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.Swaiosoii, 1821), and in 1873* institnted the genus Histriophoca 

 for the Phoca fasciata of Shaw (= P. equestris, Pallas). 



Peters, in 1875, t finding that the old generic name Stenorhyn- 

 {'hus of P. Cuvier, which had been currently received since 1824 

 as the generic designation of the Sea-Leopard of the Antarctic 

 Seas, was preoccui^ied for a genus of Crustaceans to which it was 

 applied by Lamark in 1819, as Avell as for a genus of insects 

 in 1823, proposed in its place the name Ogmorhinus. Pinally 

 Gill has recently revived the name Pusa (Scopoli, 1777) for the 

 Gray Seal in place of Ralicharus, Nilsson, 1820, but, as will be 

 shown later, Pusa is not tenable in this connection. 



At this point the following resume of the subject may be pre- 

 sented, synonyms and untenable names being designated by 

 thick type : 



1735 rhoca, Liuu6, covering fotir species, belonging to tliree families and 



four distinct genera. 

 1777 Pusa, Scojioli, = Phoca foctida, Fabricius. 



( HaJicliarus, 'Nilsson, = Phoca gryijus, Fabricius. 

 ( Cystophora, Nilsson, ^ Phoca crisfata, Erxleben. 

 1822 Monachus, Fleming, = Phoca monachus, Hermann. 



Callocephalus, F. Cuvier, type, Phoca vituUna, Linn6. 

 Stenorliynchus, F. Cuvier, = P/iocrt leptonyoc, Blainville. Preoccu- 

 pied in carciuology and entomology. 

 "^ Pelagius, F. Cuvier, =P/i oca monachus, Hermann. 

 Stemmatopus, F. Cnyier, ^= Phoca cristata, Erxleben. 

 -Macrorhhnm, F. Cuvier, = P/( oca leonina, Linn6. 

 1827 Mirounga, Gray, = Cystophora, Nilsson, and Macrorhinus, F. Cuvier. 

 1830 Rhinophora, Wagler, = P/ioca leonina, Linn6. 



1836 Leptonyx, Gray, = Stenoi-hynchus loeddelli, F. Cuvier. Preoccupied in 

 ornitbology. 

 ' PagophUus, Gray, ^^ Phoca groenlandica, Fabricius. 

 Lobodon, Gray, = Phoca carcinophaga, Homb. and Jacq 

 Oimnatophoca, Gray, = 0. rossi, n. sp.,, Gray, 

 l^ Phoca, Gray, nee Limn, ^ Phoca harhata, Fabricius. 

 1854 Heliophoca, Gray, =ir. atlantica n. sp.. Gray, =:P7toca monachus, Her- 

 mann. 

 ^ Halicyon, Gray, = ff. richardsi n. sp., Gray=P/iOc vitulina, Linn^. 

 1^ Pagonay s. Gray, =; Phoca foctkla, Fabricius. 



SErignathus, Gill, = P/ioca harlata, Fabricius. 

 Haliphilus, Gray, ^=HaJicha:rus antarcticus, Peale, =PAoca vitulina, 

 Liuu6. 

 1872 Leptonycliotes, GiW, =^ Leptonyx, Gray, nee Swainson. 

 1873 Histriophoca, Gill, = Phoca fasciata, Shaw. 

 1875 Ogmorhinus, Peters, ^=Stenorhynchus, F. Cuvier, nee Lamark. 



Of the above-given list of twenty-five generic names, two 



*Auier. Nat., vol. vii, 1873, p. 179. 



tMonatsb. Kongl. Preuss. Akad. d Wissens. zu Berlin, 1875, p. 393. 



1824 



1844 



