304 Christmas Island. 



by Wallace in his "Distribution of Animals," and the numbor& 

 refer to his subdivisions of those areas, as follows : — 



(a) Oriental Eegion. 



1. Hindostan. 



2. Ceylon. 



3. Indo -China. 



4. Indo-Malaya. 



(b) Australian Region. 



1. Austro -Malaya. 



2. Australia. 



3. Polynesia. 



4. New Zealand. 



(c) Ethiopian Region. 



1. East Africa. 



2. West Africa. 



3. South Africa. 



4. Madagascar. 



In the last column the occurrence of species in localities other 

 than those indicated in the preceding columns is noted, and 

 various remarks are appended. The whole of the regions in which 

 a species or its allies occur are not in all cases mentioned, but as 

 far as possible the district nearest to Christmas Island in which 

 they are found is noticed. 



