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Lesson = Arctocephalus monteriensis Gray.' 7 But he cites as 

 type of Zalophus, in the same connection, " Otaria Gillespii 

 Macbain," and subsequently, in the same paper, so character- 

 izes his genera Eumetopias and Zaloplms as to leave no doubt 

 that Eumetopias relates to the Otaria stelleri of Miiller, and 

 Zalophus to the Otaria gillespii of M'Bain. He further says that 

 his Eumetopias californianus "is identical with the Otaria 

 monteriensis of Gray, and possibly also with Otaria Stelleri 

 Miiller."* 



The Otaria stelleri of the Fauna Japonica is unquestionably 

 a Zaloplms and not a Eumetopias, but is probably not identical 

 with the Zaloplms of the California coast, although, as already 

 stated, so considered by Peters, t Not only do the skulls 

 figured by Ternininck show that the species is not Eumetopias 

 stelleri, but his comparative remarks respecting its relationship 

 to 0. jubata indicate unmistakably the same thing. Although 

 I at one time accepted Peters's determination of Temminck's 

 Otaria stelleri, a subsequent examination, in the light of much 

 new material and information, has led me to doubt its correct- 

 ness. The range of Zaloplms californianus (= gillespii) has not 

 been reported as extending northward on the American coast 

 beyond California, and no specimens of this species (except one 

 cited by Gray, the identification of which seems open to ques- 

 tion) have been thus far recognized from Japan or any portion 

 of the Asiatic coast. Temminck, with good series of the Japan 

 species and. of the Zalophus lobatus before him (he seems not to 

 have had the true E. stelleri), was unable to recognize any ap- 

 preciable differences between them. In comparing his Otaria 

 stelleri with the Otaria australis of Quoy and Gaimard, he says: 

 "Un crane absolurnent semblable a celui figure" par les voyageurs 

 dont nous venons de parler [Quoy et Gaimard] a e'te' de"crit sous 

 le nom d ? Arctocephalus lobatus, par Gray, Spic. Zool., I, p. 1, 

 pi. 4, fig. 2 et 2 a; ce crane provenant de la collection de feu 

 Brookes fait maintenant partie du Musee des Pays-Bas ; il ne 

 se distingue en effet par aucun caractere essentiel de celui de 



* Proc. Essex Last., v, 1866, pp. 7, 11, and 13 (footnote). 



tPeters says: "Uebrigeus zweifle ich jetzt auch gar nickt inehr daran, 

 dass 0. Gilliespii Macbaiu und 0. japonica Schlegel [Ms. = 0. stelleri, Fauna 

 Japonica] zu derselben Art gehoren, da die Schiidel beider nijcht allein in der 

 Form, sondern auch in der Grosse miteinander iibereinstiinmen. Denn der 

 alte Schiidel von O. Gilliespii 1st O. m 295 lang, wiihrend alte Schiidel des 

 Leidener Museums von 0. japonica O. m 270 bis O. m 310 lang sind." Monatsb. 

 Akad. Berlin, 1S66, p. 669. 



