676 MR. J. W. CLARK ON EARED SEALS. [ Dec. 7, 
Straits (Flinders) ; Steeple Rock, off Cape Foulwind, W. coast of 
Otago (Hector). 
Pelage of coarse hair. General colour, in young, black when wet, 
brown when dry; underside of body of a lighter tint than upper ; 
individual hairs pale yellow at base, with light-yellow tips. Dense 
under-fur all over the body of same colour as the base of the hairs. 
In older animals the hairs are tipped,with white, and there is a space 
of pale yellow above and behind the mouth and round the ear. A 
dark grey spot beneath the eye. Ears light brown, black within. 
Digits 1, 11, and 111 of the “manus” indicated by prolongations 
of cartilage ; beyond these the limb is bounded by a wavy edge. 
Rudimentary nails on first four digits only. ‘ Pes” with hair ex- 
tending down the digits to the nails. Digits 11, 111, and 1v with nails, 
which fail to reach free edge of cartilage by about their own length. 
Snout tapering, obliquely truncated, with nostrils on sloping 
surface. 
Teeth, i. A Cc. as m. —*,=36. Canines moderate ; in lower 
jaw compressed, with sharp anterior cutting-edge. Molars small, 
conical ; first four upper with anterior cusp, fifth tricuspid, sixth 
simple ; these two much recurved. Lower molars have all anterior 
cusp. For form of hinder edge of palate see fig. 7. 
Length of adult ¢ 7', of adult 9 63'. 
2. OTARIA CINEREA. 
1816. Otaria cinerea, Péron, Voyage aux Terres Australes, ii. 77. 
1830. Otarie cendrée, Quoy & Gaimard, Zoologie du Voyage de 
l Astrolabe, i. 89. 
Hab. Kangaroo Island (Péron) ; Port Western (Quoy & Gai- 
mara). 
Pelage grey on back, becoming lighter on muzzle; rusty grey 
under body. Fur sparse, reddish. Nostrils, judging by the figure 
of Quoy and Gaimard, as in O. forsteri. 
Teeth 36, as in O. forsteri ; upper and lower molars all with three 
cusps. 
Length of g between 7! and 8’. 
3. OTARIA ALBICOLLIS. 
1816. Otaria albicollis, Péron, Voyage aux Terres Australes, ii. 
nlite}. 
i 1828. Arctocephalus lobatus, Gray, Spicilegia Zoologica, part i. 
p. 1, plate iv. fig. 2. 
1850. Otaria australis, Quoy & Gaimard, Zoologie du Voyage de 
l Astrolabe, i. 95. 
1863. Arctocephalus lobatus, Gould, Mammalsof Australia, ili. 49. 
1866. Neophoca lobatus, Australian Hair-Seal, Gray, Ann. & 
Mag. xviii. 231. 
1866. Otaria lobata, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. zu Berlin, pp. 276, 
668, 
1870. Zalophus lobatus, Allen, Bulletin Mus. Harvard, vol. ii. 
p. 44. 
