310 Zoological Society : — 



The following synonyms will therefore have to be added to those 

 which I have placed under Monachus albiventer in the Catalogue of 

 Seals in the British Museum, p. 18 : — 



Heliophoca atlantica. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854 ; Arch. f. 

 Nat. 1855, p. 40. 



Phoca leporina, Verreaux, not of Lepechin. 



Hab. North and south shores of the Mediterranean, ile d'Oleron, 

 and Madeira. 



These facts are interesting as showing that the Seal which was for- 

 merly believed to be confined to the north shore of the Mediterranean 

 is also found on the southern one and on the islands of the Atlantic. 



Nilsson, in his excellent monograph on the genus, after having 

 examined all the materials that he could find in the different mu- 

 seums, reduced the number of species of Seals to fourteen. 



We have now in the British Museum, as by the following list 

 will appear, twenty-four most distinct species, established upon the 

 examination of the osteological as well as the external characters of 

 the animals. 



1. Lobodon carcinophaya, Gray, Cat. p. 10. Antarctic Ocean. 



2. Stenorhynchus leptonyx. Gray, Cat. p. 13. Antarctic Ocean. 



3. Leptonyx Weddellii, Gray, Cat. p. 16. Antarctic Ocean. 



4. Monachus albiventer. Gray, Cat. p. \8 = Heliophoca atlan- 

 tica. Gray. North and south shores of the Mediterranean ; Ma- 

 deira. 



5. Monachusi tropicalis. Gray, Cat. p. 28. Jamaica. 



6. Ommatophoca Rossii, Gray, Cat. p. 19. Antarctic Ocean. 



7. Callocephalus vitulinug. Gray, Cat. p. 21. North Seas. 



8. Payomys feetidus. Gray, Cat. p. 23. North Seas. 



9. Halocyon Richardii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864. Vancouver's Island. 



10. Pagophilu8 grcenlandicus. Gray, Cat. p. 25. North Sea. 



11. Phoca barbata, Gray, Cat. p. 27. North Sea. 



12. Halichoerus Grypus, Gray, Cat. p. 30. North Sea. 



1 3. Trichechus Rosmaius, Gray, Cat. p. 32. North Sea. 



14. Morunga elephantiria. Gray, Cat. p. 34. Antarctic Ocean. 



15. Cystophora cristata. Gray, Cat. p. 36. North Sea. 



16. 1 antillarum. Gray, Cat. p. 38. Jamaica. 



17. Arctocephalus monteriensis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 358, t. 72. 

 California. 



18. Hookeri, Gray, Cat. p. 45. Falkland Islands. 



19. lobatus. Gray, Cat. p. 44. Australia. 



20. nigrescens. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 109. Falkland 



Islands. 



21. Gillespii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 1 10, t. 70. Cahfornia. 



22. Delalandii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 107, t. 69. Cape of 



Good Hope. 



23. Callorhinus ursinus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 103, 359, t. 68. 

 Behring's Straits. 



24. Otaria leonina. Gray, Cat. p. 47; P. Z. S. 1859, p. 360. 

 Southern Pacific Ocean. 



