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Lesson = Arctoceplialus montenensis Gray." But he cites as 

 type of ZaIo2)hus, in the same connection, " Otaria Gillespii 

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

 izes his genera Eumetopias and Zalophus as to leave no doubt 

 that Enmetoiyias relates to the Otaria stelleri of Midler, and 

 Zalojyhus to the Otaria gillespii of M'Bain. He fiu'ther says that 

 his Eumetopias califormanus "is identical with the Otaria 

 monteriensis of Gray, and possibly also with Otaria Stelleri 

 Midler."* 



The Otaria stelleri of the Fauna Japonica is unquestionably 

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

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

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

 figured by Temminek show that the species is not Eumetopias 

 stelleri, but his comparative remarks respecting its relationship 

 to 0. juhata 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 

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

 ness. The range of Zalophus ealifornianus { = 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. Temminek, 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: 

 "TJn crane absolument semblable a celui figure paries voyageurs 

 dont nous venous de parler [Quoy et Gaimard] a ete d^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 Inst., v, 1866, pp. 7, 11, and 13 (footnote). 



t Peters says: " Uebrigens zweifle icli jetzt aucli gar nicht mehr daran, 

 dass O. GiUiespii Macbain nnd 0. japonica Schlegel [Ms. = 0. stelleri, Fauna 

 Japonica] zu derselben Art gelioren, da die Schadel beider niclit alleiu in der 

 Form, sondern anch in der Grtisse miteinander iibereinstimmen. Denn der 

 alte Scliiidel von O. Gilliespii ist 0. 295 lang, wiibrend alte Schiidel des 

 Leidoner Museums von 0. japonica 0. 270 bis 0. 310 lang siud." Monatsh. 

 Akad. Berlin, 1S66, j). 669. 



