32 puociD.ii. 



Calloccphiilus barbatus, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 547 ; RiippcU, 



Verz. 1(37. 

 Plioca \^iT^o\:m&.,Lepcch.Ac.t.Petrop. i. 264. t. 8, 9; O. Fubr. Skrivt. Nat. 



Sekk. i. 164; Fischer, Si/n. 2-37; Gra>/, Griffith's A. K. v. 178. 

 Phoca Lepechinii, Lesson, Diet. Class. II. N. xiii. 415. 

 CaUocephalus Leporinus, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 545. 

 ? Pboca maxima, Stcllcr, Nov. Comm. Petrop. ii. 290. 

 Leporine Seal, Peiui. Quad. 177. 

 ? Sea Calf, Parsons, Phil. Trans, u. 469. 383. t. 1. f. 1 ; co]i. Pnfon. 



H. N Supp. vi. t. 14. 

 ? Phoca Parsonii, Lesson, Diet. Class. II. N. xiii. 414, from 

 ? Long-bodied Seal, Parsons, Phil. Trans, xlvii. 121, cop. (Ilali- 



choerus?). 

 ? Grande Phoque, Bufon, H. N xiii. 333. 

 ? Great Seal, Penn. Syn. 341. 



Inhab. North Sea and Japan, according to Temminck. 

 Skin sold as an article of commerce in Jaj)an. — Temm. 



a. Skeleton : length 8 feet. North Sea. From Mr. Brandt's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Skin: adult. North Sea. From Mr. "Warwick's Collection. 



The Laclitah, Stellcr, Nov. Comm. Petrop. ii. 290 = Phoca Lachtah, 

 Desm. N. Diet. H. N. xxv. 5S8 = P/ioc« ncmtica, Pallas, Zool. llosso- 

 Asiat. i. 108=P/wca harbata, Schrenck, Amur-Lande, i. 181 ; Mid- 

 den dorff, Reise aussersten (fee. i. 122=Phoca alhigena, Pallas, Zoogr. 

 Rosso- Asiat. 107 — of Behring's Straits, has been referred to Phom 

 harbata, but PaUas describes the fingers as subequal and webbed to 

 the end, which scarcely agrees with that animal. 



The body is ventricose ; the hair very short (5 lines), rigid, silver- 

 grey ; back brown-lettered ; tail very short. 



The 31ara7cu= Phoca Ochotensis, Pallas, Zool. Rosso- Asiat. i. 117; 

 Schrenck, Amur-Lande, i. 181 — with soft fur, and pure white when 

 young, from the North Pacific, also requires further examination. 



