444 FAMILY PHOCID^. 



given, one only (P. "fasciata") is valid, making nine valid 

 species now enumerated, six of which stand under their legiti- 

 mate specific names. 



Lesson,* in 1826, named Weddell's Sea Leopard Otaria ived- 

 delUi supposing it to be an Eared Seal, but the following year 

 (1827), in his "Manuel de Maininalogie", referred it to F. 

 Cuvier's genus Stenorhynchus. In this work, u Manuel de Mam- 

 inalogie" (pp. 196-208), he treats formally nineteen species of 

 Earless Seals (!Nbs. 529-546, and 551), and under the caption 

 " 1, Point d'oreilles externes, Phoques des auteurs," gives a list 

 of eleven additional species, the last all under the genus Phoca, 

 which he was unable to rigorously determine. The work is 

 admittedly based largely on that of Desmarestt (" Encyclopedic 

 methodique," vol. clxxxii), but is stated to have grown out of 

 his systematic studies of the collections made during the voy- 

 age of the corvette la CoquiUe (1822-1825), the results of which 

 were just then published. He adopts the generic divisions 

 previously instituted by F. Cuvier and Nilsson, and on the 

 whole presents a very judicious summary of the subject. The 

 species and genera, concisely and fairly characterized, are as 

 follows: 1. Galocephalus oceanicus ; 2.C.grcenlandicus; 3. C.vitu- 

 linus (includes P. littorea, Thienemann) ; 4. C. albicauda (ex Des- 

 marest); 5. C. leporinus; 6. C. discolor (ex F. Cuvier); 7. C. 

 lagurus (ex G. Cuvier) ; 8. C. barbatus ; 9. C. scopulicolus (ex 

 Thienemann) ; 10. Stenorhynchus leptonyx ; 11. 8. iceddelli ( = 

 Otaria weddelli, Lesson, 1826) ; 12. Pelagius monachus (correctly 

 covering Phoca bicolor, Shaw, and P. leucogaster, Peron); 13. 

 Stemmotopus cristatus ; 14. Macrorhinus proboscideus ; 15. M. 

 ansoni; IG.M.byroni; 17. Halichcerus griseus. No new names 

 are introduced, but several of the species are placed under new 

 generic relations. 



Among the eleven undetermined species referred to under 

 Phoca are two (P. longicollis, Shaw, P. nigra, "Encycl. angl.") 

 Otaries. The other seven are as follows : 1. P. coxii, Desm. ; 

 2. P. lupina, Molina; 3. P. maculata, Bodd. ; 4. "Plioqiie lakh- 

 tcik" Desm. ex Krasch.; 5. P. testudinea, Shaw; 6. P. fasciata, 

 "Shaw"; 7. P. punctata, "Encycl. angl. 77 ; 8. P. maculata, 

 "Encycl. angl."; 9. P. tigrina (ex Krasch., apparently here first 

 named). 



*F6russac's Bull, des Sci. Nat., vol. vii, 1826, p. 438. 



tSee dedicatory note addressed to M. A. G. Desmarest, 1. c., p. vii. 



