EUMETOPIAS. 



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Arctocephalus. Length 11 inches, ovei' vertex 14 J ; 

 interzygomatic breadth 6h inches; cranial 4| inches. 

 Hard palate almost flat, posterior border erescentic, 

 well in front of the pterygoids. Mandible 8^ inches 



5 5 

 long. Dentition, post-canine ^ -^ ; not a big gap 



between the last two teeth. Type specimen from 

 M'Bain Collection hsured below. 



(3) EUMETOPIAS CINEREA. (Eu. CIN.) 

 (Grey Sea Lion of New Zealand and Austraha.) 

 Otai'ia cinerea, Peron, op. cit. ; also Peters. 

 Zalophus lobatus, Gill, ut supra. 



Length about 6 feet. Colour, males blackish grey, 

 females silvery grey. Pelage soft with under fur. 

 Toes almost equal in length ; toe flaps project con- 



() 6 



siderably beyond the nail. Molars 



5 5" 



1. Skeleton of adult male. Length of spine along curve 

 6 feet 1^? inch, of skull in straight line llf inches: 

 total length of skeleton 7 feet 1| inch. Vertebral 

 formula C-D^.L-SoCd5) = 38 ; the last caudal is probably 

 missing. Ribs, flfteen pairs. Sternum, nine segments. 

 Scapula falcate, length between angles 12 inches, 

 glenoido- vertebral diameter 10^ inches; praespinous 

 fossa about three times larger than postspinous, acro- 

 mion rudimentary, no coracoid. Humerus 9| inches 

 long, no supracondyloid foramen. Radius 8 inches 



