Ommatophoca Rossii. Skull and hinder grinders. 
Fore-feet moderate, elongate, triangular, hairy above and be- 
low; toes 5°5, tapering, subequal, separated by a thick, narrow, 
hairy web; claws 2 or 3, very small, rudimentary, horny, acute ; 
hind feet large, broad-triangular, hairy above and below; the 
- outer toes on each side of the foot very large, broad, rounded at 
the end, the middle ones small, narrow, tapering, with a thick, 
hairy web between them; the central one smaller and shortest ; 
all clawless; tail short, conical. 
Fur very close-set, rather rigid. 
Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 
Ommatophoca, Gray, Zool. Erebus & Terror, Mamm. 
Ommatophora, Turner, P. Zool. Soc. 1848, 88, misprint. 
1. OmmMaTopHocA Rossit. Ross’s LARGE-EYED SEAL. 
Greenish yellow, with close, oblique, yellow stripes on the side, 
pale beneath. 
_ Ommatophoca Rossii, Gray, Zool. Erebus & Terror, Mamm..t. 7, 
animal, t. 8, skull and teeth; Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 31. 
Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 
a. Stuffed Skm. Antarctic Ocean. Presented by the Lords 
_ of the Admiralty, from the Antarctic Expedition. 
b. Skull of a. Figured Zool. Erebus 8 Terror, t.8.f.1, 2&4 
The first and second grinders of the upper jaws are small, 
