444 FAMILY PHOCID^. 



given, oue only (P. ^^fasciata'^) is valid, making nine valid 

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

 mate specific names. 



Lesson,* in 182G, named Weddell's Sea Leopard Otaria wed- 

 delli., supposing it to be an Eared Seal, but tlie following year 

 (1827), in bis "Manuel de Mammalogie", referred it to F. 

 Cuvier's genus Stenorliynelius. In this work, "Manuel de Mam- 

 malogie" (pp. 19G-208), be treats formally nineteen species of 

 Earless Seals (ISTos. 529-546, and 551), and under tbe caption 

 " 1, Point Woreilles externes, Pboques des auteurs," gives a list 

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

 wbicb be was unable to rigorously determine. Tbe work is 

 admittedly based largely on tbat of Desmarestt (" Encyclopedie 

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

 Ms systematic studies of tbe collections made during tbe voy- 

 age of tbe corvette la CoquiUe (1822-1825), tbe results of wbicb 

 were just tben published. He adopts tbe generic divisions 

 pre\iously instituted by F. Cuvier and Nilsson, and on tbe 

 wbole presents a very judicious summarj^ of tbe subject. Tbe 

 species and genera, concisely and fairly characterized, are as 

 follows: 1. Calocephalus oceanicus ; I.G.groenlandicus; 3. C.vitu- 

 linus (includes P. Zi?torea,Tbienemann); 4. C. albicauda {exDea- 

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

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

 Tbienemann) ; 10. Stenorkynchus leptonyx ; 11. S. tveddelU ( = 

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

 covering Plioca hicolor, Shaw, and P. leucogaster, Peron); 13. 

 Stemmotopus cristatus; 14. MacrorMnus prohoscideus ; 15. 31. 

 ansoni; IQ. M. hyroni ; 17. Halichcerus griseus. Ko new names 

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

 generic relations. 



Among tbe eleven undetermined species referred to under 

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

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

 2. P. I up ina, MolmOi ', 3. P. maculata, Bodd. ; 4. ^^ Phoqiie laM- 

 taTc,^' Desm. ex Krascb. ; 5. P. testudinea, Shaw ; 6. P. fasciata, 

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

 "Encycl. angl."; 9. P. tigrina (ex Krascb., aj)parently here first 

 named). 



* F^russac's Bull, des Sci. Nat., vol. vii, 1826, p. 438. 



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



