris. Pall. Rosso-Asiat., i, 1831, p. iii. 



Geogr. Distr. Bering Sea south to the Aleutian Islands, and to 

 the Island of Saghalien on the Asiatic coast. 



Genl. Char. Same as those of genus. 



Color. Male. Dark brown; yellowish white band around neck 

 to top of head; another broader around hind part of body, with a 

 branch on each side to shoulder, confluent in center of body beneath; 

 posterior part of abdomen spotted with brown. 



Female. Grayish yellow or grayish brown, with a narrow obscure 

 whitish band across lower part of back. 



Measurements. Total length: Male, 1683; female, 1600. Skull: 

 occipital condyles to alveolus of incisors, 200; length of Hensel, 178; 



