Zalophus Gilliespii, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1866, xviii. p. 231; Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. ii. pp. 33 & 44; Gill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1866, v. p. 13.
Arctocephalus (Zalophus) Gilliespii, Peters, Monatsb. 1866, pp. 275 & 671.
? Otaria Stelleri, Schlegel, fide Peters.
Inhab. North Pacific, South California (Brit. Mus.); Japan (fide Peters).
I have not seen any skull or specimens from Japan; so that I am not quite sure that the specimens from the coast of Asia are the same as those from the west coast of America.
6. NEOPHOCA.
Palate concave, broad, as broad before as at the hinder part of the tooth-line, then rather suddenly contracted. The hinder nares broad, rather longer than broad, with the front edge broadly arched, which is further back than the front edge of the orbital process of the zygomatic arch, or malar bone, which is thick and flat. Fur with very little under-fur. Flap of toes moderate.
Arctocephalus § b***, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 57.
Otaria, § Zalophus (part.), Peters.
Neophoca, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1866, xviii. p. 231.