32 snociDM. 



Calloeeplialus barbatus, F. Ouv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 547 ; Ruppell, 



Vei-z. 167. 

 Phoca lii^onna,,Lepech.Act.I'eirop. i. 264. t. 8, 9; O. Fabr. Skrivt. Nat. 



Sehk. 1. 164; Fischer, Syn. 237 j Gray, GriffitKs A. K. v. 178. 

 Phoca Lepechinii, Lesson, Diet. Class. II. N. xiii. 415. 

 Calloeeplialus Leporinus, F. Ouv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 545. 

 ? Phoca maxima, Steller, Nov. Comm. Petrop. ii. 290. 

 Leporine Seal, Penn. Quad. 177. 

 ? Sea Calf, Parsons, Phil. Trans, n. 469. 383. t. 1. f. 1 ; cop. Buffon, 



H. N. Supp. vi. t. 14. ■ 

 ? Phoca Parsonii, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 414, from 

 ? Long-bodied Seal, Parsons, Phil. Trans, xlvii. 121, cop. (Hali- 



chrerus ?). 

 ? Grande Phomie, £ufon, H. N. xiii. 333. 

 ? Great Seal, Penn. Syti. 341. 



Inhab. North. Sea and Japan, according to Temminck. 

 Skin sold as an article of commerce in Japan.- — Temm. 



a. Skeleton : length 8 feet. North Sea. From Mr. Brandt's Col- 

 lection. 

 6. Skin : adult. North Sea. From Mr. "Warwick's Collection. 



The Lachtak, Steller, Nov. Comm. Petrop. ii. 290= P^oca Lachtak, 

 Desm. N. Diet. H. N. xxv. 588 =PAoca nautica, Pallas, Zool. Eosso- 

 Asiat. i. 108=PAoca barbata, Schrenck, Amur-Lande, i. 181 ; Mid- 

 dendorff, Eeise aussersten &c. i. 122==P/ioca albigena, Pallas, Zoogr. 

 Eosso-Asiat. 107 — of Behring's Straits, has been referred to Phoca 

 barbata, but Pallas describes the fingers as subequal and webbed to 

 the end, which scarcely agrees with that animal. 



The body is ventricose ; the hair very short (5 Unes), rigid, silver- 

 grey ; back brown-lettered ; tail very short. 



The MaraJcu=Phoca Oehoiensis, Pallas, Zool. Eosso-Asiat. i. 117; 

 Schrenck, Amur-Lande, i. 181 — with soft fur, and pure white when 

 youag, from the North Pacific, also requires further examination. 



