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NOVITATES ZOOLOGIOAE.

Vol. XIII., lyOG.

NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE

H Jouvnal of Zooloi3\!

IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM.

EDITKD BY

The Hon. WALTER UOTHSCHILD, Ph.D.,

1)k. ERNST IIARTRRT, .\nd Dr. K. JORDAN.

Vol. XTIT., 190G.

(WITH TKX PLATES.)

Issued at the Zoolo(ik'al Museum, Tring.

rniNTED BY HAZEI.L, WATSON & VINKY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

190G.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII. (lOOO).

GENERAL SUBJECTS.

(See notes on nomenclature of species, geographical and other varieties, etc., pp. 42.3—4.3:2.)

AVES.

P.\GES

1. On the Birds of the Ishvnd of Trinidad. 0. E. Hellmayr .... 1—60

2. On the Birds of the Island of Babber. Ernst Hartert .... 288—302

3. On the Birds of Luang. Ernst Hartert 302—304

4. Critical Notes on the types of little-known species of Neotiopical Birds.

C. E. Hellmayr 305—352

5. Notes on a second collection of Birds from the District of Pari, Brazil.

C. E. Hellmayr 353—385

6. Miscellanea Ornithologica. Part III. Ernst Hartert .... 386 — 405

7. Additional Notes on Birds from N.W. Australia. Ernst Hartert.

(Plate I.) 754—755

8. Notes on Birds from the Philippine Islands. Part I. Ernst Hartert.

(Plate II.) 755—758

9. Erklarung. Anton Reiciienow .......... 762

llEPTILIA.

1. A new species of Giant Tortoi.se. Walter Rothschild .... 753—754

COLEOPTERA.

1. Some n^w Anthribid.ae from the collection of H. E. Andrewcs. Karl

Jordan 408-409

J. Two new Xenocerxs in the collection of R. von Bennigsen. Karl .Jordan 410

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LEPIDOrTKHA.

PAGES

1. New DrepanuVid'te, Tkyrid'ulae, Um/iliilue, and GeometriihiP, from liritisli

New Guinen. William Warren Gl 161

2. Two new A i/nrhikUe. Kaul Jordan. IGl

3. On a new paiasitie Tiiieid Moth from Quoensluid. Walter Kotiischild 102 — 100

4. New Sphinyidae. Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan . . . 178 — 185

5. Two new Satwnidae. Walter Rothschild ...... 1S9 — 190

G. New Noctuidcie from British New Guinea. G. T. Bethune-Baker . 191 — 287

7. Some Sphingidae in the British Museum. Walter Rothschild and Karl

Jordan 400 -407

8. A Revision of the American Papilios. Walter RoTBSCiuLn ami Karl

Jordan. (Plates IV.— IX.) 411-752

9. Notes to Plates III. and X 759-761

SIPHONAPTEKA.

1. Notes on the Siphonnpte'i-a from the Argentine described by tlie late Prof<s.s(ir

Dr. Weycnbcrgh. Karl Jordan and N. Charles Rothschild . 170 — 177

2. Notes on Bat Fleas. N, 0. Rothschild 186-188

LIST OE PLATES IN VOLUME XIII.

Plate I. Aiitstralian Birds. By J. G. Keulemans.

II. Philipiiiiie BiiJs. By J. G. Keulemans.

III. Lepidoptera from New Guinea.

IV. ^

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

American Papilios.

X. Lepidoptera from New Guinea, Surinam, and Africa.

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ERRATA.

p. 8, line 3 from above, read : vol. 38 instead of vol. 30.

p. 'J: the heading of species 14 ought to be; Cijaiicri)cs ci/niicn ryniica.

p. 33, species 99 : the authority of Gluucis Uirsula should be : (Gm.).

p. 58, species fi, read : dirdinnlh instead of Orrdueltx.

p. 3'20, line 17 from below, read: adult ^ (J instead of adult $ ?.

p. 351, line 33 from above, read : p. 3J2 instead of 'iii.

p. 351, last Une, read: p. 332 instead of 322.

p. 369, line 14 from below, read: "the main difference" instead of "the only difference.'

p. 387, line 16, 18, 22 from above, read : yeiiissieimis instead of yumseei/isis.

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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.

Vol. XIII. FEBRUARY, 1900. No. 1.

ON THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD.

By 0. E. HELLMAYR.

ri"^HE iire.sL'iit jiaper is primarily liased ou the extensive collectiou.s made l)j'

-L Mr. Andre or his collectors in different parts of the island. Besides these

series, which amount to upwards of 1500 skins, the Tring Mnseum received a

number of birds collected bv Dr. Percv Rendall in the districts of Savannah

Grande and Tacarigua.

The greater part of Mr. Andre's collections was brought together on the

C'aparo and ( 'aroni Rivers, in the province Chaguauas ; bnt a good many specimens

have also been sent from Chaguararaas, on the north-western peninsula, and i'rom

Valencia, ])rovince of Arima. A few skins were obtained at Mount Aripo, at an

elevation (if from 150U to 2■^W feet. Among these are several species not obtained

elsewliere : such as, Titnagra cijcitiocephala suhrinerea ScL, Colihri (lelphinrie (Less.)

and Steatnn/is caripensis Humb. Thus, it would appear that the avifanna of the

mountainous district is to a certain extent different from that of the plains.

The best account of the birds of Trinidad has been published by Mr. Frank

Chapman in the Bulletin of the American Museum, vol. vi. (1894) pp. 1 — SO. This

elaborate paper contains a review of the existing literature, and the faunal position

of the island is so fully discussed that I need not go into the question at great

length. Mr. Chapman also called attention to the fact that most of the so-called

" Trinidad " skins are collected on the Venezuelan mainland. Many of these

skins in continental museums are labelled " Trinidad," " Orinoco delta," or even

" (luiaua," but their exact localities are as yet unknown. I suspect, however, that

they mostly come from that part of Venezuela south of the Orinoco delta adjoining

British Guiana, inhabited by the Warraw Indians. It appears that the Indian

linnters visit the plains as well as more elevated districts (perhaps the Serra de

Imataea), as typical (iniaiia forms, sui^h as Xi-nopipu atronite/is, and at the same

time characteristic high bind species, for instance ('nt/iarus tnelpomene /jirc//ul/i Heeh.,

occur in these trade collections. The most remarkable type, however, is JL/lon</mjj/M

macroceica Gonld. This has been attributed to Brazil by Salviu and Hartert,

but the make of the skins leaves not the slightest doubt as to their origin. The

many specimens examined are all of the nsnal '' Orinoco" m;ike, as is also the type

of C/tloropkanes purpurascens Scl. & Salv.

As well known, Trinidad belongs faunistically to Venezuela, and has no

relations whatever to the West Indies. Only one species, a swift, Chactura

cinereiiientiix laicrem-ci Kidgw., is peculiar to Grenada, Tobago and Trinidad, being-

represented in Guiana by the nearly allied C. c. yuianeims Hart. All other species

are of undoubted South American origin.

^ The greater part of the resident land birds appears to have limnd their way to

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Trinidad throngh the Paria peuiiisulu. Quite si nnniliei- of forms characteristic of

the north coast of Venezuela extend tlieir range into the island, and several others

are strictly confined to Trinidad and tlie neighbouring district of Vcneznola, viz.

the state of Cumanu (and sometimes the northera portion of the Orinoco delta).

Sucii s])ecics are tlie following : Tnrdns phaeopijtjui pliaeopi/yokles, Uampliocelus

jacapa magnirostris, ['hocnicothmiipis rubra, P/iact/ioniis gmj gui/, Agijrtriu

ckionopectus cliionopectiis, etc.

Other siiecies show decided Guiana affinities, and are not known to occur

in the coast region of Venezuela. Hore belong Molothni.s iitroniti'ns, Sclateria

naevia, Pliaethoruis Ionguemareu$, Ceryle superciliosa miperciliosa, Trogon violaceus

riolaceus, llampliastos citellinus, Amazona amazonica, Coluniha rtifina rufna, Rallus

longirostris longirostris, etc. Thns the avifauna of Trinidad is composed of two

elements, Lnt the true Venezuelan forms are much in preponderance.

Besides, there are a number of species and subspecies peculiar to tiie island of

Trinidad. Mr. (ihapman {l.c. p. 7) enumerates twelve species, four of which were

since shown to occur also on the mainland (Phelps, Ati/t 1897, p. 302). The

careful comparison of onr Trinidad series with the material from Cnmana* and

the Orinoco region f in the Tring Museum brought to light several other forms,

which, though nearly allied to their mainland representatives, have sufficiently

marked characters as to warrant subspecific separation. The following is the list

of these forms with their mainland representatives :

Of these ten peculiar forms three : Dgsitkanuus affiitis undrci, Calospizu

mexieana vieilloti, and Celens elegans Icotaudi, are of undoubted Guianan origin ;

Pipile pipile finds its nearest ally in a bird inhabiting the environs of Paril,

while five others are of decided Venezuelan affinities, lliplranuam t. rujimentum

has close allies in the West Indies and in the (iuiauas, being therefore of no

importance for the present consideration.

it now remains to say a few words about the relations between Trinidad and

Tobago. The only recent account about the birds of Tobago is Comte de Dalmas'

excellent paper in the Mcmoires dc la Socicfc Zoologique de France, xiii. (19U0)

• This collection, nnmbering abont 1200 specimens, wa-s made by a Mr. Caracciolo, one of Mr. Andr6"s

collectors.

t This comprises the extensive collections made by Mr. Cherrie on the Orinoco, that of Messrs.

Klages and Andr6 on the t'aura River, and a sm:tll collection from tJuanoco in tlic Orinoco ilelta, received

from Mr. Andr6.

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pp. l:S2-44, wlierein S5 species are recorded for the island. Mr. Andre sent

a collection of 4U0 specimens from Tobago to the Tring Museum containing

all the species mentioned by Dalmas, with the exception of two or three. Ten

subspecies are peculiar to the island of Tobago ; only four of these have repre-

sentatives on Trinidad, but of the others nearly allied races are found on the

Venezuelan mainland. Three (or perhaps fonr) species are common to Trinidad

and Tobago, while allied races take their place on the Paria coast.

The following lists give a better idea of these sjjecies and their mainland

representatives :

Peculiar to Tobago.

Represented on Trinidad by

Represented on the mainland by

Tiirthis .raiflhoxcefu^ Jard.

.1/imMs fi'ilvHA /ohagenais Dalra.

Tfof/lodi/tea 7nu>!mliiA tohagenals

Lawr

li llhipliihiiy flui'ipea hiatihiris Scl." .

7\inugi'a cpUciij)Un herlepsflt/ Dalm.

Chirtj.r/jihia ptireohi tilhiiiticaDnlm.

Si/)ialhixis terreslris ierrexlris Jard.

SitUyittnttis griaeiis fir'isfiAtK Javd.

Form/civot'a hiternteilia tohiuiPii^'is

Dalm

Sauceriittea fri/thrntiot't.^ vclhi

Bouc.

[Turdas leiicojix subsp. (Brit.

Guiana).]

Mimus gilviis melajiopleriix'La'WT.

T. m. rhn-im Berl. & Hart, j T. m. chiriis Berl. & Hart.

H. jUwipes ucuik-anda Lawr.

T, episcopus sclaliri Berl.

.S, li'nrslri.i rmri Chapm.

S. fr}/thrntiof(}ft eri/tliri'ttotoa

(Less.).

T. episcojyus sclateri Berl. (?).

Chh'oxiphia lyai'Pola jtarfuht

(Linn.) in Brit. Guiana, ete.

S. tm-enti-is HfrkitipeciKu (Jhapni,

tS". fjrlseu.'i phdp^i Chapm.

F. tiiUrmedia intermedia Cab.

S, evi/thruwiloii feliciue (Less.).

Besides the ten forms jieculiar to Tobago, there are six species which are

known to occur on the mainland, but have not been fonnd on Trinidad. These are

the following species :

Sj/orojiliihi aiitericariii (Gra.) (= Vmcatii auct.) Found also in ]>rit. (Juiana,

Cayenne, Surinam ; but not in Venezuela.

Eiietlieia hicolor omissii (Jard.). Fonnd also in the state of Cumana, etc.

DysiOiamniis meidalis meiitfdis (Temm.). Found alsn in the state of

Cnmansl, etc.

Cumpyloijterus ensipcnnis (8ws.). Known also from (Aimami.

Melaiterpeii ferricolor Berl. Known also from (Jumana, Orinoco, etc.

Ortalis riificatif/a (Jard.). Also fonnd on the Orinoco, but not yet recorded

from Cumana.

The occurrence on ToViago of these l)irds is difficult to explain. Even if we

admit that the two Finches and the Ortalis might have been introduced, any such

* llylophilus insularis Solater, P. Z. S. 18C1. p. 128 (Tobago).—//, pallidi/rons Dalmas, Af<hn. .S'w.

Zoiil. France ,xiii. VMt). p. Ilj5 (Tobago). I compared Sclator's type in the British Museum, and fmnul it

to be an immature bird of the large island race of aciitirmtdtf, named II. paUidi/rimn by Dalmas.

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slippositimi would lie qtiito impossible with regaiil to the Humming-ljird and the

Woodpeokcr.

The fiist chapter of my pa])er eontains the acconut of the species collected bj-

Messrs. Andre, Perc_v Hendall and Chapman, the second a list of the sj)ecie8 found

on the islands between Trinidad jirojier and the Paria coast, and the third an

enumeration of those the oeenrrence of which is doubtful or has been wrongly given.

I have not included a number of Water-birds once or twice recorded for Trinidad,

as they arc carefully enumerated in C'hajuuau's paper referred to above.

I.-LIST OF THE BIRPS ACTUALLY FOUND ON TRINIDAD.

1. Turdus phaeopygus phaeopygoides Seeb.

[Turdua pharojii/f/us Cabanis ; in Schomburgk, Tfcwf Brit. Guuimi, iii. (1S4S) p. GGl! (Brit. Guiana).]

T. pl,aeoj>;/f/oule« Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mim. v. (1881) p. 404 (Tobago).

T. phoeopiijiia Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 197.

2 (J ad., 1 S jr., 1 ? jr., Valencia, March : 1 c? ad., Cajmro, April ; 1 t? ad.,

Aripo, 20IJU ft., May.

This series agrees with two topotypical Tobago-skins, in iiaviii'^- the back

idive-brown with a slight greenish tinge, which is never to be seen in tyjiieal

'/'. jt/KWOji'/t/i/.i from British Guiana, etc. The specimen from Aripo, although

nither browner than the others, is still decidedly more olive, less nal'ons brown

on the crown and nape than Gniana examples. One c? ad. from Cnmana and

one ? from Gnanoco in the Orinoco delta belong likewise to 7'. p. phacopi/goiilc.'i,

while the specimens collected by Mr. S. M. Klagos on the ('aura River represent

typical phaeopyyus. Notwithstanding some individual variation, tlie distinctness

of T. jj. pkaeojjygoides is fully confirmed by the present series. Its distribution

is as follows : Tobago : Mariah and Castare, May (Andre coll. in Mus. Tring) ;

Tiiniflad {tide supra); N.f'J. Venezuelu : Santa Ana Valley, near Cumanii,

March (Caracciolo coll. in Mus. Tring) ; Gnanoco, in the Orinoco delta, February

(Andr(5 coll. in Mus. Tring).

The adult specimens from the various localities have the ft)llowing measure-

ments : —

? (probably cJ), Mariali, Tobago . Wing,

¥ Castare, Tobago . . . „

J ( 'ajiaro, Trinidad . . . „

S N'alencia, „ . . . „

o ,, ,> . . . ,,

? (iuanuco, Orinoco-delta . . „

cJ Sta Ana, Cnmand . . . „

According to Ltotaud {Lc.) this species is

in .hum. J. Oriiitli. 19U2, pji. (i:5-5, CD.

2. Turdus fumigatus Licht.

Tardus fninKjulKS Lichtenstcin. I'ei:. Duld. (IHi:!) p. 38 (Brasilien).

T. casius (nee Bonaparte !) LiJotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 204.

8 adults ((? and ?) and 2 juv. from Caparo, March and April; 1 c? ad.

Valencia, March.

These specimens are above much lighter, not so dark rn-ily brown as

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others I'rum I'aiVi (coll. hftwre), iiml on tlic Inwcr parts also cousidcnilily jalcr,

more ocbveous-brown, less rusty. A specimen from Duaca (near Tocuyo iu

N.W. Veneznela) is similar. Two examples from the Orinoco (Maipnres,

Munduapo) are everywhere darker, but not so intensely coloured as those from

Brazil. Cf. my remarks in Jonrii. f. Ornith. 1902, pp. 65-(i.

3. Turdus gymnophthalmus Cab.

Tiiirlns ijt/iiiiii'/JdIialiiiiis Cabauis : in Schuniburgk, R'ji«e lir'it. Guuiim, iii. (1848) p. fiS.i (ex

La Guaira, Caracas, and Cayenne).

T. iwdii/iiiis Lrataud, Ois. Triiiidml, p. 201.

•,' <? ad,, 3 ? ?, from Caparo, March, Aiiril ; 1 cJ from 8eelet, April; 2 ? ?

from C'aroni, May.

With a series of 'S'^ adult birds from Ciimana, Surinam, Britisii (Juiana,

Trinidad, Tobago, and tlie ( )rinoco region, I can see no difterence whatever Ijetween

the skins from the various localities. All, whether in fresh plumage or not, have

the base of the bill dark horn-colour or jilumbeous, the apical portion yellow

or greenish yellow. The naked space behind the eye is bright orange-yellow in

freshly killed specimens, but is also very well jaonouuced in old skins.

The nearest ally of 7'. (ji/mmphthalmus is T. maculirostrin Berl. it Tacz.,

of West Ecuador, as I have pointed out in Journ. f. Ornith. lOii'J, p. 53, where

also a short review of the allied forms is given.

1 have since had an opportunity of inspecting the series of " T. maculirostrix"

of the " Monograph of the Turdidae " in the British Museum.

As suggested in my former article, it is a mixtiim comiJOsitKin of three

different species. The following is the identification of the specimens listed by

Mr. U. B. Sharpe {I.e. i. p. 240) s.n. " T. niMulirostri.'s" :—

(a) Turrl>(s maculirostris Berl. & Tacz.

8pec. b, c. Balzar (lllingworth) ."i

„ ,/, r/. Pallatanga (Fraser). . - All these places are in West Ecmdor.

„ /. Santa Rita (Villagomez) ..'

The above specimens have the base of the bill dusky and the apical portion

yellow ; behind the eye there is a small naked spot.

(J)) T/irc/ifs iqiiohlU.-s debilis Hellm.

Spec. a. Rio Napo (Jameson) .\

,, (I, e. Sarayacu (Buckley) .j- East Ecuador.

„ h. Zamora (Fraser) .1

„ /■ — 0. from various localities in Peru.

These nine si)ecimcns, as well as those collected by Messrs. (Joodfellow &

Hamilton at Archidona and on the Rio Napo, East Ecuador (Mus. Tring) have

the bill entirely black and no trace of the naked spot behind the eye. Most of

the above e.xamples have a pure white patch on the fore-neck below the strijied

throat, but sometimes this character is obsolete. T. i debilis can, however, always

easily be distinguished from the typical form by its much shorter and weaker bill,

and the pure white throat with the dusky stripes much more distinct.

I have e.xamined three Bogota skins which, undoubtedly, belong to T. i. debilis.

They probably came from the eastern slopes of the Andes, while typical T. ////inbU's

seems to be confined to the mountains north of Bogota, and evidently m-curs only

on hi"h elevations.

{'■) Tu/ffus fimaurochalixu^ Cab.

Spec, ji, ij. Mapiri and Buganti (Buckle\}.

No. >i is yonng. Imt specimen // a fnlly adult bird. It Las a yellow bill,

and is nothing else than a very worn example of T. amawoclialinus. Count

Berlepsch has a large series of beantiliil skins from various places in Eastern

Bolivia whicli are in no way different from the Brazilian ones.

4. Troglodytes musculus clarus Berl. ik. Hart.

Triiriltifli/lcs iiiuxniliis r!nrn)< Berlepsch & II:utcit, Xur. Zo-//. ix. (1902) p. 8 (typ. ex Barlica Grove,

Brit. Ouiana).

T. nifuliis (nee Cabaiiis !) Chapman, BM. Amer. Mux, vi. (1894) p. 2,S (Trinidad).

1 S ad. from Caparo, April, agreeing with the pale form whicii inhabits

British Guiana, Cayenne, Surinam. Cumami, and the Orinoco region.

T. m. tobn(/ciii<i» Lawr.* from the island of Tobago, however, is quite distinct,

having the lower surface pure white, only the sides and under tail-coverts being

washed with isabelline-rufous. The differences have been well pointed out by

Comte de Dalmas.f It has also much longer wings and a rather longer tail.

In T. m. clurus the whole lower surface is pale isabelliue-rufous, only the

fore part of the throat and the middle of the abdomen inclining to creamy-whitish.

5. Thryothorus rutilus Vieill.

Thiiiolliunis nililiis Vieillot, Xoiu: Ui.i. xxxiv. (181'.i) p. :ib (" AmiTique septentrionale " — errore !

we substitute Trinidad as the typical habitat).

Sixteen specimens of both sexes from Chaguaramas (.January ), Caparo (April),

Lavantille (March), Valencia (March), Pointe Gourde (January), and Seelet (April).

They agree with a large series from Tobago, Cumana, and Ejido (near Jlerida),

in having the whole nndersurfaee strongly tinged with rufous except the middle

line of breast and belly, which is white. In some specimens, however, this white

8trij)e is almost wanting, and they come nearer to T. i-Ktilus hijijenjthras from

Costa Ilica and Panama, but the latter form is still recognisable by the decidedly

lighter, more orange-rufous tint of the lower parts.

7". riitihi.-i fii/pospoilins Salv. k Godm., from Bogota, has .only the chest

bright rufous, the rest of the lower jiarts being dirty gre\ ish with a Ijrownish

wash on tlie flanks.

C. Compsothlypis pitiayuini ( Vieill.).

Sijhiii intiiniiiiiii Vieillot, Nuno. Dirt. xi. (1817) p. 276 (Paraguay — ex A/.ara, No. 109).

Comiisiilhli/jiix jiilitiijiniii Chapman, Bull. Amu: Mas. vi. (1894) p. 24 (Trinidad aud Monos Ibluud).

i S 6 from Chagnaramas, January ; h <S <? I'rom Pointe Gourde, January ; aud

1 (? ad. from Caparo, Ai)ril.

These specimens are generally richer coloured than typical Paraguay skins.

~. Dendroica aestiva (Gm.).

iloidciUa 'ifMii-a Gmulin, SiiM. Xal. 1. ii. (1788) p. 996 (Cayenne and Canada : the latter locality

accepted as the typical habitat).

I c? ad. and 1 ? from Laventille, 1',). iii., i). xi. ; 1 ? (Jhagnaramas, ]. i.

* Tn'ijhilifUg iohatjfiigis Lawrence, Auk v. (ISss) p. iiij (Tobago),

t Mem. Soe. Zool. France, xiii. (1900) p. 133.

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^. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gin.).

iloluciUa iiovchovacemis Gmelin, Syst. Nut. i. ii. (1788) p. [158 (Louisiana).

1 c?, Caparo, 19. iv. ; 1 c?, Ohaguavamas, 6. \. ; I i , Seelet, 14. iv.

!». Geothlypis aequinoctialis (Gm.).

MoktciUa aeiiiihitntiulis Gmelin, Sjxt. Nul. i, ii. (1788) p. 97'2 (ex Dauljcntou, /'/. enl. 1)85, fig. 1 —

Cayenne).

Althoiii;h Taylor atul Chapman met with this species, and Leotand says it

is common, Mr. Audre did not send it in his numerons collections.

111. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.)

MiilwiUu. Riilirilhi Linnaeus, f<ijsf. Nat. x. (17.58) p. 186 (Virginia: e.'c Catesljy).

2 c?cJ, Pointe Gourde, 13, l.si. ; 1 c? ad.,',' ¥ ?, Laventilie, 0 xi., :,'m xii. ;

one pair, (.'haguaramas, January.

Winter visitor.

11. Basileuterus auricapillus olivascens riiapni.

[Setaphaijii iiiniiapiUu Swainson, Aiiim. Mciiaij. (1838) p. 2'X3 ("Mexico & Brazil."— We accept

Brazil as typical locality.*).]

Basileuterus vertnirorns nlivasmis Chapman, Auk x. (1803) p. 343 (Trinidad).

3 c?c? and 1 ?, Caparo, March and April; 1 adult (not sexed), Lavcntille,

March.

This subspecies dififers from typical B. ai(ricapUli(s (Sw.) ex Rio, S. Paulo

and Paraguay by its slightly more greyish, less greenish back, and in having

the outer webs of the tail-feathers and quills olive-grey instead of olive-green.

Specimens from Cumana (a large series in the Tring Museum) are practically

identical with those from the island. .

12. Coereba luteola (Cab.)

Ccrthiola lulcolit Cabanis, J/«s. IleiiKun, I. (1850) p. Ulj ("Puerto Cabello?")

Sixteen specimens of both sexes (adult and young) from t'aparo, iii. iv. ;

] c? ad. Valencia, iii. ; one pair from Seelet, iv. They agree perfectly with a

large series from Cumana, S. Esteban and the Orinoco River. One S ad. from

Englishman Bay, Tobags, is a shade blacker on the back, but otherwise not

different. All have the whole upperside dull blackisli, deeper on the head

(only the immature birds with a slight olivaceous tinge) and a large white

speculum at the base of the primaries.

C. (juianensis Cab., ijuite erroneously synonymised with ('. chloropi/ifi, by

Mr. Sclater, differs from ( '. luteola by its much paler, smoky grey upper surface,

and by the want of the white speculum, which is but barely indicated under

the primary coverts by some traces of whitisli ; the rump-band is as brighl

yellow as in C. luteola.

C. cMofopiiya Cab., which ranges from Rio to Para, is again much i)aler,

light olivaceous grey above, the crown decidedly duller and less intense than in

C. guianensis, and the rump-band much paler, dull olive-yellowish (instead ot

bright chrome-yellow); the wing-speculum is, likewise, nearly wanting. In fact,

the three forms are very distinct one from another.

* Swaiiison's description evidently refers to the Brazilian :>pecies, for he sa,\^> "above, oUve-greeu."

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lo. Cyauerpes caerulea trinitatis (Bii.)

[Certhia aienihn Linnaeus, %</. Sm. Id. i. (17.')8) p. 11« (ex Edwards— Surinam).]

Coereha Irimhills Bonaparte, Cnm/.t. lb ml. Ar. Sc. vol. 3'J. (1854) p. 258 (" e.\ Insula Saucla-

Trinit;ui.'' — Mus. Verreau.'i)

ArhelwhiiM aieniha Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mux. vi. (18114) p. 25 (Trinidad).

8 t? ad., C <S jr. or ? ? fioiii Vulcncia, March. Besides, we buvc two

adnlt males, collected by Dr. Percy Reiuliill in the Savannah Grande district, in

Febrnary INOT.

The series dillers Irom ail the ulher subspecies in liavnig a much loiij;er,

and at the base considerably broader bill. In the males the anterior part of

the crown, too, is decidedly darker blue, there beini^ no trace of the distinct

liglit blue patch to be seen in the other forms. The females from Trinidad have

the upper parts of a darker, duller green, and the uchreous colour of the throat

distinctly darker.

Birds of the so-called " Orinoco "-make agree jierfectly with those from

Trinidad, and raise once more the question whether some of these skins may not

really come from some part of that island. This sii[iposilion is strengthened by the

fact that specimens collected by Mr. Andre at Guauoco in the Orinoco-delta do

not belong to the hmg-billed island race, but agree in every way with typical

C. merulca from Surinam and Cayenne.

The Trinidad form is apparently entitled to the name C. trinituti.'i of

Bonaparte, which is entirely omitted from the Cat. of Binis, vol. .\i. Ferhajis

A. longiio/s/iis ("ab.* is an earlier name for the same form, but then the locality

must be wrong, since specimens from S. Esteban and Cumana both represent

the short-billed typical <'. caernlca.

With a series of 8U specimens before me, I can easily recognise the following

subspecies south of the isthmus of Panama :

{a) C)/anerpes caerulea caerulea (Linn.)

Typical locality : Siirin/i))/ (ex Edwards).

6 ad. Bill slender at the base, 18— 2(1^ mm. long, .\nterior part of crown

slightly tinged with clear azure bluish.

I cannot find any constant difference between tyjncal Surinam skins and

others from Puerto tJabello upon which the name Arhclorliiiia brerirostris (.'ab. has

been bestowed. The latter have not shorter bills, as claimed by Professor Caliauis :

on the contrary, one of my specimens from Puerto C'abello has the bill slightly

longer than those from Cayenne and Surinam. A series from Cumana also agrees

with those from the two latter localities.

The following measurements of some adult males out of my series may be

useful to students of this dilHcnlt group:

•Z from (Juanoeo, Orinoco-dell a: wing .3(j —57 ; tail 28 —20; bill 10 — 2U mm.

„ 29 —31: „ 10 -211 „

„ 20 -27; „ 10 -105 „

• Mus. llcinean. i. (ISTiU) y. '.IC— Caracas.

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As will be seen from (1k' above, tlie speciineiis tVimi Parii, on the average,

have slightly shorter bills, but some of them are not ditfereiit in this respect from

Cayenne skins.

Distribution : Surinam, (Jayenne, Brit. Guiaiia, westwards through the Orinoco-

delta along the north coast of Venezula as far as Puerto Tubello, southwards

extending to Para on the mouth of the Amazons.

(6) Ci/aHcr/M'g caerulea microrhijncka (Berl.)

Coereba cui-nilen mierorhyncha Berlepscli, Jmnn. J', (hii/th. 1.SS4, \k '^^~

(Bucaramanga).

d ad. This form differs from the tyjiical one by having the anterior ])arf

of the crown as well as the cheeks of a much clearer and paler azure blue ; the

rest of the pileum is also brighter blue. Bill slender and short, sometimes even

shorter than in ' '. c. crtrruliM.

20 Bogota skins . . Wing .56— 58 ; tail 28 —31 ; bill 18— lOAmm.

1 from Jlerida, W. Venezuela „ 57 ; „ 28i ; ,, 10 ,,

2 „ Beni, E. Bolivia . „ 58i : „ 3U ; „ 17i

Distribution : C!olonibia (Bucaramanga, Bogota coll.) ; Merida in X.W.

Venezuela; thence through the Upper Amazonian region of East Ecuador and

E. Peru to N.E. Bolivia.

(c) Cyanerpes caerulea cherriei Berl. & Hart.

JS'or. Zool. ix. 09112) p. 10 (Munduapo, Upper Orinoco).

i ad. exactly like that of No. 2, but consideriilily smaller, with the bill si ill

shorter and more slender.

Two males (types) measure : Wing 52— 5o ; tail 2(J — 2(U ; bill 10 — 17 mm.

Distribution, known only from the type locality : Munduapo, Upper Orinoco.

{il) CijaiK'rpes cacndi:u triiiifotin (Bonap.)

5 ad. Differs from No. 1 in its ranch longer and stronger bill, and in having

no trace of the light azure blue tinge on the front of the head, which is dark

bine like the occiput.

Fifteen S ad. measure : wing, 58-50 ; tail about 3o ; bill, 2;H— 25 mm.

Distribution : A])pareutly confined to Trhi'ukul. Also found in the so-called

"Orinoco-delta" collections, but their exact locality is, of course, not known.

Mr. Andre, however, collected in the Orinoco delta another form (cfr. sub a).

14. Cyanerpes cyanea (Linn.)

Certliia cyaiicu Liuuaous, Si/st. Nat. xii. i. (17G6) p. 188 (e.x Edwards, Urisson, etc. — Vfv Hx

Surinam (ex Edwards, whom Linnaeus quotes first) as the typical locality).

6 c? ad., 1 (? jr. and 1 ? from Valencia, iii. ; 1 (^ ad. Seelet, iv. ; 7 r( ad.

audi ?,raiiaro, iii. and iv. ; 1 ?,Aripo, l8t)ii feet elevation, v.: Id ad. from

Savannah Grande, collected by Dr. Percy Kendall.

In the length of the bill this series agrees best with specimens from Cayenne,

and Guanoco in the Orinoco-ilelta. Two c? c? from Toliago are exactly alike.

The birds from the interior of British (luiana apjicar to be referable to the same

form, although some specimens have very short bills. A series from Cumana

and San Esteban, as well as a specimen from Ejido, however, certainly represent

a different form, having the bill very much longer. In the so-called " Orinoca-

delta" collections, both forms occur, hence it seems that these skins come from

different places.

The long-billed form from N. Venezuela is evidently entitled to the name

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r. c. erimia (I'ali.), described from Puerto Cabello. IMr. Oberholser* adopted tor

it the name C c hrcripes (Cab.), based on a sjieciiueu from the same jilace.

However, I am not qaite sure whether the locality is reliable, and as the description

of Arbelorkina eximia snits much better the long-billed race, I ])refer the latter

designation.

It is very interesting to note that the specimens from C'umana belong to

the long-billed form, while those from the Orinoco-<U'ltii, Trinidad and Tobago,

agree with the typical bird from < 'avenue. Bogota skins belong also to the

trne C. cyanea (Linn.),

The following measurements may heli> to distinguish the two races :

(a) Cijuncvpes ri/aiica cjarira (Linn.).

3 (J ad. Cayenne (Gherrie coll.) . "Wing, 01— 04; tail, 33— 37; bill, i:,ls,lNmni.

6 „ Mines district, Britisli

Guiana . . . ,, 63 — (io^; ,, 36 — 37; ,, lo — 17J „

2 ,, (Juanoco, Orinoco-delta ., 6oi, 67 ; ,, 36,38; „ l^A, 1'-' „

15 „ Trinidad . . . „ 64— 6S ; „ 354—40;,, 17^—10 „

2 „ Tobago . . . . ,,67,68; „ 38,40; „ 19 „

5 „ "Orinoco-delta"' skins . „ 63A — 65; „ 37 — 39; „ 161 — 18 „

a „ Bogota coll. . . . „ 64—66; „ 36-41; „ 161-18 „

1 „ Bahia . . . . „ 65; „ 39; „ 171 „

(J)) Ci/ancrjii'x cijaKfn cjchuiu (Cab.).

Arbrlorliiiia c.riiiiiii Cabanis, Mii». Ueiiicon. i. (IsoU) p. '.i6 (" I'orto Cabello").

4 i ad. y. Esteban, near Puerto

Hah. : North coast of Venezuela from Cumaua to Puerto Cabello, thence to

Ejido, near Me'rida.

lo. Chlorophanes spiza spiza (Linn.).

ilvlocHla spi-M Liunaeus, Si/nt. Sat. x. (17.')8) p. 188 (ex Edwards— Surinam) [exol. var /i].

4 c? ad., 1 ? from Caparo, iv. : 8 c^ ad. and 2 ? ? from Valencia, iii.

They belong to the tyi)ical form, agreeing with a large series from Cumauii,

S. Esteban, Gnanoco in the Orinoco-delta, British Guiana, Canra Kiver and

Cayenne. <\ -s. ijiiatfmalciisis !Scl. from Central America is larger, with a longer

bill, and has the j)bimagc of a lighter, more greenish tinge.

16. Dacnis cayana cayana (L.j.

Mniocilln cayniw Liuuacus, Sijsl. .\,il. xii. 1. (ITiKi; p. ri3G (Cayenue.— ex Bris.son f).

2 S S from Laventille, iv., v. ; 1 J from Seelet, \v.; I S from Chaguaramas,

i. ; 1 J jnv. Valencia, iii. ; 1 S ad. and 2 ? ? from Caparo, iv.

The adult c? c? agree in colour and dimensions with others from Cayenne,

British Guiana, Para, t!umana and the Orinoco region.

• Aiili xvi. (1899) p. 3.3.

t " Elotototl " of Hernandez, also cited by Linnaevis :is a .-.vnonym o£ his MolacilU eai/aiia, does not

belong to this specicy.

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IT. Dacuis bicolor (Vieill.)-

Sylvia hh-i>hii- Vieillot, 0/». Amir, xcjil. ii. (1807) p. 32. tab. 90 bis. [•' tn>s rarement sous la zone

bore'ale, et plus communemciit eiitre les tropiques."— We substitute Onjenne as the typical

locality].

DacnU phnnhen- auct.*

3 6 ad., Seelet, Ai)ril, :uk1 1 S :ul. frum the Caroni Hwamp, I\Iarcli.

These skins agree with one S from L'umaiul, except in being rather more brightly

coloured above and in having the throat slightly mixed with greyish (instead of

pure buft'). Specimens from Cayenne are partly like those from Trinidad, and partly

like the one from Cumaua, tlius proving that the said differences are of no

significance.

is. Cyclarhis flavipectus flavipectus Scl.

diclorhis jlariperiiis Sclater, /'. Z. S. 1H.')8. p. 44H (•' Trinidad. Veoezuel^i. aud Colombia lltt.").

df. UhMalis AUen, Bull. Amn: ilus. ii. (1880) p. 131 (Trinidad).

C.f. runiicns 0. Bangs, Pi;u\ Biul. Soc. )l'»»/i. xii. (1898) p. 192 (Santa Marta).

A large series from C'ai)aro, March and April ; Laveutille, December and

March ; Chagnaramas, January ; Puinte Ciourde, January ; Valencia, March :

Seelet, April. These skins are practically identical with an extensive series from

the mainland of Venezuela (12 Cumauii, in Orinoco, 4 from N.W. Venezuela:

Bucarito, San Esteban and S. Carlos). ^Vitll two dozen Bogota skins before me,

I can no longer maintain C. /. ca/ific^/s as distinct. Many of the Colombian

specimens have the yellow colour on the underparts unite as pale as a number from

Trinidad, though some are certainly richer coloured and of a more golden yellow

beneath, as claimed by Mr. Bangs. All of the many specimens examined have the

lilumbeous sjiot at the base of the lower mandible very strongly pronounced.

l'». Vireo chivi (Vieill.) subsp. ?

Si/li-iri rhiri Vieillot, Xuut: Dirt. xi. (1817) p. 174 (ex Azara.— Paraguay I.

One <J and 3 ¥ ? from Caparo, March and April ; 1 ? Valencia, March. These

four skins, as well as a good series from Tobago, differ from a large number of

true l'. c/iici t in their larger size, especially longer wings and considerably longer,

heavier bill. The ujiper mandible is always blackish, while in ty[iical T. ckiei it is

much jialer, more brownish horn-colour. Specimens trom (hiinaiul (a large series in

Trlug) approach the Trinidad form in size, but the colour of the bill is exactly like

that of frne e/u'ri. Very likely the birds inhabiting Trinidad and Tobago constitute

a different race — which, however, cannot be called V. c. agiUf, as has been done by

Chiipman and other American writers. Lanim affilis Licht. is based on Bahia

skins which agree in every way with topotypical examjiles from Paraguay. If

separable, the northern form must have a new name.

• As alreatlj pointed out by Berlepscb (Jbix, 1881, p. 212), Sijlcia jjliimbrii I.alb. cannot apply to tl,c

Daciu-s jilnmbea auct., since in this species the upper parts are certainly not "deep lead-colour, nearly

blacli," nor are the lower parts " pale ash-colour."

t Fifty specimens from I'araguay, Rio, Baliia, Ceara, Orinoco, Caura, Soutli Fern. British Guiana and

Western Ecuador.

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-". Pachysylvia aiirantiifrons saturata ikhu. uov.*

Ilylojihiltis i/milarif (nee Sclater 1) Li'otaud, Oi.s. Trinidad, p. 186.

//. amimtiifrons (nee Lawrence !) Chapman, Bull. Amei: Muh. vi. (1H'J4;' p. 21 (Trinidad).

Piii-hy^ijhiu aiimutiifi'iii.i hyjioj-aiithu (nee Pelzeln !) Ridgway, BinU X. and M. America, iii. (11104)

p. 215 (Venezuela, Trinidad).

Eight £?(? and ? ? from Oaparo, April arid May. Tlicy agree with a series of

14 sjieciiuens from the vicinity (if Ciimana, the dift'crences mentioned by Jlr. Kidgway

being ajuiarentiy not constant.

Professor Allen, as well as Count Berlepsch and Mr. Hartert, have conclusively

shown that P. auranfiifrons and P. wutkuuihi are spei-ifieally distinct. 1 have

now before me a series of both from near Cumana.

P. (iiircHtnfroHs is at once distinguishable by Laving the foreliead and lores

light yellow, the ear-coverts and sides of the neck pale rufous isabelline, and the

lower surface clear yellow. In P. f. acaticauda, on the other hand, forehead, lores,

sides of the Iicad and lower j)arts are uniformly liufly brownish. (Jenerally, there is

no trace of yellow on tlie under surface, but some specimens from tiie Orinoco

(Maipures, etc.) have the flanks slightly washed with yellowish, thereby apjiroaching

P. f.Jlaripoi (Lafr.) from Bogot.i.

As pointed out by Mr. Kidgway, the yellow-bellied form, inliabiting N.E.

Venezuela and. Trinidad, differs from tyjiical /'. luifdiiHifiom aKiantii/rons (Lawr.)

in having the cliest distinctly washed with ochraceous or butfy. It is, however,

ipiite distinct from /'. li>/poxantha (Pek.), with which it has been identified by

the same author. The typical specimens in the Vienna Museum are readily

distinguishable liy the following characters. Head above and back are dull sepia

brown, only the rump and upjier tail-coverts being pale green ; the sides of the head

and neck dark brownish (not rufous isabelline) ; no trace of yellow on forehead

or lores ; whole lower surface uniform pale yellow without any ochraceous wash on

the chest, the latter being greyish yellow, sliglitly flammulated with brighter yellow.

In the coloration of the upper parts, and in lacking the yellowish tinge on the

ibrehead and lores, the types of P. hijpoxantha. agree exactly with those of

P. fuscicapillu (Sd. & hialv.) (ex Eastern Ecuador), but the latter differ in having

the lower parts (except the dirty whitish throat) much darker, deep greenish yellow.

I am, however, not certain wjiether this difference will hold good when a larger

series of both races is compared. For the present, the following species and sub-

species ought to be recognised :

1. P. aura lit a fro itx anntHtiifroiis (Lawr.). Panama to Santa Marta.

2. P. ainaiitiifronK saturata Hellm. Nortliern coast of Venezuela, from

San Esteban to Cumana and Trinidad. (The locality " (iuiana" is erroneous, the

so-called Guiana skins being of the well-known "Orinoco" make.)

o. P. hi/jioxaiitlia h'ipoxantka (Pelz.). North Brazil : Kio Icanna and

1!. A'anjie, tributaries of the njijier Rio Negro.

4. P. h;! poxaiithu J'ii»i:irapilla (Scl. it Salv.). East Ecuador : Sarayac;u.

2 1 . Tachycineta t albiventer (Bodd.).

Hiriimlo nlljirenler Boddaort, Tuhl. PI. eiil. (178a) ]). 31' [luiscd on Daubenton. /'/. rid.lah.bi6.

fig. 2. — Cat/i'iiw],

One ? ad. from Seelet, April. •• Iris brnwn." Identical witli examjiles from

British (iuiana and Cayenne, only the bill being rather larger.

* TjiK ; .Muj. Tring, No. il7*S, Caracciolo coll. '■ 5 " a4., San Antonio, Cuniami, .Marcli Isth, 18it8.

t There is not the slightest ground for separating this species gcnerically as IridljinnHe.

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2'2. Progne chalybea chalybea (Gm.)

Jliruiiilri I'htilyhea Gmelin, Sysl. Nttt. 1. ii. (178S) p. 102i! [ha,sed on Brisson & Daubenton, PI. enl.

545. fig. 2. — Cayenne].

One ? ad. from Seelet, Ajiril. " Iris brown.'' Not different in any way from

Brit. Guiana and Pari'i examples. An adnlt male has been collected by Mr. Andre,

near Castare, Tobago, May lu, 19U3. It also agrees with mainland specimens.

23. Stelgidopteryx ruficollis aequalis Bangs.

IHiriiiidn rtificollis Vieillot, Nam: Did. xiv. (1817) p. 523 (ex Azara No. 30(j. — Paraguay)].

Stelqiddpteryx rufirnllis ueqiiaVm Ontram Bangs, Pioc. Ni')o Engl. Zaol. CI. ii. (1901) p. 58 [type

from Santa Marta].

1 rj ad. Laventille, May ; 1 ? Chaguaramas, Jannary : 1 <? ( 'aroni, April ;

and 1 S from Cangrejal, May.

These specimens have the rump ashy whitish, in marked contrast to the dark

brown back, agreeing in that respect with a good series from Cnmana, Garthagena,

British Guiana, Merida, and the Orinoco and ('aura Rivers. Tin's form, which has

been well described by l\Ir. Bangs, differs from S. r. aropyf/ialiii (Lawr.) in its

decidedly paler rufous throat anil paler brownish grey chest and sides. S. r. nijicollis

(Vieill.) is easily recognisable from both by having the whole upper surface

UMJfornily dark brown without any trace of the ashy whitish rnnip band.

I have but a few words about the geograiihical distribution to add to Mr. Bangs'

excellent account.

1. .S'. n/ficoliis 1-nfcolh's (Vieill.).

Distribntion.— Paraguay ; Brazil : Uio, S. Paulo, Minas Geraes, Bahia,

Mattogrosso, Gnyaba, Gaicara (Natterer coll.), west to the eastern

slopes of the Andes in Peru and Ecuador ; and east to Para on the

month of the Amazons.

Obs. I have before me 2 adult SS from Nauta (N.E. Pern) and 2 cJc?

and 1 ? from Archidona, East Ecuador, which agree perfectly

with specimens from Eastern Brazil, and show no approach to the

pale-rumped form found on the western side of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Three examples from Parii are also qnite identical.

2. S. ruficollis uropjujiuUs (Ijawr.).

Distribution. — Gosta Bica ; Ghiriqui, Panama ; and soutli wards thrnugh

Western Golombia (Remedios, etc.) to AVestern Ecuador.

Obs. A good series from West Ecuador and 1 i jr. from Remedios,

Antio(|uia, agree with others from Gosta Rica, etc., and avi' mui'lt

darker everywhere than .S'. /■. iicipud'n.

3. S. nificollis ueqnalis 0. Bangs.

Distribution. — North coast of (lolombia (Garthagona, Santa JIarta) :

Bogota coll. ; Venezuela : Jlerida, Cumand, Orinnco and ( 'aura Rivers ;

British Guiana (Roniima); Trinidad.

24. Euphonia trinitatis Strickl.

Eiijilmiki Iriiiilati.-! Strickland, Omlrih. Ornith. \Ki\. p. 72 ["Trinidad, Cuminu, Venezuela, St.

Thomas." — We accept Trinidad as typical locality].

1 S ad., ( 'hagnaramas, .January ; 1 ? , Pointe Gourde, January. They ayree in

every resjiect with a series from Gumana and the Orinoco River.

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'i->. Euphonia violacea lichtensteinii*(C'ali.)

IFiiiKjillii tv'.i/mr/' Linnaeus, Si/xi. Xal. x. (1768) p. IS2 ('in calidis regionil)Us").]

Phniiaxi-ti lii-hleimtcinii Cabanis, Joiiin. Oniilh. 18G0. p. 331 [Cayenne].

One hniidrfd siipcimons of liotli sexes from fiiparo, Mareli : 1 r? ad., Poiiite

Gourde, January : 'i S ad., Valencia, March ; and one pair from Chagnaramas,

■Tannary. This series agrees perfectly with mainland specimens.

The name E. v. riolacra (Linn.) i.s to be retained for the Brazilian form, since

Gabanis, when first distingnishiug the two races, separated the northern snbspecics.

In the tenth edition, I^innaens gave no locality, and Cabanis was, thus, justified in

restricting the original name. In the Cat. Birds, xi., the names are jnst reversed.

~0. Calospiza desmaresti (Gray).*

Cdlliilf Desmiiirxt; (}. R. Gray, Gnt. BiriU ii. (June 1844), genus Calliste, Xo. (! [based on

"Tanagra gyrola" Swainson, XAiiil Ilhist. n. ser. tab. 28.— No locality. We substitute

Tiinklad. ]

Twenty-one adults and young from Cajiaro, March and April ; '-' S ad. from

< 'haguararaas, January. They agree with a large series from the vicinity of < 'umand,

and Estanijues near Mcrida, Venezuela.

2T. Calospiza mexicana vieilloti (Scl.)

[Tifutu/rd nie.c/rinni Linnaeus, Sij^t. Xul. .\ii. i. (ITtjii) j). ^Jlfi [ex Brisson ; Cayana. — (excl. .Syn.

Hernandez — Mexico).]

CalHsIt fielllnti Sclater, P. Z. H. 185f>. p. =>:,', [Trinid.ad].

Fifty specimens of both sexes i Caparo, March and k\m\ : Laventilli>, March :

Valencia, March.

All have the belly bright yellow, dift'eriug thereby very markedly from the pale-

bellied ('. m. media, Berl. & Hart.f which inhabits the Orinoco region. A series

from Guanoco, Orinoco-delta, belongs also to the latter race, but one specimen

approaches C. m. eieilloti in the colour of the under parts.

No Calospiza of this section has as yet been found on the north coast of

Venezuela, and ('. m. eieilloti appears to be confine<l to the island of Trinidad.

:i8. Calospiza guttata (Cab.)

Cullhpiza yulliita Cabanis, Man. Ilein. i. (1850) p. 20 ["Roraima, Guiana.'']

One ¥ ad. from t'hagnanas, July oth, agreeing with a large series from

('nmana.

■J'.). Tanagra episcopus sclateri Hcvl.

[TaiKii/ra episciijnix Linnaeus, Sijsl. Nat. xii. i, (ITOl'i) p. 310 : ex " LKvesque." — Rrisson.]

Tmnifim sclateri Beilepscli, Ibix, 1880, p. 11'2 (" Orinoco District oder Trinidad ").

A series of 'i\ specimens from Caparo, March and April : Valencia, Jlarcli ;

Chagnaramas, January; Fointe Gourde, January ; and Seelet, April.

ISjjecimens from (Juanoco (Orinoco-delta) and Cindad Bolivar on the lower

Orinoco agree in every way with those from Trinidad, while the birds i'rom Cumand

* Altliougli Swainson's description and synonymy e\idently refer to C. gijrola (l.imi.), tlie plate

seems without doubt to be intended fur tlie above si>ccics, since there is no trace of tlie gt-ilden yellow

huraoml \K\Xrh to be seen I So we may retain tin- iianie i\ tlcitimin:i1i for it.

t yov. Zmil. ix. 1902, p. la.

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and from the npiier Orinoco (Altagrania, Maipures, etc.) form the transition between

sclateri and canu. Some skins from Cnmanu, however, are scarcely different from

the Trinidad series.

7". e. berlfpsrlii Dalmas,* from Tobago, agrees with T. e. cana in the bright

bbie colonr of the shoulder ])atcli, but differs in the more bluish, less greenish,

median and greater upper wiug-coverts, and iu having a decided violet or bluisli

wash on the under parts.

30. Tanagra palmarum melanoptera Scl.

[Taiiaf/m iialmariiiH Wied, Heise Brusil. ii. (1821) p. 76 (Canavieras, Bahia).]

Tanagra melaiinptera Sclater (ex Hartlaub MS.), P. Z. S. 1856. p. 235 (East Peru, etc.).

A large series from Caparo, March and April ; 1 S ad. from Ijaventille,

December; 2 i S , Chagnararaas, Januar}- ; 2 ??, Poiute Gourde, January;

3 ? , Valencia, March \ \ S , Seelct, April.

None of these specimens have any trace of olive edgings to the wing- and fiiil-

feathers, thus agreeing with topotypical melanoptera from East Peru. The latter,

however, show a decided violet suffusion ou the back and breast, almost or altogether

wanting in the Trinidad birds.

31. Tanagra cyanocephala subcinerea Scl.

\_Aglaia ciitinocephda Ijafresuaye & D'Orbigny, Siju. Ai\ i. in Maq. Znol. 18.37. cl. ii, p. 32 (Yiingas,

Bolivia).]

Tanagra subcinerea Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861. p. 129 (Venezuela).

One S ad. from Aripo, 2000 ft.. May 13, 1903. It agrees with a good series

from Cumana except in having the under parts a shade darker grey.

T. c. subcinerea is a strongly marked subspecies and easily recognisable by

its pale dingy grey under-surface, passing into dull whitish grey on the middle

of the abdomen. Throat and foreneck are slightly speckled with paler greyish.

This form is strictly confined to Trinidad and the mountains near Cumana, N.E.

Venezuela.

T. c. auricrissa Scl. has the under parts much darker : schistaceons with a

faint bluish tinge ; throat and foreneck are uniform dark schistaceons, crissnm and

thighs much brighter yellow. It occurs in Colombia (Antioquia and Bogota-coll.)

and in the Andes of Venezuela near Merida.

T. c. cijanocepliala (Lafr. & D'Orb.) differs from the foregoing form in its

paler grey under-surface (but not nearly as pale as in T. c. suda/ierea), much

lighter, lemon-yellow crissnm and thighs, as well as by its much more gieenish

back. It is found in Northern Bolivia, Pern, and West Ecuador.

32. Ramphocelus jacapa magnirostris Lafr.

[TatMgr/i jacapa Linnaeus, .S'l/s/ Nut. xii, i. 1766) p. 313 (Surinam— ex Edwards ; et Cayenne— ex

Brisson).]

liampliiicchis magnirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1853. p. 243 (Trinidad).

RanqihiiceJus alroserireus capifalis Allen, Bull. Aiucr. Mas. iv. (1892) p. 51 (El Pilar, near Cumana),

More than sixty specimens, adults and young, from Caparo, Valencia,

Chagnaramas, Seelet, and Laveutille. Examples from Cumana and from Gnanoco

in the Orinoco-delta are practically identical with those from Trinidad ; hence

B. a. ciijjitdlis becomes a synonym of nun/nirostris.

§

* Mini. Sue. Xoiil. Fruiicf xiii, (1900), p. l.ii;.

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1 can recoguise the following races of the It. jacapa gronji :

(a) R.jacapajacapa (Linn.)

Distribution : ('iii/i'inic, Sini/iam, Bn'f. Guiarta : Lower Amazonki : Para (Steere

III)!, ill -Mils. Tring), JIanaos (Natterer); Vpjicr Amazonia : "^waia, Pebas, Ljuitos

ill N.E. Pern; (Jnayaliamba, North Peru (Baron coll.); F.aisteni Kcaador : Najio

(Gloodfellow coll. — Mus. Tring); Vcni'zaela : on the middle and ujtper Orinoco and

its tributary, the Canra River.

{U) L'. Jacajj'i )t/(iffmrosfri,s Lafr.

Distribution : Tiinidod ; and N.E. Venezuela: Cnmana (( 'aracciolo coll.),

and Gnanoco in the Orinoco-delta (Andre coll. — Mus. Tring).

This form differs from the typical one by its larger size (wing 80 — 85, instead

of 74 — 8U mm.) and larger, stronger bill.

(<■) li. jacajKi renezueleii.-ti.s Lafr.

Tliinijiliocehi.i: renezuelensi.'i Lafresiiaye, Ucc. Zool. lS.""v5. ]). ^43 (Venezuela).

Distribution : North coast of Venezuela, near San Estebau.

It differs from the two foregoing races in having the wliole ventral surface

nearly uniform dark crimson ; only a small patch on the lower abdomen being

blackish. In R.j.jucnpu and R. j. mayiiirostris only the throat and the chest are

bright crimson, while the breast is decidedly duller and the blackish jiatcli in the

middle of the belly more extended. The back is also more washed witli crimson

in /?./". cenezxelertsis than in its allies.

I have a good series of this furni from S. Estebaii, near Puerto Cabello

(A. Mocquerys coll.), which answers well the original desc^riptimi.

(r/) li. jacn/i'i nnicolor Scl.

RiimpliocelKs unicolor Sclater, P. Z. S. 1850. p. 128 (Bogota).

Distribution: Colomhiu : Bogota aoW. ; Mcridu, Venezuela.

Perhaps barely separable from R. j. cenezneleHsis. Seven e.xamjiles before

me differ only by the dorsal surface being almost uniform crimson, while in the

jirecedent subspecies the back is always rather duller than the pileuni.

((■) It. jacajKi coii/iecteii-i Bcrl. it Stolzm.

Rliiimiilioceliiii jacapn connectens Berlepsch it Stolzmami, I'.Z.H. Ln'.m;. p. ;')44

(( 'eiitral Pern).

Distrilintioii.— rVv(//Y</ and Soitth Peru, extending eastwards through the

inferior of Brazil (Mattogrosso, Goiaz) to Baliia and southwards to the Rio I'uraini,

wliich forms the nurthern frontier of the state S. Paulo.

This form ditfcrs from y?./'. />/«//;« and R. j. magrdro.'ftri.^ in having only the

throat and chest crimson, the breast and abdomen being dull blackish, with but

a faint crimson hue. The whole back, too, is uiiil'orm velvety blackisli.

Jl. atro.v'riri'iis (Lafr. it D'Orli.) from Eastern Bolivia is still ]iurer black

above and beneath, and the female is so very dilferent from that of the subsijccies

of R. jacapa that it may be regarded as sjiecilically distinct.

33. Piranga rubra rubra (Linn.).

Frin(jiUu nihrii Linnaeus, Si/xt. Xiil. ed. x. (176S) p. 181 (ex Catesby. Xul. HIkI. Cnnijinii i. p. 50

tab. 66. — CaroliiM, A'irginia).

Taiiagra aentiva Gmelin, Sygt. Naf. 1. ii. (1788) p. 88'.i (based on the samp).

Fjirantjd uestica Sclater, Cm. 13. lirit. .\liis. xi. (1880), p. 182.

t)ue ¥ ad. from Laveiitille, taken November 6, 11(03.

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34. Phoenicothraiipis rubra (Vicill.).

Tiirhiii,h,n,m nihrr Vieillot, Nonr. Dirt, xxxii. (181'.i) p. 3r,0 (" ile de la Triniti' ").

:i c? !i(l. irom Caparo, iv. ; 2 <S ail. from Laventille, xii. ami iii. ; 1 S aJ.

and one liinl in female dress (marked " tj jr"), Chagiiaramas, i. ; 1 J ad., 1 J juv.,

1 ? ad. from Valencia, iii. ; 1 tS and 1 ? ad. from Aripo, 20n0 ft., v.

The males agree in every respect with three others from the neighbonrhood of

(Uiraana. The range of this species is restricted to the extreme north-east of

Yene/.nela, north of the Orinoco delta and the inland ol Trinidad. As far as I

I; now it has not }'et been recorded from Caracas.

35. Tachyphonus luctuosus Lafr. A: D'Orb.

Tiiclii//>!ioiiii.i JiirlKiisiix Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, Sijn. Av. i. in Mn;/. ZnnJ. 18.17. cl. ii. p. 29

(Guarayos, Bolivia).

r. alliixpcciilarh Le'otaud, Ols. Triukhd 186G, p. .30(1 (Trinidad).

T. nlricajiillim Lawrence, Prnr. Anal. Philad. 1868. p. ?)6() (Trinidad) [= J jnv.] und,"- :

Lanio (.') lawrmni Sclater, Ihls 18H5. p. 27-', tab. C. fig. 2.

CMnrnspiiir/iis Untaudi Chapman, Aid- x. (1893) p. :i43 (Trinidad) [= ?] ; idL-m, Bull, Amer. Mint.

vi. (1894) p. 31 (Trinidad).

Two (J ad. from Valencia, March, agreeing with Bolivian skins, but rather more

gloss}' on the lower suri'ace. The female of this species lias been described as

CIdorospingus IcoUuuli. Chapman's careful description leaves no doubt, and

the differences from Cklorospiiigiis chryHogaster Tacz., pointed out b}* him, are quite

obvious when an actual comparison of both species is made.

Although I have not seen the type of Lanio lawrencci I do not hesitate to

pronounce it to be nothing else Imt a young male of the same species, changing

from the juvenile to the adult plumage I The blackish head and the intermixed

lilack feathers on the interscapnlium clearly indicate that the specimen wonld have

become black in more advanced plumage. A skin from Bogota agrees perfectly

with the description and figure in the Ibia. It is very unfortunate that the three

stages of plumage of this bird not only should have been described as three distinct

species, but also placed in three different genera !

3(i. Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.).

Tii/mi/fii rtifii Bndd.aert, Tiihl. PI. rn>. (1783) p. 44 ( ? . — Cayenne : ex Buffon).

TtirliifphoiiHn mrial' tiriirt (Sparrm.) auct.

Many specimens from ('aparo, iv., v. ; 1 J ad. from Pointe Gourde, i. ; one pair

from Valencia, iii. ; 1 d ad. from Seelet, iv. ; one pair from Chaguararaas, i. ; and

4 <S6 from LaventiUe, xii, iii.

These liirds, as well as a series from Tobago, do not differ from others from

Cumana, Cayenne, and the Orinoco delta.

3T. Saltator striatipictiis Lafr.

Sallalor str'mtipirliis Lafresn.aye, Rrr. Zwil. 1847. p. 7.3 (Caly, W. Colombia).

<S'. albiioll'is auct. nee Vieillot ! *

One S ad. from ( 'aparo, March ; one from Chaguaramas, January ; and another

from Pointe (iourde, January.

They agree well witli .some siiecimens from near Cali, W. < 'olomliia (Hiia]] coll.).

* Cf. my paper on litllc-kuown types o£ neotropical birds wliidi will be published shortly.

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The <liisky streaks on the lower parts are jjerliaps ratlier liroader, but this dues not

seem to he a constant character, for in a series from ("uraaiia botli broadly and

n;irrii\vly striped examples an' to be lound.

3S. Saltator olivasceus < 'nb.

S. ullrasceim Cabanis: in Scliomburgk, ii-'iae Biit. Gulmm iii. (1848) p. (570 (Brit. Guiana).

Seven adults of both sexes from ("aparo, April ; 1 c? ad. Valencia, March ; and

one i)air from Seelet, April.

The series agree jierfectly with others from Siirinrim and Cumana.

A young bird, collected near Caparo, April 12, is above olive-green (instead

of dark ashy grey), the snpraloral and superciliary stripes are pale sulphur-yellow,

the blackish malar stripe barely indicated, and the lnwcr jiarts stronsriy tinged

with yellowish.

39. Volatinia jacarina splendens (Vieill.).

[Tiimii/ni Jnrtiriim Linnaeus, Si//:!. Niil. xii. i. (1700) p. 314 (ex Marcgrave.— East Brazil).]

FringiUa xphndens Vieillot, Num. Diet. xii. (1817) p. 173 (Cayenne), i

0 S ad., S i imm. and 4 ? ? from Caparo, April.

The males have the axillaries and under wing-coverts entirely bhuk, and

there is but a small white spot on the shoulilers. Tobago specimens are identical.

4ii. Sporophila grisea (Gm.).

Liirla f/rhni fimelin, S;/.^l. Xul. 1. ii. (1788) p. 8.^7 (based on Daubenton, PI. enl. 393. fig. 1.

"Virginie" — errore ! AVe substitute Cnyenur as typical locality).

•i iS, ~ ? ? from Caparo, March ; 1 c? Chaguaramas, January : 1 cJ, Pointe

Gourde, January; 2 S S, Seelet, April ; and 2 63, Valencia, March.

The series is not very uniform, some specimens having a large white patch

on the sides of the neck, entirely wanting in others.

41. Sporophila gutturalis gutturalis (Licht.).

FriiHiiUri f/iiHiirnlia Lichtenstein, I>)-;. Didil. 18l'.3. p. i>l> (S. Paulo).

(Jne J ad., Caparo, Ajiril ; .and another from Aripo, Isno ft., May. Not different

from typical Brazilian specimens.

42. Sporophila miuuta luinuta (Linn.).

Lnrlii miiiiihi Tiinnarus. .S;/s/. Xnl. x. (17.')8) p. Hi'i (Siirinani).

2 6 ;i(l. and 2 V ? from Caparo, JIarcli, April ami ;\riiy ; 1 S from Seelet,

A]iril.

The (^(Jagri'c with speeinieiis IVom ( 'nmana and I'ritisli (Jniana. Two SS

from Surinam are rather darker below, but an example from Antionuia, Cdloinbia, is

rjuite as dark.

43. Euetheia fiiliginosa (W'ied).

FnmiiUiifiiliiimnna Wied, Ihllr. Xatunj. BiaxU, ?,. i. (1830) p. 028 [Camaniu in lialiia].

I'kiiiiiiiiirafiimnm Lawrence, Ann. Li/c. Ken- V.irl: x. (1874) p. 3110 [Trinidad].

4 cJ(? and 2 ? ? from Caparo, Ajjril ; and 1 ? from Valencia, March.

These specimens (topcjtypes of P. /iii/io.m) are practically identical with two

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Bahia skins (E. fuliyinosn). A series from (Jniuaua is also not ilifferent. This

species is not included in Chapman's paper on the birds of Trinidad, thongli the

type oi P. f/imvsn has lieeu collceted on that island.

44. Oryzobonis augolensis (Linn.).

Loxia migiilensU Linnaeus, Si/nt. Xnl. xii. i. (ITOfi) p. .'30:1 (ex Edwards ; " Aiignl.i " — prrnve !

We substitute Eaut Brazil as typical locality).

L. Iiirridu Scopoli, Ami. Nat. Wxt, i. (1769) p. 140.

2 <i<S and 3 ? ? from ( "ai)aro, March and April; S S <S from Scelet, April ;

and 1 S each from Laventille, December, and Chagnaramas, Jannary. This series

agrees e.xactly with specimens from Surinam, British Guiana, and Cnmami. I have

3") adnlt males from different localities before me, and none of them shows any

trace of a chestnut cross-band on the throat. Therefore it seems very probable

that 0. speciihiris Finsch,* if not au accidental variety, may yet turn out to lie a

different race.

45. Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gm.).

Loxia crussirnslris Gmelin, Si/xt. A'tit. I. ii. (I7SM) p. Hi'd [ex Latham : PTab. ign.— We substitute

Cai/fime.']

Two (?c? ad. from Seelet, March.

They agree with specimens from the Orinoco (Qniribana de C'aicara) and Upper

Rio Negro (Lamalonga and Marabitanas) in having rather large and strong bills.

The birds found in British (iniana have mostly smaller bills, but this is not quite

constant.

40. Ostinops decumanus (Pall.)

XaulliurmiK ihcumunns Pallas, Spicil. fasc. vi. (1769) p. 1 (Surinam).

Oatinops deatmanus insuhii-is Dalmas, Mini. Snc. Zool. France xiii. (1900) p. I.'i7 (Tobago).

Two c? and S ¥ ? from Caparo, April, and Seelet, April.

Count Dalmas separated the Tobago birds as a subspecies on account of their

smaller size and paler castaneous rump, but there must be some mistake here.

On comparing 4 cJcJ and 3 ? ? from Tobago with a very large series from

different localities on the mainland, I cannot find the slightest difference, either in

size or in colour. The females are always considerably smaller than the males,

the crest is much shorter, and the rump usually paler castaneous. These arc just tlie

characters by which 0. d . hi.'^iildiiti is said to differ from the typical form, and I

strongly suspect that ( 'ount Dalmas was misled by wrongly sexed specimens.

Measurements :

• /'. /.. .i. 1870, p. 5S3.

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47. Cacicus cela (Jjiun.).

PuniA Cela Linnaeus. Si/sl. Xnl. .\. (IT58) p. 191 ("in Indiis" — errore ! We substitnte SiiriiMin).

Tfiiui/im albimxlri.'! Linnaeus, .1A««. Ad. Friil. ii. Prodi: (ITG4) p. 31 (" America").

Oiioht.t pemh-us Linnaeus, S'//»7. .Y"^ xii. 1 (ITiii'i) p. Kil ('■ in .\ineiiea mcriiliona'i ").

Citaxit'tis pet'AicKn auct.

Five adnlts I'rom ('a])aro, Ainil and Jlay ; imf iiair t'runi Seclot, Apiil. Tlit\v

agree perfectly with spcrimons from Surinam ami ( 'iimana.

N.B. — Tlio above is tlie proper name for tlie species commonly called C. pcrsiciis,

as has been brony:lit to my attention by Count Berlepsi-h. Linne's diagnosis of

Parus cela reads as follows : " P. niger, rostro albo, macula alarnm basiqne caiidae

flavis, Mus. Arl. Fi: 2. p. . . . Habitat in Indiis." Turning to the " Museum Ad.

Frid.", we find but one species, T<i/iai/iri nlhiroxtris, to which this description can

a]iply. The diagnosis given ibr that bird is the same, word for word, but a more

detailed account is added that renders the ideutilication absolutely certain : (!f.

" corpu.s sturno fere mains, nigrum, basi pennarum in tergo albo."

48. Xanthornus xanthornus xanthornus (lira.).

Orinhiii raiilhorniia Gmelin, Sijst. A'nt. 1. i. (17>I8) p. 3;il [(excl. Edwards and habitat : Jamaica) ex

Bris.son & Buffon, '■ Mexico " — errore ! We fix OniPiine ex Buffon as the typical locality.]

A good series from Chaguaramas, January ; Seelet, April ; C'ai>aro, March and

April ; Pointe Gourde, January; Laventille, March.

These examples have generally longer and stronger bills than others from

( 'umana and the Orinoco valley, and the wings average 2 to 3 ram. longer. One

specimen from Margarita Island is somewhat intermediate. X. x. curaqoensis

(Ridgw.) has the bill still longer and more slender.

Immature birds are much less brightly coloured tlininghonf, more greenish

yellow aljove and less orange below.

4'.t. Molothrus atronitens < 'al

Muhithms iitriimti II'! Cali.inis : in Schomburgk, Heism Brit. O'liiaiia iii. (184H) p. G8'2 [coast of

British Guiana].

^f. minimiiK Dalmas, Mcni. Hoc. Zvul. Fniiirr xiii. (litUO) p. 1.S8 (Tobago).

3 cJcJ from ("ai)aro. April ; 1 c? ad., C'aroni K., April; A 66 and 3 ¥ 9 from

Seelet, April.

Tiiese sjjecimens agree in coloration and size with a series from Tobago

{M. >ni)iimn.s Dalm.) and with the type of J/, iit/onitens Cab. in the Berlin Museum.

I suspect that Ualmas, when describing his M. mini/mis, compared it with

M. renezuelethvs Stone, which he might have mistaken for M. atronitens.

M. renezuelethv.'i is indeed mucli larger than the latter species, as will be seeu from

the following measurements.

M. atronitens Cab.

(J ad., British Guiana (Schomburgk coll.)

Type of the species. Mus. Berlin . Win^

8 sexed 6 6 from Trinidad ......

9 „ „ „ Tobago {M. minimus Dalm.)

1 .. c^ ad. from Para (Xatterer coll.) . ,,

1 ,, „ from K. Cauanie, Hio Branco

(Natterer coll.) „ lUU ; „ 77

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M. cenezuelemis Stone.*

4 sexed c?(?, Puerto Cabellii, Venezuela . . Wing 114— llf,; tail 86— 0(1 mm.

1 ,, i ad. Lagunillas . . . . ,,114 ; „ 89 „

6 „ c? c? from Merida „ 111)— 118; „ 84—01 „

4 ,, S ad. from Qniriljauu de Caicara,

Orinoco ,, \\--i — 110 ; „ 88— ',_)4 „

50. Agelaius icterocephalus (Linn.)

Oriijluf irlirorrjihalH.'i Liimauus, Si/sl. Xat. xii. 1 (17GG) p. 163 [•■ Cayaiia," ux lirissou A

Edwards].

A good series of ailnlts and yonng birds from Seelet, April, and ('anini, I\[aveli

and April, not different from (Jayeune specimens.

51. Leistes militaris (Linn.)

Emheriza lu/likiris Linnaeus, S;/»l. yul. x. (1758) p. 178 (ex "America" — "Asia," orr. ! — We

suljstitute Surhiam).

Oriolus (juiaiifitxh-\- Taiiiiijra militaris Linnaeus, .S'</.s7. Nut. ed. xii. i. (lyCiCi) pp. 162, M16.

Leistes f/iiitiiieiisis Sclater, Oil. B. Bril. Miis. x\. p. 348.

2 SS and 2 ? ¥ from (!aroni, iv. ; and 1 cf from El Socorro, iv. These

specimens agree perfectly with others from Surinam, British Gniana, and the

Orinoco Uiver.

52. Quiscalus lugubris Sw.

Qiiiscalns hii/iiliris Swaiusou, Aiiim. in Mvmuj. (18.S8) p. 299 ("Brazil," err. ! — We substitute Bi-it.

Guiana).

One c? ad. from (.'aroni, 25 iv. 1003, agreeing with specimens from t'umana, and

the Orinoco region. One adult from Lagunillas near Merida, W. Venezuela, is

apparently also not different.

53. Cassidix oryzivora (Gm.)

Orhilus arji-Jeorus Gmelin, Sust. Xat. 1. i. (1788) p. 386 (Cayenne.— ox Jjatbain I

1 S ad. from Seelet, iv.

54. Arundinicola leucocephala (Linn.).

Pipra kncori-jihala Liuuaeus, .l/«s. .Id. Fiid. ii, Prodr. (1764) p. 33 {Sariiiam : cfr. Si/xi. Xat. xii 1.

p. 340).

One <S from Caroni, iv., agreeing in colour and size with a series from Brit. Guiana

and the Orinoco Uiver.

55. Fluvicola pica (Bodd.)

.Miiniiaiiupira Boddaert. Tal,i. PI. ml. (1783) p. 42 (ex Daubeiiton. tab. 675 f. i.— Cayeime).

6 c?c? from Seelet, iv., 1 S ad. (sexed ? 1) and 1 S jr. from Garoni Swamp, ii.

Tliey are in no way dift'erent from a very large series from the Orinoco, Brit-

Guiana, ('uman;i, Maracailid and I'ogota coll.

* Auk 1S',I1.-|,. 3j7 (Venezuela— Goeiing- e,.)I.)

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oO. Platyrhynchus mystaceus insularis Allen.

Plai>jrh<j,irhii> i,is„l,n-i.'< Allen. BnII. Amrr. M,,^. ii. (iss'.i) p. 143 [Tobago].

1 c? from Laveiitillc, j\[arili, aud 1 ? from Caiiaro, April.

They agree with three adults from Tobago (toj)otypical F. i/tsular/s) in every

respect. Specimens from Cumaiia and Tocuyo in Nflrthern Veueznela belong also

til tliis form, whieh dillers from tlie typical race of Paraguay and S.E. Brazil in its

dull greenish (instead of warm oil-brown) upjier ]iarts, less brownish crown and

much paler nnder-snrface, the chest being but slightly washed with brownish. Tlie

birds from the upper Orinoco (Caieara) and the Horainia Jits., Brit. Guiana, are

somewhat intermediate between the tyjiieal and the northern race, Ijut nearer the

former ; yet they differ in having the back slightly paler brown and the under jiarls

not (juite so dark. Very likely they rei)resent another distinguishable form, but 1

would like to see more specimens before describing it. The difference in size upon

which Jlr. i\llen laid much stress is not constant.

ST. Orchilus* ecaudatiis (Lair. A M'Orb.).

Tnfliriislniin rciiudnlii in Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, S////. Ai\ i. in Mwj. Zi«iL IS.TT. d. ii. p. 47

(Yuracares, E. Bolivia. — type in Mus. Paris examined).

One pair from Savannah Grande, February 7, 1897, collected by l>r. I'erey

Kendall (Nos. 35, 36)— " Iris dark brown (?), yellowish brown (S), feet steel-

colour, bill greyish horn-colonr, tipped with dirty white."

The specimens from Trinidad are in no way different from others, collected

by Natterer on the Rio Madeira. The species is for the first time recorded from

Trinidad. The most northerly locality hitherto known was San Esteban, in

N.AV. Venezuela, where Prof. Goeriug collected a specimen. (Jherrie sent an

e-xamjile from Muaduapo, ]J. Orinoco, and Klages another from Snajiure on the

('aura U., to the Tring Museum.

08. Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris nov. subsp.

[Jlii.fiycajin oleai/hira Lichten.st(:in, ]'ii::. Diilil. (18:i3) \>. .')."i (Baliia).]

A good series from Caparo (April) and Valencia (March).

These specimens, as well as a good many from Cnmani'i, and mw. male from

Castare, Tobago, differ from 3i) skins from more southern localities in the decidedly

])aler orange colonr of the belly, much less greyish green suffusion of the throat,

and duller olive green ujiper i)arts. The differences are so obvious when a series is

compared that 1 propose to sejiarate the northern race as

Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris Ilellm.

Type in Mus. Tring : i ad. IliKcnii o'i San Aiitnnio, Ciiinniiii, March 14, lMt8.

Caracciolo coll.. No. 850.

M. 0. ax.si'milif Scl. and ^f. 0. parcHg Bani;s, from ( 'entral America, are at once

known by their much paler and duller colonr of the abdomen, considerably darker

greyish green throat, and darker green upper parts.

* Pn-hxiifrhruA Ohovliolser [Pror. L\ S. Xa/, .}fi/s. xxv, li)02. p. I>1 (Type : Todirosh'inn trftudatiint

I.afr. & IVOib.)]. This f,'enus is not, .separable from Orchilus, sinre 0. alUvrntrh lierl. & Stolzn). connects

O. aiiririiluri.i witli I lie two sliort-taileil species, 0, ccaudatux and 0. atricajnlliia.

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50. Ornithion pusillum (<'al>. & Ileiue).

Mijinimthpmilla Cabanis & Heine, J/«». Ilrui. ii. (ISoO), p. 5S (Cartagena, N. Colombia).

3 ? ? , 1 ? from Caparo, iv. ; 1 ? , Seelet, iv.

They agree with a ver)' large series from Cnmana, tlu; Urinuco region,

Snrinam, and Bogota coll. Costa Rica birds differ somewhat by their slightly

greener back and generally brigliter yellow nnder-parts, and may stand as a

subspecies, U. p. suhjlamnn Cherrie.

<iO. Elainea gaimardii CD'Orb.).

iliisckaiiara GiilmunU't D'Orbigny, l'".'/",7'' (P"W- between 1838 and 1817), Ok. p Mf> [Yuraeares,

North-east Bolivia].

Fonrteeu specimens of both sexes from Ciij)ar(>, March and Ajiril.

They are mostly paler yellow liclow thaQ a large series from the Orinoco and

Canra R., Guiana, (Jiimana, and Bogota coll. ; but some are hardly different in

that respect.

01. Elainea pagana pagana (Lcht.).

Miisinipii j«i;/iimi Lichteustein, Vn-:. Diihl. (1823), p. hi [Bahia].

Three females from .Seelet, Ajiril, and three adnlts of both sexes from C'aparo,

Aiiril. They have usually more white in the crest than typical Brazilian liird-;,

aiH'eeing in that respect with others from Venezuela, Tobago, Guiana, and Bogot,

collections, though this character is not iiuite constant.

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02. Legattis albicollis (Vieill.).

Tyraimii.H alhlrollls Vieillot, Xmii: Did. xxxv. (1810), p. 80 [ex Azara— Pavagua)].

One female from Caparo, April, and a male from Seelet, April, agreeing with

a series from British Guiana, Snrinam, and Bahia. Typical Paraguay skins were not

available for comparison.

03. Myiozetetes sulphureus (S])ix).

Miisn.aiM siiljihi'irn Spix, Ar. Bias. ii. (1825), p. 1(5, tab. xx. ["in Brasilia"].

BIr. Andre did not send this species, and its occurrence in Triuidail rest.s on (he

single specimen collected by Mr. Chapman at La Brea.

04. Rhjaichocyclus flaviventris flaviventris CWied).

Musriprl,, fririrndns Wied, Bcilr. Xuhny. Brasd. .3 ii. (1831), p. '.)2'.l [Mucuri and AIcnba.;a :

Espiritu Santo, S.E. Brazil].

!d i S and ? ? iVom Cupam, Aiiril, ] 3 fnuu Valencia,. ;\ia.rcli, and 1 ? from

Seelet, April. They are not different from Bahia skins, and one adult from Tocuyo,

Venezuela, is also identical. N(ine of the many specimens before me apiiroaches

Ix'.f. hnrbac Ilcllm. in the colour of the under parts.

05. Rhynchocyclus sulphurescens sulphurescens (Spix).

riatyrhnnrhuH mlphiiresrciiH Spix, Ai\ Bras. ii. (182.5). p. 10, tab. xii. fig. 1 (" S ") 1^'" de Janeiro,

Piauhy, etc. — We accept liin as typical locality].

8tJ(?and ?? from Caparo, March and April. Besides, the Tring Jlnscnm

has one " ? " collected at Tacarigua in February by Dr. Percy liendall.

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Tlie series agrees in every iletiiil with sjieciiuciis i'rom Ciiinaiui mul S. Paiilo in

S. Brazil, the pileiim beinfr olive u;reen like tlie Ijack, and but slif;lit]y mixed with

grey. A nunilier of sl< ins from X.E. Peru (Xeberos and ( 'hamicuros, E. Barth>tt

t'oll.) have the pilenm grey with very little greenish admixture, and the nnder-

snrface distinctly pale yellow. They ought to be called A', s. u/asimilix I'elz.,

although the types of the latter form have a duller, more greyish greeu back.

06. Pitangus sulphuratus trinitatis nov. subs]).

[Lniiiiis sulphumtii.^ Linnaeus, .%s7. A'//, xii. i. (ITliil), p. lo7 (ux Brisson : '' Cai/miia ''].

Pilaiigus nulpliuiiitics (nee Linno) Chapman, litill. Antri: Mux. X. Y. vi. (1894), p. 40 (TriuiJail).

8 c?(? and ?? from Caparo, Marcli and April, 1 S from ( 'haguaramas,

January, and 1 ? from Seelet, Ai>ril.

The birds from Trinidad are exactly intermediate lietween typical /'. .s. sul-

jj/tuiafi'S and P. s. rufpcnnis (Lafr.). The differences of tiie three suljsjiecios may

be expressed as follow.s : —

((/) 1'. .s. m/i'/i'iraOfx (Linn.)

Uj)per wing- and tail-coverts with scarcely any trace of rnf(jus margins ; (piills

narrowly edged with rufous; outer tail-feathers with the extreme base of the inner

weiis only rufous.

Ilab. Surinam, Cayenne, Brit. (Juiana, and Amazouia, from I'ara to N.E. Peru

aud East Ecuador.

(b) P. s. trinitatis Hellm.

Upper wing- and tail-coverts distinctly margined with rufous ; quills more

broadly edged with rufous, these edges being separated from the rufous colour of

the inner webs by a distinct dusky stripe along the shaft; tail-feathers with broad

rufous margins occupying about half the lireadth of the inner web.

Type in Mus. Tring : " ? " ad., Caparo, Trinidad, April Id, E. Andre coll.

Ilf/i. Trinidad.

(c) P. s. rufpennis (Lafr.).

SftitnijiIuKjiis riiji2>eniih Lafresnaye, Rcr. Zunl. 1851, p. 471 (Gankas).

Upper wing- aud tail-coverts almost entirely rufous, only a narrow central

streak loeing dusky ; both webs of the quills (except the tips of the primaries and

a broad shaft-stripe on the apical half of the secondaries) and inner web of theonter

tail-feathers entirely rufous.

Ildlj. Venezuela: from C'umana to S. Esteban, south to the Orinoco \alley

and its tributaries; Colombia: Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cauca valley, aud Bogota

collections.

The above differences are ipiite constant in a series of .i4 adults.

•57. Myiodynastes audax (Gm.).

MHtt:icapaiiuda.rGmfs\\n,Sij^l. Xnl. 1. ii. (1788), p. 034 [ex Uaubenton, PI. en!. 453. fig. 2 : Cayennel -

1 ?, Valencia. Jlanh ; 1 ¥, Puinte (tourde, January; and 1^ adults of botli

sexes from Caparo, March. They agree witli a large series from Tobago, ( 'umana,

Merida, and British Guiana. It is certainly wrong to treat .1/. solitarius (Vieill.)

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as a siilispecies of .^f. fu/f/n.r, siiifu tliey iicc.iii- t,u;;etla'r at vaiimis Incalitics. In the

Tring Museum there are both sjiecies from tlie ]{io HujiurLimi, British Guiana, and

Natterer collected both at Barra do Rio Negro, N. Brazil. M. solitariitH has never

any trace of rufous on the tail ; the black stripes ou the under-surface are also more

extended and broader, especially on the throat, which in M. aiuhix is almost devoid

of dusky markings. The back, too, is blacker, and the rufous edges of the upper

tail-coverts much darker.

68. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.).

Liuiina p'llnnijiin Linnaeus, StjM. Nat. xii. i. (1766) p. 13ii (ex Brisson : " Brosil ").

Eleven adults and one young bird from ( 'a])aro, March and April ; 1 c? ad.

Laventille, December; 1 (?, Pointe (iourde, January; 'Z $ i , Chaguaramas

January. They are not different in any way from topotypical Brazilian skins.

6tt. Myiobius fasciatus (P. L. S. Mull.) .

Muxi-irrijin/ufC/atn P. L. 8. JliiUer, ,Y(//«)■^//^7. Suppl. (177(5) p. 172 ["Ca/r«/)( "— e.x Daubentuu, PI.

enl. hii, fig. 3).]

Jfn.tcioajxi iiarria Boddaert, Tab/. PI. ml. ( 1 7x3) p. 34 [based on Daubentoii].

Mlf'n}hiuf< uafcf'fs auct.

1 c? ad. from C'aparo, April, and I ? from Seelet, April, agreeing with

examples from (Himana, Cayenne, and Brazil. In the male the crest is lemon

yellow, in the female ferrnginous.

'". Empidonax lawrencei Allen.

Orhlhnrrii tl,n-im,lris Lawrence, Ami. .%'<■/'■ Ynrk Ar. Sri. iv. (1887) p. (57 (loc. ign.) uiide ;

Empidniiiix htirrfwri Allen, Bull. Aiiui: .!/«.<. .V. 1'. ii. (18811) p. 150: Chapman, Bull. Aiiiry. .Mkx.

vi. (1894) p. 4-2 (Trinidad).

E. olim Sclater, Cal. Birih Biil. .Miis. xiv. (1888) p. 224.

Seven specimens of both sexes from Caparo, April. They agree in every

respect with a series from Camana and the Caura River, Venezuela.

E. luwrenrei is the bird commonly called E. olivri or /:,'. plleata (cfr. Sor. Zool.

ix. 101(2, p. 174) ; but it is almost certain that the " Gobe-raonche olive, de Cayenne "

of Daubenton, upon which both names have lieen based, does not refer to the species

in (piestion, which is not known to occur in Cayenne. It seems, therefore, best to

retain Mr. Allen's name.

Measurements : \Ving 01— Uts ; tail .J.J— 05 mm.

Tl. Blacicus brachytarsus (Sd.) (subsp. ?j

Eiii/iirlniiii.i- bnirlii/tarsiin Selater, Jhix, I85',l. p. 441 [Cordova, South Mexico].

A series of •,'0 specimens {S d and ? ?) from Caparo, April; Pointe (iourde,

January, and Valencia, IMarch ; agreeing with others from Cumanu and Mount

Bucarito, Venezuela.

Two skins from Vera Paz, Guatemala, hnve decidedly darker under ]iarfs. but

are not otherwise different. Perhai)s the South American birds could be sejiarated

subspecitically. EMjiii/ona.r ai)r/i//>t.t Tacz. seems to be the same as ('. >■//■<'/'.•<

(Liim.), so they would re((nire a new name. A larger series, however, should lie

examined.

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T'.'. Myiarchus tubeixulifer ( t-atr. ^, J)'l)rli.).

Tyraiiiiiin litherculifer Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, %/i. Ae. i. in Mag. Znnl. 1837. cl. ii. p. 43

[Guarayos, East Bolivia].

1 6 and 2 ? ? from Caparo, April : 1 J from Aripo, 2niiii ft., 5Iay.

These examples agree e.xaetly with a large series trom Cnmaiid, Brazil, British

Guiana and Bogota coll. In Hie C'tl. Birds Brit. Mus. most of the specimens of

this species have been jilaced under M. /liffrice/is, while two others arc registered

as a different species : .1/. Irii-olor !' As a matter of fact, however, the former are

absolntel)- identical with those from Baliia and Uio Tocantins. The distribution of

the two species or subspecies is as follows :

(a) Mi/iarchiM tuberculifer (Lafr. & D'Orb.)

Brazil: ]{io, Bahia, Mattogrosso, Para, I'.orba ; /■.'".v/ Bnlirin : (Jnarayos ;

Ujjjier Amozonia : Iquitos, N.E. Peru ; Sarayaen, East Ecuador ; Coloinhia : Bogota

coll.; Venezuela: Merida ; S. Estelian ; Cumana : Orinoco valley (Quiribana de

Caicara, Nericagna) ; Trinidad: Brit, (iniaim : Koraima, etc.

Obs. Having not seen specimens from Santa Marta and Panama, I cannot say

whether they belong to this or to the next form.

(4) Myiarchus nigriccps Scl.

Western Ecuador : Pallatanga, Esmeraldas, Chimbo, Bngnac, Nicbli, etc. ; and

yprfherH Peru: Tambilln, Callucate, Cnlervo, Ilnaiubo, Tamiapampa,

C'ajabamba, Malea, etc.

'■'•>. Myiarchus tyrannulus tyrannulus (P. L. S. Milll ).

.Uusr.iriipa li/nni,iii/i(g P. L. S. Miillor, Xalin:'<i/iil. Siqipl. p. 1«0 (1771',.— Cayenne— c.k U'Aubcnton,

/'/. (•»/. 57I,fig. 1).

Mij'ianhis cfi/llii-na'rciis Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. .S. 18l'iS. pp. 6-28, 631 (CarAoas).

1 tj ad. from ( 'liaguaramas, January : 1 i, Laventille, December ; and 3 ? ?

from Seelet, April.

These specimens, as well as some others from Tobago, are practically identical

with a series from ('nmana and the Orinoco Biver. They evidently represent

typical M. ti/rannulu.^.

.\r. t. ohcri Lawr., from the Lesser Antilles, differs in its larger and longer bill,

decidedly darker njiper parts, and in having the whole inner web of the outer tail-

feathers rnfons. .1/. t. brccijjcnnis Hart., from Curacao, etc., on the other hand, is

much smaller, especially witli a considerably shorter and weaker bill.

T4. Tyrannus melaucholicus satrapa (Cab. ^V, Heine).

[ TyramiuH mrl„i,-h;lkiis Vieilint, .Y""c. Did. .x.x.w. (1819) p. 84 (ex A/.ani : Paraguay).]

Laphjrtex Hnlrnjiii Cabanis & Heine, .!/»«. Ilrinmn. ii. (1850) p. 77 (" Guiana and Caracas ").

Many s[.ecimens from Caparo, Aiiril, agreeing in size and colour with a series

from Tobago, Panama, Costa Bica and British Guiana. The nortliern form differs

from typical T. m. melancliolims only by its somewhat larger size. On the other

hand, T. m. couchi Baird is a strongly marked race, easily known from those of

South America by its largrr size, paler, more whitish throat, much less greenish

suffusion on the foreneck and ninch paler yellow belly.

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T.s. Tyrannus rostratus Scl.

Tymn/iKK mxlmlns Sclatcr, Ibis, 18(i4. p. 87 [Port of Spain, Triuidad (Taylor) and Guiaua.]

1 S acl. from Seelet, Aiiril ; ami auuther 6 i'rom Lavuiitillc, Ueceiiiljer.

They are absolutely identical with a large series from the Antilles (tjanta Lucia,

Dominica, etc.). Although originally described from Trinidad, tiiis bird is certainly

only a winter visitor on the island.

TC). Muscivora tyrannus (Linn.).

Miisacojia li/raiuim Liuuauus, Si/d. ym. .\ii. 1. (17Glij p. 325 [tx Brissou : '• Canada" (orrore !) and

Cayenne].

One adidt i'rom Caroni, A[iril.

77. Pipra erythrocephala (Linn.).

Parus enjthnKfplmhis Linnaeus, Si/>l. yal. x. (17i8) p. I'.H (ux Edwards.- Surinam).

Pipra anrnvnpiUa Lcht.

A good series from ('aparo, March and .Vi)ril ; Valencia, March ; Pointe Gourde

and t'haguaramas, January.

Like others from Cumana, and (inanoco in the Orinoco delta, the S S have the

cap brighter, more orange than tliose from Cayenne and Surinam. Specimens from

the Orinoco and t'aura are, however, so variously intermediate tliat I do not venture

to separate them.

78. Chiromachaeris manacus manacus (Linn.).

Pipia iiiaittiriif: Linuacus, %.s(. \at. .xii. 1. p. 240 (ITGU.— e.x Kdwards ; "supposed to be Sumntin,"

and ex Brisson : part).

A very large series of both se.\es from (_'ai)aro, March and April ; one pair

from Laventille, December; 2 (i S from Valencia, March; and :2 JcJ, 1 ? from

C'haguaramas, January.

The males agree witli several specimens from Surinam in having only the sides

of tlie belly and the under tail-coverts grey. 2^6 from Archidona (East Ecuador),

one from the (Jaura River, and several from tlie Hio Negro (Natterer), belong also

to this form.

C. III. jjxrm (Bangs) from the Lower Amazons, is easily recognisable by its

white under tail-coverts and narrow black area on the back.

711. Tityra cayana (L.).

Lnn/Hs mi/iiniis Linnaeus, Si/sL Xnt. xii. 1. (17G6) p. 137 (ex Brisson.— Caycnni).

-! c?c? and 2 ? ? from Caiiaro, iii., iv.; and 1 6 ad. from Valencia, iii.

Apparently not ditt'erent from (Cayenne and Cumana specimens, Imt tiie males

are a shade more cinereous, both beneath and above.

•sti. Pachyrhamphus niger cinereiventris Sd.

[Piiiiiijvijiirhiis H/'^r,- Spix, /I '■. />'/</^. ii. (IS-J.'i) p. 3:;. tal>. 4.'i. tig. I (no locality given.— We subslilute

Fuiitrbua^ Amazon.i, as the typical locality).]

Paclit/rluiiiqihiit fiiirnirriiliis Sclater, Oil. Aiiar. IJhds, p. -Hi (1862.— Santa Marta).

Parlu/rhamphus nii/cr (nee Spix !) Chapman, /.''///. .!«»,■, .)/»«. vi. (1894) p. 47 (Trinidad).

2 (?c? from ('aparo, Ajirij, niid 1 c^ ad. from I'ointe (Gourde, January.

These specimens agree with a scries from Cnmnna, Tobago, the Orinoco valley,

and Bogota-collections. I compared also the type of /'. ciiieificen/ria from Santa Marta

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ill till' I'litisli Museum, ami liniiul il tn bolnug tn the sauu' Inrm. The luidei' surface

is (lark cinerous, more or less freckled with dull blackish, especially on the throat

and I'oreiieck. The true P. n. niijer from N.E. Pern and East Ecuador differs at a

glance by having the lower parts uniform deep black, the rumji and npper tail-

coverts black like the back (never grey as in ci iiereiventris), and by its larger bill.

81. Chasmorhyuchus variegatus (Gm.).

Ampdis mritgiila Gmelin, Syxt. Xal. 1. ii. (1788) p. 841 [ex Brissoii, etc. — " Brasilia "—erroic 1

We substitute Caijcmir.']

1 S ad., 1 S jr., and 1 ? from Aripo, L'tMil) ft., May ; 1 S ad. Caparo, Jlay ;

] i ad., 2 SS }i: and a ? ? from Valencia, March.

This series agrees well with several specimens from the Itoraima Sluuutains,

British Guiana. The species has not yet been recorded from the " Cote de I'aria,"

but Gocriiig collected it at S. Esteban, near Puerto f'abello.

s:,'. Sclerurus albigularis Scl. & Salv.*

Schrurus alhiijiilarls Sclater & Salviu, P. Z. S. 1868. p. 630 [Caracas.]

1 ? ad. from Valencia, March 25 ; and 1 c? from ('aparo, Ajiril 1~.

Identical with specimens from Tobago and Cnmaua.

S. caniyuluris Ridgw. has i|nite erroneously been united with the above species

by Dr. Sclater. It is a very much darker bird throughout. The ui)per parts are

dark rufous brown (instead of pale olive brown), the foreneck deep chestnut rufous

(instead of pale ferruginous), breast and abdomen dark rufous brown mixed with

blackish, and the whole throat is uniform dark ashy grey (chin and ujipcr throat

not whitish, as in S. idbiijiilarix).

83. Synallaxis cinnamomea (Gm.).

Certliia cbinamnmeu Gmelin, Si/.sV. X'lt. 1. i. (178S) p. 480 [ex Latham: loc. ign. — We accept

Cayemie as the typical locality].

2 SS from Caroni Swamp, March : '^ S S ad., 1 ? ad. and '~ juv. from Seelct,

April ; agreeing with a good series from Surinam, Uritish Guiana mid the ()rim)co

Hiver.

84. Synallaxis albescens albigularis Scl.

[Hnwillajia albescens Temminck, /'/. n,l. lirr. 88 (Sept. 1823) tab. 227. fig. -1 (S. Brazil i].

,S albignlaris Sclater, /'. Z. S, 1808. p. 63 [Rio Napo, East Ecuador].

.S. ncr'ipilalU Madara-sz, Ann. Mux. Xat. Hunij. i. (1903) p. 463 [Merida, Venezuela].

Three S S from Caparo, Blareh and Ajtril ; and one young bird from Laventille,

Blarch.

The adults agree with a large series irom the Orinoco, Merida, Bogota, and

East Ecuador. Through Sclater's " lumping " of S. albescens albescens and S. a

albiiiiilnris in the Cut. JJ. .\v., Dr. von JIadaiasz was misled to create a new name

for the northern form. The latter may be distinguished from the Brazilian bird by

the much broader, greyish brown frontal band, paler, more greyish brown (instead

of reddish brown) tail, and, as a rule, lighter rufons, less castaneoiis colour of the

crown and shoulder patch.

♦ Tlie ii;imc i> commuiily atuibiited to SSw:iiiifOn (Bhils Jliazil, vlc, iAh. 7sj, but that platf is not

to be found in any u£ the copies 1 cuusulted.

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■s."). Synallaxis terrestris carri (hapm.

Si/, Ill/Ill. lis rurri r!li;i|iman, Hull. Ami-r. Mim. vii. (1895) p. I!'i3 [Caparo : Ti-iniciailJ.

One S iiil. IVom Cajiaro, coUeftcil April 4, VMYZ.

This is a vny distinct I'orra, at once known from .V. t. fi'nvsfi-i.i .Tard. In- the

following characters : tlie n])iier [larts are much darker, mnmmy brown (instead

of i)ale olivaceous brown), the wings darker chestnut, and tlie breast and abdomen

also much more intensely colourgd, scarcely lighter than the back. The whitish

spots on the throat are greatly restricted, the blackish ground-colour becoming

much more apparent. Only the anterior portion of the chest shows a few narrow

fulvous shaft-lines, while in -S'. t. terre.stria from Tobago the whole breast is

covered with distinct pale stripes, which are slightly margined witli dusky

laterally.

8. t. strir/tijii'i'tus ( 'hapm. from Cumana is another close ally, but differs in

the decide<lly rufous sides of the neck and superciliaries, and in having tiie whole

lireast and abdomen marked with broad fulvous shaft-stripes.

■SO. Xenops rutilus rutilus Licht.

Xeiiups riil'ilua Lichtenstein, Vei-~.. Diibl. 18J3. p. 17 [Baliia].

One (? ad. and one specimen not sexed, from Laventille, December and April.

They agree with examples from Bahia, S. Paulo ami Cnmana.

87. Dendrocincla meruloides (Lafr.).

Deiidrocnps meviilniih-s Lafresnaye, Rev. Zmil. 1851. p. 4lj7 [" Cote ferme " coll. Beauperthuys. — This

means the north coast of Venezuela near Ciiiiuind '].

Dfiidriiciiirla iiii'mhiidea riphanln Oberholser, Proc. Acail. Phihitl. 11IIJ4. p. 4GU (Tobago).

Thirteen specimens of both sexes from Caparo, April ; ] S ad. from Pointe

Gourde, January.

The series is fairly uniform, and agrees perfectly with a good many skins from

Gumanaand Puerto Oabello. Two specimens from Tobago are also in no way ditferent.

It is certainly wrong to treat D. ineruloidfs as a subspecies of r>. inenda (Lciit.).

The latter is readily distinguished from all South American species of Dendrocincla

by its deep chestnut upjier wing- and lower tail-coverts and bright orange axillaries.

D. meruloidex, on the other hand, agrees in both respects with J ). jihaeochroa {v{\\\ch.

occurs together with ]>. mcritla at different localities, e.g. on the Orinoco), but

differs in its more ciunamnmeous-brown upjier parts, more rusty under-snrface, and

in the throat being uniform with the breast (instead of buffv).

88. Dendrornis susurrans susurrans (.lard.).

DciHlroi'nlapies s«s//mi«s Jardine, Ann. .Vu(/. iVii/. /fiat. xix. (1847) p. 81 [Tobago].

Nasica albhqiiaiiui Lafi'osnayo, liir. Ziinl. 1852. p. 4(55 [loc. ign.].

Deiiiliiiriiis mnxdhi-iimx Dalmas, M^iii. Soi: Zoul. France xiii. (190II) p. 140 [TriniJad].

Fourteen specimens (adult and young) from (Japaro, April ; 1 S ad.

Ohaguaramas, January ; 1 c? ad., Pointe Gourde, January ; 1 ¥ jr., Seelet, April ;

4 (?(?, Laventille, April and May ; 1 S, Valencia, March.

* I compared two of the typical specimens, cullectcd by M. l!eaupeitlniy.s, in the I'.iris Museum.

They are both labelled •' Ciimaiiu," ami as lieaupeitluiys never collected anywhere else, tills locality must

be regarded as the typical one.

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On corapariiijj this scries with fifteen specimens IVdiii Tobago I tail to see .any

ilifierence, and cannot, therefore, admit the validity oi 1>. co/isol/rim/s Ualni.

The form fonnd on the opposite mainland, near (Inmana, Matnrin, and in the

Orinoco delta ((tuanoco), however, is ajiparently dillerent and worthy of recognition.

Ir ditVers in its more fnlvons nnder-jiarts, tliis lieing especially nutiecahle on tlie

throat, which is distinctly bntV (instead of wiiitish), and more rnfesient back. This

subspecies has to stand as A susurransjardinei Dalm.

At my reipiest, Mr. Oberholser examined t\\o types of yasicK ulbisquama

in the Lafresnaye collection, and found them to be identical with tlie white-throated

Tobago form. Jlost probably, Lafresnaye's types came from Trinidail.

80. Picolaptes alboliueatus (Lafr.).

Vewlri'Culaj.tm (illuJhiriilim Lafresnaye, lifi: Znnl. ItSiCi. p. 208 [" Colonihie on Mexique.''— We

accept liiiijiild !Lt tlie typical loc.ility].

2 S (S and 1 ? from Caparo, April : exactly agreeing with three adults from

Cumauii.

Bogota skins and several examples from West Colombia differ slightly in

having the back rather more rnfescent and the under-jiarts darker brown, with the

whitish longitudinal streaks somewhat broader. Two s]iecimens from Valencia

appear to be identical with those from Bogota.

A much larger series is necessary to decide whether there are any geographical

races of this .sjiecies or not.

00. Thamnophilus major semifasciatus (Cab.).

[Thamnophihis major Viuillot, .V<///i'. Did. iii. (181IJ) p. .'513 (ex Azara : Paraguay).]

Diallactes neiiii/iisiititiis Cabanis, J on in. f. Oniith. I87'2. p. 234 ['' Para, Guiana and Venezuela "].

Thamniiplidiis iilbhris.<ux Ridgway, Prnr, C.S. .!/«<. xiv. (1891) p. 481 [Trinidad].

6 S ad. and o ? ? from Cajiaro, April.

In the markings of the tail they agree with a series from Venezuela (Cnmana

and E. Orinoco), liritish Guiana, Cayenne, and Para. Typical 7'. m. imijor \ie\\\.

of Paraguay, Mattogrosso and Bahia has much more white in the tail, broader white

edges to the primaries and, as a rale, a smaller bill.

01. Thamnophilus doliatus (Linn.).

Liiiiiiis ihiVHitun Linnaeus, Mim. Ail. Fmli . ii. I'lodr. p. 12 (17t'i4) [Inc. ij^n.— We substitute Surinam.

as the typical locrdity].

Thamnoj)liilus (loliiilu* fr'iterrulun IJerlepsch Ji Hartert, Xov. yinnl. ix. (10o2) p. 70 [Orinoco River].

25 (J ad. and jnv., IT ? ? from Caparo, April and May; and Seelet, April ;

1 6 ad., 1 ?, Pointe Gourde, January ; 1 J ad. from Laventille, December.

With a series of seventy adult males liefore me, I can no longer distinguish the

form named T. d. J'niterculus by Berlejjsch and Hartert. In some cases, the

specimens from Cayenne, Surinam and Trinidad have rather broader bars on

the lower surface tiian those from Venezuela, but so many of them are ipiite

indistinguishable from the latter that 1 cannot make any separation. Birds from

Tobago agree better with the narniwly-barrcd form of the mainland.

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02. ThamnophiUis canadensis canadensis (Linn.).

Lniiiiis miKirli'iiiiK Linnaeus, Si/mL XuI. xii. 1. p. I'M. desrr. f [l")')!'. : ex Rrisson, '^ Cumnhi" :

errore ! — Wesulistitute Ciii/i ii/ir as typical locality].

T/iamuophi/us tn,i',l,ilis Ridgw.ay, I'm: I'.S. .Uiis. xiv. (IW91) i>. 4«I [Triniilad].

T. firi-huliis auct.

9. 3 6 and 1 ? from Soclet, April ; •") S ad., 1 S jr. and 1 ? from Pointe

Gourde, January ; 1 c? ad. from Chagnararaas, .January ; and 1 J jr. from

Laventille, Manb.

Besides these specimens, I have examined a series of 40 adults from ('aycnne,

British Guiana, Surinam, (!nmana, the Orinoco and the Rio Branco (Natterer coll.),

and I fail to see any constant differences between them. Dark and pale-backed

specimens are to be found in Trinidad as well as on the mainland, and some of the

(typical) Cayenne skins are even darker on the upperside than those from Trinidad.

I can, therefore, no longer maintain T. trinitatis as different.

93. Dysithammis affinis andrei n. suhsp.

Di/sithamniis meiiliilis spoiliniiohis (nee D. xpiuliniintns Salv. & GoJni. I) flliapman. Bull. Amer. Mus.

vi. (1894) p. an [Trinidad].

4 c? ad. and 3 ? ? from Claparo, April.

(?. Differs from />. n. afflids oi Mattogrosso only in having the under tail-

coverts white.

?. Quite different from that of /A a. tijfniis and D. a. sjiodioiiotn.'i by having the

back olive-grey (not cinnamomeous or warm olive-brown) and the under-surface

much paler without any cinnamomeous tinge on sides or foreneck, only the flanks

and crissnm being pale olive yellowish.

Type in Mus. Tring : ? ad., Cajiaro, Trinidad, April 12, 19(12. E. Andre coll.

It is strange that the cj c? of the Trinidad form are much more like D. a. ajjuiis

of Mattogrosso than B. a. spodionotiis from the Roraima Mountains. Comparing

three males of each, I can hardly perceive any differences between them, but the

females are strikingly different. The distinguishing characters of the three

subspecies may be summarised as follow :

(rt) D. a/fniis afii/ii.i Pelz.— Distribution : MidtiKj rosso, ('. Brazil : Villa Jlarin

(Natterer) ; Chaj)ada (Smith).

5 ad. Ujiper parts puro schistacenus gri'y, pileum rather darker, rump slightly

washed with pale greenish. Throat and middle of the breast and ab<loni('n white,

sides and foreneck washed with pale grey, flanks and under tail-coverts distinctly

tinged with pale brownish or greenish. Wing, 61 ; tail, 39 mm.

? ad. Ijack warm olive-brown : upjtcr wing-coverts and outer weli of the

remiges light rufeseent brown. Throat and middle of the lielly pure white, chest

and sides pale cinnamomeous brown. Wing, 01 ; tail, 39 mm.

{b) D. affinis andrei Hellm. — Distribution : Trinidad.

(J ad. Exactly like the S of the i>. a. uj/iiti.i, but the under tail-coverts [)nre

white, only the flanks being faintly shaded with greenish. Wing, (jl — 03; tail,

40—43 mm.

? ad. Back olive-grey, passing into pale greenish on the rump. Upper wing-

coverts and outer webs of the remiges pale olive brownish. Throat and middle of

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tlie belly imre wliite, fcircneck soavce]_v shaded with biifty ; tiauk.s and niulev tail-

coverts olive-yellow with a lirownish hue. Wing, On — G:J ; tail, 39 — 41 ram.

(<:•) I). (i//i/'/s s/iiii/io/'oh/s i>a\v. ^ (iodm. nisfi-ibutimi : Il(>r<i.iniii Jit., British

(iiiiana.

<i ad. Ditt'ors from a and li by the darker, more slaty j:;rey nppor parts without

any trace of greenish on the nimi). The grey colour below is al.so rather darker and

more extended, and the flanks are always washed with brownish. Wing, 05 — 08 ;

tail, 40 mm.

? ail. Exactly like that of D. u. ii/fi/i/,i, perha]is a shade paliT, more rnfcsceut

olive-browu on the lower parts. Tail distinctly longer. Wing, 0"2 — 04 ; tail,

44 — 47 mm.

These three snlispecies form a natnral grou]i, and are quite different from

/). i/ii'iitalis me/iti'I'x (Teniui.j and /). m. olicaci'iis (Tsch.) which have the belly

in both sexes sulphur-yellow without any white, ('fr. Journ. f. Ornith. 19u5,

p. 14 li".

D. u. (uidrci is evidently confined to the island of Trinidad, since two specimens

from Tobago (? ?) and several adults from ('umana Itelong to the yellow-bellied

/'. III. Illflltulis.

'.»4. Myrmotherula axillaris (Vieill.).

Mijintdlhera a.ciUaiis Vieillot, Xotir. Did. xii. p. 113 (1817) [ex ■' La Guayane," sc. Cayenne].

;i (S ad. from ( 'aparo, April, agreeing in every resjiei't with typical ('ayenne

specimens.

'•i-">. Ramphocaenus melanurus trinitatis Less.

[liu mphocinms meUinuncs Tieillot, Noiir. Dirt. xxix. (181'.)), p. 0 (" Bri'sil "— coll. Delalande :

sc. Hio de Janeiro) ].

Ramphnraemts triuitatis Lesson, Tin: Znol. 1839. p. 42 (" in insula Irinihilis ").

S and ? from Caparo, April and March 1902.

The specimens agree with a good series from (Jnmaua and the Orinoco and ( 'aura

Rivers in having the under-parts strongly washed with ochraceous buff (Hidgway,

NomcDcl. v. fig. 10). The clieeks, ear-coverts and sides of the neck are uniform

deep ochraceous (liidgway v. fig. 7), and the back dull smoky brown in decided

contrast to the dull rufous brown pileum. Two specimens from Cumamlhave only a

slight ochreous buffy wash on the innermost sides of the belly, thereliy appro:iching

Jt. m. ((Ihiceidii.s iScl. from I'ritish (Juiana and Surinam ; but the sides nf the head

:ire deep ochraceous, as in It. in. trinitatis.

11. lit. )iicl(ini<rus of East Brazil (S. Paulo to Para) resembles the brightly

coloured specimens of R. m. trinitatis on the under parts ; but the ear-coverts are

much paler buff, and the back Is warm rufescent brown, scarcely different from the

colour of the crown.

It is extremely doubtful wlu^ther Lesson's name can be accepted for the

northern form of R. niflaniaus. Although Trinidad is given as the typical locality,

the description does not fit very well, and the terms " corpore infra niveo, lateribns

griseis," apply much better to A', m. uthircntris. Perhaps Lesson described a

specimen of the latter race with a wrong locality, lietore giving a new name,

however, the type of trinitatis should lie examined.

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90. Myrmeciza longipes lougipes (Sw.).

Dri/iim/iliihi hiii(/i/)cs Swainson, Ztmhxj. Jniirii. ii. (July I^i'25). p. 152 [" somo part of Brazil (I was

told from Rio ile Janeiro) " — errore ! We subititute Triniihnl as ilie typical locality].

Myriiieciza siniiiiniiiii Berlepseb, IhU 1HK8. p. liiO [Puerto Cabello and Trinid.ad].

Myriitei'ha loiif//pc>i uVi/i-ndrix Cbapnian, .I"/' x. (18*'.'i), p. 1^4.3, and Itiill. Amcr. J\[ii>i. vi. (1804),

p. 51 [Trinidad].

2 c?c? and 1 ? , Chagnaraiuas, Jannarv ; one pair from Laventille, April ami

Deccmlier ; one c^ ad., (laparo, April.

The series is aliscilntidy identical witli another from Cnmani'iand Puerto C'aliello,

Venezuela. I fully aijree with Mr. Ohapman that the term longipes Sw. should

be ae.cepted for the bird named ^f. tiwaimoiii by P>erlo[tseh, but I cannot follow him

in separating the Triuidad form nnder a new name. One S ad. from Pauama (coll.

Harris) differs from the latter in having the sides of the chest ashy grey (instead of

l)alc fulvous brown like the flanks), as poflited out by Chapman. In Swaiuson's

descrijjfion, however, no mention is made of this colour ; hence his name becomes

strictly applicable to the Triuidad race. Moreover, ^[. siminsoiii Pierlepsch being

based upon specimens fnun Puerto Cabello !ind Trinidad, antedates in any case

(Jhai)man's later designation, while the birds from ('artagena and Panama, if really

se])arable, must have a new name.

In the Orinoco valley and in British Guiana a very distinct subspecies takes its

|ilac'e. This has been named ^f. I. (/riscijtcctKS Berl. & Hart., and is easily known

by a broad grey band across the chest just below the black throat.

'.IT. Sclateria* iiaevia (Gm.).

Siltd Mipriii Gmelin, .S.(/s(. Nal. i. 1 (1788) p. 4t'J [ex Edw.ards : Surinam],

4 t?c?, 1 ?, from ('aparo, March and April ; one ?, (!haguaramas, January.

Identical with a series from Cayenne.

'••8. Formicarius hoifmanni saturatus Uidgw.

[Mi/niiiiniif: tli'll'miiinii Cab.anis, Jcnni. Uniilh. ISGl. p. '^f> (C'osita Rica).]

Fiiniiii'iiriui futliiniliii Ridgway, Fm : U. S. Mas. xvi. (I8'.)4), p. ('i77 [type ex Trinidad].

2 S d from ('ajiaro, April; I S from Vali'iiciii, March; and 1 '? iVom Aripo,

2000 ft., May.

The Triuidad specimens agree perfectly widl with others from Curaana, Tocuyo,

V'^enezuela, and from the Cauca valley in W. Colombia. F. h. saturatus is easily

recognisable from /'. //. ciixxulis ( 'ab. (ex Cayenne and Brit. Guiana) by its

paler, more olive-brown colour above, smaller (u- (jlisolefe white loral siuit, darker

grey under jiarts, and paler lower tail-coverts.

0!'. Glaucis hirsuta (Linn.).

Trochihts h'muttis Gmelin Sifsi. Nul. i. 1 (1788), p. 4'.i0 ['' Brasilia " — ex Marcgrave].

Two pairs from Caparo, April, and three si)ecimens from Laveutille, November.

They agree with a scries from Puerld Cabello, the Caura River, and Tobago.

Topotypical East Brazilian skins are not available for comparison. Accordiui,' to

Phelps {Ault 1897, p. 30G) the species occurs also in the state of ('umana,.

* Ulim Httt'rociiemitt (preoccupied).

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loo. Phoethornis longuemareus (Less.).

Trnchihis Jmiguemareus Lesson, Ilisl. Xat. Tinrh;!.. p. If), pi. 2 (1832— Cayenne).

Three c?(? fi'oin Cai)aro, Ajjril. Tlic Ti-injr Miisoum lias also two skins (r? ?)

collected by Dr. Percy Kendall at ('ajiaro.

Tliev differ iVom a series of ( 'ayenue skins (coll. Cliorrie) liy liaving the

hiackish subterniinal bar on the tail-feathers less distinct and the njijier lail-eoverts

not so broadly margined with rufous. The blackish ^nlar spot, too, seems to be

larger. Tlie.se slight differences, however, are not qnite constant.

P. lonqueimiri'us is hitherto only known from Cayi'nne, British (Jniaiia

(Schombnrgk), and Trinidad.

101. Phoethornis guy guy (Less.).

Trneliihix ijiiji Lesson, Hist. Xal. Tmckilid. p. ll'.l. tab. 44 [18.32: no locality gircn. Wc substitute

Ti-iii/ihtfl].

3 c?(? from Caparo, March and April ; 1 J ad. from Aripo, 2000 ft., May.

Specimens from ( 'iuiian;i are practically identical. All have the base of the

tail and the njiper tail-coverts bronze green, withont any bluish gloss. This form

is confined to Trinidad and N.E. Venezuela (state of Cnmaua).

102. Florisuga mellivora (Tjinn.).

Trtn-hiliiti ittfUirnri/^i Linnaeus, Si/\t. Xuf. x. p. 121 (17.'i8 — ex Edwards: " in Indiis " : sc. Snr/iKtni

ex Edwards).

J? ad. frmn ( 'ap;iro, April : 1 d fmm Valencia, March: and 1 cJ imm. from

Aripo, KiiiO ft.. May.

Though occurring in Tobago, the species has not yet been found on the opposite

Venezuelan coast.

I'l;'. Agyrtria chiouopectus chionopectus (Gould).

T/iiitiiitalidH rliiniiiijirrtus fiould, Monaf/r. Ti-iii/iil. V. (l.SiJ'.l), tab. 2'.i:i [Ti'inidad].

A large series from (laparo, March and Ajiril, and Laveutille, March. It occurs

alsd on the opposite Venezuelan coast iu the state of Cumana, where it has been

collected by Mr. Phelps (Aid 1807. p. 300).

In British (Tiiiana and on the ('aura liiver it is represented by a smaller Ibini

with a less coppery tail, ,1. c. /r/ii/c/i/i (Bone.).

Iii4. Saucerottea erythronotos erythronotos (Less.).

Oriiiionyn eri/lhrniiolos Le<son, Jlixl. Xiil. Oi.i. .1/"h<7««, pp. .\x.\ii., 180. tab. Ixi. [1829: "Bresil" —

crrore ! We substitute TniihluJ].

Twelve specimens of both se.xes from (!aparo, April ; 1 S from Ohaguaramas,

January ; 1 i from Laventille, November ; and 1 i from Arijio, 2000 ft., May.

In most specimens the under tail-coverts are dark coppery with ciunamou

edges, but in one S from C'aparo they are dark violet edged with whitish, and in

another from Laventille ])ale greyish with whitish margins.

The Tobago form, S. <'. wells/ Bone, is rather larger, with the tail luori' deeply

i'orked, and with the back and crown darker, purer green. On the Venezuelan

mainland it is represented by another close ally, S. e.fi'liciuc. ((Jf. the excellent

remarks liy Count Dalmas in Miin. Soc. Zool. France xiii. 1900. pp. 142-3.)

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10."). Chlorestes coeruleus (ViCill.).

Trorhilit^ nu'riilfiis Vieillot, A^utir. lUrl. vii. (1S17), p. .^*U [Cayenne]

30 d <i and 3 ?? from ( ';i,paro, Miircli and April, and 1 cJ ad. from

(jbaguaramas, .Tannary.

The males ai^n'i' perfectly with a jjood series from Cayenne, British Guiana,

and the Orinoco region. The species has not yet been taken in the ( 'nmana region.

106. Chlorostilbou caribaeiis (Lawr.).

Chlunisl'illiiii ciiiihiniis Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Li/c. x. (1871 ), Ji. lo [Cura^'ao].

2 c?c? from Laventille, May. We have also 2 cJc?, collected in March 1S07 at

Tacarigua by Dr. Percy Kendall.

These four specimens agree with several ollicrs from Curacao in having tlie

throat and breast pure glittering green. The birds from Curaanu liave been

separated by Simon & Dalraas as ('. c. Irxaoni, but their chief cluiracter, the bluish

hue on the throat, occurs sometimes also in specimens from ('iiracao, and I doubt

the possibility to distinguish them.

It IT. Colibri delphinae (Less.).

()riiismii<i th'liiliiniic Le^scm, Rev. Znnl. IS.TO. p. 44 [loc. ign. — We substitute Trtiiidinl].

Eight iulidts from Aripo, IC.Dil (o 2(Hlil ft., ftfay, fully agreeing with a good

series from ( 'ninana and Columbia ( l'>ogot;i coll.).

108. Anthracothorax gramineus (Gm.).

Trnchihut i/ra III /liens Gmelin, Si/sl. Niil. i. 1 (1788), p. 488 [based on the " Haussecol vert " of Buffon.

No locality given ; we substitute Ciiiji iinf'\.

Ln-iiijiin'iih iji'diiiincus auct.

1 i ad., Seelet, April S ; 1 (J) ad., Caroni Swamp, February In ; 1 ?, (Jaroni,

March 22, l'.i(i2.

The Trinidad birds agree perfectly with a series from Cayenne and Surinam.

I'lo. Anthracothorax nigricollis fVieill.).

Tnichilm niiirlciiUin Vieillot, Nmir. Did. vii. (1817), p. 34'.l (" Biv.sil ").

Lniiipoi'Hin iiiijrivuJIh auct.

1 (? ad., Valencia, March; 2 ??, Laventille, November 8, March 11);

1 cJ juv., Seelet, April ; 1 ?, Ari|io, IsOO ft., May; 26 adults and young from

Caparo, April. We have also 2 cJcf, 1 ?,froin ('ai>aro valley, and 2 i 3 from

Tacarigua, February, collected by Dr. Percy Hendall.

The series agrees e.xactly with other examples from Cumana and S. Brazil.

The female oi A. niyricolUs dilfers from that of the preceding species by having

a broad velvety black stripe along the middle line of the underside from the chin to

the anal region. In .1. (ivaminCKs there is only a dull blackish stripe to be seen .m

the middle of the throat and foreneck.

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llii. Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linn.).

TnichihiK mii.'niiiiliix Linnaeus, Si/al. X,il x. p 120 [1758: ex " Indiia " — urrore ! Wo .substitute

Siiriiiaiii as typical locality].

A larjje series of lioth sexes from Ciiparo, April ; Lavi'ntilie, Deei'iulier ; T'ninte

Gonrde, Janiian- ; antl .Seolet, April.

111. Polytmus thaumantias chrysobronchos (Shaw).

[Triirhilun IhiiiiuKiiitiiis Linnaeus, Si/i.1. A'<il. xii. 1 (ITliii), p. I'.Mt ^e.\ Urissrm : " Bru^il ").]

Triichiliis rliri/xcibi-inirhos Shaw, Gen. Znnl. 8. 1 (1812), p. 287 [ba.sed on Audebert .t Vieillot, Oh.

Doles i. tab. 41 — "Guiana," sc. Cayenne].

1 (c?) ad. and 1 ( ? ) from Caroni Swamp, February. Thoy agree with speeiiuens

from British Gniana and ( 'ayenue.

This species has not. yet been recorded from the Paria peniiisnla.

11-. Anthoscaenus lougirostris longirostris (Andeb. & Vieill.).

TrncUhm longirostris Audebert & Vieillot, 0«. /)„;■. i. (1802), p. 128. tab. 59 [" Indes occidentales."

AVe substitute Tritiitlii<i\

1 6 ad. from < 'aparo, Ajiril 13, 1902, agreeing with a specimen I'rom (Uimana.

113. Lophornis ornatus (Rodd.).

Trnchilus ornatus Bodd.aert, Tnlil. PL cut. p. .'j'.l [178:) : ex Daubenton, /'/. mi. 040. fig. IS, Cayenne].

A fine series of eleven si)ecimcus from Laventille, October and November. The

S ad. are not different from other.s collected by Mr. Andre on the ( 'anra Uiver in

Veneznela. Typical Cayenne skins are not available for comparison.

114. Chaetxira zouaris albicincta (Cab.).

{IlirmuJo zimaris Shaw, Cimelia Phys. (I7'JG) p. 100, tab. 55. (No locality).]

Hemiprortie iiltiicim-ta CabanU, Joiirii.f. Ornith. l.siVi. p. 1G5 (part : Guiana).

Acanthylis coUuris L^otaud, Ois. Trinlihiil, p. 83 (Trinidad).

Two specimens, luarlced S and J jnv., collected by Mr. Carr at Cliagnanas,

September 24, 1804.

Botli are young and have the white neck-band still incomplete, bnt agree with

specimens from British Guiana in dimensions. The wings measure 177, 187, the

tail 01, ()'.) mm. The length of the wing in skins from Guiana (Annai & Horairaa)

varies from 170 to 18G, that of the tail from (iU to 05 mm. According to Leotand,

the sj)ecios does not bre( d on the island, but Carr's specimens seem to indicate that

such may be the ease. Anyhow, further observations are required to establish its

claims as a breeding liird.

117p. Chaetura sp. (near t'. iicUnjint (L.)).

Mr. E. Andre sent a female, collected March 20, lOii;!, near Valencia, of a

species allied to ('. jn'layica, but evidently distinct. 1 refrain, however, lor the

])resont from naming it, since it may be a migrant from some more ncn-thern locality,

in which case it would be difiicult for future writers to identify the species.

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It agrees with ('. pelfiyica and C. fan.ri in general form and size, Imt ilill'ei's

very conspicnously in having no trace of the whitish throat-patch, and thi' pih'nni

and l);u'k of a ninch darker, metallic lilack colonr.

11 II. Chaetura cinereiventris lawrencei Ridgw.

\Chaelura chiereivcnl ris Scliter, Cat. Aiiier. Birds (1802) p. 2.S3 (ex Wiud & Burniuisler. -naliiii).]

Clmeltmi lawreiirri Eidgway, /'nw. C/..S. Nat. .\lif<. xvi. (1894) p. ^'^ (Grenada, W. I.).

Aciiiithijlh ii.r.i)urfi (nee Vioillot !) Leotaud, Ois. Tr'mhhul p. 84.

1 9 ad., collected liy Mr. Carr, 'Z'l. iii. LSili, without exact locality.

Tliis specimen as well as a ¥ I'roiu Toiiago are practically idenlical wilh a

(J from Grenada. All have the upper tail-eoverts Idackish with a slight steel-green

gloss, only a very narrow edge along the inner web being pale greyish ; tlic lower

surface is pure schistaceous, in strong contrast to the steel-black under tail-coverts.

C. c. quianeitsis Hart, of which form there are three examples from British

Guiana in the British Museum, differs in having the upper tail-coverts or at least

tiieir inner webs light schistaceous grey like the rump.

According to Leotaud, the species is sedentary on the island.

117. Chaetura brachyura (Jard.).

.iruiitlii/lix tiriii-Iiijiira Jardine, Aim. .!/.(</. .V.i/. Ilisl. xviii. (18iG) p. 120 (Tobago).

Araiil/ii/lis jiiiliiiiinis (nee Temminck !) Leotaud, Oh. Tyinidml, p. 8G.

Chiirtitm p'llium auct. (nee Temminck !).

1 i ad. from Laveutille, 111. v. 1003.— E. Andre coll.

It agrees perfectly with a typical specimen from Tobago. A series ot twenty

examj)les from Cayenne and Surinam is also absolutely identical.

This is the bird commonly called C. poUura, but Temminck's name certainly

does not refer to the species in question. Ci/pselua poliouii.is Temminck * is

exclusively based on D'Aubenton's plate 720, fig. 2. Both the figure and the

description of the " Hirondelle brune acutipenne de la Louisiane" suit much better

the common North American Chaetura pelagica (Linn.); and, moreover, in the

letterpress Moutbeillard expressly states : " L'individu dont il est ici question a 6te

cnvoye de la Loiiisiani' par M. Lelieau." Tiience there is not the slightest donbt

that ('j/psdi(s poliourias must be regarded as a pure synonym of C. pclfujicn, which

is the only species found in Louisiana. Tlie next available name for the South

American s])ecies is A. hradnjHra.

118. Panyptila cayennensis (Gm.).

Hindnl') cni/cnnfiisis Gmc\m, Sy.it. Mtit. 1. ii. (1788) p. 11124 [based on l)3,uhcntoii, PL nil. 1'2'>

fig. 'J.—Oii/cniic].

Although Ghapman found the species common at La Brea, Mr. Andre's

collectors never met with it.

119. Nyctibius griseus griseus (Gm.).

Ciipriinulgus ijrisctis Gmelin, Syst. .\al. 1. ii. (IT^H) p. 102'.l [ex BufTon. — '' Cayenna ").

Nijctibius jamaiccnsis griseus Hartert, Tierreich, Lief. 1. (18'J7) p. Ui.

1 S from Chaguanas, May 17, 1894, collected by Mr. t'arr, received from

Mr. E. Andre ; and 1 ? from Savannah Grande, February 15, 18U7, collected by

Mr. Percy Rendall.

* I'nM. Viiili. ri. col. p. 57.

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(J : AVing, 2o3 ; tail, 178 ; ? : wiiiir, 240 ; luil, ICT mm.

One adult from Buliia measures: wing, 20(J ; tail, ISO. One from ('ayenue :

wing, 265 ; tail, 180 ; and another from British Guiana: wing, 2o9 ; tail, 185 mm.

Tlins the Trinidad l)irds belong to the smaller .southern form. Several skins

from Jamaica are niueli larger : wing, 2!I0 — lilO ; tail, 210 — 225 mm., and

aj)iiarentlv sejiaralile as a subs|)ecies. Its proper name is S. griscus jamaiccnsis

(Gm.)

It is strange that all authors nsed to call the species -A', jamaiccnxis, liut as

C. griseus stands first in (inielin's work, it must be adojited as the specific name.

120. Lurocalis semitorquatus semitorquatus (<im.).

Ci'iirimulgus semitorqiiatiis GiiKYm, Sijil. Xc.t. I. ii. (178H) p. 1031 [based ou Daubciiton, /V. (•«/.

734.— "Caycniia"].

1 (J and 2 ¥ ? from Cluiguanas, July, May and Se|iteniber, collected by

Mr. (."arr, received from l\Ir. E. Andre.

These specimens agree in coloration with a Cayenne skin, but have rather

shorter tails — 77 to 84 instead of 92 mm. There is, however, no difference iu the

length of the wing.

Skins from S.E. Brazil are much larger, and I'orui an easily recognisable race,

which has to be called L. xi'mi/orij'/afu-s iiattereri (Temm.).

121. Nyctidromus albicoUis albicoUis ((Jni).

Cnprimulgwi albicoUis Gmeliii, Sijsl. Nat. 1. ii. (1788) p. 103U (ox Latham.— C'fl,'/fH«<').

3 (?<? and 1 ? from Laventille, November and April ; 1 ? from ( 'haguanas,

January 20, 1897, collected by Mr. ("arr. Agreeing in colour and size with others

from Cayenne.

122. Steatornis caripensis Humb.

Steatontis mrijiriinis Humboldt, Hull. ."<,„■. riiilnm. Pans (:'.) xvii. (1810) p. -I'X, [Caripi-, Vi-iiczuela"].

3 ii, 2 ? ? and 1 witliont indication of the sex from Aripo, 2400 ft.,

collected May 13—15, 1903. " Iris black."

They agree with some specimens I'mm Venezuela ('iMiH'<[nerys coll.).

123. Chlorouerpes rubiginosus rubiginosus (Sw.).

Piciis ruhii/iiinsii.s SwainsoD, Zmil. llluslr. i. (1S2II-1) I'l. 14 ["Spanish Maiu." — Wc substitute

Cumana a.s typical locality],

12 (JJand ??,(;aiiaro, Aju-il ; 1 S, Valencia, JIarcli ; 1 S, Seelet, March;

and S ? , Chaguunas, June.

Some of them are strikingly small, but others ipiite as large as birds from

Cnmanii. In the Andes of Merida and near Bogota a ranch larger form occurs,

which, liiiwever, is hardly different in enloratiun finm tvpiciil iuhi(]i)io.%iiii.

i ad., Los I'almales, ('nni,Tn:'i . Wing, lOs ; tail, tis ; bill, 22 mm.

4 c? ad., Cajiaro, Trinidad . . „ 99_l0(; ; „ (JO— 57 ; „ 21— 22i „

6 ad., Valencia, „ . „ 108 ; „ (i8 ; „ 22

5 ad., Seelet, „ . „ 104 ; „ 04 ; „ 21

Unfortunately, 1 have no s])ecimeiis from Tobago to com])are; from the remarks

of Mr. Hargitt* and ( 'onnt Dalmas f it would seem tiiat they are diiferent from

those of Trinidad.

• Cat. liirdt Bril. Mu»., xviii. p. 88. f Mem. ,Soi\ Ziutl. l-'rniiir, xiii. (I'JOO) p. HI.

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124. Veniliornis kirkii kirkii (Malli.j.

r. {Oihn-;jwns) l.nlii Malherbc, lire. Zn„l . 184.',. p. 400 (Tobago).

1 i, ( 'liaj^nanas, May; 1 S ad., Poiiite Gonrdc, Jaimarv ; 1 6 a.il., .Vri|ii>,

21.11111 Ct., May; 1 S jnv., and 1 ■»' ail., Caparo, April; ami I ¥ ad., liaveiitiilr,

Noveiiibcr.

Tills series a,y;roes, in ucduratiou and si/.e, witli a fair luimber of skins IVoni

Tolia,i,'ci, while 3 ? ? from the Verieziielau coast (Caripe and 8au Esteban) are so

mnch smaller that I do not iiesilate to separate tlieiu as

Veuiliornis kirkii coutinentalis nov. subs[i.

Type in Mus. Trinir, ? ad., Caripe near Ciiinana, Venezuela, Jannary Is',t4. A.

Mocipierys coll.. No. 243 : wing, 83 ; tail GO ; bill, ISJ mm.

Auotiier ? from the same locality (Mus. Tring) : wing, 82 ; tail, o(j ;

bill, 19 mm.

1 ?, IS. Estelian, near Puerto ('abello (coll. Goeriug. — Mus. Brit.) : wing, 81 ;

tail, M ; bill, 18 mm.

Measurements of T. kirkii kirkii (Malb.).

~ SS ad. from Tobago . . Wing, 89—00 ; tail, .38—03 ; bill, 22 — 23J, mm.

3?? ad. „ ,, . . „ 88-80; „ 50—61; „ 2U— 23 „

ASS-m\. „ Trinidad. . „ 91—93; „ 00-03; „ 23—24 „

2 ? ? ad. „ „ . . „ 01 ; „ 00-61 ; „ 20,1—22 „

125. Celeus elegaus leotaudi nom. nov.

One ? ad., Valencia, March; one ? ad., (iaparo, May ; ? juv. from Chaguanas,

.July. Besides these, we have another ? ad., collected Febrnary 11, 1807, at

Savannah Grande, by Dr. Percy Rendall.

The Trinidad form has erroneonsly been called C. elegants by all iirevious

authors. Fictts cliyan.^ Mfdl., as well as /'. J'n.'iroftilcm Bodd. and V. ciniiamomcus

Gm., are based on Daubenton's PL nil. 524, " Pic janue tachete de Ca>/eime.''

Four adult specimens (3 (?c?, 1 ? ), collected in Cayenne by Mr. G. K. Cherrie,

are very diflTereiit from our Trinidad series, being much larger and darker thronghoiit,

with the back dislinctly spotted. In fact, they agree very closely with the characters

of ('. rcicbenbacJd (as given in the Cat. B.) to which Mr. Hargitt actually refened

several examples from Cayenne. It is the more surprising to iind the name clegans

used as the specific term of another s])ecies which does not at all occur in Cayenne ! !

It seems also that two distinct forms have been united hitherto under the name

C. reichrnhnchi, but to which of them the latter is strictly ajiidicable, cannot be

decided with certainty from Mallierbe's description. The distinguishing cliaracters

of the three races are as follows :

(a) Celi'us cleyans clcgaiix (P. L. S. Milll.).

Picus elegam P. L. S. Midler, yatiir.v/sf. Siipi>l. (ITTO) p. 02 [based on

Danbenton, f'l. cnl. 524 — Cayenne].

I'icmfusco /ulcus Boddaert, Tatd. I 'I. ml. (17s3; p. 30 [liased on the same].

J'icus ciiiiiamomeuii Gmelin, Sgst. Sat. 1. i. (1788) p. 428 [based on the same].

Top of the head and crest ochraceons-bulf (Hidgw. V. 10); liack and upper

wing-coverts deep chestnut brown (rather darker than Kidgw., IV, (ig. 0), willi

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very distinct pale yeliowisli spots ; iiiiderparts deep chestnut brown, still darker

than the back. Win;; Hil — 17(1; l.iil UKi— 117, iiill, L".i— ;il mm.

Hab. Cai/etiiie, A]ipron'a,i;uc (('lierrii' roll.).

(Ji) Celeiix rlfqans n-irhciihnrhi (l\l!illi.).

CelenpicHS rekhenbnrlii Mulin'rlM', MoiiKiir. I'iri,!. ii. (lSii'2) ]i. -'><, tab. ."iii,

figs. 4, .5 [•' le Bri^sil, hi Coloiubic."'- The hitler hicalilv is dmibtless erroneous].

Top of tlie iiead and crest cinnanion ; back and iipi)er wing-coverts deep

cinniinion-rufons witliont any pale markings, only the greater series of the latter

sometimes with obsolete jiaie cinnamon cross-lines; nnilerparts chest nnt-rnfons.

Wing lOU— l(i«, tail, 102— ll.">, bill -JS— :iO mm.

llab. Surinam, Paramaribo (Chiinkoo coll.— Mns. Tring) ; Hritixk Guiana,

]{. Carimaug, ( 'amacusa, (^inonja, etc. (II. Whitely coll.); S.i:. Venezuela,

Guaiioco in the (_lrinoco dilla (.\iidre coll.— Mns. Tring).

Specimens from Guanoco and Surinam are exactly like those from British

Guiana, except the head and crest being slightly paler, more ochraceons-cinuamon.

Whether this form is really entitled to the name C. irirjicnbaclii, can be ascertained

only by an examination of MaUierbe's types. I susjiect that the birds obtained by

Natterer at I'.arra do liio Negro and on the Kio Branco will prove to belong to the

present subspecies, but I have not yet had an ojiportunity to compare them.

((■■) Cclrii.i dcgans h'otauili nom. nov.

Celcus elcgans (nee Mirller) llargill, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns. xviii. (Is'.ni) \>. 426.

Top of the head and crest pale cinnamon ; back an<l upper wing-coverts bright

cinnamon-rufous, the former as well as the smaller wing-coverts with indistinct

pale yellowish spots; underjiarts bright cinnamon-rufous. Wing 139-142, tail

Sf)— 08, bill 20—28 mm.

Type of subsi)ecies: " ?" ad., ^■ah■nc•ia, Trinidad, March 20, l'.MJ3. E. Andre

coll. — l\[us. Tring.

I lab. Triiiidnd.

This form is evidently confined to the island of Trinidad. The specimens

collected by Goeriug at Guarauuo in the jjrovince of N. Andalucia, Venezuela, and

those obtained by Mr. Andre's collectors in the Orinoco delta, belong to the large

race found in British Guiana and Surinam.

I take great pleasure in naming this bird after Dr. Leotaud in recognition of

his vahialile contributions towards our knowledge of the avifauna of Trinidad.

12(1. Ceophloeus lineatus (Linn.).

PicuH Umiiliis Linnaeus, .%.s7. Xnl. .\ii. 1. p. 174 (17(10.— ex Brissoii : Cayiina).

One cJ and 2 ? ? from Seelct, Ajn-il l'."i:i. In bad ]dumage, with the

abdomen much stained. Tliey are apparently nut dillereut from Cayenne si)ecimens.

127. Momotus bahamensis bahamensis (Sw.).

Pr'viiiilrx litilinniniiis Swainsoii, Aniin. ni Miiiii'j. (ISliS) p. '.V.Vl [•■ Bahama IslaiiiLs "— urrore !].

Moinolus smiimoni Sclater, Cat. Amer. Birds (1802) p. L'(il (num. emend, on grouiids of puri.siu].

3 ? ? from Cai)aro, A]iril ; 1 (?, (Uniguaramas, danuary : t? ? , Fointe (ionrde,

January ; and 3 ? ?, Cliaguanas, May and June.

This series agrees in every way with 14 specimens from Tobago. All have

the whole under surface from the chin to the under tail-coverts deep ciunamon-

rnfous.

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M.h /wA'<OT('//.s/.s is eviilently coiitiiiid In the islands of Tnnidad and Tdbago.

Ill till' V'l'iieznelan coast region (Cinnana ami Puerto ('abello), ,1/. Ii. ri'iiezuelne

Sliarjie * takes its i)lacc. It is distingnislied by its muck 2>iiler luider-iiarts, only

liic breast and abdonuMi lieiiig light cinnamon-rutbiis, while tlic tliroat and loreneck

are ociireons washed with greenish. There are five specimens of this form in the

Tring Musenm, collected by A. Mocijuerys at El Gnacharo (near Ciimanaj, S. Oarlos

and San Esteban (near Puerto Cabello).

}f. /i. si//iiy/frsceng ^d. of northern llolombia (Santa Marta and Cartagena) is

another very chjse ally, but differs from M. h. r,'ne.:uclae by its generally more

greenish uii<K>r-p;irts and the colour of thr nuchal cincture as pointed out by

Mr. Sluu-pe.

l~!s. Ceryle americana americaua (Gra.).

Ah-ritn tunrnntmiGmeWn^Syst. Xnl. 1. i. (I7W«) p Ifil [Ijasod on Daubeiiton, P/. c/(/. 591 . fig. l.'-'.—

1 ?, Points Gourde, January; 1 (?, ( 'haguaramas, January; 2 cJcJ, Seelet,

April ; and 1 tj, Caroni Swam[i, March.

Identical with specimens from Tobago and t'ayenne.

N.B. Alcedo hrasiliensis Gm., (pioted in the Cat. Birds as a synonym of

C. a)Hcricana,ca,\motm any way be referred to tlie present species. This will be

easily conceived by a glance at the description.

129. Ceryle superciliosa superciliosa (Linn.).

Akah siipcri-iUnsii Lianaeus, Si/st. Nat. xii. 1. (170(j) p. 17'J [ex Edwards and Hrissoii.— " ill

America." — We substitute Surinam as typical locality].

<J ? from Seelet, April ; c? ? , Caroni Swamp, March ; and 1 ¥ , Chaguaramas,

January. Absolutely identical with speiwiuens from British Guiaiui and Surinam.

The species does not occur in Tobago nor on the " Cote de Paria."

130. Trogou curucui curucui Linn.

Trnijun riiru-ni Liiiuacus Sijsl. Nat. .\ii. 1. (ITOii) p. 1G7 [ox Brissou : ex Marcgrave. — " Urasilia"

(e.\cl. Syn. Hern. — Mexico)].

Trujnn CiiUiirU auct.

One S and two ? ? from Caparo, April. They agree with a scries from

Tobago, Cumana, and Puerto (!abello. Typical Brazilian skins are not available

for comjiarison.

The above is the proper name of T. collaris auct., as has been pointed out

long ago by Cabanis and Heine. f By all recent writers, however, the term

7'. cjiriicui has been ignored, apparently owing to the erroneous description of

Linne, who calls the nnder-jiarls " fulvus," although they are exactly described as

red both by Brisson and Marcgrave, upon whose accounts the name has been based.

Brissou's description is so clear iind full as to leave no doubt of his liird being the

same as T. collaris auct.

In Western Ecuador an easily recognisable race, T. cnrucid cirfiinall.'i Cab. &.

Heine, takes the jilace of the typical form (cfr. Salvadori & Festa, Boll. }[//■•<. Tor/no,

XV. No. 36s (190U) p. 17).

* Momntiix irnc:iielae Sliarpc, Cat. liirds xvii. (1S'.I2) p. 321 in text (S. Esteban ami I'licilo t.'abuUo,

Venezuela).

f Museum Ih'ui. iv. (lsij;j) p. 177.

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13). Trogon viridis Liim.

TrorjiMi ihiilis Linnaeus, Si/st, Xul. xii. 1. (17156) p. 167 (ex Brisson : " C'li/miin")

Tidijmi ci/niiiiriis Finscb, P. Z. S. 1870. p. fi.'i',' (Cayenne 1).

6 (J (J iiiiil 2 ? ?, Ciii>aro, April ; 1 ?, Valoiiciii, Miuvli ; cj ? , Cliagiiaiuis, May.

Not diflereiit from a scries from Vcuenuela and iSuriuam.

1;!,'. Trogon violaceus violaceus (im.

Trillion rinhiciHs (imulin, !<ijsl. Xnl. 1. i. (1788) p. 4(l4 (ex Knelieuler, Xnr. Ail. Pclnip. ii. p. 436.

No. 7, tab. 16, fig. 8. — As terra typica accepted Siiriimin ; cfr. Xot\ Znul. ix. 1902. p. 106).

Triifjon mcridinmtlis Swaiiison, Aiihn. in Mcmrif. (183H) p. 332 ('' Uahanias." — Type in Mus. Cautabr.

examined by me).

3 c?t? from Cnjiaro, March and Ajiril, perfectly agreeing witli specimens

from Britisli Guiana. Wc received also 1 ?, cnllocted l)y Dr. Percy Reiidali, at

Savannah Grande, Trini(hid, Felirnary 14, Is'.tT.

This sjiecies has not yet been recorded from I he north coa.st of Vene/.nela, and

I greatly donbt, therefore, whether the siieciniens from llemedios, W. Colomliia,

referred to 7'. riolarf's by Grant,* are correctly determined.

In U]iper Amazonia the typical form is represented by 7'. dola-ceus ramoiiinims

Dev. it Des Mors.

133. Galbiila ruficauda ^'n^.

Giilbnhi nifii-iiudii Cuvicr, IHijiir Anim. i. (1817) p. 420 (ex Lcvaillaut, O/.s. Piiniilis. ii. tab. L. —

" La Giiyane," sc. Cayeiuie).

3 cT(?, 4 ??, from Caparo, April and Slay; 1 ?, Valencia, March; J?,

Seelet, March ; c? ? , Laventille, Marcli and April ; 1 cJ, Chagnaramas, Jannary : and

1 ?, Clnignanas, May. We have also a series of 14 specimens from Tobago whicli

are jierfectly similar. As a rule, the birds from tlie islands are rather darker on

the abdomen Iban those fonnd on the nortli coast of Veneznela (Cnmana, Valencia,

Puerto C'abello) and in the Orinoco valley ; but some from Puerto Gabello are not

different, one being even more intensely coloured than the darkest from Trinidad.

Hence I prel'er, for the j)resent at least, to include all under the name riiticnuilii.

The above observations are based iijion a splendid series (d' (14 adults in the Tring

Museum.

134. Ramphastos vitellinus I^cht.

Riunphiistfi.-i rilrllhiux Licbtcnstein, I'm-.. /'///./. (IS23) p. 7 ((':iyaria).

1 ? I'rom Valencia, March; 1 (^, Cliugnanas, I\Iarfh ; -^ S S from Cajiaro.

April. Besides these s|iecimciis we have I rf IVom Savannah (iraiule, February,

collected by Dr. Percy Kendall.

They agree in size and culour wilh a g 1 series from Surinam, (Juanoeo

(Orinoco delta), and Bi'ilish (iuiaua. Tliis sjiecies does not oeeiir on the " Gote de

Paria," nor on the island of Tobago.

135. Crotophaga major Gm.

Ci-iiln/iliiiijii niiij.ir Cmelin, S,/.^l, Xnl. I. i. ( I7S,S) p. .'■.r,.', (ox I!i-is.soii and liulTon.— Cayenne).

1 cf friini Lavenlilli', March; ajid another <? I'rom Caroui Swamp, February.

• C'ul. UmU xvii. (Is:i2) p. 46S,

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I'M. Crotophaga ani Limi-

Crotopluuja aui Linnaeus, Syd. Nal. x. (175S) p. 105 (ex Brown & Sloanc, Jamaica ; and Marcgrave,

Eastern Brazil).

3 ? ? from t'aparo, April ; 1 ? , Seek't, March ; and J ? , Cliagtiaramas,

June.

137. Tapera naevia (Ijiiu].).

Cucidm imei'lus Linnaeus, %s(. N.U. xii. ! (17i;C,) p. 170 (ex Briason.-Cayenue).

8 c?(??? from Caparo, April aud May; 1 immature bird from liaventillo,

November ; 1 i from (_"ha,^iiauas, May ; and 1 pnllus from Valencia, JIarch.

138. Piaya rutila (111.).

Cticiilus mlilux Illiger, AhhiiM. Akad. Berlin, 1812. p. -224 (ex Graeliu, C. mj/iwis var. (i (and y

errore !; : (ex Brissou, Cayenne).

riiiija miittffa auct.

1 S from Caparo, April 14, l!i02, aj;reeiiig with a series from Surinam, but

rather darker rufous on throat and foreneck.

130. Piaya cayana iusulana n. subsp.

[Cuculus caymms Linnaeus, Syit. N,U. xii. 1 (17(;i;) [i. 170 (ex Brissuu— Cayeimf)!

Si.x adults of both se.xes from Caparo, April ; ■^ d d iVoiii Chajruaramas,

January; 1 J, Chaguanas, Blay ; S 'i from Valencia, March. In addition to

these we have some specimens from Savannah Grande, February, collected by

Dr. Percy Kendall.

Similar to F. cayaiia guiuiieiisis (Cal). & Heine), but ditfers by its much liirhter

and brighter cinnamon-rufous (instead of dark rufous chestnut) upper parts, and in

having the outer web of the second and third rectri.x entirely rufous (except a

distinct blackish subapical band). The lower jiarts are just of the same pale ashy

grey as in J', c. ijiiiaiiciisis, the under tail-coverts Ijeing only a shade darker than

the iibdomen.

Type in Tring Museum : " c? " ad. (Uiaguaramas, Trinidad, Jaimary 11, 1003 :

E. Andre coll. Wing, 13.j ; tail, '^37 ; bill, '^8! mm.

This interesting race is evidently contined to the island of Trinidad. A large

series from northern Venezuela (Oumana and Uuaca) is easily distinguished by the

still paler cinnamon-rufous upper parts and by having the outermost tail-feather

on both webs rufous (except tlie blackish subterminal band) ; the rufous colour on

the two next rectrices is also more or less extended over the inner web, which is

never the case in the Trinidad form.

With about one hundred adults from suutli of the isthmus of Panama before lue,

I am able to distinguish the following races occurring north of the Amazon :

{fi) Fiatja cai/ana cai/ana (Linn.).

Cuculus cai/anus Linnaeus, tSijat. Sat. xii. 1 (17(50) p. 170 (ex Brisson. —

Cayenne).

Hab. : < '(ii/niiir * and f.o/rrr An/moiiia : vicinity of Parat (Sleere, Pobert coll.).

Under-surfnce of the tail-feathers dull blackish, without any rntbus tinge. Upper

* Tluee specimens. f Four specimens.

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jiiirts (lull (■iiiiiaiiioii-riifuiis, liivii.st Mid alidoiJU'ii very ]>iile whitish givy, iiudi'r

tiiil-coverl.s [liilo ;ishy i,'i'fyish.

(6) I'/iii/a cinjniia ijukiiininix (( 'iib. k lloiiie).

J'i/rrliocoiTi)xf/iiian('niiisV;\.\yM\\» k, lli'iiii', Ma.s. U,iii. iv. (18(32) p. So [(luiaiiii].

Hiili. Biitixh (Juidiin : CJiionju,* Aiiiiai * ; Suriiiam : Paramaribo,! Kwata t ;

Diinnro: Altagracia, f (.'aicara, t t'iinhul P.nlivar^; ('aura li.: Snapnre, + La

I'ricion. %

1,\Vv P. I'. r,ii/,iHii, with tlio tail-feat hiM-.s iiiuK'riu'adi iiiiil'ornily blackish, Imt.

the breast ami abiloiDeii are distinct ly darker ashy grey and tlio under tail-coverts

more sooty greyish. ll|ipcr parts distinctly darker, rulniis chestnut.

(r) I'iai/a atijnnn cohnnbidwi (Cal).).

r;/rrliococ<:)/x coliniibi<(ini!i C&h-AWK, Jdiini. f. (hiiil/i. 18(1:.'. p. 170 (Cartagena,

and Aragna, Venezuela).

Hab. Sorth Vcnczndn : from CiuiiaMaH to Duaca * ; and yortli Colomhl'i. :

Cartageua.*

IJeadily known from (n) and {h) by its luuch lighter, bright ciiinaiuon-rufous

upper parts, and by having the three outer tail-feathers (except the blackisii

subterruinal l)ar) mostly rufous underneath. Under parts just as in P. c. giiianensis.

One adult from l)uaea is exactly similar to those from Cnmana, the crissum

being jialo grey, not Idack as in P. c. nitjiicriam, which occurs i'arther west, near

Merida.

{(I) Piai/a cai/niia innuht na Ilellm.

Hab. : Triniilail (for characters see above).

{e) Piaya cayana niyricrixm Scl.

I'iaya p/i/r/cr/xsa Sclatcr, P. X. .S'. 18C(I, p. 28.") (Pabahoyo, W. Ecuador).

Easily known from all the foregoing races by having the crissum blackish, in

marked contrast to the ashy grey abdomen.

llab. : Culomhia : Bogota coll.H ; Venezuela: Merida t; yiV-Mrtf/or on both sides

of the Andes •* ; JSoith Peru: Guayabamba, f Loreto,* Ucayali.*

140. Amazona amazonica (Linu).

Psillni:i(s nma^uniiii.t Liiiiiavus, %v(. Xut, xii. 1 {\1(,[\) p. 117 (Suriiiam-cfr. .Vor. Znnl. ix. (1002)

p. 110).

One pair from Seelet, April, and one S from Chaguanas, December.

They .igree with a large series from Hurinam and (iiianoco (Orinoco delta).

The species docs not occur on the Paria jieninsnla, and reached Trinidad evidently

from British Guiana through the Orinoco delta.

MI. Piouus menstruus (Mnn).

Pnitlitcua iiinisfi-iiiis Liiiiiauis, Nys^ S'nl, xii. 1 (170tj) p. 14« (ex lirisson— Cayenne).

Sir. Andre did not send ns this species, but Chapman says it was "common in

pairs or small flocks of four to seven birds."

* One siieeimen. % Three specimens. || Nine specimens.

f Two specimens. § Four specimens, ^ Six specimens.

** Sixteen from W. Ecuador, four from E. Ecuiidor,

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142. Urochroma batavica (Bodd.).

r.silliini Biilnrwa Boddacrt, Tnhl. IV. nil. (\7H?,) p. 49 [based ou Daubonton, /'/. rii!. Till, fig. 1.

'* Batavia " — errore ! We substitute Surinam as typical locality].

Urochroma chi<jiilttta auct.

2 cJcJ, 4 ? ? from C'angregal, May ; aud 2 ? ? from Cliagnanas, September.

This series agrees perfectly' with two specimens collected in the stat(? of

Ciimand In- A. Mocqnerys. Several skins from the interior of Britisli Gniana differ

slightly in having the feathers of the nape more distinctly margined with lilael;ish,

but this is not liUely to be a constant character.

143. Pulsatrix perspicillata (Lath.).

Strir perspic.ilUUn Latham, I ml. Oni. i. (17'.H)) p. L'l (Cajana).

i ad., ? ad. and S juv. from Lavcntille, October and .Inly.

The adnlts are mnch paler- bnif (not ochraceous) on the belly — than a series

from Snrinara, British Gniana and North Ecuador. A larger series from Trinidad is

rc<iuired to confirm the constancy of this difference.

144. Ciccaba virg'ata (Cass.).

Syniiiim firf/ati(iri Cassin, Prnc. Arwl. I'liihn/. iv. (IS.'")0) p. 1-24 ("South America").

1 c? fere ad. from Cajiaro, May; 1 d juv., and one young bird, not sexed, from

Cliagnanas, October and .June.

The first specimen, being nearly adult, agrees best with another from Guatemala,

while an adult male from Curaana is mm-h more suffused with ochraceous below.

14.5. Glaucidium brasiliauum phalaenoides (Hand.).

[Slrij:biiiiiilkimi Gmelin, .S'//.s7. .V<i/. 1. i. (17ss) p. I'S'.I (ex Brisson ; ex Marcgrave. EuNterii Brazil —

cfr. Berlepsch, Bull. Bril. Orn. CI. xii. lilill. p. 8 11).]

Sirh phihininiilrx Daudin, Trtiitf iTih-u. ii. (ISOO) p. iOO (Trinidail).

4 Si, dajiaro, March ami A]iril ; (1 SS, 2 ??, Laventille, December and

March; 2 cJc?, Valencia, March ; 1 cJ, I'ointe Gourde, .January; 1 c?, (Jhagnara-

nias, .lannary ; 1 ?, (Jangregal, May ; J ?, Chagnanas, May and .lime.

In the series both the rufous and the brown ])hases are represented. They

agree with sjiecimens from British Guiana in size and coloration. AVhile the fo.\-

red birds from Cumana are exactly like those from Trinidad, the brown phase is

rather more greyish on the upjier surface; but some specimens are hardly distin-

guishable, and I believe that the birds fnnn Venezuela and British Guiana cannot

be separated from G. h. plialaenoides, a view already expressed by l!erle|)sch and

Hartert (New. Zool. ix. l'.H)2. p. 110).

14(1. Pisorhina choliba crucigera (Spix).

\Slrix chnliha Vieillot, Nmw. Dirt. vii. (1817) p. ii'.t (ex Azara No. 48.— Par.aguay).]

Stri.r cruriijera Spix, Ar. Unix. i. (1824) p. 22, tab. ix. (" juxta flumeii Amazonum ').

3 SS, 2 ? ?, 2 young birds fnitn Laventille, Ai)ril, May and December;

1 S from Cajiaro, April ; and 1 6, Chagnanas, May.

The specimens agree with a good series IVdui Merida and the (Iriniico vaUey

(Ciudad Bolivar, Quiribana de ( 'aicai'a ami I'eiico), wliieii I inid comiiared with the

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t_V[M? (if .S'//v> rr>iei</rr(i Spix. Like P. c. dcciisstitd (Ijclit.), this i'orui has no fox-red

jilia.se, lint (lid'ers hy its slight!}- snialler size, piiKr njiper jiarls in all plumages,

mid less Imfiy mixture on the lower surface.

147. Buteo albicaudatus albicaudatus (Viciii.).

Iltiltn tilhitiiatliiliia Vieillot. Xoiir. iini. iv. (IKlii) p. 477 (ex Azara- Paraguay).

One S from ('hajfiianas, August ; and one jiair from the outskirts of Port of

Spain, Slareii.

None of the three siie('iraena is (piite adnlt, thougii in the two males the

wlioje hreast and abdomen are luaiuly white, only the throat being blackish. In all

tiiree examples there is a large rnfous jiatch on the shoulders.

So far as I am aware, this is thf^ first reeord of the sjiecies for Trinidad.

Leotand clearly describes Buteo ubbieriatux Cab. s. nom. B. zoiiocfrciis, but Mr.

Andre has not sent ns the latter species.

1-ls. Urubitinga albicoUis (Lath.).

Falro albicoUis Latham, //«/. ()r>i. i. (17'J0) p. .'10 (■' Cayaua").

A single ? adnlt from (Miaguauas, Ajjril, exactly agreeing with other specimens

from ('nujana and N.E. Pern.

14'.i. Elanoides furcatus (Linn.).

Fiihofiirciiliix Linnaeus, Si/xl. A'lit. xii. 1 (IViifi) p. l'J9 (ex Catesby — Carolina).

One adult, not sexed, from T'hagnauas, July.

15(1. Harpagus bidentatus (Lath.).

Fdlcn hideiilaliishathim, Tnd. Orii. i. (17yO) p. :!8 (" C.ayana").

Two immature birds, one marked cJ, the other not sexed, from Chagnanas,

April an<l May.

ini. Ictinia plumbea ((Jm.).

Fiilmplumhius Gmelin, Si/sl, A^at. 1. i. (1788) p. 283 (ex Latli.am— Cayenne).

One d and one adult not sexed, from Chaguanas, April ;iuil May ; and one

c? from Seelet, Ajirii.

152. Falco peregrinus anatum P>p.

l^Falcn peregriinis Tunstall, Oni. lirilatm. (1771) p. I. (ex Brit. Zool.).]

Ftilin (iiiuliim Bonaparte, Omiji. Lixl Binh Eiir. and jV. Amei: p. 4 (18118. — ex Auilubou, pi. llj.

" Northern parts," sc. of North America).

0[\r Y ad. from Srelet, April 5, 1905.

l.');i. Columba speciosa (im.

Cnhimha xperiiim Gmelin, S;/st. A'al. I. ii. (1788) p. 78.3 (ex Bu Hon— Cayenne).

One i ad. from Aripo, 21)00 ft , May, aiul a female, collected by Mr. Carr near

Ohagnaiias, November 15, 1894.

Idcniicid with examjiles from I'ritish (iniana and ( 'ayenne. The s|)('ci('s has

as yet not been found on tlii' ojjposite Venezuelan coast, and might be looked upon

as an inlrmli'r from Guiana.

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1.".4. Columba rufiua rufiua Toraiu. & Knip.

Columha rufim, Temmiiic.k & Kiiip, /V""' '• f-i'"- ^ec. p. 59. tab. L'4 [1808-11: "La Guiane

f ran^aise "].

One J und two ? ? from Reolct,, A]ii-il. Tlio former has the nape pure

mctallie purple, instead of bronze -jjreen witli golden reflections, Imt tliere is

sometimes a sliglit pnrple adrai.xtnre to lie seen in sjieciraens from Rritisli (Jniiuiu.

In northern birds the tail is always nniformly pale brownish .C'rey, wliile those i'rom

Sonth 15razil have the basal portion blackish, in strons' contrast to the bidwiiish

grey apical band. The sonthern form ajipears to be entitled to the name ('. riijbia

si/lrestris Vieill.,* but I have not yet been able to compare typical Paraguay

skins.

C. r. nifiiiu is not found on the north coast of Venezuela, but it occurs also on

the island oif Tobago, wlience Mr. Andre sent us a fair series.

-ir);"). Cohxmbigalliua t rufipennis (Bp.).

Taljianilia nifiitciiiiis Bonaparte, 0'ii>ip. Ar. ii. (1S54) p. 70 (Carthagena).

Seven c?cJ ? ? from Caparo, April, and a single ? from Seelet, March.

They agree with a large series from (Uiniana, Tobago, and Bogota. From

Surinam tlie Tring Museum has lately received C. tnlpacoti (Temm. & Kuip).

In the Cat. Birds xxi. p. 4s7, the specific name nifpennis is wrongly attributed

to G. H. Gray, who never described the species. The first description was ]iublished

by Bonaj)arte ; consequently, spec, v", w" of the Brit. Museum cannot be the types !

156. Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez).

Perislern irretimn Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. Mns. ix. 18SC (1887) p. 175 (ex Jalapa, Mexico).

One S ad. each from ( 'hagnaramas, January, and Laventille, A])ril. They

a^ree . perfectly with a large series from ( 'nraana and Brazil. I am unable to

separate the South American form from typical ( '. pretiosa e.x Mexico.

157. Leptotila verreauxi Bp.

Lejilnpiila verreauxi Bonaparte, Cmisp. Av. ii. (18£14) p. 73 (" Nova Granata ").

LqiUilila himlaris Richmond, Proe. U.S. .V«-'. xviii. 18'.l5 (18'JG) p. G59 (Margarita lit).

Two ? ? from Laventille, March, and one ? each from Pointe Gourde, January,

and Seelet, April.

They agree in colour and measurements with a series from Tobago, t'umana,

Margarita Island (L. insuluris) and the Orinoco valley. The differences between

( 'olombian and Venezuelan specimens, alluded to by Berlepsch & Hartert (A'ov.

Zool. ix. 1902. p. 118) do not appear to be constant; yet a larger series from

Bon-ota may jirove them to be separable. Anyhow, the birds from Trinidad, Tobago

and Venezuela are absolntely identical with the one from Margarita Island.

• Coltimha sijlirnlris Viuillot, A'l.HC. Diet. xxvi. (1818) p. 30(1 (ex Azara — I'aiagu.ay).

I t'l'Iiniihitjiiirttiu Boie, I.-rh ISLMl. p. !)77 (Species iinica : C. jjitssf-rinu Linn.).

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l-">8. Leptotila rufaxilla (Hicli. >t Bern.).

Cohimhn nifttoriVa Richard & Bernard, Ail. Soc. Uist. Nat. Paris i. (1792) p. 118 (Cayenne).

c? ? ?, Caparo, April ; c? ? , Cliagiianas, May ; ?, Valencia, Marcli.

Most of tlu'so specimeii.s are rather darlcer, more rufuns on foreneck and breast

than others from the mainland of Veneznela, lint the dill'irence is nut ijiiite

constant.

liiO. Geotrygou sp.

Pet-htrra frnmid (nee Tscliudi I) .Tardiiie, Ann. Miiij. Nal. Hid. xx. (1847) p. 374 (Tobago).

P. liiiearia (nee Prevost <t Knip !) Lrotand. 0/.v. Trinnhitl, p. .'i7.*i (Trinidad).

There can be scarcely any donlit that a species of (Jcofri/i/o/i inhabits the

monntainnns jiarts of Trinidad, althonn'ii it has not been collected there of late years.

Kirk sent it from Tobago, bnt, nnlbrtunately, his specimens seem to have been

lust — at least they are not in the Britisli nor in the Tring Jlnseum. As the nearest

allies occur in the Andes of Merida (G. liiiciiri.s i:('/ic:/tr/e/i.vs Salvad.) and

Colombia {G. I. linearis), the birds inhabiting Trinidad and Tobago form most likelv

a dillerent sjiecies or subspecies.

160. Pipile pipile (Jacqn.).

Criir pipilr Jacquin, Bri/li: GexiJi. Viigel (1784) p. 20. tali. 11. (1784: ''Am Orenokofluase bei

Kumana ") unde :

Pipile Jacqiiini Reicbenbach, Oiliimli. p. 154.

Penelope cuinanrnxix (uec Jacquin !) Li'otaiul, Oix, Triniihiil (ISl)!)) p. .'i8.^ (Trinidad).

r, pile pipilr Cliapman, Bull. Amn: Miis. vi. (1804) p. 74 (Trinidad); Ilvllmayr, Hull. Bril. Orn. CI.

xiv. No. 10-, (March 1904) p. f>;t (Trinidad).

One ?, killed at Caparo, Trinidad, Ajiril I'.i, 1'.)U2. "Iris brown, liill blade,

feet red." Wing, 345 ; tail, 30(J ; bill, 331 mm.

This bird is, no doubt, of the same species as those fignred by Jaciinin and

described by Leotaud and Chapman. As I have shown in a note, jinblished in the

Bull. Brit. CI. .\iv. p. 59, it is quite distinct from /'. CKm(nu'iini.'<, with which it has

generally been confounded. In fact, it is more nearly related to P. cujiilii (VAz.),

bnt there are some differences whicli serve to distingnish it at a glance. The

feathers of the pilenm are mainly blackish brown with only narrow while edges

laterally, which in P. ciijiili Ava much broailer; the middle upper wing-coverts are

])nre white except the extreme base and a large blackish brown tiji, while in

/'. r//y///!i/ they are blackish brown willi a short white stripe on each margin ; the

white on the greater series, too, is much more extended in the Trinidad bird,

occupying nearly the whole outer web except the dark-colonred tiji and reaching

almost to the shaft. In P. ci/Jiihi, however, there is only a narrow white margin

along the second third of the outer web. In the jiurplisli gloss of the jilnmage

both species agree, as they do also in the amonnt of the naked skin on the sides of

the head and on the throat. In both there are but very faint indications of white

edgings on some of the feathers on the foreneck. I may add that the bare skin of

the throat in the Trinidad specimen looks uniform dark grey, whih' in /', nijnhi

the lower jiart is decidedly reildish tlesh-coloiired. A better series of both species

is rctpiircd to confirm the constancy of this character or otherwise.

i'.7W«//fly« (Spix) is ijnite distinct from P. jii/iilc and /'. nijuhi, having the

chin and anteriiir ]iart of the throat as well as the sides of the head densely i-overed

with ileep black feathers. Moreover, the forehead is broadly black, and the feathers

of the |iili'nm have only hair-like blackish shaft-lines.

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The four known species oi Pi/Jile may be distingnislieJ liy the following key.

A. Sides of the head (except a narrow rim round the eye) as well as chin and

upper part of the throat thickly covered with deep black feathers. Fore-

head and superciliaries deep black. Pileum and crest with narrow,

liair-like blackish shaft-lines. Plumage dark brown, glossed with {mrjile.

Foreneck and breast strongly edged with white. . . . P.jacutiii[/a (Spix).

B. Lores, superciliary — and eye-region, cheeks and the whole throat naked,

only a broad malar stripe being feathered. Forehead never black.

a. Plumage glossed with green. Pileum and crest nniform huffy white,

or with hair-like blackish shaft-lines ... P. cumanensis (Jacqu.).

h. Plumage glossed with purple. Pileum and crest with broad blackish

brown stripes.

i'. White margins of the crest-feathers broader. Median series of

ujjper wing-coverts purplish brown, with a white margin on

each side ; greater series with a narrow white margin along the

second third of the outer web 1'. cujiihi (Pelz.).

b-. Crest-feathers blackish brown with only very narrow white edges.

Median series of upper wiug-coverts pure white, except the

extreme base and a distinct blackish brown tip ; greater series

on the outer webs white to the shaft excej)t the tip.

P. pipile (Jaciiu.).

101. Crypturus soui (Ilerm.) (subsj). ?)

Tinamiis sunt Ilcrmauu, Tab. Aff. Aniiii. 1783. pp. 11)4, 255 (ex Daubeuton, I'l. cid. 8"J'.l. — Oii/iiiiii).

Cnjpiuran pileidus auct.

One ? ad. and d juv. from Ca])aro, April ; two ? ¥ ad. and one S juv. from

Chaguanas, -June and January.

Tlie adult birds agree best with others from the Orinoco delta (Guauoco), wiiile

those from Cumana and British Guiana, as a rule, are rather lighter and brighter

beneath. A large series from different parts of its range is reqirircd for defining

the various geographical races into which C. soui is doubtless separable.

162. Eudocimus ruber (Linn.).

Taittalus riihcr hinnncus, Syst. Nat. xn. 1 (17(JG) p. 241 (syn. part.) ["in America": ex Bri^son

Cayecne) and Catesby (Bahamas). — We accept Cayenne as typical locality].

A single ? adult in red plumage, from Garoni Swamp, October.

1G3. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.).

riataka AJaJa Linnaeus, Syit. Nul. .xii. 1 (1706) p. 231 [ex Brisson (Cayenne), etc.].

A single young ? from the month of the Oaroni River, July.;

164. Herodias egretta (Gm.).

Airka Eijirtia Gnielin, Si/kI. Nat. 1. ii. (1788) p. 02i) [" iu insula S. Dominici, insulis Falkland

et America australi ad Louisianam." — We take Cayeinif (e.\ Buffou, Umelin's first and

principal source) as the typical locality].

Three S ad. from Caroni liiver, March and August. Identical with skins frem

Surinam.

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IC)."). Florida caeriilea (Linn.V

^ )■(/(■« '(/en; /<a Linnaeus, Sijsl. XhI. x. 1 (17o8) p. 143 ["in America scptontriouali." — We accept

as the typical habitat Carulina ex Catesby],

One ? ad. in the shity bliiisli, and c? ? in the white plnmage, all from

('aroui Swamp, Blarch. We have also a good series of both phases from Tobago.

106. Hydranassa tricolor rufimentum n. snbsp.

Agrees with 77. tricolor tricolor (P. L. S. Miill.) in size, but differs at a glance

by its much darker, blackish instead of slate-grey colour of the upper parts and

neck, and by having the chin like the whole middle line of the throat chestnut,

while the chin is always white in 77. t. tricolor and II. t. rujicollis. The chestnut

colour on the throat is also decidedly darker than in the two last-named subspecies.

Type in Tring Museum : " c? " i)erad. Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, March 22,

1UU2, E. Andre coll.— Wing. 214 ; tail, 73 ; bill, 85 mm.

Unfortunately Mr. Andre sent only one male of this interesting new form.

It differs, however, so strikingly from ten examples from Cayenne and Surinam

(true 77. t. tricolor), and from a good many specimens of 77. t. rujicollis that 1 feel

quite coutident as to its distinctness, and have no hesitation in describing it as

a different race. In both of its allies, the chin and more or less also the anterior

portion of the throat are white. The upper ])arts and the foreneck are always

bluish or slaty grey, while they are deep blackish in the Trinidad form,

and the elongated feathers on tlie rump are decidedly darker, more umber-brown,

in the latter.

We have thus to distiuguisli the following subsjjecies :

(a) lli/dranassa tricolor tricolor (P. L. S. Miill.).

Ardea tricolor P. L. S. Miiller, yatarsi/st. Sup pi. p. Ill (1 776 : ex Daubcnton,

PL eiil. 350.— Cayenne).

Arrlea leucogaster Boddaert, Tabl. PI. cnl. [i. 21 (1783 : based on the same).

H;ib. ('(njeniic : Roche Marie, etc. (Clierrie coll.) ; Surinam : near Paramaribo

(Pcnard coll, — Mus. Tring); J'.Zs. Bnizil: Cajutuba, near Para (Natterer coll.).

2 (? ad., Surinam. . Wing, 2i(t ; tail, 65 ; bill, 82, 85 mm.

8 from Cayenne . . „ 204 — 218; ,, OS — 78; „ 78 — 80 „

(Ij) Ilijdranassa tricolor rujimcnlum llellm.

Hab. Trinidad.

(c) 77. tricolor ruficollis (Gosse).

Ec/rctta rujicollis Gosse, JJirds Jamaica, j). 338, tab. 03 (1847 — Jamaica).

Hab. ^V'armer portions of Eastern JS'ortk America ; south tiirough Ccidrul

America to Panama and JV'. TP. Ecuador ; and the West Indies south U) Aruba, off

the north coast of Venezuela.

2 ad. (c? ? ) from Georgia .

I c? ad., Jamaica

1 ? ad., l.sje of Pine, Cuba

cj ad., Mexico . . . .

2 ((? ? ), Andros IsL, ]5ahamas .

1 S jr., Panama (Harris coll.) .

1 ad., Vaqueria, N.W. Ecuador.

1 ? ad., Aruba (Hartert coll.) .

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107. Nyctanassa violacea violacea (Linu.).

Anlea riuliircu Linnaeus, Si/tit. Nat, x. p. 143 [1758 : '' in Aiuorica septcutrionali." — Carolina (ex

Catesby) as typical locality accepted].

Three c? ? ? and one yoniig bird from Caroui Swaiii|), March, and Poiute

Gourde, January. We have also a fair series from Tobago.

168. Agamia agami (Gm.).

Ardea Aijaini Gmelin, Sjsf. Nut. 1. ii. (1788) p. IJ2'J [ex Biiffonand Daubenton. — Cayenne].

Two cJ ad. from Caroni kSwamp, August and September. Tiiey are rather

larger than others from Guiana and the Gaura lliver, Venezuela, but not otherwise

diiferent.

16'J. Nycticorox nycticorax naevius (Bodd.).

[Ardea Ni/dicora.c Linnaeus, Si/st. Nid. x. p. 142 (1758 : " in Europa au.strali ").]

Ardca naevia Boddaert, Tabl. Pi. cnl. p. 50 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. enl. 939. — Caijr.iiue).

One ? ad. and one young bird from Caroni Swamp, March.

170. Cancroma cochlearia Linn.

Cancmimi C'ic/ilmria Liun;iciis, Sysl. Xnl. xii. 1. p. 233 (17liG : ex Brisson. — Cayana).

2 t? ad., 1 d juv. and 1 ? juv. from Caroui Swamp, March. Tliey are

ajiparently not ditl'erent from Cayenne skins.

171. Butorides virescens (Linn.) an snbsp. ?

Ardea virescens Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. x. (1758) p. 141 [ex Sloane (Jamaica) and Catesby (Carolina)].

Three immature birds from Caroni, March, and Chaguaramas, January.

As far as I know, this sjiecies has not been taken before on tlie island of

Trinidad ; but since Mr. Andre sent only young birds, I cannot determine to which

of the numerons subspecies they should be referred. I may remark, however, that

the Tring Museum received from Tobago a good series of what appears to be true

B. virescens,

172. Ardetta erythromelas (Vieill.).

Ardea enjthromchiH (err. typ.) Vieillot, Nniw. Diet. xiv. (1817) p. 422 (ex Azara No. 3(i0. —

Paraguay).

1 ? ad., c? juv., and a young bird not sexed, all from Caroni Swamp,

March and April. The adult specimen agrees well with others from S. Paulo and

Surinam.

173. Botaiirus pinnatus (Wagl.).

Ardea piniiuliis Wagler, his 1829. p. 602 (" in Brasiliae in'ovincia Bahia ").

A single adult c? from Caroui Swamp, killed March 14, 1002. " Iris golden

yellow." It agrees with another adult S from Aunai, British Guiana.

174. Plotus anhinga Linn.

.V.((. xii. 1. p. 218 (17*

A single 6 from Caroni Swamp, February.

Plotus anhinga Linnaeus, Sijsl. Nai. xii. 1. p. 218 (1700 : ex Marcgrave, Brazil ; and Brisscc

Cayenne).

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175. Podilymbus podiceps (Liun.)-

Cobjmhus Podii-rps Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 136 (1758 : ex Catesby. — Carolina).

A single ? from Caroni Swamp, February.

170. Rallus longirostris longirostris (BoiW.).

Rallus loiigirodrh Boddaert, Tabl. I'l. cnl. p. 52 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. eiil. 840— Cayenne).

6 c?t? ? ?, from Caroni and Caroni Swamp, March and April.

Unfortunately there are no Cayenne skins available for comparison.

Several specimens from Western Ecuador, collected in February and September,

differ at a glance by their much paler, pnre olive-grey upper parts, without any

trace of the brownisli tint to be seen in the Trinidad series. They agree well with

Taczanowski's description of R. ci/percti* which therefore has to stand as a distinct

subspecies. I am not so confident as to the distinctness of R. I. crassirostriti Lawr.

of Eastern Brazil, for one specimen from S. Paulo does not show the characters

assigned to this form by Mr. Sliarpe, but a good series may prove it to be another

recognisable race. The distribution of the three forms, then, would be as follows :

1. R. longirostris longirostris (Bodd.).

Cayenne, British Guiana, Trinidad.

2. R. lonijirostris crassiro.stris Lawr.

Eastern Brazil : Bahia, Pernambuco, S. Paulo : Iguape (spec, in Mus. Tring).

3. R. longirostris ajpereti Tacz.

West Ecuador : Vacqueria (Mus. Tring) ; N.AV. Peru : Tumbez (Stolzmanu).

177. Limnopardalus maculatus (Bodd.).

Rallus maculatus Boddaert, Tail. PI. ait. p. 48 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. oil. 775 — Cayenne).

1 c? from Caroni, April, and another c? from Caroni Swamp, March.

Identical with specimens from Surinam and British Guiana.

178. Aramides axillaris Lawr.

Aramkles nxilhiria Lawrence, Proc. Pintail. ^Irail. 1803. p. 107 (Baranciuillu, North Colombia).

1 (?, ~ ? ?, from Caroni, May ; and 1 ? juv. from Chaguaramas, January.

The adults agree with another old male from Merida, Venezuela, in every

respect; but I have not been able to compare tojiotypical skins from Northern

Colombia.

The sexes of this si)ecies do not differ in size or in colour.

179. Aramides cajanea (P. L. S. Miill.).

Fulka cajaiiea P. L. S. MuUer, Niitur.ii/sl. Sujijd. (177C) p. 110 (ex Daubenton, PI. int. 352 —

Cayenne).

1 c? ad. from Caroni Swamj), March. In addition to it, the Tring Museum

possesses an adult ? from Savannah Grande, collected in February by Ur. Percy

llendall.

These specimens agree very well with others from Surinam and British Guiana.

* P. Z. S. 1877, p, 717 (Tumbez, N.W. I'uru).

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180. Gallinula galeata galeata (Lcht.).

Crex gtileala Lichtenstein, Verz. Duhl. p. 80 (1823— San Paulo).

One S ad. from Caroni, April ; and another S from C'aroni Swamp, March.

They agree iu colour and diiiiension.s with several examples from South Brazil.

G. (J. fjiirmnni Allen, of Lake Titicaca, Fern, is easily known by its much larger

size, stouter and larger bill, and p-eDerally blacker plumage.

LSI. Porphyriola martinica (Linn.).

Fulica iiKirliinra Linnaeus, Syni. Nat. xii. 1. (170C), p. 259 ("in Martinicae inundatis").

1 (J ad. and 1 ? juv. from Caroni, March and April.

182. Parra jacana jacana (Linu.).

Parra Jacana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, xii. 1. (1766) p. 259 [(excl. quot. Hernandez) ex Marcgrave and

Edwards. — Surinam : ex Edwards].

One c? and two young birds from Caroni Swamp, April, and a single ? ad.

from Seelet, April, agreeing best with specimens from Valencia, Venezuela.

Typical skins from Surinam are perhaps rather lighter on the back, but are

otherwise not different. P. j. melunopi/f/ia Scl. and P. j. variabilis Linn, are

undoubtedly but geographical representatives of P.j. jacana, and thus more pro-

perly designated by trinomials. Strange to say, one of them (variabilis) has been

made the type of a separate genus, Asarcia Sharpe ! ! -which, we trust, will only be

recognised by those affected with furor ffeneriacs.

183. Arenaria interpres (Linn.).

Tihir/a Tiili'i-jires Linnaeus, Si/U. Nal. x. p. 148(1758: "in Europa et America septentrionali." —

We accept Sweden as typical locality : ex Fauna suec. 154).

1 ? from Seelet, April.

184. Ochthodromus wilsonia rufinucha (Ridgw.).

[Charadriun viUonia Ord : in Wilson, Amcr. Oni. ix. (1814), p. 77. tab. 73, fig. 5 ("Cape Island

New Jersey").]

Acffialilh Wils'iuius var. riifinurha Ridgway, -twice. Nat. viii. (1874), p. 109 (.Jamaica).

4 <S ad. and 2 $ ? from Seelet, April.

All the males have a broad black jugular band, slightly mixed with pale

rufous, and a black patch on the crown just behind the white forehead. The sides

of the head are bright rusty. In the females the blackish crown patch is wanting,

and the jugular cross-band is bright rusty like the cheeks and ear-coverts.

Tills bird is by no means only a winter visitor to the tropics, as Mr. Sharpe seems

to think, for Mr. Hartert found it breeding in numbers on the islands Arnba and

Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.

18.5. Aegialitis semipalmatus (Bp.).

Cliaradrius snnijHiImalus Bonaparte, " Obs. Wilson, 1825, No. 219."*

3 (JcJ, 1 ?, from Seelet, April.

' I have not been able to verity' the .ibove quotation.

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ISO. Symphemia semipalmata ((Jm.).

Scoloixix semipulmata Gmelin, Sysl. Nat. 1. ii. p. GjO (1788—" in Noveboraco ').

Two ? ? from Seelet, April.

1»T. Totanus flavipes (Um.).

Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, ^ijft. Nut. 1. ii. p. G59 (1788 ; "in Noveboraco").

1 cJ and 5 ? ? from C'aroni Swamp, March.

188. Totanus macularius (Linn.).

Ti'inya maniJaria Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. '240 (17G6 : ex Edwards — Europa (errore !), " et

America septentrionali," ac. Pennsylvania (fide Edwards).

A small series nf both sexes from Pointe Gourde, January; Seelet, April;

Caroui, March ; and tUiagnaramas, January.

189. Barti'amia longicauda (Bechst.).

Triiign loiKjimuda Bechstein, Lcithams Uhcrs. ViJijel iv. (1811), p. 453 (Nordamcrika).'

A single c? from Seelet, April.

190. Ereunetes pusillus pusillus (Linn.).

Tringa jmsilla Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. xii. 1. p. 2b2 (1760 : ex Brisson — Domingo).

3 <?(? and 1 ? from Seelet, April ; and 2 ? ? from Caroui Swamp, March.

191. Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis Lawr.

Ereunetes occiihiitalh Lawrence, Proc. Acad. I'liilad. 1804. p. Iu7(" Pacific Coast, Oregon, and

California ").

Seven specimens (cJ cJ and ? ?) from Seelet, April.

192. Tringa minutilla Vieill.

Ti-inga minntilhi Yieillot, Nain: Dirt. xx.\iv. (181!)) p. 400 [" a Halifax, ct dans la Nonvelle-

Eco.sse '').

Two ? ? from Seelet, A])ril.

193. Querquedula discors (Linn.).

Anas dixi'ors Linnaeus, Sy.i/. A'lit. xii. 1. p. '205 [1700: "in America septentrionali": ex Brown

(J.imaica) and Catesby (Carolina).]

1 (? and 3 ? ? fr(im ('aroni Swamp, Octolier.

194. Nomonyx dominicus (Linn.).

Anas dominica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. 201 [1700 : " in America meridional " : ox Brisson,

Dominica, and Hernandez, Mexico],

One cJ ad. and one young bird from C'aroni Swaraj), March.

The old bird agrees exactly with another from Peruambuco.

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195. Sterna fluviatilis Naura. (an subsp. ?).

Slfrmifliiviiililis Naumann, Isin 1819. p. 1848 (no locality).

A single ? from Seelet, March,

The form inhabiting the tropical portions ofSonth America is perhajis separable

as a subspecies. (Cfr. Hartert, Ibis 1893. p. 309.)

lOCi. Phaetusa magnirostris (Lciit.).

Steriiii miii/iiirot/ris Lichtenstein, Verz. Dubl. p. 81 (1823 — Brazil).

Three immature ? ? from Port of Spain, .June, agreeing with mainland

specimens in corresponding plumage.

197. Ryiichops nigra cinerascens Spix (?)

[_Ri/nrlinj)s nigra lAnntiens, SysL Naf. x. p. 1.^8 (1758: "in America." — We accept Carolina (ex

Catesby) as typical habitat).]

R. cinerascens Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 80. tab. cii. (1825 : " in locia ripariis Hum. Ama-imnm ").

R. melanuru auct.

One nearly adult S and two young birds marked c? and ? from Port of Spain,

Juno.

The specimen in most advanced plumage agrees with the adult male from

Caicara, Orinoco, spoken of by Berlepsch and Hartert,* in having pale wliitish ashy

under wing-coverts and broad white tips to the secondaries. An adult bird from

Manaos, Amazons, which doubtless represents typical i?. cinerascens, has much

darker, smoky brown under wing-coverts, and very narrow whitish apical

margins on the secondaries. One S from Cumanji is quite similar, and therefore

I doubt the possibility of separating the Venezuelan form as a dilferent subspecies.

198. Larus atricilla Linn.

Lnriis atricilla Linnaeus, Sijst. Nat. x. p. 1.3G (1758 : " in America," sc. Carolina — ex Catesby).

One pair of adults and one immature c?, all obtained at Port of Spain

harbour, June 1903. Mr. Andrd sent also a good series from Tobago.

II.^LIST OF THE SPECIES OCCURRING ON THE ISLANDS OF MONOS

AND CHACACHACARE, BUT NOT FOUND ON TRINIDAD.

Unfortunately, we know as yet very little about the ornis of the small islands

lying between Trinidad and the Paria peninsula. It is not improbable that some of the

sj)ecies treated of in the next chapter might yet be discovered on one of these islets.

So far as I am aware, the only naturalists who ever visited them were Chapman and

Taylor. The former collected several birds on Monos Island, the latter spent a few

days on Chacachacarc. Both collectors obtained a number of species which have

never been taken on Trinidad, but are common residents on the opposite coast of

Venezuela.

* Aia: Ximl. ix. (1302) p. \?.2.

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1. Spinus cucullatixs (Swains.).

Chapman observed two specimens on Monos Island. Tlio Tring Musenm

received a large series from the state of Cumana, Venezuela. There is no record of

its occurrence in Trinidad. The " Trinidad " specimens in the r.ritish Museum are of

the well-kuuwu " Orinoco "-make, and came eertainlv not from the island.

-'. Phaeomyias incomta (('ah. & Heine).

Myiopalix nemifiixca Chapman, Jliil/. Aiiier. Mns, vi. (1804) p. .'58 (Mouos Island).

P/ii/llomi/ids semi/ti6ca Taylor, Jbis 18G4. p. 86 (Triuidad).

Chapman found this species only on Monos Island. Its occurrence on Trinidad

proper requires confirmation.

About the nomenclature of the species cfr. Tor. Zool. ix. (1902) p. 41.

3. Sublegatus fasciatus glaber Scl. & Salv.

Siihlegiittis ylaber Chapman, Bull. Amn: Mas. vi. (1894) p. .j'j.

Found by Chapman on Monos Island.

4. Empidochanes fascatus cabanisi (Ldotaud).

Emphloclumes cabanisi Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mas. vi. (18ll4) p. 41 (Monos Island).

Chapman found it on Monos Island not uncommon. Leotaud had only a single

specimen before him, which perhaps was also obtained on one of the outlying-

islands.

Chapman {Bull. Amer. Mus. vi. p. 42) separated the Tobago form as E. c.

canescens [= zireoninus Ridgw. 1886 ! ex Tobago], but the differences pointed out

by him do not exist. "We have both from the Orinoco (Altagracia) and from Tobago

brown-backed specimens with pale yellow uuderparts as well as grey-backed ones

with a nearly white belly. The same observation has been made by Conut Dalmas

{Mem. Soc. Zool. France xiii. lUUO, p. 139 : E. arenaceus).

5. Formicivora intermedia intermedia Cab.

Taylor, Ih,^, 18(U. p. 85 (Chacachacare).

H. Taylor found it " abundant in the low, dry bush of the small island

Chacachacare," though he did not tiud it elsewhere.

We have a large series from Cuman^. On Tobago it is represented by the

much larger and darker /''. intermedia tobagensis Dalmas {Mem. Soc. Zool. France

xiii. 19U0, p. 141).

III.— HYPOTHETICAL LIST.

In the following pages I give a critical list of those species which have

erroneously been recorded for Trinidad, or the occurrence of which has yet to be

proved. Some of them observed by Leotaud may be occasional stragglers from the

mainland, others may yet be discovered in the mountains of the northern part of

the island.

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1. Turdus flavipes venezuelensis (Sharpe).

Merida venezuelensis Sharpe, Moiinqr. Tunl. ii. (lUOO) p. 83 [Venezuela].

J/, mehiimpleum, idem, I.e. p. 87 ["Trinidad "— errore !]

Turdus flavipes (nee Vieillot !) Taylor, Ibis 18G4. p. 80 ; Leotaud, Ois. TrinuUi!, p. lOO.

L^otand states that the species does not breed on the island and occurs only

between the months of Augnst and April, It is strange that neither Chapman nor

Andre's collectors ever met with it.

I have shown* that specimens similar to that described by .Sharpe as

M. melanopleiva may be found in Venezuela as well as in South Brazil, the

distinguishing characters of the supposed species being only those of the very adult

male. Having examined the type in the British Museum, the last doubts as to its

identity with vcncx-iu'li'iis/s are now removed, for the type turns out to he a skin of

the well-known " Orinoco "-make, and certainly never came from Trinidad !

2. Turdus xanthoscelus Jard.

Timhis xanthoscelus Jardine, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. (1847) p. 329 [Tobago].

According to Leotaud, this species is an occasional visitor to Trinidad, but

neither Ohaiuuau nor Audrey collected it on the island. This tlirush is strictly

confined to Tobago. The specimens from the Roraima Mts., Britisli Guiana,

referred by Sharpe to 7'. xanthoscelus, differ from the typical Tobago scries by their

much smaller size (wing 110— 112, instead of 117 ; tail 83—88, instead of 98 mm.),

weaker and shorter bill and much more glossy plumage. They are perhaps not

separable irom T. lencojis Tacz., but a better series should be examined.

3. Euphonia nigricoUis (Vieill.).

Although Leotaud says it is pretty common, it has not been met with by any

of the more recent travellers who visited the island. It is also included in Taylor's

list with the remark : "much less abundant than on the main."

4. Piranga testacea faceta Bangs.

Piranf/afii(!et(( Bangs, rmr. Biol. Sor. Was!,, xii, (1898) p. Ul [Santa Marta, Colombia].

Pyranija hepatim (nee Swainson !) Lrotand, Ois. Trinidad, p. 291 [Trinidad].

I'iranya liaemalea (nee Salvin & Godman !) Chapman, Bull. Amey. Mas. vi. (1894) p. 30 [Trinidad] ;

Allen, Ball. Amer. Mas. xiii. (1900) p. 168 [Santa Marta],

I have not seen as yet any authentic Trinidad specimen, but Ldotand describes

a bird which seems to belong to the above species, of which there is a good series

from Cumana in the Tring Museum. It is easily known from P. t. testacea by its

much lighter, orange-vermilion underparts, and is in no way to be confounded with

P. t. liaemalea of the Roraima Mountains, British Guiana, as has been done by

Allen and Chapman. The latter ditiers very little from typical testacea, while

P. t. faceta is much paler and brighter everywhere than its two allies.

Ldotand adds that this species is only a visitor to the island.

• Juurii.J'. Oriiith. 1902, p. 07.

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5. Sporophila bouvronides (Loss.).

PyrrhiUi hniin-nnides Lesson, Triuli- il'Orn., 1S31. p. 4.50 [no locality given].

Spermojihila Icxxotii Finsch, P. Z. .S. 1870. p. 582 [" Trinidad "— errore !].

Sj>ermoj>liila trhiilulis Sharpe, Cut. Ilh-ih lirit. yrus. xii. {1888) p. 132 [" Trinidad '—errore !].

S. bottvronoides L^otaud, Ois. Trinkkul, p. 318 (Trinidad).

Noitbcr C'liaiiman nor Andre pollorted this species, and the type of S. trinitatis

Sharpe did also not come from Trinidad, but is of the usual " Orinoco "-make.

The only anthority for its occnrrence on the island i.s Leotand, who says tliat it is

fonnd in company with S. jninuta, but less common.

I cannot see any reason for not accei)ting Lesson's term hoiaronuks. The

description answers well to the species with uniform black pilenm (cfr. " tete et cou

noir "), no mention being made of a white crown stripe. Even if Lesson's name

should be rejected, then Fiusch's designation lessoni would have precedence over

trinitatis Sharpe.

S. bourronides is certainly only a straggler from the mainland, but an adult

male, collected by Leotand, on Trinidad, is preserved in the Paris Museum.

As I will show in another paper, S. ocellatn and S. amazonica arc identical

with S. bouvronides, which, however, apjiears to be specifically distinct from

S. lincola, both species being found together at various localities. For want of

material, these birds are very unsatisfactorily treated of in the Catalogue of Birds.

'i. Carduelis phoeniceus Bonap.

Erroneously recorded from Trinidad in the Cat. Birds, xii. p. 166. The Tring

Museum received a large series of both sexes from the vicinity of Cumaiui.

The species is not known to occur elsewhere, unless C. grajiudensis Lafr. of New

Granada be the same.

7. Mionectes olivaceus Lawr.

Elnnia strkilicfiUis Wotaud, Ois. TiiiiidiiJ, p. 238 (Trinidad).

Mionectes olivaceus Chapman, Bull. Amer. Miis. vi. (1894) p. 38.

The claims of this species to be included in the avifauna of Trinidad rest

upon the single specimen recorded by Leotaud. It has been examined and

identified by Chapman. Li the Tring Museum there is a good scries of M. o/iraeciis

from Cumaui'i.

8. Pachyrhamphus albogriseus Scl.

Taylor, Ibis 18i;4. p. 87 (" Trinidad ").

There can be no doubt that the bird obtained by Taylor has been wrongly

identified as F. albogriseus. This species occurs only in the Andes of C'olombia

and Ecuador, and its occurrence on Trinidad is simply impossible. 1 suppose the

specimen really belonged to P. ru/us (Bodd.) (= cincreus auct.), of which there is

an adult male from Cumana in the Tring Jluseum. In the Catalogue of Birds

two 6 ad. of this species are recorded from Trinidad, but they are most probably

so-called "Orinoco" skins, which, in many collections, are labelled "Trinidad."

Neither C!hapmau nor Ai.dn' met with any l'ar/,i/r/aimp//u.f of this grou|i, hence

the occurrence of B. ru/us remains to Ijc confirmed.

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0. Dendrocolaptes altirostris Leotaud.

0/s. Tnnhhnl, p. IOC.

The description of tbis species, as given hy Leotand, agrees well with Dendrorms

susiz/'raiii susiirraiis (Jard.), so far as c'oloration is concerned, but the bill is said

to be " blanc de corne." I do not know what to make of this bird ; I can hardly

believe, however, that there is a species of Dendrocolaptes on Trinidad, not found

again since Ltotand's time.

As the type is now in the collectiim of the Boston Society of Natnral History,

the matter could easily be settled by our American fellow-workers.

10. Dendroplex pious (Gm.).

Although Leotaud says it is common, it has not been obtained by any of the

recent collectors.

n. Cercomacra maculicaudis (i^cl.) [= nigricans Scl.].

There cannot be the slightest doubt that this species has been wrongly

assigned to Trinidad. It occurs only on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador

and C'olombia, extending northwards to Panama.

1:^. Campylopterus ensipennis (Swains.).

In the Catalogue of Birds xvi. p. 290, and again in the Tierreich, Trochilid.

p. 31, this species is recorded from Trinidad, evidently on the strength of some

specimens in the British Museum labelled " Trinidad." These are skins of the

so-called " Orinoco "-make, and the occurrence of C. ensipennis on the island is not

yet ]iroved, although it is common both on the Paria coast and on Tobago.

13. Agyrtria albiventris (Less.).

The two examples in the British Museum from " Trinidad " are also so-called

"Orinoco" skins (cfr. Salvin, Cat. B. xvi. p. 186: Agyrtria riridissima). As yet

there is no proof that the species ever occurs in Trinidad, nor is it found on the

Paria coast.

14. Chrysuronia oenone oenone (Less.).

This species has without doubt been wrongly indicated as occurring in Trinidad,

although Lesson described it from that island. The examples in the British

Bluseum labelled " Trinidad " are again so-called " Orinoco " skins.

15. Thalurania refulgens Gould.

In nearly all works on Humming-birds we find Trinidad as the only locality

mentioned for this species, but as neither Leotaud nor any of the more recent

collectors ever met with it there, we may safely exclude it from the ornis of the

island. The Triug Museum received a very large number of skins from the state of

Cumand, N.E. Venezuela, and this is the only exact place known hitherto.

10. Chaetocercus jourdani (Bourc).

Calnlhornr enicuniR (neo Vieillot !j Luotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 143 (Trinidad).

Leotaud's bird belonged without doubt to the above species, as may easily be

seen from the description of the tail : " rocttrices noires ; dn roux snr la barbe

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interne de la base an milieu . . . ; la pins ezterieure est conrte et finit en

pointe."

This can never refer to CalUphlox ametlii/stina with which Chapman and Salvin

identified Leotand's description.

Besides Leotand's, we have no other record of this species occnrring on

Trinidad. The only specimens with exact localities I have seen are those in Tring

(1 c?, 1 ?), which were collected near CumanA b_v one of Mr. Andre's men.

IT. Chaetura spinicauda (Temm.).

Chapman, BiiV. Amrr. Mus. vi. p. rjS (Trinidad).

I have not seen any specimens from Trinidad, and I jj^reatly donLt its occnrrence

there. It is not obvions from Ciiapraan's account whetlier lie got an example of

the species, and its claims to be included in the ftiuna of Trinidad cannot be

considered as established.

IS. Cypseloides rutilus (Vieill.).

Neither Chapman nor Andre's collectors ever met with this remarkable bird,

bnt according to the former ornithologist, there is one specimen in Leotand's

collection. The French naturalist, however, leaves it an ojten question whether it

breeds on the island or not, and after all it may be only a straggler there.

19. Chordeiles acutipennis acutipennis (Bodd.).

Althongh Leotand (p. 7(1) says that this species is the most common of all

Goatsuckers, it has not been observed either by Chapman or Andre. From his

observations it is evidently only a winter visitor.

20. Podager nacunda (Vieill.).

According to Leotaud (]). 79) it is a common winter visitor between the months

of July and October.

21. Chrysoptilus punctigula (Bodd.).

Erroneously recorded from Trinidad in the Cat. Birds xviii. p. \\C^. The

species occurs only in Cayenne and Surinam. On the Orinoco River and in

Veneznela, near Valencia, a nearly allied form, C. p. puKCtipcctus Cab. & Heine,

takes its place.

22. Coccyzus pumilus Strickl.

This species, although descrilied as coming from " Trinidad," is now ascertained

to be only an inhabitant of the upper Orinoco valley and the eastern slopes of the

Andes in Colombia. I have seen a large number of Bogota skins. Tiic original

locality was doubtless erroneous.

23. Urochroma hueti (Temm.).

According to Leotaud (p. 332) this species, " est de passage ici, et encore

ne vient-elle nons visiter qn'5,de long intervalles." I have never seen a specimen

from Trinidad.

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NEW BEEPANULIDAE, THYBIDIDAE, TJRANIIDAE, AND

GE03IETIIIDAE, FROM ERITISH NEW GUINEA.

BY W. WARREN, M.A., F.E.S.

ri'^HE insects were collected by A. S. Meek at the Aiigabiuiga River, an udlnent

-L of the St. Joseph River, British New Gninea, at an elevation of OUOLI ft.

and upwards, from November 19U4 to February 1905. It is a marvellous

collection, the number of new species being beyond all expectation.

Family DREPANULIDAE.

1. Callidrepana discipunctata spec. uov.

Forewing : rather deep yellow ; from two-thirds of inner margin a band of

three lines runs straight and oblique to below vein 8 ; the central line broadly

brown, the inner and outer slender, the pale interval before the outer slightly

lustrous ; below 8 the inner and central lines are retracted to costa and the outer

bent outwards ; dark spots on the veins represent the submarginal line ; ape.\ and

fringe above it brownish fulvous ; cell-mark formed of two brown-edged aunuli.

Ilindicing : with the band central, but not reaching above vein 4 ; costal area

paler yellow.

Underside fulvous yellow, paler towards inner margins ; both wings with a

ronud brown cell-spot, and traces of a straight brown outer line, running from

apex in forewing, and from three-fourths of costa in hindwing, hardly reaching

below middle.

Thorax, abdomen, and legs like wings ; upper half of face black, lower half

yellow.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 ?.

2. Callidrepana superba si)ec. nov.

Forewimf : jjale nnspeckled ochreous; from three-fifths of inner margin an

oblique olive-brown band runs straight to below vein 7 ; this band consists of a dark

olive fine line on the inner edge, separated by a pale interval from a broader and paler

olive line, which is edged externally by a somewhat diffuse line of silvery scales ;

before vein 7 the inner dark line is widely retracted to costa and becomes obsolete ;

the outer line develops into a wide shallow red-brown costal blotch with jialer

centre, the lustrous line forming a large bright spot below it; submarginal line

represented by a series of olive-brown wedge-shaped marks on the veins, the

whole marginal .area, especially towards apex, slightly deeper tinged ; apex and

fringe dark olive-brown, (lie fringe becoming jialer towards anal angle ; cell-sjiut

double, formed of a bent line of silvery scales on the upper arm of discocellular,

and a spot at the lower end.

Ilindwintj : with the olive band central, not reaching above vein G; the

submarginal spots more distinct, the marginal area beyond them distinctly olive-

brown.

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Underside with the band nmber-brown, very thick on hindwiug, not reaching

inner margin in either wing, filling up the apex of forewing, the inner edge

forming a pale-centred loop on costa followed by a round i)ale sjwt ; suhmnrginal

line vi.silde only in forewing and there not below vein 2 ; a, brown marginal

line on forewing to vein 2, broader on hiudwing ; fringe brown on forewin;:, jiale

on hindwing ; costa of forewing towards base yellowish.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs ochreons ; upper half of ftice brown ;

forelegs tinged with l)rown.

Expanse of wings : 00 mm.

1 ?.

Hyalospectra gen. nov.

ForewitH/: costa curved ; ajjcx dejiressed, bluntly rounded ; hindmargin bluntly

elbowed in middle, concave above, oblique below.

Uindw'nuj : bluntly angled at middle of hindmargin.

Antennae pectinated in ?, with stiff parallel pectinations to two-thirds, ai)ical

third simple ; palpi quite short ; tongue and frenulum present ; hiudtibiae with

two spurs only.

Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; upper and lower

third of discocellnlar vertical, middle oblique ; first median uervule at one-half,

second at four-fifths, both curved downwards at origin ; lower radial from the

lower angle of discocellnlar; 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9, from the depressed end of

.subcostal; lO and 11 close together from cell, 10 anastomosing wath 8, 0:

hindwing, 7 from long before end of cell, shortly anastomosing with 8.

^Vings sparsely scaled, with large hyaline discal patches.

Type : Ilijalospectra grisca spec. nov.

3. Hyalospectra grisea spec. nov.

Forewing ; hyaline ; the basal area, the costal area above subcostal vein, and

the hindmarginal border clothed with sparse grey scales ; at about one-third from

base a dark paler-edged lunulate-dcutatc line, toothed outwards on the veins ;

in the grey marginal area a lunulatc-dentate dark line, running out from costa

at three-fourths and below middle forming the limit of the hyaline space ; this

space is roughly four-lobed, comprising the outer half of cell and the inner half

of all the intervals between veins 2 and 8 ; a round hyaline marginal spot between

3 and 4, and the marginal area below apex semibyaline ; a dark grey marginal

line, spotted on the veins ; fringe pale grey.

Ilinchciny: grey, with the base, an angled band beyond middle, and the

marginal spot between 3 and 4 hyaline.

Underside hyaline, the marginal area grey, the l)asal only showing through.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, ftice and antennae jialer.

Exi)ause of wings : 30 mm.

1 ?.

4. Oreta patiens spec. nov.

i. Forewinij: dark fawn-grey, with numerous transverse darker striae and

si)eckles ; costa with two blackish blotches, one nearly at middle, the other at

two-thirds ; from the first a diffuse dark central shade arises, which is bent at

cud of cell ; from the second a fine outer line arises, angled at vein C then

( fi3 )

oblique inwards (in the type S this line is very indefinite) ; discal mark a line

of faint bUiisli shining scales ; along vein 5 a pale chestnut-brown streak extends

to an oblique subiuarginul whitish mark ; a dark blotch at anal angle ; this blotch,

as well as the apical area, is stndded with flaky white scales ; fringe rufous

brown, tipped in places with shining white scales.

Hindtving : redder, with a broad darker central band, and with dark s])ccks

between the veins ; fringe deep red-brown.

Underside deep dull reddish, coarsely black-spotted between the veins ; the

black outer line on forewing and central on hindwiug well marked, as well as

the white submarginal streak.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; underneath and legs reddish.

¥. Much larger and paler, with scarcely any red tinge ; the outer line

on forewing black and well defined, produced as a central line across hindwing ;

underside pale whitish brown, with coarse black speckling and black thick

oblique line.

Expanse of wings : c? 30 mm. ; ¥ 40 mm.

1 c?,l S.

Family 77/ ) 7? IDT DAE.

5. Addaea maculata spec. nov.

Forewniq : yellowish straw-colour, with some faint pale brownish striae between

the veins ; costal edge brown dotted with pale ; base of cell brown ; a broad brown

band from just bej'ond middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, followed

below middle of wing by a grey-brown blotch reaching anal angle ; traversed

at middle by a narrow darker band, the upper part of which starts faintly from

costa just beyond middle shade ; a series of brown triangular spots along margin ;

fringe straw-colour.

Hindwing : with central shade thick, unaccompanied by a blotch ; in marginal

area one brown and three paler lines visilde.

Underside yellower, with the bands and markings pule red-brown and very

regular.

Head, shoulders, and base of patagia deep brown ; thorax and abdomen

straw-colour ; fifth dorsal segment deep brown, sixth brownish.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 ?.

0. Banisia quinquelineata sj)ec. nov.

Forctciiig : jiale uchreous, rather glossy; traversed by very fine grey wavy

lines or striatious, and by five brown lines or thin bands, oblique outwards fnim

costa, angled on subcostal vein, then oblique inwards and waved; down the pale

intervals between them a darker central line forming small black patches between

the veins ; a series of large marginal brown spots ; fringe brown.

Hindwing : with only the two inner lines clear ; fringe brown.

Underside with the straw ground-colour paler, and the brown lines and black

speckling much brighter.

Head and forelegs dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and al)domen straw-colour.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

3 33.

( M )

7. Brixia quartaria sj)ec. nov.

Forewing : oclircous, nuiformly snffnsed, except along costa, with pale brown :

crossed b)' four or five darker bands more or less interlacing laterally, two

antemcdian and two postmedian being plainer, and brown-edged on costa ; tlie

paler intervals with faint traversing lines ; fringe pale.

Himhciiii/ : with the costal area above median vein like forewing ; below with

three broad deep brown bands, basal, median, and marginal, the intervals whitish

with a i)ale line in middle ; fringe ochrcons, darker at base, especially towards

anal angle.

Underside of forewing snfFnscdly pale brown, sluiwing no markings ; of

liindwing with the pale and dark markings amplified and very distinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochrcons, sometimes tinged with jiale brown ;

dorsum marked with brown ; face, palpi, j)ectus, legs, and underside of abdomen

deep brown.

E.xpanse of wings : S 22 mm. ; ? L'6 mm.

2 cJcJ.l ?.

8. Letcheiia satelles spec. nov. and ab. coeca nov.

Foretcinq : fawu-colonr in c?, with obscnre dark transverse striae and

reticulations ; dull brick-red in ? , with the striae developed into dull lines and

bands ; costal edge with pale linear intervals ; between veins 2 and 3 at middle

of wing a large hj'aline patch, generally elongate and oblong, sometimes shortened

and nearly round, in one case divided into two by a vertical middle line; with

two small spots one above the other in the interval beneath, sometimes confluent ;

fringe, dark brownish or reddish grey. In 1 y , ab. coeca, the hyaline spots are

entirely absent.

IJindwi/u/ : like forewing, bnt without hyaline spots ; fringe with apical half

white ; inner margin and fringe pinkish ochreous.

Underside of forewing with a diffnse brownish postmedian cloud and sub-

marginal spot ; hindwing pink ; inner margin of both wings pale.

Thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings; head generally darker ; forelegs

dark brown, with jiale joints ; hindleg with tuft of hair internally fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 4U mm.

4 (?c?,3 ? ?.

Microbelia gen. nov.

Forewing : elongate ; costa straight, convex only before apex, which is slightly

Iirominent ; hindraargin somewhat bulged at middle, very obliqne below.

liindwing : narrow, oblong ; the apex rounded to a slight elbow at 7 ; hind-

margin bulged at middle and inbent on each side ; inner margin very short.

Paljii obliiiuely porrect upwards; second segment thick, rough-haired, terminal

short; antennae bimeliatc, thick ; legs long ; neuration siinjile.

ItitlVrs from Baninia in having the termiiuil segment of jtalpi siiort.

Underside of forewing without metallic or hairlikc scales.

Type : Microbelia curvinota spec. nov.

To this group belong intimalis Moore, cotnpunctalis Warr., and ulterior ^\'ar^.

( 65 )

9. Microbelia curvinota sjiec. nov.

Foir/rl/ii/ : ophreons, witli five snlir|uadrate lirowii costal jiatolios, tlie commence-

ment of fasciae which in and lielow tlie cell hoconic black-bmwn ; costal edije dotted

light and dark ; the pale intervals lietween the hands each traversed by a brown line,

that beyond the second band palest and most prominent ; the third and fourth bauds

unite to form a Y-sha])ed mark ; the fifth becomes black and is bent round at right

angles to margin at vein 4 : veins towards margin fnlvons, the intervals with

vertical brown-black striae ; fringe ochreous, chequered with black beyond veins

below middle, and at vein 7.

Hindwing : with basal third pale straw-colour or whitish, with a brown-black

band near base and limited by another running from above anal angle to niidwing,

followed by a dark fulvous mark at anal angle ; rest of wing paler, as in forewing.

Underside with all the tints, both pale and dark, much brighter and clearer.

Head, thorax, and abdomen, fulvous ochreous ; metathorax and anal half of

dorsum black-brown ; palpi and legs ochreous.

? with the markings fulvous brown instead of black, except the ))pnt mark to

middle of hindmargin ; the jiale costal s[iaces dotted black and white ; hindwing

with base more largely pale, the basal band being slender; head, thorax, and

abdomen rich fulvous.

Expanse of wings : c? 2il mm. ; ? 20 mm.

1 (?, 1 ?.

li'. Pharambara basalis sjiec. nov.

Forewing : whitish ochreous with pale red-brown reticulations ; the markings

dark chestnut ; basal two-fifths deep chestnut edged by a vertical line ; an

interrupted postmedian fascia formed by a dependent bar from costa and a bifurcate

mark from before anal angle ; hindmargin narrowly chestnut-brown, with obliipie

Y-shaped streaks running into it ; costal area brown, with pale rounded intervals

dotted with dark on costal edge ; all the dark markings more or less connected

laterally along subcostal vein and inner margin ; in the paler spaces the veins

are jiale reddish ; fringe pale ochreons with brown mottling.

Himhrimj : with three brown bands near base running into inner margin, the

third broad and double ; the hindmargin red-brown, with two mcn-e, partially double,

streaks running into it, with single lines between.

Underside the same, with the dark brown markings all clearer, and with some

bluish silvery scales along subcostal area.

Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen brown, the anal tuft of cf ochreous ;

face deep brown ; i)alpi and forelegs deep brown with the joints pale; antennae

annnlated lirown and ochreous.

Expanse of wings : S 18 mm.; ? 22 mm.

1 ^, 1 ?.

11. Siculodes fumiceps spec. nov.

Foreiviny : white, traversed by numerous contorted bronzy grey lines and

reticulations, which cut up the white ground into rounded siwts or blotches of irregular

size and shape : costal edge minutely dotted with dark ; subcostal vein with white

spots alternating with bronzy-grey intervals ; some short oblique lines along hind-

margin running out grev into the white fringe.

5

( <i6 )

Ilinclwing : similar ; many of the spots appearing as if embossed, as a few of

those in tlie forewiug also do.

Underside of forewiiig similar; of liindwint; wliite with tlie markings showing

tlmingh; costa df forewing nnilormly dotted tjjaclc and white, with a yellowish streak

below it.

Head ami jirothorax smoky grey ; metathorax and abdomen wliite.

Expanse of wings : 2ii mm.

1 S.

12. Siculodes nigrithorax spec. nov.

Forewing : glossy white, with very indistinct grey-brown reticnlations, excejit

towards hindmargiu, where they become dark brown and complicated ; a fine black-

brown marginal line swollen into spots at the veins, which project into the white

fringe ; a large brown spot at base of discoeellular, and another below it on snb-

median vein, forked obliquely towards inner margin ; costal streak dark-brown ;

costal edge dotted with orange ; subcostal vein with white spots.

Ilimhciiiq : with a hyaline central space ; the rest of the wing with bosses of

white scales arranged in rows between the veins; a black spot on inner margin

at middle, and some dark markings towards hindmargin; marginal line as in

forewing.

Underside white, glossy, the markings as above ; costa of forewing gilded

yellow, speckled with black, and with a deep yellow line running into apex.

Head and prothorax black-brown ; metathorax, apical half of patagia, and

abdomen white; dorsal segments, except basal, banded with brown; abdomen

beneath, pectus, and legs silvery white; foretarsi black, with white joints.

Expanse of wings : 2(3 mm.

2 ??.

13. Siculodes subauratalis spec nov.

Foreicinq : snow-white ; the costa finely dotted with dark ; the base with thick

purplish si)Ots and striae between veins ; the marginal area with some longer and

more angular marks as well ; the space from apex to end of cell and the middle of

inner margin remaining imre white ; large dark marginal spots at the vein-ends below

middle ; fringe white.

Ilimlwinq : with thick irregular markings except along costal area; marginal

spots at the vein-ends throughout.

Underside like upper, btit most of the markings of hindwing and many on

forewing pale instead of dark; costa of forewing broadly gilded yellow; costa of

both wings black-dotted.

Thorax and abdomen white : dorsum with black spots ; the head and jjrothoras

are discoloured, but appear to have been grey; foretarsi black, with joints white.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 6.

Family URANIIDAE.

Subfamily MICRONIINAE.

14. Cyphura pardata spec. nov.

Vorewiiiq : cream-white ; the costal area above subcostal vein crossed by stout

black striae, those in the apical portion more variable in shape and size, sometimes

forniii)'^' a iVw long streaks, soniclinies more numi-rons anil short, reaching as far as

( 67 )

vein 4 ; three olive-fulvous, brown-edged, fnnuel-shapod bands cross the wing from

lOsta ; tlie inner edge of the first from base of costa to before middle of inner

margin, the outer from one-sixth of costa to tliree-fiftlis of inner margin ; inner edge

of tlie second from one-fonrth of costa to three-fonrtiis of inner margin, the outer from

middle of costa to four-fifths of inner margin ; the inner edge of the third from

three-fifths of costa to anal angle, the outer edge not defined by a line but

only marked by a darker shade, which joins the inner edge at anal angle ; a broad

velvety black sulnnarginal line nut reaching costa and ending in a point before anal

angle ; fringe with basal half black, outer half whitish.

Ilindwing : white, with a bright fulvous suffusion in the outer half of wing from

vein 4 to anal angle, containing five black submarginal spots, a hirge one on each

side of vein 3, a smaller one on each side of the submedian fold and a smaller one

still below vein I ; a broad abbreviated submarginal black stripe from vein 5 to 2, and

a shorter fine one close before margin from 6 to 4 ; fringe white from apex to

the end of tooth, thence to au.al angle fulvous, tipped with grey and with a velvety

black basal line interrupted at the veins : fringe of inner margin fulvous in outer half,

white in basal half of wing.

Underside of forewing white with two broad blackish oblique streaks, cor-

responding to the two outer dark lines of upperside, the inner not reaching below

middle; some dark brown sjiccks and striae on costa before apex, and a grey linear

shade before hiudmargin from apex to middle ; fringe grey-brown, the basal half

darker; hindwiug with the fnlvous area more restricted; the submarginal black

stripe from 5 to 2 broader and continued to anal angle, including the three smaller

spots.

Palpi white, with second segment black above ; face white with a black spot

above; vertex, antennae, and collar white; shoulders and patagia pale fulvous;

thorax and abdomen white with a broad black dorsal stripe : abdomen below and legs

white ; forelegs with a black line in front.

Expanse of wings : 56 — 65 mm.

0 c?c?,2 ? ?.

The largest examjjle has an additional short brown middle line on hindn-ing

from vein 4 bent round to inner margin above anal angle.

15. Stesichora pura spec. nov.

Fore- and hindwintia, above and below, and all the parts of the liody pure white,

except the upper half nf face, the tips of the palpi, and the front of the forelegs,

which are blackish.

Expanse of wings : 4n mm.

1 S.

10. Stesichora strigifera spec. nov. and ab. crassistriga nov.

Foreioiiiy : white, covered with irregular pale brown strigae ; those on costa

and subcostal vein fine and black ; marginal line pale brown ; fringe white with

a faint brownish tinge ; besides the striae there are sometimes traceable three

more or less continuous pale grey-brown linos across wing, antemedian, median,

and postmedian ; of these the median is generally the most prominent, and in

certain cases developed into a broad conspicuous band, ab. crassistrii/a.

IJiiuhving: with the strigae confined to the marginal area; the nxdiiin anil

( (i8 )

liostnieiliiiii liaiuls fjcnerally well miirked, the latter sometiiucs angiilated below

niiddlo : inargiiial line fine, hlaclc-l)ro\vn, interrupted at the slight tooth, which

(X)iitains an oval black spot ; frinj;i' wliite, tinircd with brnwii. In tlie !ilierrafiiin

tlic fringes are darker in both wings.

Underside nniforiuly white.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs :ill wliite; face and palpi black, whitish

below ; forelegs dark grey in I'ront.

E.xpanse of wings : c?, 4i< miii. ; ?, .")'-i niiu.

4 t? J, 2 ? ?, one of these being the aberration cnissistriyu.

SuBiWMiLY EPirLEMlNAE.

IT. Dirades corrasa sjiec. nov.

Fmrtring : pale grey, freckled with darker; a dark rell-spot followed by n

larger dark spot above vein 7, edged with ferrnginous externally ; a row of snb-

niarginal black Inuules between the veins from apex to vein 2 ; a dark marginal

line ; fringe grey with a pale basal line.

Ilimhininj : dark brown above vein 4 ; white and withont markings, exeejit on

vein 1, below it; costa with a silvery white blotch from liase to apex, where it

is narrowed off to a point ; across the middle a donble dark brown line with

yellowish scales between ; along hindmargin from vein 7 to 4 a leaden, blue band

edged inwardly by black white-edged Innnles ; fringe brown to vein 4, wliite

below it.

Thorax and abdomen pale grey ; vertex white; lace and paljii black.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S.

Hindwing with a tooth at vein 7, and the inner margin below vein 3 lobed ; an

elongate hyaline fovea near base of wing beneath the median vein.

18. Dirades niveicosta spec. nov.

Foreiring : cinereons grey, striated with darker ; the lines fnscons, interrnpted ;

first cnrved, at one-third; second at two-thirds, ontcnrved below middle, where

it is thickened ; a cloudy dark cell-spot ; an apical short streak of three black

lininles; costal edge distinctly speckled black and white ; fringe grey.

Iliiulwiiig : similar ; but the costa with a bro:ul silvery white streak from

close to base to outer line, where it is bluntly rounded ; the inner edge of this

white streak is jierfectly straight, and contains three black spots, one at base, a

small one at middle, and a third at the end, these last forming parts of the

inner and outer lines ; a row of leaden-blue dark-edged lunules along margin from

vein 7 to 2.

Underside of forewing grey, of hindwing whitish ; costa of hindwing with two

tnfts of dark scales, a large one at base and smaller one at apex.

Thorax and abdomen grey like wings ; vertex white ; face, pal])i, and forelegs

black.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 ? ?.

Near JK (itiibaaiti Warr. iVom Fergusson Island, but the white streak of

hindwing is not jagged below.

10. Diradopsis alberta spec. nov.

FoirwiiKj : pale grej', cloiuleJ and speckled with dark grey ; costa miuutely

dotted l)lack and white ; lines dark with paler edge ; first ontcurved from one-third

of costa to median vein, second from three-fifths of costa to vein 4, both interrnpted

below middle, bnt really joining the edges of a dark brown blotch on inner margin

beyond middle ; this blotch is narrower and rounded at summit in the S, broader

and flattened in the ? ; a row of black snbmarginal spots from apex to anal

angle ; a dark grey triangular cloud on costa beyond outer line, and a slighter one

at anal angle : fringe brown.

lliiulwimj : browner; outer line in i nearly straight from middle of costa to

vein 4, where it is bluntly angled and becomes obsolete, in the ? curved above

middle, straight below, with a lilnnt tooth on vein 4, dark l)rown edged with pale ;

in the ? lielow 4 the marginal space is whitish grey nearest the line, the rest dark

grey with snbmarginal dark spots between veins ; fringe brown with pale tips ; in

the S the submedian interval is whitish, without scaling ; in the ¥ whitish speckled

with black; in both sexes the veins of hindwing are sometimes pale.

Underside dull brownish with Idack s]>eckling, whiter towards base of liindwing.

Thorax and abdomen grey; vertex pale grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black.

Expanse of wings : c?, 22 mm. ; ? , 23 mm.

4 cJd',4 ??.

"-'II. Epiplema canibrunnea spec. nov.

Forewiuij : liver-brown, dusted at base, along costa, and before hindmargin with

bluish grey scales ; costal edge ochreous with slight brown dots ; the lines finely

jiale ; first from one-fourth of costa, obli(]uely curved outwards to median, then

(ibli(pie and straight inwards ; second line straight from just beyond middle of costa

to l)eyond middle of inner margin ; the interval lietween the lines deeper brown,

forming a fascia, tlie veins across it paler ; a pale dark-edged kuuilate line from

near apex, curved to hindmargin at submedian fold, enclosing a darker brown

marginal area widest beyond cell, edged inwardly with bluish grey; a fine bluish

grey marginal line ; fringe broadly brown at base, [laler and mottled towards tips.

HIndtriiuj : with the two lines curved and parallel ; the lunulate submarginal

line entire from ai)ex to anal angle, enclosing a dull leaden-blue band; fringe as in

forewing.

Underside of forewing purjilish grey, with darker speckling ; of hindwing white

with purplish speckles along hindmargin ; fringes grey chequered with purplish.

Vertex white ; shoulders and jmtagia pale bluish grey, powdered with dark

scales; abdomen brown with jiale rings; anal tuft ochreous; face, pulpi, and

forelegs brown-black ; antennae ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 S.

Hindmargin of forewing entire, with sligiit indentation beyond cell ; of hindwing

with slight blunt teeth at 4 and T ; costa of hindwing fringed with hair ; antennae

with clavate teeth.

21. Epiplema casbiata spec. nov.

Forewing : ochreous or whitish grey, densely covered with fine short striae ;

cell-spot blackish, in a cloud of dark striae; the lines accompanied liy shades of

dark striae ; inner line marked by a dark sjiot above and below median vein ; outer

( 70 )

line liy small brown liiiiatc marks between veius at. two-thirds, parallel to hiiitl-

margin ; a black spot before apex above vein 7 ; fringe concolorons.

Ilnidiriiui : cell-sjiot white, followed by a cloud of striae which extends

towards anal angle ; onter Hue faintly expressed, bluntly angled on vein 4 ; an

oval leadeu-blne, somewhat embossed spot, edged with yellowish, on liiMdmargin

below lower tooth.

Underside white, sliglitly discoloured iu forewing, with nuiucrons blackish

striae between the veins; a black spot before lower tooth.

Thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex whitish ; face and palpi black.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 ? ?.

Forewing with hindmargin simple ; hindwing slightly toothed at 7, fi, and 4,

the last finer and longer.

22. Epiplema cinereella spec. nov.

Fori'iriiiq : ash-grey with a slaty tinge, and covered with indistinct dark striae ;

costa dotted with dark grey; lines darker, but indistinct, and interrniited ; first

at one-third, bent in middle ; second from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of

inner margin, inbeut below middle; both phiinest at their extremities; a blackish

marginal blotch from apex to vein 'i, inwardly edged by a black line, bluntly

angled basewards on vein u ; fringe grey.

Hiiidwiiiij : with equally indistinct curved lines ; a dark marginal lunate-edged

shade between teeth.

Underside uniform dull dark grey.

Thorax and abdomen grey ; vertex white ; shonlders whitish grey ; face, jialpi,

and forelegs blackish.

Expanse of wings : ](j mm.

1 ?.

Forewing indented slightly beyond cell ; hindwing with small teeth at 4 and 7 ;

cell of forewing very short; vein .5 from lielow ujjper angle of cell.

23. Epiplema configurata spec. nov.

ForewiiKj : pinkish ochreous, thickly dusted with grey, at liase and along

costa ; the central fascia and anal region below middle and the hindmargin suffused

with black ; lines velvety black ; first at one-third, acutely angled outwards on

median vein, then oblique inwards, broadly edged internally with ferrnginons, the

costal portion above cell almost obsolete ; outer line from three-fifths of costa to

four-fifths of inner margin, forming a small projection outwards on vein 7 and

a prominent blunt one on vein 4, then incurved, and vertical from vein 3, edged

externally finely with ferruginous ; a line of lilack dots from apex, limiting the

black hindmargin, toothed inwards on vein .j ; fringe black-brown.

Ihndwiiig : black ; the lines edged with ferruginous conversely as in forewing ;

the inner at one-third angled outwards on both folds, the outer on vein 4, and

marked by white dots at veins ; the submedian interval diffnsely white with black

speckling, the anal region below vein 3 whitish ; the Innules along margin oliscurely

edged with ferruginous; fringe black.

Underside of forewing smoky fuscous with black striae ; costa whitish with

black dots; inner margin whitish; hindwing dull white, grey-tinged towards costa

and aj)ex ; the fringe brown.

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Face, jiali>i (wliich are lung and porrcct), anil forelegs black ; vertex snow-

white ; shoulders and patagia grey-brown ; abdomen whitish, the basal half of

dorsum black, the anal grey ; abdomen beneath and legs white.

Exjiause of wings : 27 mm.

1 ?.

Hindmargin of forewing simple; of hindwing with two lougish teeth at veins 4

and 7, and a shorter one at end of 0.

24. Epiplema dealbata spec. nov.

Forcwimj : glossy stone-grey, iinely dusted with dark scales ; costa marked

with grey; lines starting from costa at two-fifths and three-fifths; first very

obscnre, passing over a linear chestnut-brown discal spot ; second outcurved,

reddish grey with a paler limiting line, incurved at 4, joining the edges of a

large flattened pale-centred chestnut-brown blotch at middle of inner margin ;

a chestnut-brown narrow shade before margin from ajiex to vein 3, broken into

two lunules above vein 6 ; a submarginal grey cloud running into anal angle ;

fringe grey.

IHndiriiKj : inner line straight, chestnut-brown, its middle formed by the

discocellular mark ending in a round blotch between the origin of veins 3 and 4 ;

outer line brown, with paler edge, waved and bent on vein 4, ending in a square

brown blotch between 3 and 4 ; a dark, pale-edged lunular line before teeth ;

Bubmedian interval cream-white without markings, which reappear on vein 1.

Underside white, slightly discoloured in forewing, with a few dark specklings

towards hindmargin.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi brown-black.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 S.

Forewing simjile ; hindwing toothed at 4 and 7.

25. Epiplema despecta spec. nov.

Forcwimj : pale grey, thickly covered with grey-brown striae ; lines dark

brown and fairly distinct; first well curved at one-third; second from just beyond

middle of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, projecting outwards on the two

folds, angularly beyond cell and bluntly on the submedian ; a browner grey

marginal shade from apex to vein 3, prominently projecting inwards between

4 and 6, where it is edged by two black lunules, and above vein 0 by another

black Innule nearer margin ; fringe grey.

IlinihciiKj : a brown line near base; a faint ochreons line along median vein

joined by a faint brown mark on discocellular ; outer line sinuous, brown edged

with i)aler, bluntly angled or rounded on vein 4 ; a leaden-grey shade along margin

from upper to lieluw lower tooth, with a sinuous darker inner edge cut by a whitisli

dash on vein 4, with a whitish edge between 3 and 4.

Underside of forewing dull brownish grey with darker freckling and a dark

shade at base; of hindwing much paler, becoming greyer and freckled only towards

hindmargin.

Vertex, antennae, thorax, and abdomen grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black.

Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

1 c?.

Hindmargin of forewing entire ; of hindwing toothed at 4 and 7, with a blunt

tooth at G ; submediau fold scaled like the rest of wing.

( T2 )

','(). Epiplema detecta spec. nov.

Foreicinq : as in the last siiecies, pale grey with sliyhtly darker striae; no

distinct lines ; in their places slight diti'iise olive sliades ; a darker marginal space,

not so prominently projecting beyond cell, edged by a single obliiiuely curved black

line, with two dark Inniiles above, one on each side of vein T ; the pale grey fringe

with darker specks at base beyond veins.

WnuUcimi : with a donble brown spot on mtidian vein near base, a distinct

thick brown streak on discoeellular, and no ochreons line along median vein ; outer

line tine, acutely angled outwards on vein 4 ; the submedian interval whitish,

without markings ; the dark marginal sjjace from upper to lower tooth narrower

and with straight inner edge ; three small brown-edged lunules below lower tooth,

with a fine white dash on vein -t.

Underside as in desjjecta, as well as the parts of the body.

Expanse of wings : 23 mm.

1 ¥.

Hindmargin of hindwiug between teeth straight, with no tooth at vein 6.

■-'7. Epiplema eupeplodes spec. nov.

Forewlnij : ]iale ]iearl-grey towards base and ahmg costa, speckled with brown

and dark grey, with a difl'nse brown cloud on hindmargin below middle ; the veins

throughout marked paler; costa finely brown ; the lines red-brown, darker on casta;

first at one-third, oblique outwards, sharply angled on subcostal, then sinuous

inwards, marked by brown spots on tlie veins and fold ; outer line from before

two-thirds, obliijue outwards, and bent on the subcostal, then waved to inner margin

at two-thirds, jiarallel to inner line; a l)rown lunate-edged streak along excision,

with two black spots above it ; fringe brown, exce])t at apex; cell-spnt formed of

two black semi-confluent spots.

Hiixhcing : with costal margin, the cell, and central space to inner margin

whitish; the veins yellowy three short black curved lines with yellow between

them on inner margin near base ; an outer pale brown-bordered line acutely angular

above vein 4 ; two black spots on discoeellular ; marginal area lilac-grey, with

white black-edged submarginal spots between 4 and G, and a dove-coloured blotch

below 4 containing a black dot.

Underside of forewing pale brown, coarsely black-speckled, jiale grey towards

apex and along inner margin ; cell-spot black ; hindwing white, with black costal

sj)ots, a black discal mark, and scatlered black speckles ; a brown-black marginal

border, broad at costa, narrowing downwards to vein 2, containing white marginal

jiatches.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale jiearl-grey, the dorsum with slight black

and yellow markings; face, palpi, and forelegs deep brown; antennae and lilkt

yellowish.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

2 cJcJ.

Hindmargin of forewing excised between 7 and 4, straight and oblicpie below,

the apex depressed ; of hindwiug shortly toothed throughout, with a long slender

tooth at vein 4 and slightly excised above it; anteunae with distinct clavate teeth.

( 73 )

28. Epiplema falcigera spec. uov.

ForawiiKj : lilac-grey, speckled with black, most thickly along inner margin;

first line indicated by a brown oblii[ue streak from costa at one-third, second by a

brown cloud at two-thirds ; patches of black scales between veins before hiud-

margiii below middle, and a larger patch on inner margin at two-thirds ; a black

discal spot ; fringe ferrnginons.

llui(hriii<i : with the costal half sutfused with wood-brown, the whole irregu-

larly spotted and striated with dark ; a black spot before margin below lower

tooth ; fringe brown.

Underside of forewing dull smoky brown with black strigae, the costal area

pale grey ; hindwing i>ale yellowish grey, coarsely black-speckled, with a black

discal dot and slight submarginal shade.

Face, Jialpi, and forelegs lilack ; vertex and shoulders jiale pearl-grey : thora.x

brownish grey ; abdomen paler.

E.xpanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 ?.

Forewing with falcate apex, and a deep excision between it and vein 4, straight

and obliijue below ; hindwing crenulate, with longer teeth at veins 4 and 7 ;

antennae with short clavate teeth.

29. Epiplema flexifascia spec. nov.

FcircwiiKj : jiale grey, with dark grey suffusion and strigae, sometimes with

a reddish tint ; lines thick, blackish : first at one-fifth, bent in cell, then oblique,

the uj)per arm almost obsolete ; second from quite two-thirds of costa, oblique

inwards to median, then curved outwards to three-fourths of inner margin : the

area from base to this line darker grey, especially in the ?, and with dark striae

along inner margin ; outer line curved from apex to submediau fold, enclosing a

semi-oval marginal space of dark grey ; tlie area between secDiid and tliiril lines

l)ale, with slight striations and a central dark cloud lielow middle running into anal

angle ; fringe dark grey, pale above anal angle.

Uuidwiny : dark brown ; a deeper brown, pale-edged outer line, bluntly rounded

in middle, not angled, towards hindmargin ; basal line abbreviated, confined to

costal half; a dark brown thick line along median vein and vein 4, interruj)ted

by an oblique white mark, where the dark discocellular line joins it ; a dark brown

lunular line before margin from upper to below lower tooth, on each side of which

it is swollen, i)receded by a white spot below vein 6 ; fringe brown, with a paler

base ; space along the fold iVom base pale in both sexes.

Underside yellowish ochreous in forewing and costal hall' of hindwing, with

dark brown strigae, lines, and suffusion ; llie veins also dark ; inner-marginal half

of hindwing whiter.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale or dark grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black ;

vertex white ; collar black ; antennae ferruginous, with thick, rather long, clavate

teeth in the cf , simply lamellate in ? ; anal tuft in S pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : cj 22 mm. ; ¥ 24 mm.

2 (?(?,2 ? ¥.

Hindmargin of forewing entire, but I'aiutly indented beyond cell ; of hindwing

with two small teeth at veins 4 and 7, concave between, with a blunt tooth at

vein 6.

The ? , as a rule, is darker than the $.

( 74)

3n. Epiplema innocens spec. nov.

Forpwing : whitish, densely striated with jiale lilac-groy ; the lines a little

darker, but obscurely marked aud interrupted ; first at two-filths, curved ; second

from three-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, slightly outciirved above;

a slightly darker marginal sjjace from apex to vein 3, edged inwardly liy a dark

waved line, prominent on vein 'i : fringe pale grey, beyond some faint whitish dots

at the ends of veins.

lUndwing : first line curved close to base ; second forming u long blunt

projecting beak on vein 4 ; some dark grey marginal lunulcs from upper to lower

tooth.

Underside lilac-whitish ; forewing with a faint grey tinge.

Thorax and abdomen grey like wings ; vertex and shoulders whitish ; face

dark brown above, whitish at base.

Exi)anse of wings : 17 mm.

1 S.

Forewing with hindmargin entire ; hindwing incurved between 4 and 7, with

minute blunt teeth at their ends,

31. Epiplema planimargo spec. nov.

ForririiH] : dull pur]>lish grey, this tint being formed by darker grey striae on

a paler ground : lines fine and distinct, olive-brown ; first curved, from i[uite one-

third of costa to fully middle of inner margin : second from two-thirds of costa to

three-fourths of inner margin, forming a beak outwards on vein 4, then incurved

and parallel to inner line ; fringe dark grey, the margin before it also ditfnsely

dark.

JlhuhciM/ : with tiie outer line only distinct, a little curved.

Underside uniform jiale lilac-grey, slightly darker in forewing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; vertex whitish ; face and

palpi dark brown.

Expanse of wings : ^1 mm.

1 ?.

Margins of both wings simjde ; hindwing with a scarcely jierceiitible bend at

veins 4 and 7.

32. Epiplema taminata spec. nov.

Forciciii;/ : dull white, with a lilnish tint ; tiie lower outer half of wing suffused

with pale brownisji ; c(jsta finely dotted black and white ; the whole wing with a

few dark striae ; lines purjilish black, interrupted ; first at about one-third, angled

bluntly on median vein ; second from a dark costal mark at two-thirds, bent in

below vein 4 and intcrrnpted throughout ; the central space below vein (i filled

in with brown striae ; a sulimarginal line of black spots from apex to vein 2, the

margin beyond it purplish; fringe black-cluMiuered at base, pale towards tips, with

a pale basal line.

Iluiilwiny : white, brown-sj)eckled ; the two lines curved, blackish, interrupted,

the outer angled on vein 4 ; two distinct black sjjots at the ends of discocellular ;

a brown black-edged marginal shade, cut by a pale line before lower tooth.

Underside of forewing washed with pale brown ; the submarginal line marked ;

the fringe chequered black and jtale ; hindwing white, with a few dark freckles ;

two black discal dots and black luuules before the excision between the teeth.

( 75 )

Vertex, (horax, and abdomen white; lace, jialjii, and forelegs dark brown ;

legs white, tarsi and spnrs brown-mottled.

Expanse of wings : 1.") mm.

1 S.

Hiudmargin of forewing simply indented beyond ecll ; of hindwing with short

teeth at 4 and 7 ; antennae with clavate teeth.

:5;3. Epiplema vialactea spec. uov.

Forewiiiij : deep liver-oolonr, crossed by two deeper brown shades, one at

one-third, the other from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ;

costa and all the veins dotted with white ; beyond the outer shade between

veins 4 and 6 a large white crescent-shaped blotch of coalescent white spots,

these spots lying between, as well as on, the veins; the spots above it on

vein 7 and in the interval below also being larger but not confluent ; a row

of white submarginal dots between the veins, those above vein 4 large and

conspicuous ; a marginal row of white spots between veins, above vein 4 running

out into the fringe, which is liver-brown.

Hindwing: similar; the spots beyond cell and those in the whole lower

outer half of wing larger and more numerous, but not forming a crescent,

and coalescing along submedian fold ; marginal white spots between veins

throughout.

Underside of forewing pale liver-colour freckled with white, of hindwing

white freckled with brown; the fringes chequered white and liver-colour.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark liver-colour; dorsum with white points;

vertex and shaft of antennae snow-while ; abdomen beneath and legs whitish ;

pectus and forelegs liver-colour.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 ?.

Hiudmargin of forewing simple ; of hindwing prominent, but hardly toothed,

at veins 4 and 7.

Family GEOMETRIDAE.

Subfamily OENUCHROMINAE.

Dicyclodes gen. nov.

Forewini/ : costa straight, with a faint curve at ba>e and belbre apex ;

apex minutely produced: hiudmargin strongly gibbous above, oblii|ue below, in

the ? faintly indented below ajiex.

Uindtviny : with apical angle and hiudmargin rounded ; anal angle rectangular.

Thorax woolly ; antennae of S uniseriate pectinate for two-thirds ; of ?

filiform ; forehead protuberant ; paljii stout, upturned, short, terminal segment

indistinct; frenulum and tongue present; hindtibiae not thickened, with

four spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half wing ; discocellular obliijue

inwards to near median vein, then sharjily angled at the lower fork and oblique

outwards ; first median nervule at four-fifths, second close before end ; radials

normal ; 7, 8 stalked from end of cell, 'J, IK stalked a little before them, 9

( 7fi )

iuiastomusiiig siil)sei[ucntly with 8, 11 t'loiu cell; liiiidwiiij; with discocellnlar

augled outwards Id middle, the radial tioiii the aiigidatioii ; H, T and 3, 4 from

angles of cell, 7, 8 apiu'oximating near basi-.

Tvjic Dici/clodcx liicroqbjphicu spec nov.

Allied to Sarcinodes Guen.

34. Dicyclodes hieroglyphica spec. miv.

Forririnri : dark pearly grey, alonu; tlie costa beymid middle deep garnet-red,

shading lielow into deej) olive; costawith two snow-white streaks ; one antemediau

cnrviug in towards eell-spot, then apparently bent inwards and marked by black

dashes nn the median and snbmedian veins; a broad olive snbbasal band; cell-

mark garnet-red ; a very fine dark onter line, Innulate-dentate, the teeth pointing

inwards, parallel to hindmargin, at two-thirds, starting belnw the ]iostmedian white

costal streak ; a silvery white submarginal line, edged inwardly with black, from

costa just before apex, bent inwards and sinuous below vein 4, to inner margin

dose to outer line ; marginal area a mixture of shining grey and rosy, becoming

olive along the margin itself ; the veins whitish and bearing arrow-headed points

before the margin ; fringe dark olive.

nindtriiiy : with a broad central olive band, outwardly edged by a darker

sinuous line, containing a sinuate hyaline cell-mark ; a wavy grey submarginal line,

jircceded and followed by olive clouds ; fringe dark olive.

Underside of forewing silvery whitish, with transverse olive-brown striae ;

suffused with olive towards anal angle ; a broad straight central olive shade and an

(iblic|ne onter line of spots on veins starting from a costal streak at four-fifths ;

liindwing jicarly white only along abdominal margin, the rest olive-brown finsbed

with red, paler before the dark antemedian line ; an indistinct vyaved line beyond

cell-spot ; submarginal line lunulate-dentate, edged with grey at costa, forming white

teeth on veins 2, o, and 4, followed by two crimson blotches.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pearl-grey tinged with pale olive; alidomcn

beneath broadly blotched with crimson ; legs brown with pale joints ; pectus and

femora woolly, pale grey and pink.

Expanse of wings : i 4.S mm. ; ? 48 — 52 mm.

.5 cJcJ,3 ??.

8;"). Noreia pulverosa sjiec. nov.

Forewing: ]iale njouse-grcy, dustc(l with fuscous; costal edge brown; lines

dark brown ; first nearly straight, at one-third, hardly reaching costa ; second from

jnst before apex, and ajiparently retracted to costa, to two-l birds of inner margin ;

cell-sj)ot dark ; submarginal line indicated by dark sjiots lietwecn veins.

[linflicini/ : with onter line only.

Underside pale grey in forewing, whilish grey in liindwing ; the outer lines

dark ; the cell-spots marked ; costa of forewing yellowish brown ; hindwiug

8j)eckled with grey.

Thorax and abdomen dark grey; lillet fulvous; face dark brown; palpi

and legs grey marked with reddisli.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 S.

( 77 )

Subfamily PSEUDOTERPNINAE.

3(1. Hypochroma purpurissa spei\ nov.

Foreici iiq : pale bluish white, shailfd witli purplish slate-colour aud with

greenisli slaty striations ; costa with purple striae aud tour ])laclv l)lotchcs at

eveu distances apart; lines black; first ontcurved above aud below median to

quite one-third of inner margin, preceded there by a purplish shade ; outer luuulate-

dentate, from the third costal sjiot, ontcurved above aud incurved from 4 to middle

of inner margin, where it approaches inner line ; a large purplish black ear-

shaped cell-spot beneath the second costal spot; submarginal' shade cloudy

imrplish, darker and ontcurved beyond cell and between 1 and 3, the marginal area

at apex and between 3 and 4 pale bluish white ; black marginal luunles ; fringe

pale blue with black cheiiueriug beyond veins, its base beyond the Innules white ;

close to base of wing are three purplish sjiots, indicating a basal line.

IliiHliciiiy : more thickly striated ; no basal line, but a short dentate line on

discocellular; the rest as in forewiug ; inner margin and fringe golden yellow.

Underside deep dark purple, the apex of forewiug and a broad band just beyond

middle of hindwing pale bluish wliite, the baud showing slightly on inner margin

of forewiug ; lines and cell-s])ots indistinctly deeper purple ; inner margin of

hindwing more broadly yellow.

Pali)i externally and lower half of face purplish black ; upper lialf of face and

vertex slaty white; shoulders aud base of patagia the same; tips of shoulders and

a broad band reflexed to sides of patagia velvety black ; thorax and dorsum pale

slaty blue, the segments with pairs of lateral black spots ; anal segments and

sides and nnderneath of abdomen golden yellow ; tarsi black with yellow spots.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 (?.

In Xoc. Zool. x. p. 350 mention was made of 3 ? ? from the Upper Aroa

River (which were there referred to satarutaria Wlk.), in which the usual green

upperside of that species had acquired the slaty coloration of the underside ; the

last mentioned of the three certainly, and the other two probably, should be referred

to the present species. I am also inclined to keep H. caesia, from Fergusson and Ron

Islands, distinct from the New Guinea species.

RtiBFAMiLY GEOMETRINAE.

37. Anisog^amia albifusa spec. nov.

Foi'etcing : hyaline green ; the basal third, the discocellular and space beyond,

and the three onter lines of distinct conjoined Innules powdery white ; across the

green central area the veins are strongly dotted green and white ; costa fuscous,

irregularly mottled with white ; marginal white dots at the ends of the veins ;

fringe green flecked with whitish.

Iliiidwiiiii : mottled all over with white scales from base, without any central

green space ; all the veins throughout uniformly dotted green and white.

Underside whitish green, iridescent ; ajiical half of costa of forewings and

marginal dots of hindmargin below apex bronzy fuscoiw.

Head, thorax, aud abdomen green si>eekled with white ; tillet narrowly white ;

( 78 )

face green above, the lower half white ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white,

foretarsi brownish.

Expanse of wings : Sn nun.

2 JcJ.

3>^. Anisogamia albiseriata .spee. nov.

Fori'wi III/ : diirk green ; costal edge white, with dark brown flecks, thickeneil

towards apex ; lines represented by series of white spots ; first from one-fourth

of costa to one-third of inner margin, consisting of small sjwts, on the folds as

well as on the veins ; middle line of larger spots, two somewhat diffnse on each

side of vein 7, a partially donble ipiadrate spot beyond cell, a large one on inner

margin at middle, with sometimes a smaller one above it on the fold ; exterior

series placed on the veins, those on veins 4 and T) coalescing into a blotch and

displaced basewards ; snbmarginal series more elongate and diffuse, situated

between the veins, those on the folds larger : fringe pale green with distinct

white mottling beyond veins.

IliiKhving : without basal series of spots ; the middle series often enlarged into

a broad white band, containing two dark green spots on discocellnlnr : fringe

of inner margin white.

Underside whitish green, the white spots showing through ; costa of Ibrewing

yellowish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; dorsum with conspicuous white s[)ots:

fillet white : antennae greenish white; abdomen beneath, jiei'lus, and legs white;

forelegs greenish.

Expanse of wings : 10 to 24 mm.

5 c?(?.

Hindmargins witlmut crenulations ; hindwing slightly elbowed at veins 4 and fi.

3'.i. Anisogamia batis spec. nov.

Forewikg : dull grass-green ; costa broadly brown, speckled with ochreons ;

marginal line thick, jmrplish brown, finely edged externally with flesh-coloured

ochreons, which below apex is swollen into spots between the veins ; fringe pale

grey with a purplish grey basal line ; hindmargin marked with two flesh-coloured

ochreons blotches, edged and centred witli purjilish brown ; one rounded between

veins '.J and 5, the other flattened and elongate at anal angle below vein 2.

lliiidwiny : with the middle marginal blotch ranch snniUer ; cell-spot white.

L'nderside pale blue-green, the marginal blotches showing white ; costa of

forewing i'uscons sjieckled with pale.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; palpi externally, vertex, fillet, and

antennae reddish varied with paler ; dorsum with more or less coalescent patches

of flesh-colonred ochreons and grey scales ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs

whitish ; forelegs pinkish Ijrown, with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 2>i mm.

:i ? ?.

411. Anisogamia commaculata spec. nov.

Fofi'iriiiy : semi-transparent, deeji green, with snow-white blotched lines ; a

white blotch at base of costa ; an oblique one ou inner margin near base and

a (juadiate white blotch on costa at one-fifth ; a s]iot before middle of inner margin

( 79 )

and an irregular wliite liloteh in end of ci'll, eonneeted with a white lilotch on eosta

before it, represent a middle line ; three series of broad white Innnlar blotches before

hindmargin, not reaching eosta, and all iiiteri'npted between veins 2 and 3 ;

veins bevond eell dotted alternately green and white ; costal edge fnscons,

irregularl}' interrnpted by white marks ; fringe grey cut by white flecks from the

white marginal dots at the vein-ends.

IliiidiciiKi : with a large white blotch at base of cell, one on discocellnlar, and

three below eell ; followed by the three series of lunnles as in forewing ; fringe

paler ; veins near base deep green.

Underside pale green, with the wliite markings showing through ; eosta of

forewing broadly fuscous marked with white, towards apex projecting toothlike

into the green area ; marginal dots between veins large, fuscous ; a fuscous snbapical

spot on hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; abdomen with silvery white dorsal and

subdorsal blotches; fillet and lower half of face white; abdomen below, pectus, and

legs white; foretarsi mottled fuscous and white.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 6.

41. Anisogamia decorata spec. nov.

J. Forrwiiifi : semi-transparent, grass-green ; costal edge dark brown freckled

with creara-colonr, extending across liase nearly to inner margin ; first line starting

from a cream-coloured costal spot at one-fourth to two-fifths of inner margin,

lunnlate outwards, dentate inwards, pale above median vein, i'uscons below ; outer

line lunulate-dentate, from nearly three-fourths of eosta to two-thirds of inner

margin, obscurely marked across wing, but from eosta to vein 6 edged with

white, and followed by a dull whitish blotch containing pinkish scales and

outwardly shaded with black scales ; submarginal line marked on the outside edge

of this blotch by two white luuules and below by spots of pinky browu between

the veins, ending in a flattened blackish blotch at anal angle, containing some

reddish scales beyond outer line ; cell-spot a white crescent ; white marginal spots

at the vein-ends ; fringe rufous grey.

Hindwing : with only the two outer lines ; a large blotch of smoky black

and pink scales at apex, the submarginal line marked across it by three black

pale-centred wedge-shaped marks.

Underside pale iridescent green ; eosta of forewing yellowish, sjieckled with

dark brown ; two brown costal blotches before aj)ex, with a yellowish space

between them; a blackish blotch at annl angle, and a large oval black blotch at

apex of hindwing ; fringes green tipped with brown; brown marginal s])(its b(dow

ai)ex of forewing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark green ; thorax and metathorax marked

with dark and light grey scales, with a green space in the centre ; second and

third dorsal segments with small white spots, fifth and sixth with large grey

blotches ; anal tuft pale oehreous ; face with two white spots below ; fillet

whitish ; palpi externally dark brown ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs whitish ;

foretarsi blackish, with white joints.

? . Forewing : with costal edge more broadly but paler brown, thickly

speckled with white ; first line fine, simply waved ; outer line finely white,

forming two large lunnles to vein 4, along which it runs out to close to hind-

( 80 )

margin, skirting this to vein 2, then cnrving inwards to inner margin before

anal angle, where it is followed liy dark grey scaling; the sqnare apical l)lot(^li

is filled ni> witli rnfons grey externally, siqianited by three green j)iile-edged

InnidfS from the pale edging nt' the onter line : niuvginul line dark, swoJIen into

spots between veins.

Ili)i<hciiiq : like fnrewing, the ii|iii'!il lilntih consisting of dark and light grey

scaling.

Undersidr wirli flie hhuk lj!cit<-lu's larger, tiie liircwing with a single pear-

shaped blotch before apex.

Dorsum wholly reddish grey, except the basal segment, wliicli alone is green.

Exi)anse of wings : cJ, 4n mm. ; ? , 36 mm.

3 <^cJ,3 ? ?.

4:.'. Auisoganiia flavilinea spec. nov. and ab. albinata nov.

Foreivinq : semihyaline dee]> green ; costal edge narrowly fnscons, uniformly

dotted with pale; the lines pale yellowish ; first from one-thinl of costa to two-fifths

of inner margin irregnlarly zigzag ; outer somewhat irregularly deutate-lunnlate,

from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, bent inwards below vein 3,

and above it followed by a blotch of pale scales ; a submarginal line of yellowish

spots between veins, that between 3 and 4 biaugnlate, almost obsolete below :

a row of jiraemarginal wedge-shaped yellowish sj>ots between veins, that between

3 and 4 large, obsolete below ; yellowish white marginal spots at the vein-ends ;

fringe grey-green, finely chequered with yellowish ; in the basal and median

areas are traces of yellowish cross-lines marked by vein-dots only ; across the

discoeellular and reaching vein 2 is a diffuse grey cloud.

Tlindwing : similar, without basal line or central cloud, but with a small

grey patch at apex.

Underside pale iridescent green, the lines showing through ; costa of forewing

yellow, with fine brownish speckling, underlined before apex by three deep green

blotches ; a brown spot at apex. ^

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; dorsum with white s])ots, a patch

of brown scales on the penultimate segment, and the anal tuft whitish ; face with

two white dots, one on each side below; antennae red-brown with liasal segment

white; palpi externally pale red-brown; forelegs red-brown with white joints;

abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white.

Expanse of wings : 4it mm.

.-. Jc?,4 ??.

The aberration albiiiatit has all the lines white, generally much less marked

than in the ty})e form, except between veins 3 and 4, where the expansion of

the three lines forms a conspicuous whitish patch. It is also, on the average, a

little smaller than the type form.

6 cJ<?,l ?.

In the single ? the white markings are greatly reduced, while the brown

apical blotch of hindwing is amplified.

43. Anisogamia griseonotata s])ec. nov.

Foirivhig : dull grass-green, semi-truns|)arent ; costal edge fuscous, with fine

white striations ; the lines very fine, whitish ; first from one-fifth of costa to

one-third of inner margin, Innulnte-deutate, the teeth pointing inwards, followed

( 81 )

by a (lull t'nscou.s shade ; outer line from two-Uiircls of costa to two-thirds of

inner margin, lunulate-dentate, tlie teeth pointing outwards and marked b)- white

dashes on veins, preceded b}' a fuscous shade : a submarginal row of white spots

between the veins ; a row of large white marginal dots at the voin-cnds ; fringe

green ; cell-mark a tine white crescent, outwardly edged with fuscous.

Ilinduim/ : with some white spots on veins near base; the rest as in forewing,

but the outer line ends in a large white spot on inner margin.

Underside pale iridescent green ; costal edge of forewing yellow with fine

black specks ; a dark speck at apex.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green; centre of thorax and metathoracic

tuft fuscous ; abdomen with white dorsal spots ; lower half of face white ; terminal

segment of palpi brown with pale tip ; antennae annulated brown and wiiite.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

8 ??.

44. Anisog'amia iridescens spec. nov.

Forewhu/ : hyaline green, the wing membrane being covered with very fine

hairlike scales ; costal edge fuscous, uniformly cut with white d<its ; all the veins

deeper green alternated with pale points, representing the dark and light lines

crossing the wing, whicli, however, are not visible except on the veins ; the only

visible lines .ire an inner interrupted line from one-fonrth of costa to near middle

of inner margin; an outer line of ])ale lunules from four-fifths of costa to two-

thirds of inner margin, followed by a similar submarginal line and a series of

pale marginal spots, the spots of these three lines all lying in the intervals;

a deep green marginal line containing white ]ioints at the vein-ends ; fringe

mottled green and white.

Hind icing : the same, but without any basal line.

Underside pale iridescent green, the markings merely showing through ;

extreme costal edge towards apex brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green s]irinkled with white scales ; face with

white cheeks ; abdomen with whitish dorsal siiots ; antennae fnscons : pectus and

legs whitish green; forelegs fnscons with white joints.

Expanse of wings : :^it mm.

1 cJ.

4;"). Anisogamia sciutillaus spec. nov.

Farnring : deep gri'cn, sprinkled with ilaky white scales, which in some

lights are scintillating ; costa narrowly white ; its inner edge with some brown

striae, which towards apex reach the costal edge; first line marked by white

dots on folds as well as veins ; a white dot on discocellular and another on

vein T) beyond cell ; an exterior and submarginal row of white sjjots between

the veins, forming each a white lunulc on submedian interval and a white sjnit

on inner margin ; the spots beneath vein .5 large and displaced basewards ; tlie

apical spot of the submarginal row large ; on each side of the last series a

series of white dots on the veins ; fringe green with conspicnous white cherpiering.

Ilindiring : without basal line.

Underside jinle green ; the forewing darker except on hindniargin ; costa of

forewing yellow.

6

(. «2 )

Head, tlumix, and abilomt'ii deep green; (illcl lnoadly siiuw-white ; dorsum

with snow-wliite spots; underside of ahdonien, pectus, and lej;s wliite ; I'oretarsi

fiiscons witli pale joints ; antonnal shaft white, the pectinations green.

Expanse of wings : '2^ mm.

1 3.

4(). Anisogamia semiuivea spec. nov.

Forein'iii/ : deep green, irvegnhirly i'rctkled with white ; costal edge white,

witli slight obli(|ne fuscous striae ; basal and subcostal areas powdered with

bluish white ; an ill-defined oblique line near base, marked by white spots on

veins and folds upon a deep green space ; median area occupied by diffuse white

blotches below costa, and above inner margin containing deep green granular

speckling ; outer Hue acutely luunlate-dentate, the lunnles on the folds only

showing white ; marginal area filled with white and green speckling ; a dark

green margintil line; fringe pale green chei[uered with white.

IIiii(hriii(j : white sjieckled with green, except on costal area; a distinct white

Innnlate-dentate outer line, preceded by a deep green shade ; cell-spot deep green.

Underside whitish green, deeper green towards costa of forewing, which is

white.

ITc;id, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; palpi beneath, fillet, antennal shaft,

and dorsal sjiots white ; antennal ]icctinations and forelegs greenish ; abdomen

beneath, pectus, and legs white.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 cJ, 1 ?.

47. Auisogamia triseriata spec. nov.

Forciving : grass-green; the costal edge finely but conspicuously white;

inner line close to base, very indistinct, ontcurved above and lielow median

vein, and ending in a white spot on inner margin ; discal spot dark, preceded

by a few white scales ; outer line deeply Innulate-dentate, the white lutmles

appearing as an interior line and the white teeth as an exterior line ; large

marginal white spots at the vein-ends ; fringe concolorons.

UiiidiriiKj : similar, but without basal line.

Underside pale bluish green, the fringe showing rather darker.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grass-green; fillet white; dorsum with small

wliito spots; aiiteMiiae with shaft white, and ])e(-tinations greenish ochreous ;

abdomen l)ene!ith, pectus, and legs white; forelegs greenish.

Expanse of wings : ;!4 mm.

2 a.

The jialpi, especially the terminal segment, nuuh sluirtor than usual.

48. Anisogamia viridissima sjjoc. nov.

Foi-eir'uKj : very deep green, the costal edge whitish at base, tlien reddish

In-own : lines bluish white, very slender ; first close to base, dentate inwards

on veins, Innulate outwards ; outer line at four-fifths, dentate-lunulate, the teeth

marked on veins, ontcurved from costa to snbmedian fold, then vertical ; in the

middle of wing, from subcostal vein to snbmedian fold, a broad greenish black

blotch : fringe dee]! green ; cell-spot black.

Iliiiiliriiiii : without inner line.

Underside glossy bluish green ; cost.a of forewiug yellow.

Head, thorax, and alidoraen dark green ; fillet and dorsal spots white ;

alidomen beneath, iiectns, and legs white ; foretarsi green : jialpi green externally.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 ?.

40. Chlorochroma discata spec. uov.

Foreichnj : deep apple-green, frosted with jialer; eostal edge snow-white,

nnderlined by a fawn-colonred streak ; the two lines huinlate-ilentate, slightly

[laler, edged conversely with deejjer green : first from one-fifth of costa to l.ieyond

one-third of inner margin, obscurely toothed inwards on the veins ; the outer

from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, outcnrved above ;

cell-spot a large round brown disc with deep smoky black centre ; deep red

marginal spot;* at ends of veins ; fringe yellow.

lliiKhviiK] ; the same, the cell-spot somewhat larger.

Underside shining whitish green, deeper green below costa of forewing, which

is snow-white underlined with fawn-colour: fringes whitish ; marginal dots showing

only below apex of forewing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; vertex white, edged behind with ]iink ;

abdomen with yellow dorsal line ; antennae whitish green ; palpi above and foreiegs^

in front tinged with fawn-colour ; abdomen beneath, pectns, and legs wliit('.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

Hindmargin of forewing straight and vertical, anal angle square-cut.

50. Chlorochroma flavilimes sjiec nov.

Fm'ewiiig : grass-green ; costal edge white, underlined with yellow, reddish

at base ; lines fine, yellowish white, plainer towards inner margin ; first from

one-si.xtli of costa to one-third of inner margin, bluntly angled on median vein ;

outer parallel to hindmargin, from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner

margin ; fringe vellow, bevond minute red dots at the ends of the veins : rell-spnf

black.

J/i/u//ri/itf : the same, but the outer line slightly curved.

Underside pale green, deeper towards costa of forewing, which is yellow.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark green ; fillet broadly silvery white ; basal

segment and shaft of antennae white, the pectinations greenish : a yellowish white

dorsal line down thorax and abdomen ; anal segment white : abdomen beneath

and legs whitish green, forelegs green-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 cJ, 3 ? ?.

ol. Chlorochroma geminipuacta spec.

nov.

Fori'/r/m/ : ileep sea-green, semi-transparent; costal edge finely dull red;

lines very faint, marked by tlie difference of tint : first oblique from one-sixth

of costa to before middle of inner margin ; second Innulate-dentate, from two-thirds

of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, preceded, as the inner line is followed,

by a deeper green tint; cell-spot black, small, preceded by a reddish streak on

ujiper arm of discocelliilar ; fringe yellowish.

(84)

Hindwhuj : similar.

Underside paler green.

Tliorax and abdonion jircon ; face, palpi, and collar red ; vertex snow-white ;

iintcnnae reddish; paljii and face helow jialer : lorelegs iu front reddish.

Expanse of wintrs : :!ri mm.

1 ?.

.")2. Chlorochroma laticostata spec. nov.

Forewuifi : dull grey-green, snl)tran.^]jareut ; costa broadly white, before apex

underlined with red ; lines dentate-lnnnlate, very faint, the teeth minntely whitish

on the veins ; first from one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner margin, dentate

inwards ; second from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; cell-spot

small, brown : marginal line vinons red, interrnjited at the vein-ends : fringe

yellow.

Ilinthcing : like forewing.

L'nderside whitish green : costa of both wings yellow.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; tillet and antennae white, apical third red ;

abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white.

Expanse of wings : liO mm.

ij,r>??.

;")3. Chlorochroma latistriga spec. nov.

Foretriiig : blue-green, frosted with paler; costal edge white, nnderlined

thronghont with fawn-colonr ; a narrow pale inner line from one-fifth of costa

oliliijue to one-third of inner margin ; an outer nearly straight broad j)ale yellowish

line from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, widening downwards;

cell-spot black, large ; marginal spots black, triangular ; fringe pale yellow.

lUndirhui : similar ; the cell-spot .short and linear ; outer line broad, slightly

curved.

Underside pale green, the broad outer line sliowing through ; costa of forewing

yellow, dnsted with dark ; marginal black spots.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; vertex white ; antennae greenish white ;

abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white; forelegs green in front; palpi external ly red.

Expanse of wings : -i^) mm.

1 (J,2 ? ¥.

spec.

•">4. Chlorochroma obsoleta

Foreiriiiii : darker greyer green than pimrtillificni ; the two Innnlate-dentatc

lines almost equally indistinct; costal edge more broadly and distinctly yellow;

cell-spot green, not black ; marginal dots smaller, darker ; fringe yellowish.

Hi lid wing : like forewing.

Underside whitish green ; costa of forewing yellow.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green; fillet white; antennae greenish;

anal tufts and sides of jirae-anal segments while; abdomen beneath, jiectus, and

legs whitish ; forelegs greenish in front.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 <?, I ?.

The apex of forewing is minntely produced.

( ss )

o.). Chlorochroma punctilligera spec. nov.

ForciriiKi : dnll pale green, the same tint as in C. minor ^Val r. ; (lie costiil

edge white at base, pale fawn-colour beyond ; lines dentate-liinulatc, bnt scarce]}-

perceptible : cell-spot a red-brown point on a grey bunt line ; marginal [loints

minute, reddish ; fringe pale yellow.

lUmhrimi : similar : the lines rather more plain.

Underside uniform pale green.

Thorax and abdomeu green like wings, with a fine yellowish dorsal line ; face

and pali)i deep green ; vertex and antennae white ; abdomeu beneath, pectus, and

legs whitisii ; forelegs greenish.

E.\j)anse of wings : 40 mm.

3 ? ?. One of these is smaller, measuring only ;3o mm.

."it>. Chlorochroma ruficosta spec. nov.

ForewiiKj . grass-green, the marginal half paler; costa rufous witii tine dark

speckling; an obscure pale line from costa near base to nearly one-third (if inner

margin, the green beyond it deeper; a straight ])ale line, parallel to hindmargin,

from two-tliirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, where it is pbiiiier,

inwardly edged with darker green; marginal line dull dark pink, still darker at

the vein-ends ; fringe paler pink.

Uiiidwimi : similar.

Underside jiale green ; costa of lioth wings pale, yellowish ; fringe yellowish.

Face, thorax, and dorsum green ; thorax and dorsum with a jiinkish yellow

central line; vertex snow-white; collar crimson; abdomen laterally and beneath,

also the whole anal segment, pectus, and legs whitish green ; forelegs tinged

with pink.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 S.

Hindwing with hindmargin bluntly elbowed at middle.

57. Chlorochroma rufistriga spec. nov.

Vnn'irimf : [lale green, frosted with whitish-green scales ; costal edge white,

finely underlined towards base with fawn-colonr : inner line from costa close to

base to one-fourth of inner margin, straight and oblique, whitish outwardly edged

with fawn-colour ; outer line parallel to hindmargin from three-fourths of costa

to two-thirds of inner margin, white internally edged with fawn-colour ; w. fawn-

coloured linear mark on discocellular. bent below njiddle and marked with a daiker

sjiot at the bend; fringe fawn-colour with slightly paler base.

Uiiidwimj : like forewing ; the cell-spot green.

Underside whitish green; furewing towards costa speckled, and at base snlinsed,

with fawn-colour.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green, face deep green ; fillet and antennae wliite,

the former edged behind' with crimson ; shoulders at sides pink ; a1)diiinen witii

broad yellowish dorsal line becoming white towards end, where the anal segments

are themselves wliite; jialpi above and forelegs in front tinged with fawn-colour.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 ? ?.

Hindwing with hindmargin rounded.

( «r, )

;iS. Chlorochroma vestigiata spec. nov.

Voiiiriiui : dark grass-green, the same tint as in ''. mfdiotiiiclo Warr., Imt

nut ([uite so tlarlv ; eosta yellowish white ; lines marked by whitish vein-dots, on

a taint, scarcely jierceptible line ; first oblique, from one-sixth ol' costa to one-third

of inner margin ; second line at three-fii'tlis, sliglitly angled on vein 'i, and bent

on vein 4 ; fringe yellowisli ; cell-spot green,

llimhrinq : like forewing, with distinct dark marginal dots; the outer line

angled on vein 4.

Underside whitish green ; marginal dots distinct on both wings.

Head, thora.x. and abdomen dark green ; dorsum with small while dots; liliel

and antennae white: abdomen beneath, i)ectus, and legs whitisli.

K.\])anse of wings : 3o mm.

2 ? ?.

l)iflcrs from (.'. mcdiotim-tu Warr. in the lines, the fringe, and the dorsal spots.

o'.i. Comostola fiavifimbria spec. nov.

Vorcivuiq : ])ale apple-green ; costal edge finely yellow, with a few brown

speckles towards apex ; a very obscure curved line near base, and a dentate-lumdate

inwardly darker-edged line beyond midille: a triangular red-brown cell-s]iot with

some lustrous scales on it ; a thick red-brown marginal line, interrupted by yellow

dots at the vein-ends, overlaid with shining scales ; fringe yellow.

Ifiixhrinij : with the cell-spot larger, iiyriform.

b'nderside jiale green, with the fringes and costa of forewing yellowish ; a

red-brown sjiot at apex of forewing.

Face red above, whitisli below; fillet and antennae white ; vertex yellowish;

thorax and abdomen green ; abdomen beneath pale green ; legs whitish ; forelegs

tinged with reddish.

Exjianse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ?.

t'loselv allied to C. nUilHinlo-hi Warr.. from the Khasias.

'ill. Comostola rufimargo spec. nov.

Forcicinii : ]iale a]ijilc-grcen : costa deep pink, freckled with shining ilark

scales; hindraargin and fringe pink; thick red marginal lunnles between veins,

overlaid with lustrous scales ; a jiink yellow-edged sjiot on inner margin before

one-third indicates the inner line; a similar, but larger, spot at two-thirds ends

the outer line, which is marked across wing by small white vein-dots, starting

from a dark costal spot ; discal spot like those on inner margin.

UiiKhriMj : the same, but without the sj)ot indicating inner line

Underside pale shining green, the fringes pinkish tinged.

Face, ])alpi, vertex, and basal half of dorsum deep pink; fillet while; antennae

reddish ; thorax, patagia, anal half of abdomen, and its base laterally green :

underside and legs pale greenish white.

Exjianse of wings ; 1<5— IS mm,

4 (?cJ, 4 ? ?.

( 87 )

liJ. Comostolodes castaneata sj>l'c. nov.

J'arr/riiK/ : apple-greini ; costal area paler, the costal edge pale t'awii-ioliMir ;

lines bright chestnut-brown, double, starting from subcostal vein ; first vertical at

one-fourth, the two arms divergent aliove middle ; median beyond middle, waved,

bent inwards along vein 2, then vertical to middle of inner margin ; space between

the arms in lioth lines green ; a brown marginal shade, obliquely swollen at apex,

ibrniing an inward triangle on vein 4, and swollen into a large blotch before

anal angle, which touches middle line as a ronndish blackish blotch, externally

edged by a white spot, the red-brown above it nearly reaching vein '?> ; a row of

deejier brown dashes between veins along margin ; fringe brown, faintly che(piered

with greenish ; cell-spot black.

lUiulirimj : with only the brown border, which is much swollen at apex and

anal angle, containing a i)ale pink blotch above vein 4, between which and vein 'Z

the green ground-colour rnns out nearly to hindmargin ; inner margin narrowly

brown nearly to base.

Underside dull green, with all the brown markings showing through.

Head and paljii mixed, red-brown and whitish; sides of metathorax, tips

of jiatagia, and abdomen red-brown ; thorax otherwise green ; abdomen beneath,

pectus, and legs pale green ; forelegs red-brown mottled with i)ale.

Exi)anse of wings : 22 mm.

2 Si.

62. Comostolodes viridifimbria spec, no v.

Forcicinr/ : grass-green, rather thinly scaled; costal edge jiale brown; lines

denoted by white dots on veins, the lowest in each series, on vein 1, being larger

and ringed with bi-own ; first line marked otherwise only by a dot on median vein

at the origin of vein 2 ; the onter line at four-fifths, parallel to hindmargin, angled

on vein (1 and starting from a white spot at three-fourths of costa, with the spot

on vein 4 like that on vein 1 ; white marginal dots at the ends of the veins ;

fringe green ; cell-spot brown.

Hindiciitg : without lines ; cell-spot brown ; marginal spots white, large, that

at anal angle ringed with brown.

Underside paler green : the spots of onter line of forewing showing throngh.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and front of shoulders whitish.

Expanse of wings : 2ii mm.

2 SS.

i;:!. Gelasma imitans sjiec. nov.

Forcicinf) : dull grey-green; costal edge finely speckled, fuscous and white:

lines white, Innulate-dentate ; hrst from one-fifth of costa to two-tifths of inner

margin, dentate inwards on veins ; outer line froin five-sixths i)f costa to two-thirds

of inner margin, rnnning parallel to hindmargin to vein 2, then rnnning in

basewards ; the hmules on each side of vein 4 broadly white and disi)la(ed

basewards, followed by a similar double white Innule touching hindmargin :

marginal spots large and white ; fringe ]iale green ; cell-s])ot dark green.

HhidwiMj : like forewing, but with no basal line.

Undersiilc jiale green, the white lunules showing throngh ; costa of forewing

yellow.

( 88)

Head, iLidrax, and abdoiiii'ii <;ii.x'ii ; autfuiiae wIuIl' ; tillet sliglitly jialer green.

Expanse of wings : 40 lum.

1 ?.

In tlie ,;;riuitL'i' dcvcluimient of llir white markings at middle i>f liiudtnargia

of botb wings this speeies mimics several sj)ecies (if A/t/.i()i/u////fi.

04. Gelasma invidens spec. nov.

FoiririiKi : ilull greyish green ; cosia fnscons sjieekleil wilh wliite; lines while,

distinct, dentate-liinulate ; first from one-tifth of costa to two-lifths of inner margin,

dentate inwards on veins ; outer line from tbree-foiuths of costa to two-tliirds of

inner margin, the limnles on the folds stronger; cell-s])0t dark green; fringe

pale green, ]ialer at tips.

IlinihciiKj : without inner line.

Underside paler green.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and aiitennal shaft white, the

pectinations greenish ; dorsum with white dots ; forelegs greenish.

Expanse of winns : 38 mm.

I S.

(')."). Gelasma spumata sjiee. nov.

Forewiiii/ : semi-transparent, jiale dull green frosted with white scales ; a

slightly curved inner and an obliijue broader postmediau band of uuspeckled green ;

a tine waved submarginal line ; cell-spot dark green ; fringe jiale green.

Iliiulidni/ : similar, but the outer band narrow, and acutely angled on vein 4 ;

cell-spot large, black.

Underside whitish green.

Face and jialpi above olive-green ; thorax and abdomen pale green speckled

with whitish ; vertex whitish, with a few green scales ; aVidouien beneath, pectus,

and legs whitish ; forelegs olive-green in front.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ?.

00. lodis bicolor spec. nov.

I'oreuiiig : semi-transparent hoary green ; the costal edge narrowly fawn-

colour, green at base ; lines luuulate-dentate, indicated only by the difference of

colour ; first vertical, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, dentate

inwards on veins, followed by a deep green shade ; second from two-thirds of costa

to two-thirds of inner margin, the teeth on veins :> and 4 projecting, preceded by

a deep green shade ; fringe green ; cell-spot black.

IJiiiihriii)/ : without basal line.

Underside jiale green, with the cell-spots and outer band showing llirough.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green; antennae greenish wliite; abdomen beneath,

pectus, and legs whitish ; forelegs greenish.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

'MS.

Very much like I. JrayiUa Warr., but rather smaller; the cell-spots black,

not green.

( 89 )

117. lodis conimixta j^pte. iwv.

Forewing : deep moss-green, varied along middle of central fascia and along

liindmargin with whitish striae ; costal edge finely fawn-colour ; two broad dittuse

dark shades, the first cnrved at cue-third, the onter at two-thirds ; on the outer

side of this last can be seen a Innulate-dentate line, with the teeth marked white on

tlie veins ; a fine dark marginal line ; IVinge paler green ; cell-mark greeu.

IliMliriiKj : like forewing.

Underside whitish green, deeper beneath the dark bands.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and antennae snow-white ; abdomen

beneath, pectus, and legs white ; forelegs greenish iu front.

Exjiause of wings : -!'.) mm.

2 ? ?.

Larger than l./raijiU.^ Warr., wilh more confused markings.

nov.

08. Pyrrhoi'achis ruficeps spec.

Foieicing : briglit ajiple-green ; costa, liindmargin, and fringe deep pink : the

costal streak freckled with fuscous ; the liindmargin with some grey scales and

inwardly edged with yellowish.

lliiiihciiii/ : with the hindmargin and fringe jiiiik from l)efore apex to above

anal angle.

Underside pale greeu ; fringes and costa of forewing pale pink.

Upper half of face, vertex, and dorsal streak deep pink ; antennae pink and

white : lower half of face and fillet white; patagia and sides of abdomen green ;

abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs whitish : forelegs pink.

Expanse of wings : c^, 17 mm. ; ¥, ".'2 mm.

3 S6, 1 ?.

*i'J. Rhomborista exililinea spec. nov.

Fori'iciufi : deep emerald greeu ; costal edge snow-white : lines very fine, jjali'

green ; first from near base of costa obliipiely cnrved to one-third of inner margin :

onter line from two-thirds of costa t<i two-thirds of inner margin, irregularly

crenulate, the teeth on veins 3 and 4 jirojeetiug outwards, running in strongly

along vein 2, an<l again obliiiuely outwards, jiarallel to inner line; cell-spot deep

green ; marginal spots white and hii'ge, between the veins ; fringe purplish grey,

with a whitish middle line,

llimhriiuj : like forewing.

Underside almost white; costa of forewing yellowish; fringe white wilh the

outer half purplish grey and with purplish grey spots beyond the vein-ends.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deeji green; dorsum with silvery white spots:

sides of the iirae-anal segments and anal segment itself white : fillet and antenna!

shaft white, the pectinations greenish ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs shining

white : forelegs tinged with greeu in front.

Expanse of wings : c?, 4n — 44 niui. : ?,44mm.

0 t? c?, 2 ? ? .

This species stands i|uite alone, and will probably reipiire a new genus for

its reception.

r 90 )

Til. Thalassodes zebrata spec. nov.

ForcuiKg : green, crossed olili'|uely by lliive pairs nf broad gretniisli wliile

bands ; two near base, two in middle, bro;idev and coalesccnt Ijelow median vein,

separating again towards inner margin, containing above a dark green crescentic

cell-spot; two towards hindmargin, ending above anal angle : fringe green ; costal

edge brownish oolireons : the inner edge of the outside band is obscurely lunulate,

outlined by a dentate line which is only clear below middle, running in basewards

above vein 2, and again angulated outwards on vein 1.

Jlindirinij : almost wholly greenish white ; a curved dark green line IVom near

base of costa to one-third of inner margin, which is dark green throughout; a

dark green streak from beyond middle of costa, angled on vein 4, becoming dentate-

Innuhite and narrow to two-thirds of inner margin, bounded outwardly by a

greenish-white line; marginal area frosted with greenish white; a dark green

discal line.

Underside mealy whitish green : costa of lorewing yellowish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green; fillet and hiwer jiart of face while;

abdiimen beneath, pectus, and legs white ; forelegs greenish.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

Srm--A5aLY STERRHINAE.

Tl. Perixera (?) bisecta spec. nov.

J'lin/n'iii/ : greyish stone-colour, dusted with fine dark atnms and tingeil

with pale fawn; first line curved, close to base, and marked by duts on veins;

second at five-sixths, similarly marked : marginal dots minnte ; cell-sjuit hardly

marked; median shade re])resented by a brown-red straight line a little beyond

middle ; fringe j)aler.

Hiitdicinij : similar ; cell-spot whitish ; outer line jilainer.

Underside whitish, slightly rosy-tinged, especially in the forewing ; luedian

band and outer line marked; dark marginal triangles.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face fuscous above, whitish below ;

l)alpi reddish above; abdomen laterally with some red marks.

Expanse of wings : 3.") mm.

:-' V ?.

''-. Perixera C') festiva spec. miv.

I'on'iriiKj : ]i;i,le pearl-grey, darker at base, wilh imnierdiis purpli>h sjieckles ;

first line obscure, marked by dark points on veins and folds, and when visible

ontcurved above and below median vein, olive ; median shade olive, thick, incurved

below median ; irregularly lunulate-dentate ; cell-spot blackish, small ; outer line

marked by jMirjile spots on veins ; praesubterminal shade marked by three olive

clouds, at costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin ; marginal sj)ots purj)le ;

fringe concolorous.

llimhviiHj : like forewing, but the cell-s]iot is feri'Uginous, with some pale

scales in centre, the whole within a dark purplish ring.

Underside whitish : forewing sntVnsed and speckled witli dull reddish ; outer

line and cell-s]iot dull led ; marginal line purplish; liindwing with costa and cell-

spot red ; outei' and marginal lines purplish.

( '-n )

Head, tljciiax, and aliilniueii like wiii^s. tlic abdoiucu tiiiucd willi viudiis :

face and palpi deep red-lmiwii ; abdomen beneatb wliitisb ; le^'s in front reddish.

Exjianse of wings : 34 mm.

4 ¥ ?. ^

7;'>. Perixera (h iudigens spee. nov.

Foiciri/n/ : greyish stone-colour, dnsted with grey ; basal line very obscure,

marked by dark dots on veins; cell-spot a small dark jwint; median shade from

two-thirds of costa, curved to submedian fold, then vertical ; outer line at five-

sixths, marked by dark dots on veins ; marginal spots black ; fringe concolorous

or slightly paler.

Illndirimi : the same ; in one example the cell-spots eilged with black scales.

Underside i)ale stone-colour, with slight rosy suffusion in forewiiig ; outer line

marked in both wings; black marginal triangles in both.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face above dark fuscous, jale below;

palpi reddish fuscons above, pale below ; abdomen at sides with rosy stains.

Expanse of wings : 3-5 mm.

2 ? ?.

T4. Perixera 0) stabilata spec. nov.

ForririiKi : stone-colour, tinged with i)aie fawn and finely dusted with ibirk

atoms ; basal line marked only by minute dots on veins; outer Hue from three-

fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin Innulate-dentatc, but only the dark

teeth on the veins distinct, preceded by a faint darker median shade parallel to it,

and followed at the same distance by the shade preceding submarginal jiale line,

marked by slight dark dots between the veins, more conspicuous on each side

of vein 5 and forming on the subniedian fold a black V-shaped mark ; the shade

following the snbmarginal line being also marked with dark scales above inner

margin ; cell-spot small, pale, with a few dark scales round it ; marginal dots

black ; fringe concolorous.

HimlwiDq : similar ; hindmargin with tine dark dots at the ends of veins

as well as between.

Underside jialer, with fine dark striations ; cell-sjwt of forewing dark ; only

the outer line distinct, marked with black ])oints on veins.

Head, thorax, and aljdomen concolonius with wings : face and pulfii dark

fuscous above.

Expanse of wings : 4>> mm.

IV. •

T.i. Perixera subrosea spec. nuv.

Foi-inriiKj : dull brick-red, thickly dusted with olive fuscous; basal line

generally obscure, marked by darker points on veins and slightly curved outwards

above and below median ; cell-spot whitish, surrounded with a few dark scales;

median shade at three-fifths, iui'urved below middle, obscurely lunulate-dentate ;

outer line at five-sixths, marked by distinct black vein-dots ; black marginal dots

between veins ; fringe concolorous.

Uimla-imi : similar: the cell-dot snmetimes ringed with black scales from

subcostal vein.

( n2 )

Umlersidc iU'f|i ilull rusy, sniiicwlint piilcr, luorc ycllo\vif;li, in Ijindwiiic,

especially towards abilniuinal luargiii ; tli(^ liiiidiUiirLiiri with dull red triangles

between veins ; the onter line alone marked.

Head, thorax, alidoiuen, and antennae concoloruns ; ]iai|ii litdow, extreme base

of face, abdomen beneath, and legs ]iale yellowish ; Ibrelegs red ; liindtibiae with

a thick fringe of red hairs, the femora with yellower hairs.

Expanse of wings: ;i.j mm.

4 66,4 ??.

76. Problepsis magna s|i('c. nov.

Fnrr/r/m/ : white: costa grey ; markings as in /'/7)/>/ry«/(;f/c.'( i:()i'J'///rtivaWa,rr.

from India; the ocellns large, nearly round, the outer orbit olive ochreons ;

its interior above vein 4 white, with tine blatk scales ; the lower part velvety-

black, crossed by the ochreons veins :> and 4 ; a clondy grey median shade,

visible at middle of costa, rnns vertically from the ocellus to three-tifths of inner

margin; the base of inner margin largely spangled with silvery scales; outer line

ochrcous-grey, followed by a macnlar grey band ; a thin grey shade before the

very fine black marginal line ; fringe silvery-white.

Iliiidirimi : with outer half of ocellus only, the orbit being sim])ly exterior ;

the inner edge straight and formed of silvery scales; tiie outer area also silvery,

but mixed internally with a few brown scales ; the orbit continued to two-thirds

of inner margin, where there are some silvery scales.

Underside white.

Palpi and face white below, black above; vertex black; thorax white;

abdomen grey above with brown semi-lustrous dorsal spots, white below ; antennae

ferruginous.

Expanse of wings : 46 mm.

77. Ptychopoda bipartita spec. nov.

Fore/ri/ii/ : glossy whitish ochreons overlaid with pale grey; the outer line

and two sulmiarginal shades sinuous and distinct; the basal curved and obscure;

a red-brown straight line at middle touching the black cell-spot ; fringe pale, with

dark dots at base beyond veins.

Iliiiilirimj : similar ; the brown line in front of the cell-spot.

Undersidi' )iale oclireous, with the lines broadly greyer; median shade olive-

brown, hardly touching cell-spot in forewing; in hindwing angled at oell-spot.

Thorax an<l abdomen like wings, but darker grey ; face and pal[ii black.

Ex()anse of wings: 17 mm.

1 cJ,-' ? ?.

78. Ptychopoda exempta spec. nov.

Forewing : shining greyish ochreons ; basal line curved, at one-fourth ; median

oblique from two-thirds of costa to before middle of inner margin, preceded liy a

black cell-spot : onter line finely Innnlate-dentate ; praesubmarginal shade swollen

and Innate below middle : fringe paler, with dark dots beyond veins at the hase.

lUiulwiKij : without basal line; cell-spot hirge, black; outer line strongly

insinuate on the folds.

( !'3 )

Underside yellow ochreous, with the lines and shades grey ; cell-siiot» black,

distinct.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen lilce wings ; face and imlpi black.

Expanse of wings : Ifl mm.

3 ? ? .

Subfamily HYDT?I0MENINAE.

TO. Anticlea semiflava spec. nov.

Forewing : purple, the lines green ; edge of basal patch formed by a sligiitly

curved green line with a fine purple centre ; inner edge of central ftiscia sharply

angled inwards on median vein, and as sliarj)ly outwards on the two folds, green

like the basal line, with a purple line near its enter edge ; outer edge of fascia

sharply indented on vein 7, insinuate beyond cell, with a blunt double projection on

vein 3, vertically waved from vein 2, the green band following with its inner edge

white ; a vertical whitish band with a waved jmrple line on its outer edge from

middle of costa to median vein, enclosing the linear black cell-spot, and joining

three greenish streaks between submedian fold and vein 4 ; snbmarginal line

waved, greenish, very faint, preceded and followed in U])per half of wing bv

a large greenish patch with a bluisli-white centre; pairs of black s])uts at the

end of veins ; fringe purple mottled with green.

lliiidiviiKj : deep yellow, with base greenish and fringe dark grey.

Underside of forewing mouse-colour, dusted with pale along costa, the inner

margin whitisli ; cell-spot a blackish curved line ; hindwing mousc-colonr tinged

with reddish and thickly dnsted with yellowish ; a dark curved snbmarginal line ;

cell-spot dark.

Head and thorax green ; abdomen purple sprinkled with green ; vertex, collar,

shoulders, and patagia green with spots of purple ; abdomen beneath and legs

purplish sprinkled with green scales.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 S3. ~

^'1. Chaetolopha ('0 antennata sjiec. nov.

Voreiriiiij : cream-colour, covered with pale green scales ; the lines violet ;

basal line at one-fourth, angled outwards ou median vein, and incurved below ;

edges of central fascia comjiosod of narrow violet bands; the inner curved, at two-

fifths, projecting slightly basewards at median and submedian veins; the outer

i'rom three-fourths of eosta to two-thirds of inner margin, toothed outwards on

veins 3 and 4, then incurved, the fascia below middle wholly violet : some violet

scales along the conrse of submarginal line.

Hiridtrinfi : paler, with a single violet line across middle.

Underside like upper, but less distinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale varied with green: dorsum with indications

of violet bands.

Expanse of wings: 15 mm.

, 1 S.

The single example is much worn : I have placed it temporarily in Chactolojj/ia

Inmi its superficial likeness to ('. sj//f/ii/e/is, but it will probably require a separate

( !»4 )-

^eiius ; till' liindiuargiii of torewing is siunatp ami cueniiliito, the auteiiiiae long,

with angled segments, and long cilia. The anal segments of abdomen are swollen,

as often in ('liiirtnlniili<t, lint the neuration is that of F.iicijmntogi-.

>>!. Chaetolopha flexilinea spec. nov.

Vorcivimj : brownish fawn-e.olonr, the cell and si)ace beyond to hindmargin

jialer ; a slight brown line at one-fifth, vertical, inbent on costal and snbmedian

veins ; inner and onter lines jiarallel thronghont to each other, from costa at

two-fifths and two-thirds, oblicjne inwards above subcostal and below median veins,

bent ontwards between, dark brown, edged conversely with white, the space

between them darker brown: cell-spot dark brown, vertical; siibmarginal line

forming dark bi'own lunules, interrupted beyond cell and below costa; a dark

marginal line interrnpted by the veins ; fringe concolorons, the tips white-spotted.

liuidirhn] : wliitish ochreons, browner along hindmargin, with a faint outer

line; fringe dark grey.

Underside duller, tlie hindwing speckled ; cell-spots and outer lines jilain in

both wings.

Head and thorax like forewings ; abdomen paler, more sjieckled.

Expanse of wings : •i\ mm.

2 ??.

82. Chaetolopha fulgurata spec. nov.

Voreinmj : bright fulvous, suffused with darker : the cell and space beyond

to subniarginal line j)alcr ; a slight spot at base and a narrow waved vertical line

near base brown with a few white scales ; inner line at one-third, snow-white,

outwardly edged with black-brown, minntely dentate outwards on the veins ; outer

line at two-thirds, parallel to hindmargin, but with a strong shoulder on vein 4,

snow-white, inwardly edged with black-brown ; submarginal line brown-black,

marked by an oldiqne snow-white dash above vein (!, and below vein 4 acutely

dentate, followed by some white brown-speckled scaling, the veins across it brown ;

above vein 4 the line itself is interrupted, but followed by horizontal brown streaks

between the veins ; fringe whitish, with brown chequering beyond veins ; cell-spot

dark brown, vertical.

Ilii<(hrhui : fulvous, much paler towards base, with a darker angled middle

line and traces of a submarginal line, especially at apex, which is speckled with

grey.

rnderside dull fulvons, the lines showing brown, and only the snbapical dash

white ; hindmargin grey-brown, with ]iale dusting ; hindwing with large brown

cell-Kpof and brown angled jiostmedian line ; the marginal area brown with grey

dusting, and a dark snbmarginal line: the brown-grey scales form a shade also

along snbmedian \\\]i\.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deej' fulvous; metafliorax with a snow-white

vertical line; first segment of dorsum brownish.

In the i the basal two-thirds of hiiidwiiig beneath is cldtlied with fine

furry hairs.

Expanse of wings : ".'(i mm.

•■) 66, 1 ?.

Superficially greatly resembling CIhh'IoIojjIhi huwojjliruymu Meyr. from Australia,

but in that species the snbapical white mark is horizontal.

( 95 )

^o. Chaetolopha pictipennis spec. imv.

Forewiiii/ : purple plnm-colonr ; the markings deep lirowii, edged with orange

n,iid yeUow lines ; basal patch witli the edge vertical ; inner edge of central fasria

nearly ])arallel to it ; outer edge sinnous, from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths

of inuer margin, bent in below vein 0 ; submarginal line waved, orange, from costa

just beyond outer edge of ftiscia-, outcnrved and reaching inner margin before anal

angle, preceded by a plum-coloured band, the inner edge of which is convex

basewards and runs to apex, crossing and interrupting submarginal line, with a

yellow spot at apex and another where tlie lines separate on vein (i ; fringe

]dum-colour.

Hiiuhriiuj : coppery red, dusted with blackish fuscous ; a straight dark

jiostmedian line, edged by an nnspeckled space of red before the dark hindmargin ;

fringe dark.

Underside dull coppery red, the markings brown-black edgeil with brighter red.

Head, thorax, and abdomen purple.

Expanse of wings : ".'U' mm.

84. Chaetolopha rectilineata.

Pnh.,„„<( icri;i;,„'al,i Warr., Xar. Z.,..l. v. p. 2411 ^ (1898),

This s]iecies must be transferred to Chaetolopha.

85, Chaetolopha ruptistriga spec. nov.

ForeiciiKj : dull chestnut-brown ; a large wedge-shaped area of dull purplish

grey running through wing from base of cell to hindmargin, interrupting the lines ;

a snow-white inwardly oblique bar at base, edged with black-brown, from costal

to median vein ; inner and onter lines at two-fifths and two-thirds, snow-white,

edged conversely with black-brown, oblique from costa to subcostal vein,

reajjpearing below median vein, as similar, but more oblique, streaks to inner margin ;

submarginal line denoted only by a more obscure white streak from inuer margin ;

veins close to hindmargin chestnut, interrupting the dark marginal line ; fringe

dark grey, the onter half whitish.

Ilindwiny : pale ochreous, with a curved grey central line, becoming jiale

fulvous before the darker hindmargin.

Underside dull grey-brown, greyer along hindmargins ; costa of forewing

fulvous ; hindwing with two bent brown lines, the space between them fulvous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark lirown ; a snow-white, jiartially interrupted,

line from tips of pali)i along face, thorax, and dorsum.

Expanse of wing.s : 24 mm.

2 $S,\ ?.

In the ? the brown is ])aler and brighter.

86. Chaetolopha splendens spec. nov.

Forewiny : glossy pale straw-yellow ; lines and veins bright brown, also the

costa at base ; basal line vertical at one-fourth ; inner edge of central fascia at

two-fifths, outcurved on submedian fold; outer edge at two-thirds, projecting

bluntly at vein 4, and insinuate below, the two edges closely approximated on the

fold ; space between, like the basal patch, with brown suft'usion and lines : space

beyond basal patch traversed by a brown line, a thick subaiai'ginal line, forking at

( 96 )

vein li to ajiox, followed liy an obscurely edged line of lirijiht liiiiales ; fringe

glossy yellow with brown lines beyond veins.

IHiwUrinq : pale yellow, lines of uudersiJe sliowing through; fringe ]>alo

yellow.

Underside of foiewing Hushed with pale tawny : costa black-spoekled : the

lines fnlvons ; hindwiug with tliree ('(piidistant fulvous lines, the outermost forked

to apex.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow flushed here and there with brown ;

tarsi dee]) brown with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : S IS mm. ; ? 22 mm.

1 cJ,2 ? ?.

87. Chaetolopha tristriata spec. nov.

Voi-i'u-imi : pale olive-grey, dusted with darker ; a dark olivo-green shade at

one-third, inw.ardly darker an<l edged with pale, outwardly diifuse ; a similar shade

at two-thirds, slightly nearer first on inner margin than on costa; a submarginal

irregularly waved dark line, inwardly pale-edged; veins towards hindmargin dull

])ink : fringe pinkish ochreons, with darker chequering beyond veins ; costal edge

and snb('ostal vein dull pink ; cell-spot olive.

Illntlwinq : dnll greyish pink, more olive towards base, crossed about niidille

by a thick dark paler-edged shade ; fringe pink.

Underside of forewiug ))inkish brown, the veins pinkish brown, those below

middle reaching margin as wedge-shaped marks ; hindmargin between the veins

olive-green speckled with whitish scales, at apex more whitish ; middle line

showing on costa as a yellowish streak, outer line as a row of wiiite spots ; fringe

brown-pink with dark checpiering : hindwiug white, in basal area densely sprinkled

with olive scales, the white showing clear only before the dark brown cross-line,

which is followed by a brownish ochreons and then an olive shade ; marginal area

olive, with a dark waved submarginal line preceded by a whiter spac'e ; inner

margin with its fringe brown.

Head and thorax grey ; dorsum dull red, with the margins ol' segments aN<l

anal segment greyish white ; legs red-brown, with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : c? 2(i mm. ; ? 30 mm.

1 c?,3 ? ?.

The ? is a little paler than the c?. The species is luucli like I'lOjiitliiw

allci iKilii W'arr. from l!ou Islaiiil, liut liirger.

8><. Coenocalpe augustipeunis siicc. uov,

l\trv)ni((j : greyish white, the costal half dift'usely fawn-brown ; the subcostal

vi-in with splashes of white to middle; crossed by obscure oblique dark lines,

lunulate outwards and dentate inwards on the veins, and only distinct towards

inner margin; the veins faintly dotted dark and light: the three ]irinciiial lines

double ; a paler costal space in centre of fascia continuing the small lilaek cell-sjiot ;

in the enter line a black dash on snbmedian fold: nuirginal festoon dark; fringe

chequered dark and light grey.

Ilimlwimj : wliiter, with no fawn-coloured suffusion ; the lines fairly distinct ;

fringe whitish.

Underside fawn-grey, shining ; costa whitish ; lines dark only on costa of

forewiug ; fringes white with. dark mottling.

( 97 )

Head, thorax, ami abdomen like wings ; the head and thorax somewhat

darker ; abdomen beneath, jjectns, and legs whitish ; Ibretarsi blackish, with the

joints pale ; palpi externally dark.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

4 66.

The wings are peculiarly narrow ibr the genus.

89. Coenocalpe hirtivena spec. nov.

Forewiiuj : pale fawn-grey, dnsted with dark atoms ; crossed by a succession

of brownish grey lines all hinulatc outwards and dentate inwards on the veins ; the

inner, outer, and jjraesul (marginal double and accompanied each by a brownish

grey shade ; the luuules along the costal area all clear and well-detined ; all the

lines forming blackish dashes across the veins, alternating with the paler inter-

spaces ; median vein with linear patches of raised black scales to the end of cell ;

cell-spot black, oblic^ne ; snbmarginal line wavy, whitish, sometimes with a darker

shade on both sides ; marginal festoon black, joined between the veins by black

dashes with the teeth of snbmarginal line ; fringe concolorous.

In the ¥ the shade beyond outer line forms a dark blotch beyond cell.

llindidmj : similar ; the hindmargin strongly crennlate.

Underside much paler, especially towards base, with two postmedian and a

submargiual dark curved shade ; cell-spots black ; costa of forewing cream-colour.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 3s mm.

1 c?,3 ¥ ?.

The costal shoulder of forewing is roughly fringed with hairs.

Ot). Coenocalpe semirufata spec. nov.

ForciciiKj : pale vinous ; the lower half of central fascia fuscous, also the

marginal area between veins 4 and 5 ; marginal area between veins 2 and 4 white ;

inner edge of central fascia from one-third of costa, outcurved above median and

slightly again below, then oblique inwards to one-third of inner margin ; outer edge

from three-fourths of costa, lunulate-dentate, the teeth pointing basewards, to three-

fourths of inner margin, roundly biiobed between 2 and 4 ; closely preceded and

followed by the darker line of the pale fasciae ; snbmarginal line marked by white

dots between the veins ; marginal line crenulate, dark red, interrupted by pale spots

at the veins and preceded there by patches of pale scales ; fringe vinous.

Ilinthcing : with the central fascia much broader, only its edges fuscous.

Underside grey, glossy ; cell-spots and lines darker ; fringe vinous.

Head, thorax, and first two segments of abdomen pale vinous ; rest of ulidomen

fuscous and vinous mixed, the third segment sharply blackish fuscous ; face and

palpi deej) vinous ; legs externally fuscous, the tarsi black, with pale joints.

Exjianse of wings : 33 mm.

3 66.

'.)I. Coenocalpe ustimacula spec. nov.

Forewing : dark ashy grey, the costal half blackish grey, with the pale intervals

forming white costal patches ; cell-spot black, lying in the middle pale sj)ace ; lines

all Innulate outwards and dentate inwards, the outer and praesnbmargiual blackest,

( 98 )

forming black jiuiiits lowarcls inner margin ; siibmargiiial jiaif, iireci'ilcd and lollowid

by black sagittate markings ; fringe black bevDud veins, jialer between.

Uimhi-incj : with costal half pale grey, inner-margiual half blackish.

Underside shining, iron-grej' ; costa of forewing pale ; cell-spot and the ends

of lines of costa black ; fringe black and white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; basal segment of abdomen and meta-

thorax pale grey, the metathorax with a thick black angular mark ; shoulders and

patagia with a pair of minute white dots; basal half of abdomen beneath, pectus,

and legs white ; foretarsi black, with white joints.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

2 c?c?.

In the tyi)e specimen the costa of forewing and centre of hiudwing are tinged

with reddish fawn-colour.

92. Coenocalpe xylinata spec. nov.

Forewing : wood-brown, the markings slightly darker, but very indistinct ; the

lines forming dark and pale dashes on the veins ; a paler brownish space at apex ;

submarginal line marked by jiale dots between veins, followed by black dashes to

the margin ; fringe brown.

llinduiiig : paler, with the lines more plain ; two before the dark cell-spot

and two beyond, closer together, followed by a blackish band projecting outwards in

middle ; three outer lines also angled and marked black and light on veins ; fringe

brown.

Underside greyish ochreous ; the lines all darker and the cell-spots black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale and dark brown ; palpi and face below

blackish ; anal segment of abdomen paler.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 ?.

93. Collix examplata spec. nov.

Forcicing : fuscous, with darker fuscous lines and shades ; all the markings

confused ; the darker lines forming blackish dashes on veins alternating with pale

ochreous ones ; cell-spot large and blai:k ; the base of veins 3 and 4 shows as a

pale ochreous space ; the submarginal line is preceded by blackish patches at costa,

beyond cell, and towards inner margin ; a paler space from outer line runs between

veins 0 and 7 towards apex ; black curved marginal lines between veins, with a

pale dot at the veins ; fringe dark fuscous.

Ilimhclng : with less dark suH'nsion, and the markings therefore plainer ; a

curved dark antemedian line followed by a sinuate black cell-spot ; three waved

central lines, followed by a pale band with dark centre ; marginal area dark fuscous

with obscure pale submarginal line ; the disc reddish tinged.

Underside rufous ochreous ; cell-spots black ; two outer series of dull blackish

semi-coniiuent spots on veins ; the outer one interrnpted between 3 and 4 ; fringe

blackish.

I'alpi reddish grey, terminal segment and the base of second segment fuscous

head, thorax, and aliduinen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 4U mm.

1 ?.

( 99 )

94. Crasilogia dispar ab. simplex uov.

Aloiii; wi(.li a fair number of t^vpical ('. dispar Warr. of both sexes 1 find 2 cj cC

of remarkably aberrant structnre ; of tbese one, of normal size, has the forevving

exactly like that of the S type, the other, much smaller, has the forewing almost

exactly like that of the ? ; in both cases, however, the hindwings are shaped and

coloured as in the ? , without a sign of any of the secondary sexual characters that

apjicar in the normal S, and their neuration is that of the ?. In both cases the

retinaculum of the forewings and the fine frenulum of the hindwings is distinct ;

besides which the condition of the two insects precludes any suspicion of mending.

95. Crasilogia? fumipennis spec. nov.

Foreiomg : ochrcous, suffused throughout with brownish grey ; the basal area

and central fascia brownish fuscous, the lines of the latter forming three dark bands

with fainter intervals ; the edges crenulate, the outer deeply insinuate beyond cell

and projecting on vein 3, finely edged with whitish ; three dark waved Hues alter-

nating with paler ones before the submarginal, which is yellowish and lunulate-

dentate, both the luunles and teeth projecting outwards ; a black blotch before it

between veins 6 and 7, passing into apex, and the lines before it blackened and

confluent between 3 and 4; the spaces between 5 and 6, and 2 and 3 filled with

black and white scales ; pairs of square black spots at the ends of the veins, which

are yellowish ; fringe chequered pale aud dark brown ; cell-sj)ot black ; the dark

inner edge of central fascia extended to basal patch above submediau.

Ilimlwing : smoky fuscous, with the postmedian area fulvous ; traces of two

or three curved shades from inner margin ; costal area whitish.

Underside ochreous, suffused in forewing with grey, with all the lines dark

grey, becoming black on the costa, which is yellowish ; hindwing clear ochreous,

with three thick grey lunulate shades sejiarated by finer lunulate lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fuscous intermixed with jjaler ; abdomen

beneath and legs ochreous ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi black, with yellow joints.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 ¥.

Though very different in a])pearance above from Crasiloijia disjxir, I refer it to

the genus from the great resemblance in the marking of the underside.

96. Diactinia intromissa spec. nov.

Forewing : with the lines snow-white, the basal patch and central fascia

blackish fuscous ; the former edged by a fine white line, and in one specimen

crossed by a whitish line ; the edges of central fascia liroadly white, meeting on

the submediau fold, then separating again and forking symmetrically to inner

margin, as a double curve denticulate inwards on vein 1 ; the inner edge is also

dentate into the fascia along the cell-fold ; the interval between basal ])ateh and

fascia, aud the lower imrtion of the fascia itself, are olive-grey speckled with black ;

below costa beyond the fascia the commencement of a line is shown by two white

angulated marks filled in with blackish, continued below as an olive ochreons

somewhat lunulate shade edged by a black clond ; between veins 7 and 4 on the

margin is a bilobed blackish blotch edged by a white line, which runs out into

the fringe between 3 and 4, and appears again as a narrower line curving to anal

( 100)

anj;le : marjjiiial line ilurlc, iiitcrrnptcHl a,t thu veius : Cringe olive ocbrcou.s, with

dark middle line and dark mottling bcvond veins.

Ilindicing : wLitisb, tinged witL olive ochreous, and striated with grey; traces

of dark lines oq iuuer margin and a thick streak before margin from aual angle to

vein 4.

Underside yellowish speckled with Maekish ; I'urewing with inner margin

whitish.

Head, thora.x, and abdomen wliitish ochreou.s spoeklud with olive ; underside

of abdomen like that of wings ; legs black and yellow.

E.Kpanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?.

The ? is somewhat paler than the S. In the i'orewing tlie hiudmargin is

slightly indented from vein 7 to 4.

'JT. Ochyria dilataria spec. nov.

Foiricing : basal patch and central fascia dark brownish fu.scous, their edges

deeper ; the intervals slaty grey ; the central fascia broader than in O.fulcistriga,

its edges more waved, and margined by first a lustrous grey acd then a ferruginous

orange line ; from this line above vein 0 a narrow ferruginous streak runs oblii^nely

to apex ; centre of fascia dull violet-grey, containing a rather large blackish cell-spot

surrounded with dull rust-coloured scales ; submarginal line waved, dull bluish,

preceded by a darker clond at costa : fringe (worn) slaty grey.

llinthcuKj : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin.

Underside jiale grey, darker in outer half of wing, without distinct markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; segmental rings of abdomen deeji

ferruginous.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 <^.

The neuratiou is abnormal ; vein 11 appears to form the coulinuation of 10,

and is joined to 12 by a bar ; vein 'J is coincident with lO, and subsequently

anastomoses with 7, 8.

^"i. Ochyria fiilvistriga spec. nov.

ForewiiKj : basal patch, central fascia, and praesubmarginal band ilark fuscous ;

the intervals dull purplish grey; all the dark markings edged by broad dull

ferruginous violet lines ; centre of central fascia traversed by a broad band of

purplish grey, containing the black ccll-sjwt ; a ferruginous violet obliijue streak

above vein 0 from outer to submarginal line, which is waved and dull lilue ;

marginal line black ; fringe fnseous, with the basal half darker.

Ilindwimj : purjilish grey.

Underside dull shity cinereous; hindwing slighlly spriuldod willi bluish scales,

with a black cell-spot, and traces of lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, like wings.

Expanse of wings ; 6 10 mm. ; ? IS mm.

3 cJ d, 5 ? ? .

!)'••. Ochyria pulchella spec. nov.

Fori'icing : pale olive-green, crossed by broad white slightly lustrous lines ;

two, indistinct, near base; two on each side of the middle of wing, bent outwards

above, then vertical; and one .submarginal, interrupted by (he veius; the pale lines

( 101 )

are preceded irregularly by dull iintroiis purplish scales, wijicli beyond cell form

a blotch before the submarginal ; fringe pale green ; cell-sjiot linear, oblique,

purplifli.

UimhciiKj : whitish grey, darker and reddish tinged towards hindmargin.

Underside dnll rosy, speckled with grey ; forewing with v/hite snbmarginal

line; hindwing more speckled, with dark cell-spot and three dark white-edged lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-green.

Expanse of wings : l(i nun.

1 ¥.

100. Ochyi'ia rubecula spec. nov.

Forewing: pale brick-red; the markings very dark green, miuntely edged

with white, the basal patch small ; the central fascia broad, swollen below median,

with two outward-jjrojecting teeth between 2 and 4, and much narrowed on inner

margin ; the centre of the baud preceding it is slightly marked with green on

costa and inner margin, and a large costal blotch with a smaller one below it

on vein 0 precedes the submarginal line, which is finely white, the luiiules followed

also by some dark green scales above inner margin ; a very fine dark marginal

line inwardly white-edged ; fringe brick-colour.

llimliciii;/ : pale grey ; the fringe jjinkish.

Underside of forewing dull pinky grey, with the markings showing throngh ;

hindwing with faint grey antemedian, postmedian, and submarginal bands

alternating with paler spaces each intersected by a fine line.

Head and abdomen pale brick-red ; palpi, thorax and forelegs blackish green.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 c?.

101. Ochyria sixbcaesia spec. nov.

Forewing : slaty grey ; the basal patch and the central fascia dark fuscous ;

the paler bauds sprinkled with greenish yellow scales; the edges of the dark

markings dull blnish; central fascia crossed also by two dull bluish lines; snb-

marginal line waved, dull blue; fringe like the intervals greenish grey ; sometimes

a dark shade precedes the submarginal line.

JHndicirig : dull slaty grey ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing dull blurred cinereous ; costal and hindmargin with

some bluish scales ; lines visible along costa only ; hindwing sprinkled with dull

blue scales, forming a double outer and waved snbmarginal line ; the dark lines

clear across wing ; cell-spot blackish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, all sprinkled with blnish scales.

Expanse of wings : ,J IV, mm. : ? IS mm. One small 6 expands only 13 mm.

5 c?c?,3 ?¥.

102. Ochyria unitaeniata spec. nov.

Forewing : purplish fnscons, crossed by some fine wavy darker lines ; at

one-fourth from base is a slightly paler band, bent on subcostal, separating basal

patch from central fascia, which contains a large cloudy dark cell-spot, and is

edged at four-lifths by a dark line followed by a white line and a pale green

band ; marginal area beyond dark jiurplish fuscous ; a pale green patch at anal

angle, separated from the green band by a narrow dark space edged by the whiti.sh

( 10-' )

waved snbmarginal line, wliioh is not visilile aliovc uiiddlo of winf^ ; some dark

margiual liuiules before the gre}' fringe.

Hind winy : greenish white, without markings except ou inner margin lielow

the median and vein 3, the band above anal angle being prominently dark.

Underside of forewing dnll grey ; the onter line pale ; the marginal area

darker ; liindwing whitish green, crossed by six waved grey lines, of which the

onterraost is dark before anal angle ; cell-spot black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fnscons.

Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

1 <3.

Spectrobasis gen. nov.

ForeiciMi : costa straight, but with a fiiint shoulder at base fringed with hair,

and curving before apex, which is blunt ; hindmargin simply curved.

Iliiidwinji : with hindmargin well rounded ; both angles rounded.

Antennae of S bipectinate to near apex ; of ? simple, tlie segments angulate ;

palpi rostriform, porrect, rough-haired, the terminal segment smooth, decumbent ;

tongue slight ; frenulum present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

yeuratioii : forewing, cell about half of wing; discocellular vertical ; all three

median nervnles rising close together; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; In, 11

separate, 10 anastomosing with 11 and again with 8, 0, forming a double areole :

biiidwing, discocellular biangulate, the radial from tbc lower angulation ; 7, 8

anastomosing for three-fourths of cell ; (!, 7 stalked ; vein ~ from nearer base

than in forewing.

In the (? the space between base of 7 and 8 contains an elongate hyaline fovea.

Type : Spectrobasis nifa spec. nov.

An endemic genus without any apparent close affinities.

Iu3. Spectrobasis rufa spec. nov.

Forewing: dark olive-grey ; with obscure darker cross-lines, visible chiefly on

costa, which at base is dull brick-red to median vein ; basal patch, central fascia,

and centre of band between them rather darker; the pale bands edging them pinkish

white on costa, with a darker central line ; the outer edge of central fascia from

just beyond middle of costa curved outwards below middle to two-thirds of inner

margin ; submarginal line wavy at costa only ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe dnll pink,

with dark olive-grey mottling.

lUmJwintj : dark olive-grey, without markings ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing blurred purjilish grey ; the costa and hindmargin

red-brown, the submarginal line showing white teeth below costa ; costa from base

more ocbreous in c? : hindwiug red-brown speckled with pale, with darker ante-

median and median reddish bands ; a waved submarginal line with red-brown

blotch above anal angle, and showing white spots between veins; in the S

the basal half is flesh-coloured ochreons speckled with brown ; a flesh-coloured

blotch on inner margin beyond middle band, and often a second towards costa ;

fringe reddish.

Head parts reddish mixed with pale ; thorax and abdomen dark olive, the

dorsal segments often broadly pale.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

A long series,

( 103 )

104. Spectrobasis viridis spec. nov.

Foreicing : reddish and olive-gre}% the tints mneh mixed, the liaes and bands

being darker and the intervals ou costa whitish ; costa at base dnil moss-green,

beyond dotted, dark green and pale ; a darlc cell-spot ; outer edge of central fascia

from two-thirds of costa, ontcnrved, to two-thirds of inner margin ; fringe whitish

with dark green cheqnering.

Bindwing : dnll greenish gre}-, with a reddisli tinge, paler along costal area,

the bands of underside showing throngli ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing blurred ; the costal and hindmargins green, with

paler markings ; hindwing white sprinkled with green, forming three green bands

separated b}- whitish bands, tlie green bands often varied with dark purplish scales.

In the larger ? the costal and hindmargin of forewing and most of the scaling

of hindwings is reddish instead of green.

Head and abdomen pinkish grey, with Vlarlc speckling ; thorax mainly dark

green, varied with paler.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm. ; the redder ? 28 mm.

2 c?c?,2 ??.

Evidently a very variable species.

lii.j. Xanthorhoe albiapicata spec. nov.

Fon'w/'nr/ : blackish fuscous from base to outer edge of central fascia, the

band beyond basal area always greyer, sometimes witli pale dots along its edges ;

the baud beyond central fascia brightly white to below vein 4, where it joins a

white lunule in the submarginal line, sometimes running pale to hindmargin and

out into tlie fringe; submarginal line rarely distinct; the lunule above vein 6

always pale, bluish grey ; marginal line black ; fringe blackish, mottled with

jialer ; the marginal area round apex, beyond cell, and broadly below vein 3

dark fuscous, sometimes blackish. In the c? the white of the pale band is more

extensive than in the ¥ .

Uiixlwiiig : dull blackish fuscous, with the lines obscure, but paler on inner

margin.

Underside glossy cinereous, sprinkled with whitish in hindwing ; the lines all

dark but the submarginal, wliich is represented by white spots, that below 4 large.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

A long series of both sexes.

106. Xanthorhoe bifulvata spec. nov.

Forewing : with basal patch, central fascia, and shade preceding submarginal

line brownish fuscous ; basal patcli edged and crossed by a darker shade ; central

fascia edged with darker fuscous, with a deeper band on its inner edge and two

wavy dark lines before the outer, with paler grey lines between ; basal patch and

central fascia edged by silvery grey bands with a dark centre ; space between the

inner two filled up with fulvous grey ; band before snbmarginal line fulvous

tinged in its inner half, paler between veins 3 and 4; snlimarginal line wavy,

pale grey, broadly silvery grey just below middle ; marginal area dark and light

grey ; a row of dark marginal lunules between veins ; fringe mottled dark and

light grey.

( 104 )

Tliiiihrinq : flark fuscous, with traces of curved wavy lines, whicli arc clear

only oil inner margin, where the paler intervals are sometimes silvery grey ; fringe

of inner margin whitish.

Underside of forewing dnll olive fnscnns, tinged with bine-grey ; the lines

shdwing darker; hiiidwing with all the intervals dull lilnish white, the shades

olive fuscons.

Head, thornx, ami alidonien fuscons, varied with liliiisli grey scales ; nietathorax

bine-grey.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

5 c?(?, 3 ??.

107. Xanthorhoe cerasina spec. nov.

Foreicing : with basal patch and central fascia velvety blackish fuscons, the

interval between them and the marginal area bright cerise ; the blackish areas

are finely edged with white ; in the antemedian band are three fuscons grey linos,

and the fascia is followed by three ; the extreme hindraargiii beyond the waved

snbraargiual line is fuscons grey, and all the lines and shades of the marginal area

are fuscons at costa ; marginal spots black, followed by pink spots running out into

the fuscous fringe ; cell-spot deep black.

Hindicing : fuscous, with the lines of central fascia darker, as far as outer

line, then dull cerise ; the apical half smoky fuscous, and all the lines waved.

Underside dark fuscous, with all the lines indicated ; the outer lines marked

pale across wings, and white on costa of forewing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark fuscons ; anal tuft of <S black.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

A long series of both sexes.

Both surfaces are glossy.

I<i8. Xanthorhoe coenileata spec. nov.

Forewiiiq : dark fuscons, crossed by three bright bluish white double lines :

one close to base, the second at one-third, both incurved in middle of wing ; the

third at two-thirds, almost interrnjited between 2 and 4 by the projection of the

central fascia ; submarginal line single, whiter between 3 and 4 and preceded there

by a fulvous patch ; dark marginal lunnles, followed by white sjiots at the base

of the fuscous fringe; the spot between 3 and 4 and that below apex large and

white, 1 nulling throngli the fringe, and each preceded by a submarginal whitish

spot ; a faint jiale line at middle of central fascia.

liniilirintj : greyish fuscous, with traces of pale and dark lines on inner margin

only ; fringe dark, with the two white spots at middle and apex.

Underside of forewing blurred greyish fuscous ; fringe with two white sjiots;

hindwirig with faint bluish white markings ; two diffuse lines at base, a double

waved postmedian, and a single submarginal line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fuscous, the tips of shniildcrs and jiatagia

and the segmental rings of abdomen with bluish white scales.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 (?.

K'9. Xanthorhoe fulvinotata spec. nov.

Forewing: white; the markings grey and black, the basal patch and central

fascia darkest ; basal patch edged and crossed by black lines ; pale band following

( 10.'5 )

with iiion; than its iiuifv half dark grey, the ontor half with a grey thread ; central

fascia narrow at inner margin, both edges irregularly Innnlate-deiitate, its centre

often blue-grey, containing a black cell-spot and two dark lines and a pale one

before outer edge ; pale band following very distinct, interrupted between 3 and 4

by a fulvous patch ; submarginal line white, preceded by blackish blotches on

costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin ; followed by a dark blotch at apex,

and by grey ones beyond cell and above inner margin ; marginal space between

3 and 4 generally paler; black marginal crescents between veins ; fringe whitish,

mottled with dark grey.

In the ? , as usual, the central fascia is broader, and the fulvous patcli beyond

outer line more extensive.

Ilindwing : dark grey, with the lines darker, the intervals on inner margin

white.

Underside pale, speckled with grey in hind wing, suffused with dark grey in

lower half of forewing ; all the lines indicated.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark and light grey, the thorax mixed with

blackish; palpi externally fuscous; tarsi blackish, with the joints ochreous ;

segmental rings of abdomen white.

Expanse of wings : c?, 2G mm. ; ? , 28 mm.

5 66,4 ¥¥.

110. Xanthorhoe interrufata spec. nov.

Closely akin to A', ceras/iui, but the dark areas paler fuscous ; the central

fascia showing the two dark lines and the edges and cell-spot plainer ; the cerise

tints are confined to the pale bands edging the fascia, and even these are duller ;

the band before submarginal line is fuscous as well as the margin beyond.

In the hindwing the whole surface is fuscous, the cerise tints of the outer |]ale

band being restricted to the inner margin.

Underside fuscous, with all the pale cross-lines plainer.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous; anal tuft white.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

A long series.

The wings are all glossy, as in crras/iia.

111. Xanthorhoe monastica spec. nov.

Forewiny : blackish fuscous, with all the lines darker; the central fascia with

three dark lines and edged with whitish, which at costa is white and conspicuous ;

fringe concolorous.

Ilindwing : wholly dark fuscous, paler beyond outer edge of fascia; jiale dots

along margin at the ends of the veins.

Underside dark glossy fuscous, the outer line marked by whitish dots on veins,

and the submarginal at costa only.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all blackish fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

A long series, not varying inter xc, except a pair apparently dwarfed, the 6 o(

which expands 3U mm. only and the ? 28 mm,

( lOG )

II"-. Xanthorhoe plumbiliuea spec. nov.

Foren-iiig : basal jiatcli and central fascia dark fiilvons fnscons, edged by broad

dull lenden-grc}- lines; the fascia narrow, with a leaden-grey line down its centre,

generally broken np into spots ; the broad bands on each side of fascia greyish

olive ; snbmarginal line fine, waved, leaden-blne, with the Innules filled up with

dark fnscons, sometimes only those beyond cell and on the snbmcdian fold ; a dark

obliqne streak from apex, the apex above it generally paler; marginal area and

fringe dark fnscons.

Uimluing : brownish fnscons, with a few indications of lines on inner mnr^in.

Underside greyish fnscons, paler beyond the onter edge of fascia.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fnscons.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

3 c?c?, 3 ? ?.

113. Xanthorhoe urbana Meyr.

(J. Forewing : grey, with a slight mixtnro of brownish, and speckled with

dark grey ; a small dark basal patch with ronnded edge ; the grey band beyond

it traversed by three darker lines ; central fascia occnpying middle third of wing,

the inner edge curved, the outer bluntly projecting in middle of wing; two lines

beyond inner edge and two before outer form bands filled np with darker grey ;

in these bands and in the basal patch some brown scales occur below median aiid

vein 4; below middle the bands imito and form annuli ; a paler grey band follows

with a grey line down it; snbmarginal lino obscure, preceded and followed by

darker tints, especially at apex ; a black marginal festoon interrupted at veins ;

fringe grey varied with paler.

Ilindwing : with base dark grey, followed by three blackish waved lines, plain

on inner margin, not reaching costa ; snbmarginal line and shades more distinct.

Underside pale grey, darker towards margin, with all the Hues blackish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, like basal patch.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

5 6S.

Very near to A', subidaria Gnen. from Australia, for which I at first mistook

it. Two examples exactly like the present were received jireviously from tiie Aroa

River and referred to siibidana ; but with these 5 cJ <? there have now come fi ? ?

not distinguishable from the dark grey ? ? which Meyriek referred to subidaria as

a probable variety under the name of urbana ; in both sexes the wings arc greyer

and darker than in subidaria proper.

Subfamily ASTHENINAE.

114. Acolutha canicosta spec. nov.

Forncing : whitisii yellow ; the costal area above median vein sprinkled with

wiiite scales, the lines across it dark lirown; all the markings interrupted below

middle, reappearing much paler on inner margin ; these marks arc two brown

bands near base ; a central fascia jnst licyond middle, angled outwards on vein 0, and

a darker brown snbmarginal line angled on vein 7 towards apex, and reappearing

before anal angle as an upright brown bar ; fringe pale yellow.

Umdwi-ng : with four obscure curved brownish grey lines ; the antemedian

( 107 )

and median narrow, containing a lilaclc coll-spot lictweon thnni ; tlie postmcdian

and sulimarginal broader and distinctly double.

Underside pale yellow ; only the costal half of forewing dnll brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow ; face with a broad brown bar in middle

and a narrow one at top: vertex brown with a pale line in middle; shoulders brown.

E.xpanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 ?.

Near pictnria Moore.

115. Asthena argentipuncta spec. nov.

Forewinq : pale yellow, tinged with deeper yellow along costa and hindmargin ;

crossed by bands of round dull silvery spots ringed with brown-red ; in the ? these

spots are small and separate except along subcostal vein ; in the S they are large,

with the brown rings thicker, and therefore more or less confluent, especially in basal

half; there are four antemedian series, including one at base itself ; one postmediau

and one submarginal ; in the postmediau the two spots on vein 3 and 4 are displaced

outwards ; a larger discal spot, with costal spot above it ; a marginal line of deep

brown dashes between veins ; fringe yellow.

Hinchoing : with the two outer series only ; the cell-spot and two joined spots

below it.

Underside of forewing irregularly brown along costa ; only the outer and

submarginal lines represented as brown spots, not reaching inner margin ; of

hindwing with the outer lines marked only on costa; both wings with fine

marginal line ; in the ? the lines are not shown, and the brown along costa

is much reduced.

Face deep yellow ; vertex white ; thorax and alidomen yellow, the dorsal

segments deep yellow marked with silvery spots ; anal segment and underneatii

with legs pale yellow.

Expanse of wings ; S 24 mm., ? 26 mm.

3 c?c?, 4 ??.

The double arcole is very narrow. Antennae of c? with fine long fascicles

of cilia.

116. Asthena subditaria sjiec. nov.

This is almost a reproduction of the preceding species, but smaller in size and

paler in colour ; the spots, in proiiorti(ui, larger and more coalescent in both sexes ;

the outer line more sinnous ; the marginal line of dashes absent.

Expanse of wings : 22 — 24 mm.

1 c?,2 ??.

117. Hastina viridata spec nov.

Forewing : greenish white, the lines dark green, all wavy, and in the main

parallel to hindmargin ; two near base, two in middle, and two towards hindmargin

form darker bands, separated by pale sjjaces, each traversed by paler green lines ;

all alike are darker on the veins, followed by paler dashes ; the median band

generally shows two deeper areas, one beyond cell, the other above inner margin ;

a dark green marginal line preceded by pale spaces between the veins ; fringe

whitish, chequered with green at the vein-ends,

( 108 )

Ilimhving : without tlic basul lines.

Uiulersicle jiale greenish, witli tlie darker tints of npperside sliowing throni^h.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green, mottled with whitish ; fiice with lower half

whitish, npper half olive-brown ; tips of paljii brown.

E.xpanse of wings : 22 mm.

0 <?c?, 2 ? ?.

118. Hydrelia papuensis spec. nov. and ab. dorsinotata nov.

Forewing : pale greyish ochreons, tinged with darker, and crossed by a

succession of slightl}- darker luiuilate-dentate lines, the teeth all pointing inwards

and forming slight brown points on veins, tlie liiniiles of the outermost series also

marked at their aiiices with a brown jmiat between the veins; a row of large brown

marginal spots ; the line marking the outer edge of central fascia is more strongly

exjiressed and followed closely by two grey lines, forming together a narrow band ;

between veins 3 and 4 the outer of ithese three lines and the two praesnbmarginal

lines are marked, sometimes strongly, with Ijrown-black sealing ; cell-spot small,

black ; fringe pale oclireons.

Hindwing: similar, without the basal lines, and with no dark scaling between

3 and 4.

Underside paler, tlie lines much fewer, but darker, and only the outer ones

distinct ; cell-spots black, also the marginal spots, those of forewing being much

swollen.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dusky grey ; dorsal segments with dark middle

spots, second segment with a pair, one on each side.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

4(?c?.

The species is nearest to // atrostrignta Warr. from Qneensland.

It shonld be noted that though 1 have jilaced this sjiecies in ]li/<hrU(t, as

having apparently a single areole, the areole is actually double, vein id running

into 11 close to its origin, so forming one very small triangular inner and a large

outer areole. I am inclined to think that this small inner areole, situated as it is

far bascwards, is often overlooked.

In the aberration a large lilack-brown sinuous lilotch rises from middle nf inner

margin of forewing, where it is liroad, and is bent (lutw^ards at lower end of cell

between veins 2 and 4.

no. Poecilasthena paucilinea spec. nov.

Dill'ers from /'. thalassias Meyr. in two respects ; tlie hindwings ot //i<i/(issias

arc at most bluntly elbowed at vein 4 ; in paucilinea the hindmargin is distinctly

angled, vein 4 forming a sliort tooth ; secondlv, in thahiKsius the lines forming the

central fascia are four in number ; in the present species they are but three ; the

pale band on each side of the central fascia is traversed along its centre by a green

waved line in thalassias ; in paucilinea the bands themselves are broader, the

traversing line keeps close to the edge farthest from the fascia, which is therefore

limited by a broader space of pale ground-colour. In all otlicr jioints the species

appear to agree.

2 cJcJ, sent along with a series of the true thalassias Meyr.

( 109 )

Subfamily TRICHOPTERYGINAE.

120. Anthierax aroensis.

Auisociditiauriiensis'Wsi.VT., Nov. Zuol. x. p. 382 $ (I'JUS).

S. Forewinij : wbitisb, with grey suffusion and fine Ijliickisli lines, the lines

jilacecl as in the ¥ , but the whole wing much paler ; tlio band before snljmarginai

line as far as vein 4, and the edges of central fascia towards costa alone showing

fuscous with a slight greenisli tinge ; the cleft in hiudmargin between veins 2 and 3

rnns in for one-third of wing, the part below it being produced into an acutely

jiointed lobe, reaching well beyond the upper portion of hiudmargin ; the distortion

below at middle of inner margin at the extremity of vein 1 is strongly marked, and

the lobe clothed with white liairs.

llindwiny : white, with a large basal lobe, a fulvous grey twisted middle lobe,

and a dark grey anal projection.

Hindlegs shortened and swollen, with tufts of ochreons hair ; the abdomen

also roughened with hair below. Antennae fulvous, darker at base ; paljji pale grey

speckled with darker, second segment rough-haired, third spatnlate.

Exjjanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 S.

121. Episteira delicata spec, no v.

Forewinij : wliite ; Itasal area witli six irregularly waved thick greyish olive

lines, mainly vertical, the costal vein with three fine black dashes ; some black scales

along inner margin at base of all the lines ; cell-spot linear, black, in a narrow

pure white central space ; four postmedian olive-grey dentate lines, of which the

first two are marked with black and the third is thick and ditfase ; a partially double

blackish dentate submarginal line ; a marginal row of black swollen spots between

the veins, and a row of large black spots Ijeyond them in the white fringe.

liindwinij : very pale grey, slightly darker before hindmargin.

Underside olive-grey, paler in hindwing and along inner margin of forewing ;

fringe white.

Palpi and antennae blackish ; face dark brown ; vertex olive-grey ; fillet, collar,

and tijis of shoulders whitish grey ; thorax grey, with a black lateral line, thickened

behind ; abdomen olive-ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 S.

Meg'aloba gen. nov.

ForiH-iidi : large ; costa straight for four-fifths, then strongly convex ; apex

minutely j)roduced ; hindmargin gibbous or elbowed in middle ; anal angle distinct.

Hind winy : narrow, elongate ; the apex truncate; hindmargin crenulate; in the

$ with a large ear-shaped lobe reaching half-way down inner margin, the lobe itself

edged with a scale-bearing flap, which at the base forms a small additional lobe.

Abdomen in cJ long and slender, with a stout keel beneath at base, in ¥ stout ;

antennae simple, lamellate ; jialpi porrect, long, second segment long-haired, third

short and smooth ; tongne and frenulum present; legs long and slen<ler ; hindtibiae

in ¥ with terminal sjjurs ; in i thick, the femnr, tibia, and tarsus of equal length,

without spurs.

Neuralion : forewing, cell ipiite half as long as wing ; discocellular obliipie ;

first median nervnlejust bejond middle, second at six-sevenths; lower radial from

( lio )

above aiiddle of discouollultir, npper from npper end of cell in ? , stalked with 7, S, 'J

iu cJ ; lU, 11 coiucideut, 10 anastomosing with 8, U ; liiiidwiug, costal and sulicostal

anastomosing to near end of cell, C, 7 long-stalked iu c?, shurt-stalked in ? ;

discocellnlar biangnlate, the radial from tlie lower outward angulation, vein '^ absent

iu c?, 3 and 4 short; veins 2, 3, 4 at equal distances iu ?.

Tyjie Megaloba rubripicta sjjec. nov.

The large subercct lobe iu the S liindwiug is something like that iu Ti/injiniio(a

Warr., but in that genus the costal and subcostal are sei)arate but uuitod by a bar.

122. Megaloba leucocyma spec nov.

Forewing : sage-green, with darker and paler waved bands, all edged more

or less distinctly with bluish-white lines, which on the dark green costa form

snow-white spots ; the bands on each side of central fascia paler than the rest,

having an interrupted white Hue aloug their centre ; submarginal line forming

white crescents ; a line of large black crescents aloug margin at the ends of the

veius, edged with white scales ; fringe pale green.

Hindwing : pale brownish grey, paler towards base, with dark linear cell-mark,

curved postmedian Hue with paler edge and dark spots in fringe beyond the veins.

Underside of forewiug greyish olive, with the lines faint; the subnuirginal

shown by a curved row of white spots : hindwing without the olive tinge ; cell-spot

and postmedian line dark.

Palpi pale olive, the tips of each segment whitish ; face green, with the

lower part white ; a snow-white dot in front at the base of each antenna, and

one in the middle of the crown ; one behind each eye and one at the base of each

of the patagia ; a white curved line on thorax and metathorax, and a white mark

on basal segment of abdomen ; abdomen fawn-grey, the basal and anal segments

olive-green ; antennae greenish above, rufous below; pectus and femora olive-green;

tibiae and tarsi blackish, with suow-white joints, the hindtibiae grey.

Exjianse of wiugs : 44 mm.

1 ?.

123. Megaloba? rhododactyla spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-green, crossed by waved and crenulate lines of shell-pink ;

along the costa the edges of the green bauds become blackish green ; basal patch

olive, with three pinkish-white lines, with some black scaling above and below

the submedian vein ; central fascia with four pinkish-white lines, the dark

cell-spot lying in the first ; the inner band with a dark blotch ou the submedian

fold, the outer edge irregularly crenulate and marked by black spots on the veins ;

both pale bands shell-piuk, the outer more vividly, with an olive-grey central Hue ;

submarginal line lustrous white, rosy tinged, j)receded by a black line swollen

into teeth between the veius and externally tipped with black ; a margituil row of

black truncated crescents at end of veius alternating with spaces of shell-pink ;

fringe pale olive, with white spots beyond the veius.

IJiudtcimj : pearly cream-colour towards base, grailually becoming jiale green

towards hiudmargin ; fringe rufous beyond a dark marginal line.

Underside of both wiugs olive, the markings showing through.

Palpi olive-green, with the tips of each segmeut white ; face green, with the

sides below white ; base of antennae, a spot before each, ami a sjjot before each

eye white ; collar, thorax, and abdomen olive mi.xed with shell-piuk and while ;

( ill )

antennae deep red beuoaHi and at sides, aliovc unnulated with red-brown and

white ; pectus white ; femora and underside of abdomen olive ; forctarsi l)hi,ck-, with

white joints ; foretibiae bright red.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ?.

The position of this very beantifnl insect is doubtful ; it agrees with Meqaloha

in ueuratiou, and in the slightly produced, pointed, not rounded, apex of forewing.

1~M. Megaloba rubripicta spec, no v.

c?. Forewing : dark green, with blackish green lines and shades ; a dark shade

close to base, followed by a paler grey-green baud ; then a broad outwardly obliipie

band, its edges dark, outcurved externally above submedian vein ; next a thin

band of pale bright green, mixed with bluish-white scales ; central fascia with

inner edge dark, above submedian blackish and projecting towards inner band so

as nearly to touch ; outer edge irregularly dentate, angled below vein 4, then

concave inwards, preceded by two dark green lines, the inner edge followed by one,

all interspersed with bluish-white scales ; cell-spot dark green ; the foscia is

followed by a narrow band of bluish-green scales, straight from costa to below

veiu 4, then incurved and lunnlate ; submarginal line pale bluish green, edged

outwardly with blackish and preceded by a dark green shade, which forms a

blackish blotch beyond cell ; small blackish angled spots at ends of veins ;

fringe green.

IliinhLiiiij : basal half and lobe whitish, scakdess ; outer half reddish fuscous,

with the veins and fringe bright red ; flap of the lobe with olive-green scales.

Underside of forewing bronzy olive-green, with the veins and hindraargin

rust-red ; costa from near base broadly bright ferruginous ; fringe pale yellow-green ;

hindwiug like upperside, but paler ; the veins and fringe red.

Head and thorax green like forewing ; abdomen yellow-green ; terminal

segment of palpi brownish with the tip white ; legs pale olive-green or ochreous ;

foretarsi black-brown with the joints ochreous ; antennae anuulated with green.

? much gayer; the dark edgings of the inner band and central fascia of

forewing, and the band preceding submarginal line broadly deep dark green ; the

intervals bright jjale green with ochreous edging ; the submarginal line white ;

cell-spot large, crescentic ; fringe red ; hindwing bright red, more ochreous towards

base, with two postmediau waved grey lines and the margin dark.

Underside bright ferruginous, mixed in forewing with greenish, the marginal

area green with the fringe ferruginous ; forewing with six dark shades, hindwiug

with two postmedian lines and marginal border.

Head, pal])i, shoulders, and patagia olive-greeu ; metathorax and base of

abdomen red-brown ; tips of patagia red ; metathoracic tuft bright i)ale green ;

antennae anuulated with red ; antennae beneath and legs bright ferruginous.

Expanse of wings : $ 35 mm. j ¥ 40 mm.

The difference between the sexes is remarkable.

1 (J,2 ¥ ?.

125. Remodes parviplaga spec. nov.

Forewing : greenish white, with a succession of waved and dentate greeu lines

crossing from base to margin, exactly as in li. lobata Warr. from Padaug, anil

R. pallulipluga Warr. from Java ; the only dark markings are the spots on margin

( 112 )

at the ehdx of the veins, and two or three dashes above the snbincdian vuiii in

central fttscia, as in lobata ; the pale band beyond tlic fascia ends in a bright

whitish fleck on margin above the end of the subraedian, smaller and whiter tlian

tlie blotch in pallidiplaqa.

Ilimlicuig: whitish grey, witli the outer lunrgin greyer; the terminal lobe

and the ni)i)er folded edge of the middle lobe still darker grey ; the lobe at base

ijnite small ; this agrees with palli(Upla<ia, but not with lobata.

Underside olive-green, becoming reddish grey towards hindmargin ; the IViiigc

of the two outer lobes of hindwing blackish.

Abdomen with lateral spreading tuft of hairs ou second segment and ui}curved

tuft from sides of penultimate segment; hindlegs twisted, with dull ochreous tuft

of hairs on femora; antennae olive-green externally, blackish internally.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c?.

I have seen a pair before from the Ujipcr Aroa River, which 1 at the lime

referred to lobata.

126. Sauris atrilineata spec. nov.

Fon'wing : olive-green, crossed by darker augled waved lines, all thickly

marked with black except in the interspace between veins 3 and 4 and the costal

area above vein G, where the lines are finer and greenish black ; the line close

to base and the central threads of the two ])a]e bauds are also dark green; all

the lines are angled outwards in cell and beyond, incurved below middle, and again

inclined obliquely outwards towards inner margin ; beyond the green basal area are

two pairs of black lines ; tl)e bands of central fascia consist of three and four lines

each, and there are two dark lines before the snbmargiiial ; marginal spots at ends

of veins square and black, followed by square white spots in the Islackish fringe.

Hindiciny : grey, paler at base ; the small lobe with a black dash on its

upper edge near base.

Underside dark smoky-grey with the markings slmwing through ; cell-spot

and marginal sjiot of forewiug blackish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, the last with black dor&al marks;

patagia black ; tibiae and tarsi black with pale joints ; hindlegs paler.

Expanse of wings : 2<J mm.

1 c?.

Neuration of hindwing as in (jriseolauta.

1~T. Sauris griseolaiita spec. nov.

Forcwiiiy : pale green; the transverse lines and shades dark olive-green, in

parts olive-brown, edged and alternating with pearl-grey lines, which are paler

in (? than in 9 ; a dark green i>atch at base, followed by a pale band ; a broad

dark green band of three ditfnse lines, the intervals grey, followed by the usual

pale band with darker centre before the central fascia, its enter edge pearl-grey ;

central fascia formed of two bands of three lines each, dark grceu and brown,

alternating with ])earl-grey, followed by tlie usual ])ale band ; a double dark green

band before the pearl-grey submargiual line, which is followed by a single dark

green shade ; marginal spots at end of veins dark green, siibi|uadrate, alternating

with jiearl-grey spots which project into the pale green fringe.

lliiKliriiKj : jialc grey, whiter towards base.

( 113 )

Underside greenish cinereous.

Head and thorax green ; palpi paler green with whitish tips ; abdomen

greenish ochreons ; antennae oclircous, more rufous beneath ; a white spot behind

each e)'e.

Exjjanse of wings: c?, 30 mm.; ?, 34 mm. One dwarf paler c? measures

only 26 mm.

3 c?c?, 1 ?.

Th ? is always darker than the S-

6. Hindwing : cell barely one-fourth of wing, broad; discocellnlar angled;

costal and snlicostal ajipniximating well beyond cell ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing

and becoming coincident with 8; 5 and 4 close together from end of cell; 1,

2, 3 absent.

128. Steirophora violacea spec. nov.

Forewing : pale olive-green, crossed by darker green waved and angulate lines,

all more or less marked with blackish, except the dark green thread of the two pale

bands ; the dis])Osition of the lines is almost identical with that in <S. auratisquama

Warr. from Java; but the gilded yellow scales of that insect are less conspicuous ;

instead the present species is characterised by a violet shade, which suffnses the

submedian interspace and the outer pale band, and sometimes encroaches on the

outer half of central fascia, but not above vein 6.

lliiulwiug : grey with a distinct violet tinge, the outer half darker with a paler

curved postmedian band ; a small grey cell-spot.

Underside cinereous olive, with the markings showing through.

Head and thorax green ; patagia grey with black scales ; abdomen greenish

ochreons, sometimes with darker patches along d(irsum ; metathorax and two

basal segments of abdomen with a broken black lateral line ; palpi greeu dusted

with darker.

Expanse of wings : S 30 — 35 mm. ; ? 35 mm.

5 SS, 1 ?.

S. punctatissima Warr. from S. Celebes is also like this species, but has

narrower, more pointed forewings.

Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE.

129. Adeta confusa spec. uov.

ForctciiKj : dark olive-fuscous ; the lines pale, greenish, very faint ; basal patch

liuite small, the usual space beyond it broad, of the same dark grey tint, edged by a

pale line, which forms a strong angle above median and a fainter one below it,

followed by the broad blackish inner baud of central fascia; the white centre of the

fascia makes the thiee preceding areas appear to form one large basal patch ; outer

edge of central fascia at two-thirds, crenulate, oblicjue outwards to below 4, then

inwards, preceded by three dark lines, forming its outer band, and followed by a pale

greenish band with darker centre ; submarginal line pale greenish grey, preceded and

follcjwed l)y a dark band ; the outer one with a pale spot between 3 and 4 ; a dark

marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light.

HindiciiKj : similar, but the paler green intervals broader.

Underside dark greenish cinereous, paler in hindwing, the dark shades showing

through.

8

( ni )

llciul, tliorax, iiiiil iilKlomcn dark and jiule grceii ; vortrx [laler.

ExiJaiksc of wings : 2"J mm.

1 ?.

Distinguished liy the dark ground-iulour and wiiite central streali.

130. Auiserpetes fasciata spec. nov.

Foreiciiu/ : dull green ; the central fascia tlnll violet ; the whole wing with

minute black dusliug; first line curved, black, at one-fonrth; outer line at two-

thirds, creniilate, outcnrved above, folhnved by a white line ; submargiual line faint,

waved, preceded by a violet-grey band, which is darker at costa, beyond cell,

and above inner margin ; marginal line black; fringe greenish grey.

linulwing : the same ; marginal area with a large scjuare white siwt between

3 and 4, which is merely a pale patch in forewing.

Underside pale greenish cinereous with dark bauds.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green and violet.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 J.

131. Ardonis deutifera spec. nov.

Forewing : bright pale green, crossed by wavy green lines ; basal patch marked

liy a black costal spot, with a tuft of raised black scales on it, and a dark point

on snbmedian vein ; inner edge of central fascia marked by a black tooth-shaped

blotch, its ajiex bearing a large tuft of raised black scales above the black cell-sjiot ;

outer edge formed by a small triangular black blotch, the lines edging the fascia

marked across wing by slight black dots on veins ; submargiual line white, wavy, the

lunules slightly filled with dark scales ; fringe mottled pale and dark green, beyond

slight dark marginal spots.

Hindwing : green, paler towards costa, with the lines alternately green and

whitish green, the edges of the central fascia shown by black dots ; a double black

spot at anal angle, and the marginal lunules black; costa of forewing of c? shining

white with an oval patch of black scales beyond middle.

Underside green, with the black markings distinct and neat; S with inner

margin of forewing glossy white, with au oval patch of rongh black scales.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green, the last with a blackish band on second

segment ; shoulders black-spotted laterally.

Expanse of wings : 23 mm.

1 cJ,2 ? ?.

132. Chloroclystis cuneilinea spec. nov.

Forewing: greenish wliitc, tlie intervals all reddish on costa; crossed by a

succession of pale grey-green lines ; the bands limiting the central fascia rather

paler green ; central fascia slightly greyer green, the lines towards its outer edge

reddish ; the outer edge itself marked by black wedge-shai)ed spots on veins ; inner

edge also with black points on median and submedian ; submargiual line pale green,

waved, preceded by a grey-green baud of two lines, tinged in j)arts with red ; the

margin grcj'-grecn ; marginal line black, interrupted by the veins ; fringe glossy

jiale green.

Hindwing : paler ; the fascia without reddish scaling ; the spots and all the

lines very delicately marked.

( 115 )

Underside of forewing greenish grey, except tlic inner margin, wliiuli, like the

liiiulwing, is jiaJe green, with thick outer and black marginal line.

Head, (horax, and abdomen jialc green ; abdomen with a [link spot on sides of

third segment ; forelegs dark green with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 10 mm.

1 (?, I ?.

133. Chloroclystis semiscripta spec, no v.

Forctriiii/ : whitish green; the markings grey ; band edging basal patch at one-

fourth, curved; inner edge of central fascia at two-fifths jjarallel to basal line,

marked with some brown below middle : both these reach the inner margin ; outer

edge at two-thirds, dark at costa, then forming pairs of grey dots on veins to

4 ; praesubmarginal band dark grey to 4 ; submarginal line of the i)ale ground

colour, followed by grey diamonds on veins ; fringe grey ; all the pale intervals

crossed by pale grey lines dotted on veins ; below vein 4 the outer markings are

pale and blurred.

Hindtcinf/ : whitish green, with a faint grey cloud at anal angle.

Underside whitish green, with the markings only showing through.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish green ; dorsum brownish-tinged at base, and

with a black dot at side of second segment; forelegs blackish, with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 23 mm.

1 ¥.

134. Eucymatoge albicristata spec. nov.

S. Fomwimj : puriilish brown, the two pale bands and centre of fascia whitish

at costa ; basal patch with a dark vertical edge ; inner edge of central fiiscia

crenulate and nearly vertical, outer edge crenulate, inangled on vein 7, insinuate

beyond cell, projecting on vein 4, and followed by a white spot on veins ; the

outer baud of fascia dark throughout, the inner band dark at costa only, both

containing three creuulated lines; cell-spot linear, black; marginal area purple-

brown ; all the lines marked on veins by dark and light dashes ; marginal line

black ; fringe reddish, mottled with brown ; the whole wing below median darker

than above.

Hindidng: grey, darker along hindmargin, with traces of grey postmediau

and submarginal lines ; pale dots at the vein-ends ; fringe dark grey.

The ? is slightly paler, and has the middle of central fascia above median

vein white.

Underside dark grey, jialer towards base, with black cell-spots and dark

outer line,

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, purplish brown with paler speckling;

metathoracic tuft wliite.

Eximnse of wings : i 26 mm. ; ¥ 3U mm.

1 <?, 1 ¥.

135. Eucymatog'e albimedia spec. nov. and ab. brunneotincta nov.

Forewing : chalk-white, the basal and marginal areas dark pnr])le ; basal patch

edged by a thick velvety black shade, outcurved from costa to submedian fold,

vertical on inner margin ; inner band of central fascia curved parallel to edge of

basal jiatch, starting from a pnridish triangle on costa and ending in a smaller

one on inner margin, always interrupted between veins 1 and 2, the costal i>art

( 116 )

joiiicil horizuiitnlly abovo median vein witli the elongated pnrplisb discal spot ;

outer band uiiiiiterniptcd, of uniform width, deep jnirplc-black, finely edj;ed

externally by a luuulate whitish-yellowish Hue ; the white band beyond basal

patch has two grey middle lines, only visible above median vein, where they are

bent, and is interrupted between snbmedian fold and vein by a brown clond, which

in a manner unites the basal ])atch to the lower jiart of central fascia; the white

area of the fascia is traversed by three lines, marked mainly by dark spots on veins,

the outermost immediately preceding the outer band ; the usual pale band beyond

fascia is filled up with purplish above middle and with brown below; snbmarginal

line indicated only in lower half of wing, followed by a pale grey patch at apex,

between veins 3 and 4, and below vein 2 ; marginal white dots at end of veins ;

fringe purple-black, paler beyond the three pale spaces, with two dark lines and

dark spots beyond veins.

Ilindwing : purplish black, paler in basal half; small white dots at end of

veins, and sometimes traces of a postmedi:in line.

Underside dark purplish, dusted with bluish white ; inner margin of both

wings whitish ; cell-spots dark : basal area paler ; outer area with the veins marked

dark and light ; fringe as above.

Face, palpi, and inside edge of collar, shoidders, and patagia snow-white ;

base of each segment of palpi purple ; thorax, shoulders, patagia, and antennae

purple ; abdomen purplish mixed with whitish ; dorsal baud and crests purple ;

legs purple with the joints white.

Expanse of wings : 3U — 32 mm.

5 S6.

In the aberration hmnncothicta only the interrupted band before fascia is

white ; the white of the fascia itself, except at the costal edge, being suffused

with brown, and the outer baud of the fascia is narrowed.

1 cJ.

13C. Eucymatog'e brunneata spec, no v.

Foreiriiuj : sufTused with pale brownish flesh-colour; the markings brownish

fuscous and black ; basal patch darkest, the edge curved outwards to submedian

fold, along which it runs shortly inwards, then vertical to inner margin ; inner

edge of central fascia 2)firallel to it, angled outwards in cell before cell-spot and

inwards on submedian vein ; outer edge acutely inaugled on vein 7, forming a

double lobe outwards on vein 4, then incurved, wavy, dentate ; the fascia crossed

by five minutely crenulate blackish lines and containing a vertical black linear

cell-spot ; the pale band beyond narrow, flesh-coloured, with white teeth inwardly

on veins, and wholly while at costa ; marginal area beyond it filled up witli dark

fuscous above vein 4, and brownish flesh-colour, with the lines dark, beneath ; paler

altogether between veins 3 and 4 ; the submargiual line pale and waved ; a dark

marginal line interrupted at the veins ; fringe brownish with dark chequering.

llindicimj : grey, witli wavy outer and snbmarginal lines, the marginal border

darker ; fringe grey, spotted with dark beyond veins.

Underside dark grey, with the cell-spots black and the outer lines indicated.

Vertex, paljji, thorax, and abdomen blackish fuscous ; face, fillet, and collar

whitish.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 i.

( iiv )

137. Eucymatoge constellata spec. nov.

ForeiriiHf : dark brown, dusted with pale ochreoiis ; lines shown by series

of round pale ochreous spots ; three larger costal spots at one-fifth, two-fifths,

and two-thirds, from which the three series start ; a black cell-spot in an ochreous

patch ; a submaruiual line of spots, starting from three-fourths of costa and bent

on vein 0, followed on costa by an intense black shade, which reappears above

anal angle ; miante orange dots at the vein-euds ; fringe brown, dark-chequered

beyond veins, with the tips pale.

Uimiivlmj : dull creiimy-white, with the dark postmediau and submarginal

lines of underside showing through ; fringe with a rufous tinge, chequered with

dark brown.

Underside of forewing paler, blurred ; the spots yellowish ochreous ; hindwing

yellowish ochreous with brownish speckling ; a black cell-spot ; a brown cloudy

postmediau shade starting from a dark brown costal blotch, and a macular

submarginal line.

Head and thorax brown, with pairs of yellow spots ; abdomen ochreous with

brown dorsal marks ; anal segment above and praeanal segment below black-browu ;

legs ochreous, with black tarsi.

E.xpanse of wings : 18 mm.

A long series of c?cJ, without a single ? .

138. Eucymatoge contaminata spec. nov.

Foreicinq : dirty white; the markings in the main the same as in E.rujilunata,

described below, but all tlie cross-lines, which are pale grey in that species, are

here pale rufous, the whole wing having a tinge of rufous over it ; the edge of

the basal area is evenly curved, not projecting in the middle, and the tooth of enter

edge of central fascia between veins 3 and 4 is much sharper and longer ; instead

of the chestnut streak of rufihimifa this species has a black or blackish brown mark,

followed by a diffuse dark cloud ; cell-spot generally broken up into two dots.

Ilindwiny : dirty white, with an ochreous tinge.

Underside dirty ochreous grey, without any distinct markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen as in rnflunata, but the white scales all discoloured.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

4 S$.

The difference in the undersides will serve to distinguish the two species.

139. Eucymatoge discinota spec. nov.

Forewing : deep velvety brown ; the veins towards margin reddish, running

out into the reddish fringe ; some bluish-white scales at base, along subcostal vein,

and inner margin ; a white spot at base of wing ; lines marked by snow-white

spots ; five spots in a curve close to base, on the folds as well as on the veins ;

three larger spots in an oblique line to middle of inner margin, lying between

the veins, the middle one largest ; discal spot large and bent, finely edged with

pale, with a round white spot on costa above it ; a costal spot with one or two

smaller ones below it, and a large double spot below median followed by a dot

on inner margin represent outer line ; a row of submarginal and marginal white

spots between the veins ; three costal spots before apex ; a pale blurred wedge-

shaped space reaches from base through cell to hiudmargin.

( 118 )

Ilinthritifi : dull whitisli, with jjroy postmodian linn ninl martjiiiiil linrcler, the

space between paler.

Underside of forewing dnll brown, speckled with whitish ; the two large costal

spots and the corresponding pair above inner margin white ; also the scries before

marginal line: hindwiiig thickly speckled with brick-red; postmodian line and

veins red ; marginal border dark brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep brown with white dusting; tln.irax with four

large white spots.

Expanse of wings : S 21 mm.; ¥ 24 mm.

4 c?(J,4 ??.

140. Eucymatoge disrupta si)ec. uov.

(?. Foraciiu/ : greenish white; the markings lilack, shaded with vi(det and

very dark green ; basal patch of the gronud-colonr, edged by a black shade whicli

is angled in middle of wing, interrnpted below, and ending in a broad blotch on

inner margin ; inr.er edge of central fascia interrnpted, parallel to edge of basal

patch, marked by blotches on costa and inner margin and spots on veins between ;

outer edge at three-fourths, prominently angled at veins 6 and 4, interrupted

between 2 and 4 and marked on 3 by a black spot ; cell-spot black, large and

vertical ; two lines of black vein-spots across fascia ; traces of three dark lines

along inner pale band at costa; some faint clouds along costa, before the cell-spot,

and in the interrupted part of onter band; submarginal line preceded by a violet

and olive band, edged with blackish, especially on veins, and interrnpted between

veins 3 and 4 and partially above 6 ; some violet clonds along margin above vein 4

and below vein 3; pairs of black dots at the vein-ends, followed by olive cheriuering

in the pale fringe.

Iliiulicing : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin, with an angled postmedian

and curved submarginal line marked darker on veins ; fringe whitish, mottled

with dark.

Underside dark grey, with cell-spots dark and fringes white with dark mottling.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish white ; centre of shonlders, patagia, and

thorax blackish green ; intermediate segments of dorsum dark green with whitish-

green sagittate marks, the basal and anal segments wholly pale green ; segments

of palpi with their bases green.

? whitish, without the green tint ; all the dark mnrkings and shadings more

developed and intense, (he pale bands before and Ijcyond the central fascia filled

in with dark scales.

Expanse of wings : c? 24—20 mm. ; ? 3ii mm.

3 (Jc?,l ?.

141. Eucymatoge distorta spec. nov.

Foretving : dnll brown, finely pale-sj>eckled ; three large white costal sjiots

at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds, three corresponding small white spots on

inner m.argin ; a white dot at base of wing ; a white spot near base of cell ; a large

white spot in submedian interspace below base of vein 1, and a donblc spot beyond

on each side of vein 1 ; cell-spot linear, dark ; a blurred pale brown wedge-shaped

mark from base of cell to hindmargin ; snbmarginal line showing as white dots

only above and below this space; a very fine dark marginal line; fringe rufons,

with white tijjs, and chei^uered with brown beyond veins,

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lliiidiriiiii : white, with l)roatl bmwnisli maivinal border ; friiiije paler l)rown. ■

Underside of ibrcwiiig bhirred, much paler ; all the white spots shown :

hindwing redder brown, thieklj- speckled with pale; the marginal border darker;

the central space generally paler ; a dark cell-spot ; the veins often pale.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown witli pale dusting; dorsum marked with

white spots.

Ex[>anse of wings : 24 mm.

3 $$.

Closely allied to, but ipute distinct from, E. discinota. The hiudmargin of

forewing is clearly indented just below vein 4.

142. Eucymatoge griseata spec. nov.

Foir/riiiff : ashy grey ; the lines darker grey ; basal patch dark grey, crossed

by two darker lines and edged by another, which is only slightly curved; inner

edge of central fascia curved parallel to it, not waved or projecting into the fascia

as in most of the allied species, blackish throughout; outer edge at two-thirds,

forming two sharp teeth between veins 2 and 4, and blackish beyond cell ;

snbmargiaal line pale grey, preceded by a darker grey band ; dark grey marginal

spots at ends of veins ; fringe grey ; all the pale spaces traversed by waved darker

lines ; cell-spot blackish.

Ilimlwimj : greyish white, grey along hindmargin, with traces of two waved

lines and two more before them on inner margin only.

Underside dull grey, the cell-spots black, the outer line indistinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey, thickly speckled with dark grey ; palpi

and face blackish, the extreme tip of palpi whitish.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 V.

143. Eucymatoge licheuosa spec. nov.

Forewing : pale lichen-green, the markings moss-green, mixed in places with

violet ; basal area pale green, crossed by two waved dark lines, marked with

violet at costa and edged by a violet band, which projects shortly below subcostal

and submedian veins and is interrupted above the submediau ; inner band of

central fascia, outcnrved in middle, darker on costa and inner margin, where it is

marked with violet and black scales, interrupted below middle, followed by three

moss-green lines, the outermost of which is sharjjly dentate outwards l)eyond

the linear black cell-spot ; outer band of three lines, partially filled in with

uioss-green, the outermost marked with blackish and strongly wavy dentate, wilh

a prominent sharp tooth between veins 3 and 4 ; the pale band before fascia with

a double line of moss-green scales, that beyond it with a single line, its outer

half beyond cell occupied by a broad red-brown patch ; submarginal line pale

green, preceded by a deep violet and green band, which is strongest at costa

and beyond cell, and on the veins is marked by a strong pale green dash ; veins

towards margin violet ; pairs of dark spots at ends of veins ; fringe greenish

white, mottled with olive-brown beyond veins ; all the lines form blackish green

spots on the costa.

Ilindtrliu/: whitish in basal half, with a dark grey curved border, in which

the veins are marked with alternate dark and pale dashes, indicating three lines,

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preceded by an angiilatcd jiostraedian line ; fringe whitisli, with dark dashes

beyond veins.

Underside dark grey, with the outer angulated lines and eell-siiots clear, as in

E. riifiliinutu.

Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen pale green like wings, sprinkled

■with moss-green and violet scales, especially the thorax ; second segment of

palpi externally, and base of terminal segment dark green ; abdomen a luixtnre

of pale green and violet-fnscons scales, the second segment brownish, the dorsal

crests large, olive-green ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi black, with the joints

white ; pectus white.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 3.

144. Eucymatoge nigribasis spec. nov. and ab. mediotaeniata nov.

Foreiving : greenish grey ; basal patch lilack-green, finely white-edged ;

three black linear costal marks ; the first indicating the origin of the dark

centre of the jmlo band that precedes the central fascia ; the second the central

fascia itself, of which only faint traces are visible ; the third is contioned across

wing as a dark shade filling up the Innules of the waved white submarginal line ;

fringe grey with pale marks.

Hindwing : paler grey, darkening towards hindmargin, with a dark postmedian

line.

Underside of forewing dull greenish grey, with the markings darker and pale-

edged, visible only towards costa : hindwing paler at base, more speckled ; a dark

line beyond middle with paler baud beyond it.

Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen black-green ; rest of abdomen

like wings ; pectus and forelegs blackish.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

7 <?t?, 1 ?.

In the aberration the central fascia is completely lilack- green from costa to

inner margin.

8 <?<?.

There appear to be no intermediates.

145. Eucymatoge placens spec. nnv.

Forewing : whitish green, overlaid with grey ; the lines black ; edge oi basal

]iatcii black, close to base ; band beyond it broad, especially towards costa, its

centre filled up with dark grey; inner edge of central fascia at one-third, angled

strongly in cell and less so on submedian fold ; outer edge at three-fifths, indented

below subcostal, projecting on veins 4 and 3 and lunulate-dentate inwards ; both

edges black, and starting from black costal spots; cell-spot black, small ; two

grey lines traverse the fascia ; outwardly it is edged with a pale green baud

with darker centre, which is followed by a jiinkish lilac band, not always clear ;

submarginal line pale green, waved, filled up with blackish grey scales ; the

marginal area dark green mixed with pinkish ; both it and the praesubmarginal

shade, as well as the line itself, are interrnpted between 3 and 4 by a white

blotch ; marginal festoon black ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.

Hindwing : whitish grey, with traces of lines, and a paler submarginal band.

( 1-^1 )

Uiiilcrsido of forewing glossy cinereous, ol' hiiidwiiig wliitisli ; tlii' linos all

shown, lint mnch more clearly in hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with green and i)iiik scales.

Expanse of wings : 22 — 24 mm.

2 ? ?.

146. Eucymatoge rufilimata spec. nov.

Forewing : white, dnsted with grey ; the Hues grey, darker on the veins ;

basal patch dark grey or brown-grey, edged by a brown-black band with a slight

projection ontwards above median, and crossed by two dark lines ; bands of central

fascia tinged with grey, darker towards costa, where the inner band forms a

triangular blotch ; the inner band curved parallel to edge of basal patch, the

outer insinuate beyond cell and forming a beak projecting between 3 and 4,

interrupted by the pale ground-colour above 0 ; the pale bands on each side and

the fascia itself crossed by waved grey lines ; the outer half of outer pale band

beyond cell marked by a chestnut-brown curved streak ; submarginal line whitish,

waved, preceded by a dark grey band above middle, paler below, its Innules

followed by blackish streaks to margin above middle, and grey ones below ; the

veins swollen into brownish spots between them ; pairs of black marginal spots

at the vein-ends ; fringe white, grey-mottled ; cell-spot blackish, linear.

Hindwing : whitish, with angled grey postmedian and curved submarginal

line, the margin itself grey ; marginal spots dark grey ; fringe white.

Underside of forewing dark grey, of hindwing whitish ; cell-spots, outer

lines, and marginal clouds distinct.

Head and jjalpi white, the base of each segment externally black ; thorax

and abdomen white speckled with blackish ; the liasal segments of dorsum dark

grey.

Underside of abdomen dark grey like the legs ; fore- and middle tibiae and

tarsi black, with white joints ; pectus white.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

4 cJc?,l ?.

147. Eucymatoge subriibescens spec. nov.

Forewing : dull green ; basal patch and central fascia dark fuscous, with fine

black waved lines along their edges followed by an equally fine white one ; edge

of basal patch slightly curved ; inner edge of central fascia at two-fifths, outer

edge projecting outwards at vein 4 ; the outer portion of fascia green from vein 5

to inner margin, the fuscous-scaled portion narrowing to margin ; a black cell-sjiot

and two dark wavy lines across it ; green bands preceding and following fascia

with their centres grey ; submarginal line indistinct, wavy, whitish, preceded by

a reddish grey band, with grey beyond it ; marginal festoon black ; fringe reddish

grey.

Hind wing : rufous grey, without markings, except a dark cell-spot.

Underside of both wings rufous, with a greenish tinge towards base ; outer

line grey, angled in middle on forewing, curved and wavy on hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green, speckled with dark ; second dorsal

segment with a black metallic ring ; dorsal tufts of radiating black hairs.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 ¥?.

( 122 )

14S. Gymnoscelis crassifemur sjn-c. nov.

Forcu-iiuj : smooth pale green, with pale violet shading ; the lines black ;

inner line at nearly one-third, angled ontwards on each fold, to inner margin near

base; followed by a broad curved violet b:ind; outer edge at two-thirds, angled

on 6 and 4 and insinuate between, then inwardly oblique to tliree-fourths of inner

margin, preceded by some violet shading, the interval with one or two violet lines ;

snbmarginal line green, dentate, the teeth filled up with dark ; the marginal area

violet ; a fine dark marginal line ; fringe violet,

Iliiidwini/ : with the base violet; the rest as in forewing ; veins in l)oth

wings dotted with black scales.

Underside pale green, overlaid with violet-grey in forewing, except along

inner margin, witli two dark curved outer lines and cell-spot, all much i)lainer in

hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green, more or less obscnrcd by violet-grey

scales. Underside of abdomen, and the legs shining greenish white ; fore-femora

heavily clothed with rnst-colonred furry scales.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 c?.

Micromia gen. nov.

Forewing: costa with a prominent slioidder at one-fonrth from base, thence

incurved to nearly three-fonrths ; hindmargin curved ; inner margin convex.

Ilimlirinq : with well-rounded hindmargin.

Abdomen with short dorsal tufts; luetathoraeic tuft erect, bifid; forehead

with a bifid tuft ; ]ialpi porrect, first and second segments hairy beneath, second

twice as long as first, third half as long as second, slender, pointed, from the toji

of second ; antennae simple, in the c? scarcely pubescent ; tongue and frenulum

present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

Neuration as iu Tcphroclystia and Cosmorlioc—ihc areole simple ; in the

hindwing 3, 4, and 6, 7 from the cell, not stalked.

Typo : Micromia fulviptinctn spec. nov.

14',i. Micromia fulvipuncta spec. nov.

Forcwiiuj : deep olive-green ; the basal i)atch, the bands forming the edges of

central fascia, and the praesnbmarginal band still darker green, especially at costa,

where they widen out ; costa along the paler intervals whitish ; inner band of

central fascia swollen on inner margin as well as on costa ; the dark green markings

finely edged with whitish green ; the jiracsubmarginal band with a round fulvous

spot between veins 4 and 0, and two smaller sjiots on veins 1 and 2 ; sulimarginal

line indistinct, showing some paler green lunules ; marginal lino fine, black-green,

with blackisli dashes between veins to the submarginal lunules, those l)eyond cell

strongly marked ; fringe green, in the outer half mottled dark and light.

Hindtcimj : grey, darkening to margin; black lunules between veins at

margin ; fringe grey.

Underside shining grey, with traces of lines ; costa of forewing pale fulvous,

darker at the lines ; hindwing with five dark curved crosslines.

Head and thorax green ; metathorax paler ; abdomen dull fulvous with dark

dorsal markings ; underside of abdomen pale; tarsi dark, with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : <? 24 mm. ; ? 20 mm.

5(J(J,1 ?.

( 123 )

Polysphalia gon. nov.

c7. Foreidng : costa rough-haired and funning a i)rae-apical lobe ; apex ronrKicd ;

hindmargin obliquely curved.

llindirinij : narrow ; hindmargin indented beyond cell.

Antennae lamellate ; palpi porrect, decumbent ; hindtibia with four spurs.

Neuration of Chlorocb/stis, but distorted ; the cell-fold raised above and

furrowed below towards hindmargin, the lower radial being obscured; veins 1'2

with 11 and 10, running into the lobe, 9 and 8 into the costa at its end, and 7 into

apex ; the median vein is thickened and contorted at liase, the wing memlirane

beneath it partially hyaline ; the fold in cell bears a ridge of black erect scales.

Neuration of hiudwing, and of both wings in ? , normal.

Type : Fohjsphalia cristigcra spec. nov.

loO. Polysphalia cristigera spec. nov.

Fcirriciiuj : pale greyish green, with numerous waved greyish lines across it;

four in basal area, the fourth ])eing the inner edge of central fascia, angled on

median and marked by blackish dots on veins ; outer line at two-thirds, excurved

aliove, marked by blackish teeth inwardly on veins, preceded by two grey lines ;

snbnmvginal line pale, waved, the teeth filled up with dark grey, blackish below

costa and beyond cell ; margin between 3 and 4 slightly paler ; marginal lunules

black ; fringe chequered green and greenish white. In the c? the cell-fold bears

a ridge of black scales iu cell, and the furrow beyond is marked with rough

reddish scales.

llindniiii/ : with a dark bar at base ; the rest as in forewing ; the outer line with

its black vein-dashes distinct and followed by a pale green band with dark centre.

Underside grej'-green in forewing, whitish green in hindwing, with the

lines dark.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green, speckled with dark ; the face and vertex

clearer.

Expanse of wings : cJ 15 mm. ; ? 2ti mm.

1 c?, 1?.

The ? is more thickly speckled with grey.

Prosthetopteryx gen. nov.

Forewing: with neuration of Tcphroelg.^tin, i\w arcole large and single; the

structnre of wing normal.

Hindwing: in ? normal also ; in c? subject to numerous variations of structure.

In the typical section, including raexiata and rfltundata, a deep cleft runs up

towards base below vein 3, forming a large triangular anal lobe, like an additional

wing ; this lobe is densely fringed, and below covered with woolly hair ; median

vein at base with a pencil of hairs; the wing above vein 3 rounded. In another

section, comprising catilinea and barbata, a second cleft, less deep, occurs below

vein G, so that the wing is divided into three parts, all more or less contorted and

hairy, the wing in one case, j)arvijien?iatii, being quite dwarfed; or again, as in

liridisecta, the lower cleft becomes a short rounded excision and the anal lobe is

quadrate and bifid. Again, in a third sectiun, latistriga, the cleft is short and

below vein 2, and the upperside of wing is hairy.

In the typical section vein 8 anastomoses with subcostal to near end of cell ;

( 124 J

veins 6, 7 are stalked ; the discocellular has a long ohlicjue lower arm, and the

radial (vein 5) is stalked with 4 from the lower end of ceil, vein 3 rising mnch

nearer base, veins 1 and 2 being left in the anal lobe ; the neuratioQ is the same,

as far as can be seen, in the second section ; but in the third vein 3 rises closer to

the stalk of 4, 3, and vein 2 some distance before, vein 1 alone passing into the

anal lobe. In all alike the cell is broad at extremity and veins 0, 7 cnrved

downwards and divergent. In the hairior forms, such as harhnta, the abdomen

beneath is tufted with hairs.

Type : Prosthetopteri/x caesiata spec. nov.

In Tri ptcridia Warr., which also has the hiudwing divided into three lobes,

the forewing too has a deep cleft in hindmargin.

151. Prosthetopteryx barbata spec. nov.

Forcirimj : dull green ; the markings dark green : viz. the basal patch with

its edge obli(|ue outwards ; the central fascia broad, oblique outwards to middle,

then inwards, its inner edge approaching basal patch on inner margin; the pale

green space between them with dark green centre, broad at costa and narrowing to

a ])oint at inner margin, angled outwards in cell like the fiiscia itself ; beyond the

pale green band edging the fascia externally is a dark fascia with a rufous tinge

before the indistinct pale submarginal line ; fringe probably green.

Ilindwing : deeply three-Iobed ; all the lobes dingy grey and fringed with

long curled hairs ; the middle lobe pointed and darker grey, with a curled wisp of

ochreons grey hairs on its inuer edge.

Underside of forewing pale greenish, with the dark markings showing through :

hindwing with the middle and inner lobe thickly covered as well as fringed with

long fine woolly hair ; a wisp of black hairs at the end of the short npper cleft.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 c?.

The apex of forewing is acute.

152. Prosthetopteryx caesiata spec. nov.

Foretving : deep brown-black, with a slight reddish tinge ; the lines blackish,

indistinct, except in certain lights ; a curved line near base ; another, double, at

about one-third ; an outer line, also double, and dentate outwards ; a dentate

submarginal line ; fringe dark brown.

Ilindwing : bluish slate-colour, the fringe included ; the inner lobe with its

fringe shining white.

Underside of forewing dull brown overlaid with dull bluish slate; the lines

darker in costal half; fringe brown with paler mottlings ; hiudwing slaty blue,

with dark cloudy cell-spot and cnrved outer line ; the anal lobe white as above ;

median vein with a pencil of purple hairs.

Head, tliorax, and abdomen like wings ; anal tuft blackish ; underside of

abdomen, legs, and pectus whitish ; dorsal tufts erect, long, bluish black.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 SS.

The hindmargin of hindwiugs is curved from costa to end of vein 5, where it is

bluntly angled, and again incurved to base of anal lobe ; in one example the angle

is much more prominent than in the other.

I

I

( 125 )

153. Prosthetopteryx cavilinea spec. nov.

<S. Forcwing : pale green; the markiugs reddish l)rowu ; the lines Ijlackish ;

first Hue near base ; inner edge of central fascia oblique outwards and forming a

small projection into the fascia above median vein, then oblique inwards ; outer

edge obli([ue outwards to below vein 4, then oblique inwards, followed by a pale

green baud with darker line in it, the fascia filled up with dark, and between 3 and 4

overlaid by a red-brown shade which extends to submargiual line, obscuring the

markings ; a dark patch before subniarginal line bayond cell ; marginal area green ;

some dark marginal spots before the green fringe. The inner margin is very strongly

lobed beyond middle.

IlimhciiKj : with the anal lobe grey, darker towards margin, where it is fringed

witli very long dark grey hairs ; the other portion of wing with a slight cleft

below vein 0, the inner part twisted over and fringed with long grey erect spatulate

hairs.

Underside of i'orewing with the dark markings showing through ou a dull green

ground, the inner margin pale : hiudwing blackish in outer lobe, the anal lobe

whitish, clothed with very long yellowish-white hairs, and dark only in the fringe

at end.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish; the anal segment dark grey.

¥ . Forewing : paler green ; the fascia at costal end darker ; the whole of the

markings cut off below vein 4, leaving only their edging lines rufous ; the basal

patch blackish and edged by a straight line.

llindwiiig : pale green, with grey marginal border.

Underside of forewing with all the lines diffusely dark grey and wavy on a pale

green ground, not reaching below middle, except the submarginal lines : hiudwing

with the base grey, then with two simple and two double curved and wavy

grey lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; the head and thorax much mixed with

fuscous scaling ; the abdomen with dark dorsal spots.

Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

1 t?,l ¥.

Neither example is in good condition, and the description is necessarily

deficient.

154. Prosthetopteryx latistriga spec. uov.

tJ. Forewing : greenish brown, towards hindmargin more greenish grey ; basal

patch dark, edged by a black line ; inner edge of central f;iscia bluntly angled

outwards in cell, then vertical, blackish ; the centre of the band between it and

basal patch grey-brown, edged on each side by a pale greenish line; outer edge of

fascia oblique and nearly straight outwards to below vein 4, then obli(juo inwards

to before anal angle ; tlie fascia is dark brownish fuscous, crossed by one or two

dark lines and with a black cell-spot ; baud beyond fascia uniformly broad, pale

green to vein 5, then dark green, almost hidden below by a blackish patch, which

includes the lower outer half of central fascia and the iiraesnbmarginal shade; this

last is edged by the pale waved submarginal line, and is interrupted along with the

line by an elongate flesh-coloured oblique streak running from vein G to apex ;

marginal area and fringe greenish grey.

In the ¥ the green spaces are all more prominent, and the broad green outer

band complete ; a marginal line of black dashes.

( 126 )

liindwing : jiale ulive-gre}' ia costal half, dark purplish or bluish grey in the

inner half, iuchuling tjie anal lobe, which has the fringe greenish grey ; the ilark

part of the apical portion covered witli woolly hair. In the ? the wing is jiale grey,

with three darker grey central lines and broad dark grey margin ; an interrupted

dark marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.

Underside dull greenish grey, rather shining ; the markings obscure in the S,

paler and regular in tlie ? .

Head, thorax, and abdomen dnll greenish; tlie jiatagia blackish; eruire of

basal segments of abdomen and the i)racanal segments blackish ; anal lul'L of i

white.

Expanse of wings : 2S mm.

1 J,3 ? ?.

loo. Prosthetopteryx parvipennata spec. nov.

S. Vorcwiiig : pale green; markings dark fuscous; basal iiaf<h narrow, the

edge oblique ; edges of central fascia fuscous, the inner slightly bent outwards on

median, the outer angled below 4, showing a deep indentation on vein 7; some

indistinct lines across it, esjiecially a dark one near inner edge ; on each side of fascia

a pale green band with darker thread ; praesubmarginal shade brownish, darker

below costa; submarginal line very obscure; black marginal triangles; fringe

clieqnered dark and pale greenish grey. In the ? the wing is altogether greener,

the bands being inconspicuous, and grey-green edged with blackish.

Hinduiiig : in <? minute, whitish ochreous with a greenish tinge, fringed with

white ; iu S normal, greenish grey, with traces of lines on inner margin only, the

outer line clear.

Underside of forewing dnll greenish, with all the lines grey ; of liindwing

iu ¥ whitish, with five curved grey lines, of which the postmedian is distinct, and

a marginal border.

Head and thorax pale greenish, the patagia with black scaling ; abdomen jiinky

ochreous, more fulvous on dorsum.

Expanse of wings : S 17 mm. ; ? 21 mm.

1 cf, 3 ??.

In hindwing of J the anal lobe is quite small and rcuuided, the cleft oidy

reaching halfway ; the cleft below vein (1 is slight, the lobes inconspicuous.

156. Prosthetoptei'yx rotiuidata spec. uov.

cJ. ForcwiiKj : dark brown, with the intervals j)aler, more reddish, than in

caesiata, and towards the costa greenish ; the band beyond basal patch and a

semi-oval patch on hindmargin above middle, containing a black blotch beyond

cell, dull pinkish ; the intervals on costa iu middle indistinctly paler, with a dark

line in each.

llinihniKj : greyer, not so bluish as in raesiata, the extreme hindmargin and

fringe whitish ; hindmargin rounded, not angled, at vein .').

Underside much as iu caesiata.

?. Forewing: with the dark spaces much clearer, and the green and reddish

intervals distinct.

llindiciiig : pale grey, darker aloug the hindmargin, which is limited by a

curved submarginal line.

( 1-^7 )

Underside pale gre)-, without any blue or slaty tinge, with all the lines fairly

distinct, dark grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen paler in ? than S, the aual half of abdomen

entirely red-brown.

E.xiianse of wings : c? ~2 mm. ; ? 20 mm.

1 <S,2 ? ?.

loT. Prosthetopteryx viridisecta si)ce. nov.

S. FoiriviiKj : dnll purple-brown, with darker markings, and mi.\ed in places

with pale green ; a dark curved line near base, followed by a paler brown space

before the curved and waved inner edge of central fascia, which is succeeded by

a broad pale green and white band from middle of costa to three-fourths of inner

margin, which leaves only the costal half of the outer edge of central fascia to

appear beyond it ; an indistinct dark brown praesubmarginal shade, paler in the

middle ; submarginal Hue indistinct, the margin beyond it pale greenish brown ;

fringe brown and greenish, mottled.

llimhciiig : brownish grey ; the cleft before anal lobe not running up to base,

but only halfway and wide ; the anal lobe not triangular and large, but small and

bifid at end, each tail upturned and rough-fringed ; a slight cleft below vein (3, the

middle lobe so formed contorted and hairy at extremity-.

Underside dark grey, hindwing more brownish ; forewing with traces of lines.

Head and shoulders pale brownish ; thorax dark brown ; abdomen redder

brown ; the anal tuft whitish ochreous.

In the ? the paler intervals of forewing are tinged with green ; the green

band is more clearly divided into an inner green and outer pale half, and the outer

edge of central fascia is shown by a fine pale green line ; the submarginal line is

paler, waved and greenish, and the marginal space greener, exce)it the dark apex,

which is edged by an oblique line to central fascia.

lUmlwing: of normal structure, rather narrow, with hindmargin indented

beyond cell ; pale grey, darkening to hindmargin, with faint traces of lines ; fringe

pale.

Underside dark grey, with a paler middle band ; hindwing with two curved

I)aler bauds separated liy a dark curved lino and with a faint line at middle of each.

Head, palpi, and shoulders greenish ; thorax greenish, with the patagia dark ;

abdomen with basal half and anus dark, the praeanal segments greenish.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?.

Ptychotheca gen. nov.

A development of i'ldorodi/stis.

The forewing of the c? has the membrane from base of cell nearly to hind-

margin folded longitudinally so as to form a double pocket : on the u])perside this

pocket is open towards costa, on the underside towards inner margin ; the veins

beyond cell are partially distorted ; the fold is much more prominent beneath,

appearing as a double pleat with a furrow in the middle.

Type Ptychotheca pallidicircns Warr., described from the ? only as a

Chlorocli/stis, ]^oc. Zool. x. p. 378 (100;5).

Of this species 0 ? ¥ and 1 S have been received.

( 1^8 )

Pycnoloma gen. nov.

Forewhitj : costii strongly slionldered near base and curved tlirougliout ; aj)ex

jiroruinent, but blunt ; liindiuargiii obli(|ne, not curved.

Uiiulwing: narrow; apex bluntly rectangniar ; biudmargin vertical to vein 4,

then oblique to anal angle.

Forehead veith a cone of scales : jialpi porreet, rongh-scalcd, terminiil joint

dej)resscd ; tongue and frenulum ])resent ; antennae broken.

Costa of hiadwing convex and thickened, with a bed of mealy scales on its

upjiersidc near base.

Neuratiou as iu Chloroclystis ; the cell of forcwing short.

Type Fycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov.

158. Pycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov.

Forewing : grey-green ; basal patch quite small, its edge marked by black dots

on veins ; inner edge of central fascia dark grey, oblique outwards from one-fourth

of costa, angled in cell, then oblique, marked by black dots on veins; outer line

from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, angled on vein 4, and marked

by vein-dots ; fascia followed by a rather wide pale green band with grey centre ;

snbmarginal line waved, preceded by a grey-green baud, the lunules at costa, bcyund

cell, and above inner margin slightly blackish ; a blackish marginal line interru2)ted

at the veins ; fringe green.

Ilindwing : whitish, tinged with green, with traces of lines.

Underside of forewing greenish .grey, of hindwing jJale green, with the whole

basal area dull pink.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green.

Expanse of wings : 15 mm.

1 c?.

159. Syncosmia colorata spec. nov.

Foreimig : pale green ; the markings brownish, edged or varied with fuscous ;

a spot at liase of costa ; a brown basal band slightly curved ; inner edge of central

fascia broad at costa and double, only the outer dark line reaching inner margin ;

outer edge marked only by a black line, often obscured ; bands on each side green

with a faint line down tiiem, slightly jialer than fascia itself: praesubmarginal

band brown, iu costal half double and edged by waved black lines : snbmarginal

line acutely dentate, whitish green ; marginal line fine, blackish; fringe pale, broadly

chequered with brown.

lliii<hciiig : of S dirty ochreous, without markings ; of ? ochreous grey with

darker marginal border, and traces of curved lines.

Underside greenish grey, with the markings of forewing showing through.

Palpi externally ferruginous, above with long green and metallic black hairs ;

vertex, collar, and shoulders pale green ; thorax and abdomen greenish ochreous

brown; metathorax edged with metallic black scales ; dorsal segments ringed with

black ; dorsal tufts of radiating metallic black hairs.

Expanse of wings : S 21 mm., ¥ 23 mm.

2 Jc?,0 ??.

( 129 )

I'll). Tephroclystia albibisecta spec. nov.

Forcwmg : deep brown-lilack, with darker but very indistinct cross-markings ;

a cnrved line near base, and a second, .geminate, at abont one-third ; from jnst

beyond middle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin a broad straight white

line, dark-bordered on each side, followed Iiy a thicker dark line ; outer line double,

forming black angular markings outwardly, interrupteil, like the lines before it,

between veins 2 and 4 ; snbmarginal line represented by a row of small white spots,

often obscured, except those on each side of vein C, wliich are larger ; fringe con-

colorons ; the intervals between the lines are tinged in certain lights with reddish,

especially along costa.

Jlituhcitig : jieariy-wliite, becoming grey towards liindmargiu ; marginal line

black, interrupted by pale spots at the vein-ends : fringe pale grey.

Underside dull brownish grey, jialer towards inner margin, the pale cross-line

and the snbmarginal sjKits showing through ; hiadwiiig as above.

Head, thora.N, and abdomen blackish ; the two segments beyond middle dull

reddish. In the ? these segments are pale ochreous and swollen.

E.xpanse of wings : 20 mm.

2 cJc?,2 ??.

In one ? the white bar is bent inwards at costa and swollen on inner margin.

161. Tephroclystia coerulescens spec. nov.

Forewiiiit : deeji velvety brown, towards costa paler and brighter brown ; basal

patch edged by a shining white band, interrupted below median, and yellowish at

inner margin ; central iascia broad, crossed by paler and darker shades, which at

costa are marked with jiale shining scales ; the subcostal vein marked at intervals

by bluish silvery scales ; central fascia edged outwardly by an obscure paler band,

marked witii cream-colour on costa and beyond cell, and by a double blue and

whitish line on inner margin ; submarginal line formed of bluish spots or Innules ;

intermixed lilack marginnl dashes, ])ree,eiled in jilaces by jjale ochreous scales;

an oblique ochreous ai)ical streak ; fringe deej) brown, its ajiical half with small

whitish spots, the spots at ape.\-, between veins .0 and (1, and 3 and 4 large, square,

and running to base of fringe.

Hindwiny: brownish fuscous ; fringe brown, with jiale spots at base.

Underside of forewing blurred grey-brown, the costal and hindmargins bright

brown with bluish spots; fringe as above: hindwing brown, crossed by curved

double bands of spots of blue scales.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown dotted and spangled with Idue scales;

palpi paler brown; abdomen beneath and leg.s dark brown sprinkled with blue; the

joints of the legs pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : S 2U mm., ? 24 mm.

9 c?c?,l ?.

102. Tephroclystia curvimacula spec. nov.

Fon'wimi: olive-green; the edges of the usual markings blackish, augulated

and interrupted ; costa dotted with black at the commencement of all the lines ;

basal jiatch crossed and edged by a thick black line; inner edge of central fascia

angled in cell, and thickened below median ; a similarly angled thin line through the

baud before it; onter edge forming a large (juadrate "black blotch fi'om vein 7 to 5,

( 130 )

with a curve from its inner edge to vein 4, a black spot on 3, and blotch from 2 to 1 ;

snbiuar<rinal line acutely dentate, the teetli filled np with dark green preceded by a

fulvous shade which rnns obscurely to apex ; a fnlvous streak above median along

cell, and one along inner margin ; marginal festoon blackish ; fringe green ; a small

black celI-si)ot; fringe of inner margin green dusted with black scales.

lliixltcinii : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin.

Undersiile of forewing cinereous, pinkisii ahmg costa, with the lines obscure;

hindwing juiler towards base, with an angled median and waved submargiual

dark line.

Head and thorax green spotted with liiaek; abdomen flesh-colour.

Expanse of wings : ~!G mm.

3 ??

There is a remarkable superficial resemblance between this species and

Micromia fulcipuncta Warr.

I(i3. Tephroclystia decens spec. nov.

Forewiitii : jiale green, with the markings liglit purplish grey ; these are the

baud limiting the basal jiatch, the central fiiscia, and a costal blotcli before apex ;

outer edge of basal patch from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin,

angled on subcostal vein ; inner edge of central fascia from one-third of costa to

two-fifths of inner margin, bent on subcostal, and preceded by a fine dark line in the

green band ; outer edge of fascia at nearly two-thirds, outcurved beyond cell; the

fascia contains a dark cell-spot and is traversed by two or three wavetl dark lines ;

the green band beyond has a dark line dnwn tlie middle ; submargiual line very

obscure, jireceded by a very faintly darker band from the grey costal spot; a slight

dark marginal line; fringe greenish rufous.

HindwiiKj : pale greenish grey, darker tnwards hindmargin ; fringe paler.

Underside of both wings dull pale green, with the markings faintly showing ;

fringe paler.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; thorax and abdomen slightly varied

with purplish grey ; forelegs purplish witli the joints greenish.

Expanse of wings : 21 mm.

1 ?.

104. Tephroclystia flavicorpus spec nov.

Foreu-ing : deej) velvety brown, slightly paler at base and extreme apex:

markings pale buff or cream-coldur, edged witli silvery white; interval between

basal iiatch and central fascia represented by two triangular marks at one-third,

one on costa reaching the median, the other from inner margin reaching snbmedian

fold ; outer edge of fascia indented in cell and bulged at middle, followed by a

silvery white line edged above and below the bulge with buft'; a silvery whitisli

submargiual line of points ; two yellowish oblique streaks from outer line above

vein 0, one to ajjcx, the other to costa before apex ; a buif marginal spot between

veins 3 and 4 ; marginal Innules dark brown followed by white spots at the base

of fringe, which is brown, its outer half dotted with white.

Hindinng : dark grey.

Underside of forewing blurred brown ; subcostal streak orange ; apex tinged

with fulvous, with some white and bluish spots : hindwing brown sprinkled with

blue scales forming four double carved Hues.

I

( 131 )

Head, thorax, and alulomon pale oclirpons, tinged with fulvous ; dorsum

fnlvoiis, tbe seiimeiitiil rings broadly wliite ; abdomen below and legs dark brown

speckled with blue.

Expanse of wings : c? 18 ram. ; 9 20 mm.

4c?c?, 2 ¥ ?.

165. Tephroclystia oruatipennis spec. nov.

ForewiiK) : dark l)rown, witli an admixture of fulvous towards hiudmargin ; the

interspaces cream-colour or white ; costa strigulated with white ; basal patch crossed

by a pale line generally resolved into points ; central fascia containing a white bar

on discocellnlar and two lines of whitish jjoints, preceded and followed by a band

of cream-colour ; the inner band broad, with pale ochraceous centre and brown on

costa and inner margin, sometimes interrupted below median vein by the junction

of basal patch and central fascia ; outer band narrower, tinged with ochraceous on

its outer edge, almost interrupted Vietween ?> and 4 by tiie projecting tooth of central

fascia; snlimai'ginal line waved, white, outbont between veins 6 and 2; a fulvous

apical blotcli ; a slight marginal line of dark lunules ; fringe brown with broad

flecks of wliite between veins.

HiiulwiiK/ : dull whitish, tinged with pale grey and ochreous ; markings of

underside showing through.

Underside of forewing with basal two-thirds blurred ; an orange subcostal

streak: hindwing white, thickly brown-speckled, and with five darker bands, often

more or less obscure, three central and marked cliiefly towards inner margin, a

submarginal before the wliite line, and a marginal.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, speckled with white ; segmental rings

white ; abdomen in ¥ fulvous, sometimes the head and pal])i also.

Expanse of wings : d 22 mm. ; ? 23 mm.

5 cJc?,3 ¥ ¥.

160. Tephroclystia stabilis spec. nov.

ForewiiK/ : grey-green ; the bands edging liasal [latcli and central fascia double,

blackish, dentate inwards on veins and marked throughout by raised scales; the

green intervals with a dark waved central line ; praesubmargiual shade also double,

blackish, but without raised scales; submarginal line waved, whitish, followed by a

dark cloud at ajiex ; marginal lunules black ; fringe mottled pale and greyish green.

Hi ml wing : pale grey with a slight reddish tinge, and traces of dark lines;

lunules along margin black and prominent.

Underside greenish grey, with all the lines in both wings dark grey, waved,

and distinct ; liiudwiiig redilish-tinged.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green ; metathoracic and dorsal tufts large,

of erect hairs.

Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

1 ?.

107. Tripteridia albimixta spec. nov.

Forewing : dark olive-brown, crossed by two shining white lines ; the first at

one-third, the second before two-thirds ; both starting narrow at costa and widening

below it ; the first angled outward in cell, reaching inner margin as a dark shade

edged by two fine lines ; outer line indented below middle and rniiiiing straight

( 132 )

to iuner margin pear inner line; joined to inner line by a whilish smudge below

median vein, which is continued obliqncly across onter lino to ajiex : tlie basal

patch, therefore, is entire; the central fascia is broadly interrnjited below middle;

tiie dark marginal area ibrraing a triangular costal blotch before apex (through

which the beginning of the wavy white submarginal line is visible) and a square

blotch before anal angle, the margin between being paler brown ; fringe cher|nered

dark and light.

Ilimlwinij: yellowish white, j.aler in costal half; the middle lobe with black

scales down its centre.

Underside yellowish ; the dark markings diffusely dull olive ; hindwing

without markings.

Head, (liorax, and abdomen olive-brown, tiie last at sides and bcneatli mixed

with jialer.

¥ wilh the pale markings amplified ; two double pale curved lines near base; a

pair of curved ])ale lines in central fascia from costa ; space between veins 'Z and 4

jiale bud; blurring all markings alike ; outer line distinctly double, white with a

thin brown centre, reaj)iiearing on inner margin, like the two paler lines in the

fascia ; sul)marginal line visible throughout, but not waved, tiie veins across the

praesubmarginal space jiale, continued obliquely as a small blurred space to margin

below apex ; marginal lunules black, distinct, fringe brown, chequered with eream-

colour ; hindwing whitish yellow, with a grey marginal border.

Underside straw-colour, with the dark and light cross-lines showing, but

interruptedly.

Abdomen pale ochreons, the dorsum yellower.

Expanse of wings : ITmni.

2 J<^, 1 ¥.

Xeuoclystia gen. nov.

Agreeing in neuration with Tcijhrochjstiu, 10 and 11 being stalked, and lo

anastomosing with S, !), forming a long simple areole; but the antennae of the i

are bipectinated, the pectinations well separated anil stiff, ciliated laterally and

apically ; in the ? with angulated segments; abdomen of c? laterally tufted towards

anus, the anal segment cut square and ending in a dorsal projection, which is

especially conspicuous in the ?.

Type : Xeiioclyiitia (lelect((ns sjiec. nov.

108. Xenoclystia delectans spec. nov.

Forewiiif/: brightly coloured, brownish grey on a whitish ground, crossed by

numerous minutely waved dark and light lines, two of which form in the middle

of the central fascia a darker space containing the obliijue black cell-mark, and

widening basewards below the middle; lines edging the fascia and basal patch

bright green and white ; submarginal line Innulate, brightly white, jireceded by

a dark band of three lines, the innermost much darker; some green scales before

margin; fringe pale grey, with a dark dividing line and triangularly chequered

beyond veins.

JlimlwuKj: whitish, with grey marginal border; crossed by faint wavy lines

and a jiale band before the border.

Underside of forewing blurred for two-thirds from base: hindwing whitish,

thickly jiepjiered with brcnVn. with three dark wavy lines and paler interspaces.

( 13"^ )

Head, thorax, aud abdomen brown marked witli wliitc and green ; metafchoracic

tnft green ; segmental rings of aljdomen white.

Expanse of wings : 6 ~2 mm. ; ? 20 mm.

6 c?cJ,5 ? ?.

160. Xenoclystia delicata spec. nov.

Forcwiiifi : jiale grey, tinged with vinnus, es[)ecialiy along cosia; the markings

red-brown, edged with a deeper line; basal jiatch oblii|neIy edged ; centra! fascia

broad above, narrow on inner margin, the inner edge indented in cell, tiie onter

exciirved at middie ; botli, as well as basal patch, edged by a pale grey band with

dark central line; s]iace between the two inner pale bands grey; cell-spot linear,

black in a central pale sjiace; marginal area dark grey, with only the teetli of

snbmarginal line siiown, wliite in lower half of wing, blackish above; fringe

reddish, with black chequering beyond veins and black lines at the vein-ends.

Iliudwing : (piite {)ale grey, with a faint reddish tinge ; a dark cell-spot and

curved jwstmedian and snbmarginal line ; fringe reddish beyond pairs of dark

marginal points.

Underside of forewing dnll red, witli the lines greyish on costa and a dark

blotch before hindmargin beyond cell : iliudwing whitish, red-speckled, witli black

cell-sjiot and onter row of black spots.

Face and palpi above white ; palpi externally dark fnscous ; vertex reddish

with a black speck at middle ; thorax grey ; abdomen reddisli with white segmental

rings and jiairs of l)lack dorsal spots.

Exj)anse of wings : 17 mm.

2<?c?.

One of these is much darker and less red than the other.

171). Xenoclystia humerata spec. nov.

Forewing: almost exactly tlie same as in A'. /<«//y^//(cte, described below; the

metallic lines are not so strongly marked, and the white spot in submargiuul line

is less conspicuous.

Uimhoing : dark grey, witli no traces of lines, and the fringe grey, not rufous.

Underside of forewing darker and of hiiidwing paler tlian in miijiimcta.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

As far as markings go, this species miglit well be treated as a form of

X unipuncta, but the hindwing of the cj is strongly shouldered at base and the

costal and subcostal veins are curved upwards and bent parallel to it ; while in

tinipuneta the costal edge is jierfectly straight.

171. Xenoclystia unipuncta spec. nov.

Fninriiiij : vinous grey ; the cross-markings vinous brown ; the edge ol basal

jiatch, at one-fourth, the bands edging central fascia, :it abont one-third and two-

tiiirds, and to a less extent the praesubmarginal band, are dark brown, all in the main

parallel to hindmargin, but the outer edge of the central fascia projecting below

middle ; all the dark markings are edged with a broad line of dull metallic scales ;

the liasal ])atch atid central fasciaare traversed at middle liy a band of jialer ground-

colour, in the former case with a dark middle line ; the lower part of the middle

( 134 )

of leiitral fascia is clothed with metallic scales ; snbinargiiial line formed of the

same scales, and a few before the black marf:;iiial line ; frinj^c dark brown with

paler tij)s ; the submargiiial line shows a small white spot between veins 3 and 4.

In one ? the middle of central fascia is flesh-colour, showing a faint dark cell-spot.

Ilindiviiig : grey, darkening towards outer margin, with two obscure dark

lines before margin ; marginal line black ; fringe bright rufous.

Underside of forewing dark blurred grey, reddish towards costa and hind-

margin ; the lines slightly visible, esjjecially on costa: hiudwiug greyish ochreons

tinged with red, with two dark grey lines ; fringe rufous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown.

Expanse of wings : 2U mm.

6 <?c?, 4 ??

Subfamily DEILINIINAE.

172. Borbacha carneata spec. nov.

Foreiviny : deep flesh-colour ; the costal edge snow-white ; all the markings,

which are much as in B. pare/aria Gnen., greenish-grey finely edged with purj)le ;

the veins in marginal area thickly greenish-grey, excejit vein 5 ; in the broad

outer fascia its outer edge is preceded by a series of ])urple lunules, and between

veins 3 and 4 the submargiual line contains a ])urple blotch ; a row of purple

marginal triangles ; cell-sj)ot ])urple ; fringe flesh-colour, grey beyond veins ; two

purple dots near base, one on each side of the median vein.

llimlwiiHi : with a grey liar with luinilate edges near base; marginal area

between veins 2 and 4 greenish-grey ; the puri)le lunules less conspicuons.

Underside pale yellowish, with all the markings dull purple.

Vertex, upper half of face, and ])alpi above dull brown-red ; shoulders and

base of patagia greenish-grey ; rest of patagia flesh-colour, marked with i)nriilish ;

thorax and abdomen greenish-grey, with flesh-coloured dorsal spots and edges of

segments ; the metathorax wholly flesh-coloured ; fillet and shaft of antennae

snow-white.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 ?.

173. Syntaracta albibasis spec. nov. and ali. pUimbea nov. and atriplena nov.

?. Foiririiig : yellow, suftused with orange-red and thickly sjieckled with

brown-grey; the costal area and the lines brown-grey; the lines and shadings

almost precisely as in & clathrata, described below, the yellow ground-colour

showing only, as the ochreous in that species, as a line before first line and after

the outer and submargiual.

HindicitH/ : similar.

Underside paler, more ochreous, with all the niarkiiigs dull greyish orange.

Head and ])alpi yellow and orange; shoulders and base of jiatagia like costal

streak ; thorax orange and yellow ; abdomen red-brown with the white bar at

base, as in clathrafa, but no pale dorsal marks.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

2 ??.

This si)ecie8 may be distinguished from the corres])onding type form of

clathrata ? by the orange-red tinge, as well as by the absence of the iKile dorsal

spots of abdomen ; no <? of this form was received.

( 135 )

Tlie aberration plumbea is analogous to the aberration fasciata of clathrata,

the inner and outer lines being swollen into dull leaden-grey bands only about

half as wide as those in fasciata, the outer band edged inwardly with blackish,

a streak of the same grey filling up the interval between veins 3 and 4 to the

margin, and another streak, bnt much narrower, running along vein 0 ; the space

between this band and submarginal line being filled in with deep red-brown ;

the costa is of the same tinge as the bands.

Head, thorax, and abdomen as in the type form.

3 ? ?.

While the type form and its aberration plnnihca are represented only by ? ? ,

the aberration atriplena is a c? only.

Forcwing : yellow, dotted witji orange, and with the veins orange ; costal

area brownish grey with dark speckling ; the lines swollen into bands, as in the

ab. jilnmbca, but the outer one twice as broad, and both suffused with black, which

to a great extent obliterates the leaden-grey tints ; the bands as well as their

extensions to the hiudmargin are more conspicuous owing to the paler ground-

colour.

Uindwiiuj : the same.

Underside pale ochreons, witli the black liaiids both shown.

Abdomen orange-red with black bars at the hinder edge of each segment.

Expanse of wings : 3s mm.

1 (?.

1 have no doubt that the ground coloration of this c? is the normal ground-

colour of the cj in all its forms ; and it is possible that the aberration afri/j/cna

may be the corresponding c? form to the ? aberration pliunbea ; though in that

case the difference in the coloration of the sexes is much greater than in the

corresponding aberration of clathrata and its type form.

The antennae of the S of both alhihasis and clathrata differ from true Si/iit.aracta

in being serrate, with short I'ascicles of cilia, these being much shorter in albibasis

than in clathrata,.

174. Syntaracta clathrata spec. nov. and ab. fasciata nov.

(S. Forcwing : jiale ochreo\is, speckled with rusty-edged brown granules ; the

veins and lines brown ; costal area above subcostal vein dull grey-brown, the costal

edge dotted with ochreons and brown ; first line thick, curved, at one-third, luiinlate-

dentate, toothed inwardly on the veins and outwardly between them, jirecedcd

by a i)ale ochreons space ; outer line at two-thirds, parallel to hiudmargin, also

double and lunulate-dentate, followed by a line of unspeckled ochreons ; submarginal

line single, indented on submedian fold, followed by a [lale space ; all three lines

start from the subcostal vein ; veins 3, 4, and I) thickened to hiudmargin ; a dark

fine marginal line ; cell-si)ot black ; fringe ochreous, chequered with brown beyond

veins.

Jlii/diciiig : without basal line.

Underside (piite pale ochreous, with all the markings dull grey.

? suffused with grey-brown, the lines and veins grey-brown; only the (hrec

pale edges of the lines remaining clear ochreous, the rusty speckling being much

thicker ; costa ochreous grey, dusted with black.

Face, vertex, and paljii yellow and fulvous ; shoulders concolorous with costa ;

patagia fulvous ; dorsum marked with brown saddle-shaped marks with pale

( 13C )

centres : basal segment with a snow-white bar ; anal segment and abdomen

beneath anil legs jiiile oi'hreons, the legs dnsted with grey.

Expanse of wings : S 42 — 44 mm. ; ? 44 — 48 mm.

4 (?c?,4 ? ?.

In the aberration fasciata the inner line is expanded into a broad red-hrowu

or grey-brown band, and the whole s])ace between onter and snbmargiiial line

tilled nj) with red-brown, forming a still broader band, extending to liindniargin

below apex and beyond cell, and on inner margin uniting with the inner baud ;

these bands show paler on the underside.

3 (?(?, 5 ? ?.

The coloration of'tiie sexes differs as in the type-form.

175. Syntaracta fiilvata spec. nov. and ab. tephrospila nov.

<?. ForcwiiKj : dull deep yellow, covered witli more or less confluent dull

fulvous granular dots, and towards hindmargin speckled with blackish ; costal

urea dull fulvous brown, dusted witii darker ; lines formed of hoary-grey scales ;

first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; second from three-

fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; both dentate-lnnulate, the teeth

finely blackish, pointing inwards in the first, outwards in the second ; a similar,

but less distinctly outlined snbmarginal line ; space between veins 3 and 4, and a

narrow streak along vein 0, darker ; small dark marginal sjxits at the ends of the

veins ; fringe dull yellow ; cell-sjiot black.

Himlwiitg : similar ; fringe of inner margin and the margin itself narrowly

whitish. In the ¥ the grey scales of the lines are much less distinct, and on the

other ha!id the black dusting is much stronger, and the black teeth of all the lines

and the marginal spots larger and conspicuous.

Underside dnll ochreous, with the lines and speckling grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark and light fulvous ; shoulders and base of

])atagia grey-black ; metathorax and abdomen with pairs of grey or black spots,

which become confluent towards anus, with oblinue divergent markings grey or dark

fulvous ; abdomen laterally and beneath, pectus, and legs i)ale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : c? 38 mm. ; ? 4U mm.

2 c?c?,2 ??.

The ? to which I give the name trj>/o-o.yj//a ab. has on each wing between

vein 4 and the inner margin a large grey blotch with cloudy blackish edges, across

which the black teeth of the second line are visible ; the blotch is etpially marked

on the underside. On the dorsum the spots on second segment are swollen into

a grey and black belt.

1 ?.

ITii. Syntaracta nigrellata sjicc. nov. and ab. scixtigera nov. and

ab. semifascia nov.

Foicwing : yellowish straw-colour, covered with dull greyish fulvous spots;

costa brownish fulvous, the edge dotted pale and dark ; lines and markings exactly

the same as in S. fulmta ; but, owing to the paler ground-colour, the lines are more

distinct, and in all cases the black spots at the teeth and the marginal spots are

large and black.

( 13T )

Hindwing : like iorewing.

Underside jialn sf raw-colour, witl) the lines distinct, dark grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale and dark yellowish ochreous ; shoulders

brownish fulvous with a dark line; base of patagia black; dorsum with pairs of

dark brown or fulvous spots.

Expanse of wings : c?40mm.; ? 4i)— 46 mm.

3 (?(?, 4 ? ?. One of these males is a dwarf, 3n mm., witliout black dots

or spots.

In the aberration scutigera the second segment of dorsum bears a black

cruciform blotch and the anal segment a black sjiot, the others being marked

merely with fulvous. In one example the submarginal line of both wings bears

a large black blotch beyond cell, which is Iblhiwed by another beyond the line, and

in the forewing there are two smaller blotches below costa.

3c?^.

In the aberration scmifnscia the second segment ot dorsum is marked as in

ab. scutigera, and the other segments also bear smaller black marks of a similar

form; the forewing between outer and submarginal lines is tilled in with a black

blotch reaching from vein 4 to inner margin ; in this example, as in the dwarf

specimen of the type-form, there are no black marginal spots or scales denoting

the teeth of the lines.

1 (?.

Subfamily PLUTODINAE.

177. Plutodes connexa spec. nov.

c?. Forewing: pale yellow and red-brown; the costal area above subcostal

vein yellow, with two rounded blotches depending from it and reaching median

vein, one at one-fourth, small, the other at <M)e-half, larger ; extreme liindmargin

and fringe yellow, more widely at apex and anal angle ; on the inner margin

beyond middle another roundeil yeUow blotch reacliing vein '2 ; the edge of the

brown area is ferruginous throughout ; the large brown blotch at liindmargin is

edged with a line of dull lustrous scales, and is traversed throughout by a dark

paler-edged waved submarginal shade, extending as a small jirojection to inner

margin before anal angle ; the fringe is tinged with brown between veins 3 and 4,

and slightly also below apex.

Hindiviiig : with the Ijasal area red-brown, connected along vein 1 by a narrow

streak with the marginal blotch, which is irregularly crescentic, with a yellow

indentation at anal angle ; inner margin and fringe whitish.

In the ? the dark areas are more extensive, and grey-brown in tint rather

than red-brown.

Underside paler yellow, witli only the marginal blotches marked, and these

reduced in size, the other dark areas only showing througli.

Face, thorax, and dorsum concolorous with the dark areas of the wings ;

shoulders, vertex, antennae, paljii beneath, pectus, legs, and underside of abdomen

yellow ; palpi above ferruginous-tinged.

Expanse of wings : J, 34 mm. ; ? , 36 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?.

In the irregularity of outline of the marginal blotch tiiis species resembles

P. nilgirica Ilmpsn.

( 138 )

Subfamily BRAC'CINAE.

1T8. Arycanda commixta f^iioc. nnv.

Forewing : dark pnriilish slate-colour; tlu' lines jiurjilisli lilack ; the paler

spaces thickly striiited with black; a diffuse dark ]iatcb at base; a thick double

antemcdiiui band, the anus separating towards costa ; central fascia formed of a

])air of doid)le bands unitinjf below middle, scjiarating towards costa, the outer anus

huuilate-dentate ; a double submarginal band, and a row of marginal liinuley ;

along the course of the two folds and between veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 in the outer

arm of the submarginal band are patches of dull olive-fulvous scales ; fringe

Iiur]ilish.

Ilimhc'nnj : without the basal lines.

Underside dull jjurplish slate-colour, with dull black cell-sjints.

Head and thorax like wings ; three basal segments and the anal segment of

dorsum black, tlie rest bright yellow ; abdomen beneath, jiectus, and legs slaty

fuscous. In the ¥ the anal segment of dorsum remains yellow.

E.xpanse of wings : c?, .j^ mm. ; ?, Ot) mm.

2 (?c?,3 ? ?.

179. Arycanda fulviradiata sjiec. nov.

ForewiiKj : dark jiurplish blue, covered with long slender black striations ;

two black spots on costa at one-fiftli and one-fourth indicate a curved inner line ;

a spot before middle and tv/o beyond indicate the beginning of the curved inner

and double liuiuhite-dentate outer band of central fascia; an indistinctly double

submarginal line, and a tliick marginal line of conlluent lunules ; from tiie base

of cell a bright fulvous streak runs along the ibid as far as submarginal line,

tilling up the lunules on e;icli side of vein -J ; cell-sjiot bright fulvous ; along the

submedian Ibid a broad dull I'ulvous-olive shade runs, and a jiatcli of the same

colour lies on submarginal line between veins o and 4; fringe purple, with pale

base and broad dark middle line.

Uindwing : with a straight pale band close to b;ise, broadly edged on each

side with black, iiuri)lish at the e.xtremities and fulvous between ; the other dark

bands as in forewing, without fulvous streaks, but the cell-spot and a large spot

between 3 and 4 before hiadmargiu are bright orange ; basal line of fringe orange.

Underside dee]i ])urple slate-colour, with the cell-spots black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark pnriilish i'uscons ; dorsum marked with

deeper black spots in middle, containing jiale scales ; underside and legs slaty

fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 58 mm.

1 S.

18U. Bursada radicata al). flavifrons nov. and ab. carens nov.

In a lenglhy series of li. raiUnUn Warr., in which the size and shape of the

three yellow blotches of the forewing vary considerably, two extreme forms single

themselves out.

In the one the yellow markings are broader than in the average typical form,

and (he face as well becomes yellow ; in the other the opposite tendency is seen,

and one or other, sometimes all three, of the yellow bloti'hes becomes nearly or quite

obsolete. For these two forms I 2)roiiose the names ab. Jlaci/rons and ab. carens

respectively.

( 139 )

181. Bursada velata spec. uov.

Foreicing : velvety lirown-black, with two yellow spots ; cue round and small,

near base of cell, generally clear yellow, the other forming- an elongated blotch

beyond cell from subcostal vein to vein 2, overclouded with brown scales ; fringe

concolorons, with the extreme tips pale.

lllndwimi : bright yellow, with thick black margins, that along costa and

round apex twice as broad as the rest.

Underside of forewing with both spots clear yellow ; hiiidwing as above, but

the inner margin above anal angle witii a small quadrate projection towards apex.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black.

Expanse of wings : 3U — 32 mm.

3 ? ?.

182. Craspedosis costimaciila spec. nov.

ForctriiK/ : Ijrown-bhu'k, with traces of obscure fulvous lines across wing,

somewhat more plainly marked on costa; one from one-fonrth of ciista to one-tliird

of inner margin, one at two-thirds, and two beyond it; cell-spot white, linear;

jnst bej'ond it- a broad wiiite blotch from costa to vein 3, its outer edge curved,

edged on both sides by a thick black line, the outer one strongly incurved to

submedian fold; obscure fulvous marginal spots between veins, tliat between

3 and 4 white, preceded by fulvous marks and another wiiite one ; fringe

concolorons.

Hindwiiig : deeper black, with traces id' fulvous lines on inner margin only;

marginal yellowish dots bi4ween veins : fringe black.

Underside slaty Idack, witliout lines ; tlic white blotch of forewing yellowish

on costa ; the marginal spot between veins 3 and 4 m;uked.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all Mack.

Expanse of wings : 3.5 mm.

1 ?.

Subfamily ASCOTINAE.

183. Alcis conciuna siiec. nov.

Foreirhuj : white, thickly black-sjieekled ; lines black, thick; first from

one-fonrth of costa to one-third of inner margin, liluntlv bent in cell, with some

black scaling before it ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of

inner margin, bent on vein (J, and insinuate on submedian fold, thickened

at veins ; a black median line, obsolete below middle, bent ont round the black

cell-spot ; subniarginal line preceded by blackish shading that fills up the

lunules from costa to vein G, and vein 3 to inner margin, followed by a double

black blotch between 4 and 6 and a small one above vein 2 ; large black marginal

luanles ; fringe black and white, wholly black towards apex.

Iluulwiiuj : with the black sjjeckling much finer; a fine ill-marked black

onter line and lilack cell-spot : a black marginal festoon ; fringe white, thinly

chequered with dark.

Underside the same.

Head and thorax white ; abdomen with the white almost hidden by bro.ad

black dorsal belts, the basal segments only spotted ; anal tuft white; legs black

mottled with white.

( 1^" )

Expanse of wiugs: 24 mm.

1 (?.

The forewiiig luis iiu uuiisually largu lijaliiie I'ovt'a.

1S4. Alcis irrufata .s|iec. nov.

I'omciiK/ : whitish, irroratuil with olive scales; basal area greyer ; first line

okscme, at nearly one-t.hinl, angleil in cell, then oblii|ne, ])re('eded by an olive-

grey shade ; outer line black, sinnous, from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of

inner margin, jirojecting at vein 5 and insinuate below it, and there blackest,

followed by a broad olive brownish shade : median line brown, ditfuse and

iuterrujited, ajii)roaching onter line on inner margin ; submarginal line whitish,

waved, ])receded and followed by brown shades, the interior marked with black

scales below costa, beyond cell, and in lower third ; the dark edgings of the Innules

connected by dark scales with the black marginal spots ; fringe pale ; no distinct

cell-spots.

lliudiruKi : without first line; a dark cell-spot immediately following ante-

median line ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside dingy whitish ; the nnukiugs and siieckling of the nppcrside

showing throngh ; a grey snbmarginal shade bi'tbre apex of forewing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wiugs; tips of shoulders brown ; face above

olive, below whitish; palpi fuscous; forelegs black, with white joints.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 ?.

Distinguished from Clmijada .■ii'm/i/ixcxfc, which it greatly resembles by the

difference iu the discal spots of hindvving.

Atmoceras gen. nov.

ForeiciiKj : costa slightly sinnons ; apex blniit ; hiiidniargin curved below.

Ilindwiitff : narrow; apex bluntly rectangular; hindmargiu slightly indented

lieyond cell, obliquely rounded below, rnnning into iiuier margin without forming

a distinct anal angle.

I'allii npcnrved, rough-haired, terminal segment oliscure ; antennae of S w'ith

pedicellate fascicles of cilia, at right angles with the shaft ; each fascicle double,

forked at apex, symmetrically ciliated laterally and at apex, the ciliations interlacing

and forming a film; tongue and iVcnulnm present; hindtibiae of S much swollen,

with a pencil of fluffy hairs.

Iu the forewiugs 10 and 11 are coincident.

Type : Atmoceras ptunoxn sj)ec. nov.

Allied to Paralcits.

1<S.">. Atmoceras plumosa spec. nov.

Fomriiui : fawn-colour, irrorated with olive fuscous, when fresh with a

slight pinkish tinge; lines olive fuscous; first from before one-third of costa

to one-third of inner margin, ontcnrved above and below median, toothed inwards

on the veins, preceded by an exactly similar line ; median line lnnulate-dentat«,

the teeth pointing basewards, outcurved above round the deep green cell-spot to

middle of inner margin ; outer line at two-thirds, angled on vein 0 and marked by

(lark spots on veins, rnnning parallel to median line, followed by a greenish shade

( 141 )

which is distinct and separ.ate only at costa and on inner margin ; snhmarginal line

furniing sharp whitish tcefii, tilled iiji inwardly with dark greon, except between

3 and 4, and followed by dark streaks to the dark marginal spots ; fringe fawn-

colonr, mottled with green.

Ilindicinq: dnll fawn, grey-speckled, showing a cell-spot, a mi-dian line, an

outer, and a snbmarginal.

Underside with the dark markings indistinctly showing through.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour ; vertex and part.s of thorax mottled

with green ; ]ialpi externally dark; abdomen and face fawn-cnlnnr.

Expanse of wings : i 35 mm. ; ? 3;) — 4(J mm.

C (?cJ, 2 ? ?.

186. Chogada compectiuata s])ec. nov.

Foreimnq : white, with slight grey speckling, chiefly along costa ; lines black,

fine; first from one-fourth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, rounded in cell,

slightly indented on snbmediau fold, preceded by a macular grey shade ; outer

line at two-thirds, Innnlate-dentate, nniformly distinct, followed by a shade formed

of grey Innulcs, fmm which it is separated by a white line ; median line fine,

strongly projecting outwards in cell, and less strongly on submedian fold, blacker

on median and submedian veins ; cell-s])ot formed of raised white scales within the

projection ; praesubmarginal shade grey, lunnlar, interrupted between veins 3, 4, and

6, 7, the lunules blackened on each side of vein 5 ; the shade following snbmarginal

line much interrupted, black from 0 to below 5, and farming a (piadrate deep black

spot on margin between G and 7, running out into the white fringe ; marginal

spots black.

Ilimhi'iiiy : like forowing, but without inner line ; a straight line from the

white cell-spot to the submedian fold ; no marginal black blotch.

Underside white, greyer towards apex of fore wing, where the outer lines and

snbapical blotch are marked ; costa of forewing striated with black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish white ; face with a black bar across

middle; vertex sometimes whitish; fringe on basal segment of abdomen white;

dorsal segments with pairs of black spots ; the segments following hasal flecked

with red.

Expanse of wings : 3U — 34 mm.

5 cJcJ.S ? ?.

The ? ? are slightly greyer than the cJ 6. The pectinations of the antennae

of the i are interlaced.

187. Chogada semidiscata spec. nov.

Forewing : white ; the costa shortly and neatly marked with brown striae ; a

brown-black sjjot on costa close to base ; the four lines starting also from brown-

black costal spots at one-fourth, two-fifths, two-thirds, and five-sixths respectively;

first line black, slender, outcurved above median to one-fifth of inner margin,

preceded by a slight rufous cloud ; outer line black, sinuous, ending at middle of

inner margin, projecting on vein 5, insinuate below it at the origin of veins 3

and 4, and followed by a rufous shade, which is deep brown between 3 and 4; median

line rufous, excurved, and projecting on each side of vein -J, below median running

close to outer line; submarginal line waved, white, preceded and followed by shades

of brown striae, mixed with black scales below costa, beyond cell, and below vein 3,

( 142 ;

and between '.i ami 4 swollen info a white lilotch ; marginal spots distinct, black ;

fringe jiale brown, clioqnered with wiiitish ; no distinct cell-spot.

Ilimlu'ing : with a brown-edged crescentic cell-mark ; a black antemedian and

post median line ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside dnll wliitisl], tlie markings showing throngli and discolouring tlie

forewing.

Palpi dark brown, the third joint oclireons ; face ochreons, brown above ;

vertex, thorax, and abdomen white speckled with brown ; tips of shoniders

brown; dorsal segments with jiairs of brown dots.

Exjianse of wings : 4ii mm.

1 S.

ISS. Myrioblephara adumbrata sjiec. nov.

Fonn-hiij : i}ale grey, dusted with fawn-colonr; basal third jialcr, but the

costa grey-brown ; inner line brown, with a slight angle outwards on submedian

fold, and inwards on submedian vein; outer line brown, at two-thirds, faintly

Innnlate-dentate, incurved across submedian interval; followed by a fainter, but

more strongly dentate line, lieyond which the space between 3 and 4 is tilled with

deep black and dark grey scales; from before middle nf costa to before niiddle of

inner margin a black-brown thick median line runs, followed by a broad brown

shade, incurved across submedian interval, where it all but touches the angle of

inner line; space between 3 and 4 at base filled with whitish scales; snbmarginal

line waved, pale, the lunnles filled in with lirown ; marginal area darker fawn-colonr,

blolehed with brown beyond cell and towards anal angle ; fringe pale fawn, beyond

some slight lilackish marginal spots.

HhuhriiKj : the same, without inner line, or black blotch beyond outer line ;

base whitish.

Underside ])aler, with all the lines grey-brown.

Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex and thorax dark grey ; abdomen jialer, like

liindwing, with a double brown band at middle; legs pale fawn; foretarsi black,

with i)ale joints.

Ex|iause of wings : 32 mm.

1 ?.

1^''. Myrioblephara complicata spec. nov.

Fornvinij : dark olive, with the veins fulvous ; the lines formed of contiguous

while irregular blotches; basal j)atch olive, the base of inner margin ])ale, and

traces of a pale line running round the foveal jmstnle ; edged from one-third of

costa by three white blotches between veins, that on inner margin nmniiig in

basewards ; central sjiace olive-green, with a small round white spot marking

discocellnlar, edged from three-fifths of costa by a curved white blotch to vein 4,

and a spot below beyond the rise of 3 and 4 ; a broad white band from apex

bii'urcating below vein (i and reaching inner margin as two series of irregular

lunnles, sei)arated by a widening dark olive S2)ace ; vein 4 with a white blotch to

margin ; the ends of veins 1, 2, 3 broadly rusty fidvous between the black marginal

lunules ; fringe dark grey, with white chetjuering between the veins, the apex

broadly white ; the costa is dark olive flecked with jiule, all the white markings

commencing from the subcostal vein.

lliii(/irii<y : yellowish bchreous, with a greenish tinge, with a cell-sjiot and

( 143 )

three waved lines bejond middle, jjrcrnisli ,£:i'ey ; fringe yellow oclireous, chequered

with olive beyond veins 2 and 3.

Underside yellowish oclireous, in tlie forewiiig with tlie inarl<iiigs of njjjier-

side showing throngli ; in hindwiiig with cell-sjiof, outer line, and two interrnpted

snbniarginal lines, and a lot of striae at apex dull olive-green.

Head and thorax mixed, darli olive-green and oehreous ; abdomen oi'lireons

with brownisli dorsal belts; legs niollli'd dnrk olive and oehreous.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 <?.

10(>. Myrioblephara fulvivena spee. nov. and ab. defulvata nov.

Fomriiig: white, speekled with dark brown atoms; all tlie veins thickly

fulvons ; a macular basal band; a double macular band at one-fourth, of which

the inner arm is browner and the outer marked by black spots ; a double outer

band at two-thirds, of which the inner arm is black-spotted on veins and the outer

brownish; median line fine, obliijiie outwards from a dark costal spot above the

blackish cell-spot, then reimrved, joining inner Iiand in a large blotch on inner

margin; submarginal line white preceded by blackish blotches at costa, beyond

cell, and on inner margin; marginal spots Mack; fringe with basal half i'ulvous,

outer half whitish, with Idack motllings lieyond veins.

Ilindwiii;/ : white, with grey curved antemodiau, postmedian, and subniargiiml

lines, ending in thick oblique black streaks on inner margin ; the postmedian dotted

on veins and followed by a grey shade; the submarginal with the lunules filled up

with dark grey ; marginal area and fringe fulvous ; cell-spot grey.

Underside fulvous white, paler in hindwing, whrt'e the markings are prominent;

costa of forewing fulvous with black speckling.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvons, the thorax with olive and pale scales

intermixed ; tarsi fuscous with the joints jiale.

In the aberration <l('fi(lciita the veins are without any fulvous tint and the

whole wing much less gay ; the fringes are also dark and light grey; the underside

grey, without any fulvous tint.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.; the aberration only 2S mm.

2 cJJ, 2 ? ?, of the type form ; 2 ? ? only of the aberration.

I'.il. Myrioblephara iuquinata spec. nov.

Forewiny : dull white, speckled with dark grey ; base of wing and costa at

base blackish-grey ; a black dash on median vein at base ; inner line outeurved

from costa at one-third, closely followed hy a somewhat waved median line ;

outer line marked by black wedge-shaped marks on veins pointing basewards,

angled at vein 6 and below 3 ; the space between inner and outer lines blacker,

especially along costa ; the inner line is preceded and the outer followed by a

thick fulvous brown shade ; submarginal line wavy, white, between blackish shades;

the marginal area pale at anal angle and again between 3 and 4 ; marginal spots

black ; fringe mottled black and pale grey.

Ilimkmny : with extreme base black, a double antemedian line and black

cell-spot; the rest as in forewing ; both wings, except along marginal area, have a

slightly rufous tint.

Underside dull whitish, grey in the forewing; the Hues rather darker grey;

marginal border grey.

( 1-44 ;

Ili'iiil and thorax blackish ; colhiv wliitish ; base aiul anal hall" of abdomen

blackish, third and fourth segments whiter.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

1 ¥.

192. Myrioblepliara lucidata s|icc. nov.

Fommx/ : white, with slight (dive and fiiscons si)ec,kling ; the shading olive,

but more linear and condensed, the linos blackish, less waved, than in the

allied species ; basal line almost touching base; inner line nearly straight, vertical,

jirecedcd by a narrow olive band ; median shade olive, angled beyond the black

cell-spot, to two-fifths of inner margin, followed by a second shade; outer

line at two-thirds, slightly bent ont beyond cell and inbcnt across snbmedian

interval, accompanied by a well-dc(ined olive band; snbmarginal line broadly

wliitc, waved, ])receded and followed by distinct olive shading except between 3

and 4, where the shading is grey, and the line itself flattened inwards; marginal

lunnles black; fringe with the basal half brownish grey, the apical half whitish.

IliiuhciiH) : white, withont speckling ; a black antemedian and postmedian

line less sinuous than in other species, each followed by a pale olive-brown shade ;

snbmarginal line white, waved, between two olive-brown shades.

Underside fawn-grey, darker in forewing, with all markings clear, but the

lines not waved nor sinut)us.

Head and ]ialpi dark olive; thorax wliitish dusted with olive; abdomen

bioken off.

Expanse of wings : 31 mm.

] ?.

I'.t3. Myrioblepliara olivacea spec nov. and ub. albiviridis nov.

Foreu'iiiy : white speckled with dark atoms; the shadings olive; the lines

black; costa very finely dotted black and white ; lines and shades almost precisely

as in M.fidrirdid, but the shading olive instead of fulvons ; the whole wing paler ;

fringe white spotted with grey ; cell-mark black, but small.

llimltciiiy : with more than the costal half whitish ; the lines as m fiihieciia,

but less distinct.

Underside dirty whitish with a faint fawn-coloured fringe, especially in fore-

wing ; markings all grey, but finer, less numerous than in fuh'i re iHi.

Head, thorax, and alidomen whitish-grey speckled with olive.

Expanse of wings : S 30 mm. ; ? 32 — 35 mm.

1 (?,2 ? ?.

This apjiears to be really a distinct species, thougli in markings so much like

fulvivena.

The aberration (ilbiriridis has the gnmnil-colour greenish white, with the

olive shading developed, forming a broad shade occupying the second fourth of

inner margin and nearly reaching costa ; the underside greenish white.

I'.i-t. Myrioblephara submarginata sjiec. nov.

Forcwiny : whitish, thickly dusted with grey; all the lines and shades dark

grey ; basal lini; close to base, with a spot at base ; inner line at one-fourth, curved

to snbmedian fold, then iidient, preceded by a similar shade ; outer line at

two-thinls, lunnlate-deiilate, uniformly curved, and insinuate on submedian fold,

( 145 )

more strong!}' marked on veius, followed liy a thick dark grey shade ; median

shade well marked, outcurved round the black cell-spot, a little before middle;

snbmarginal line pale, wavy, preceded and followed by dark grey shading, which

]iales off at anal angle ; the marginal area pale grey between 3 and 4, preceded

by a darker blotch ; marginal sjiots !)lack ; fringe white, with dark grey chequering.

llimliciinj : with antemedian line thick, straight ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside wliilisli grey, the base greyer; lines and cell-spots black and

distinct ; both wings with smoky-black marginal band.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : \l'J mm.

1 c?, 1 ?.

Paralcidia geu. uov.

Forcwim/ : elongate; costa shouldered at base, slightly curved before apex,

which is rectangular ; hindmargin vertical above middle, obliijue below.

Ilindwinq : with upper half of hindmargin vertical, slightly indented beyond

cell, lower half oblique; costa straight.

Antennae lamellate, flattened, withont pubescence ; forehead protuberant ;

palpi obliquely porrect upwards, witli a}iprcssed scales, second segment long,

terminal depressed ; tongue and frenulum present ; abdomen of J elongate, with

large anal tufts.

Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; discocellular vertical ;

(irst median uervule at five-eighths, second at seven-eighths ; radials normal ;

subcostal vein deflexed at extremity; 7,8, 9 stalked; li), 11 separate; hindwing,

costal and subcostal shortly approximated near base ; 7 and 3 from before angles

of cell.

Scaling smooth and tine.

Type : I'aralcidia crrabunda spec. nov.

I'Jo. Paralcidia errabimda spec. nov.

Forcwuuj : piukish ochreous, but the basal four-fifths of wing is suffused with

dark olive-fuscous, as far as the Innulate-dentate submarginal line, which rises at

three-fourths of the costa and runs obli(jnely outwards to vein 6, cutting off a

small olive costal blotch beyond ; the pale ochreous ground-colour of the marginal

fifth is striated with olive, and shows the veins across it pink ; along vein 4 this

pale ground projects inwards to cell, where it is joined by an oblique pale streak

from before middle of costa, which is incurved from vein 5 aud runs vertically

to the submedian fold ; the cell-spot ochreous ; along inner margin are some fine

ochreous striae, and au ochreous spot at one-fourth suggests the termination of

an inner line; costa with fine ochreous points; the lunules of the submarginal

line contain externally some olive-green spots, from which streaks of green scales

run to the dark olive marginal line ; fringe pinkish ochreous, mottled with olive

beyond veins.

liindwiny : pinkish ochreous, with the dark markings of underside showing

through ; fringe ochreous.

Underside of forewing pinkish ochreous, with the dark olive area showiug

through ; costa striated with olive : hindwing tinged and striated with olive as far

as a thick deep olive crenulated outer line ; ccll-sjiot dark olive ; abdominal margin

below fold ochreous.

10

( 140 )

Head, shoulders, patagia, and a broad lah'ral streak <iii abdumeu dark olive ;

tborax and abdomea above and below, ami tips of palpi pinkish ochreous ; legs

ochrcoiis dajijded with <;reeu.

E.N]iaiise of wings : 27 mm.

1 cJ,4 ? ?.

196. Paralcidia marginata spec. uov.

Forewing : olive-green as far as snbmarginal line, which is mnch nearer the

margin than in errahtimla ; the pale jjinkish ochreous area therefore narrower; the

line runs obliquely ont from three-fourths of costa and is blnntly bent at vein 6,

slightly indented on both folds ; the marginal area sprinkled with green scales,

the veins pink ; at anal angle the ochreous tint runs in along iuuer margin to

near base; fringe pinkish ochreous, with slight green chequering ; discal spot dark,

obscure.

Jlitidicing : pinkish ochreous, appearing grey to near margin from tlie dark

area beneath.

Underside of both wings dull olive, blurred in forewing, deeper in liiiulwing ;

cell-spots dark ; marginal area and fringe pinkish ochreous with slight green

speckling.

Head, shoulders, patagia, abdomen beneath, the segmental divisions, and top of

anal segment dark olive; thorax and abdomen ochreous.

Expanse of wings : c?, 27 mm. ; ? , 32 mm.

3 c?cJ, 1 ?.

197. Paralcidia rufivenata spec. nov.

Forewing: green thickly speckled with pink and grey scales; the veins deep

pink : costa dotted, pink and green ; lines white, edged with deep green ; first

from beyond one-third of costa, oblique outward and curved round at end to median

above the rise of vein 2, continued between median and snbmedian as a vertical

white lunule much nearer base, and below submedian by a white oblique streak

Dearer still ; followed by deep green shades between the veins ; in the mottled

basal area are a dark green sjiot in cell and another oblicjuely below it near base;

outer line from two-thirds, obliquely curved outwards to 0, insinuate beyond cell

and in submedian interval, outcurved between, below submedian sliarpiy oblique

basewards, edged internally by dark green Innnles ; in the marginal area are three

green blotches ; one on costa, broad, reaching to vein 6 ; one at anal angle reaching

vein 2, narrow; the third towards margin between them, separated by hoary grey

scaling ; dark marginal lunules between veins ; fringe pink, chequered with green.

llindwing : whitish ochreous, becoming grey towards hindmargin ; the veins

at extremity and the fringe pink ; a grey cell-spot and waved postmedian line.

Underside of forewing blurred cinereous-green to outer line, which is dark ;

costa pink striated with green ; the veins pink ; marginal area paler than basal :

hindwing sjieckled with green up to the tiiiek dark green outer line, which is

lunulale-dentate; cell-sjiot dark; abdominal margin paler, more broadly in c?.

Face and jialpi deep pink ; palpi externally dark green ; vertex, shoulders, and

patagia deep green ; thorax and abdomen pinkish grey ; abdomen below and legs

pink ; terminal curl of hindtibia shining olive ; antennae piuk.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 JJ,2 ?¥.

( 14?)

Tlie (? of tlie .sjiecies, wliile in geueral structure it agrees with tyi)ical Paial-

cidia, differs iu three particulars : the costa of hiudwing is convex and roughly

haired; the hindtibiae ave much swollen towards extremity and fringed with hair,

and at the end bear a curled tuft of shining hairs ; and thirdly the antepenultimate

segment of the abdomen beneath bears an abrupt jirojeetion, and is clothed with

tufts of rough hair.

198. Paralcis coerulescens spec. nov.

Forcwinq : mixed fulvous brown and purplish grey, irrorsited with bluish

grey scales ; the veins fulvous, the median broadly so ; lines velvety black ; first

at one-fourth, angled outwards in cell and on submedian fold, and swollen on

costa, median vein, and inner margin ; outer line crcuulate, outcurved, at two-

thirds, thickened on veins ; median line similar, nearer outer than inner line ;

cell-spot ronnd and black, with a linear blue-grey centre ; the outer line is edged

with bluish grey scales, and followed from costa to middle by a black shade ;

submarginal line blue-grey, preceded by black blotches between the veins ;

interrupted between 6 and 7 and 3 and 4 ; marginal black spots between veins ;

fringe purplish grey.

Ilitidwing : dark slaty grey ; the cell-spot, postmedian, and submarginal line

showing darker ; veins towards margin fulvous ; fringe slaty gray with a fulvous

sheen.

Underside dark slaty cinereous, the fringe and cell-spots deeper ; ajjex of

forcwiug pale.

Head and thorax purplish ; abdomen shining dark cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

109. Paralcis curvilinea spec. nov.

ForctciiHj : dark reddish brown, overlaid with a purplish shade in the central

area ; first line at one-fifth, black, angled outwards in cell, then oblique inwards,

with a paler inner edge ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of

inner margin, outcurved from below costa to submedian fold, where it is indented,

black with a pale outer edge; a black median line, waved, and projecting just

below median vein, followed by the black cell-spot ; submarginal line very obscure,

grey with a black edging, preceded by a black blotch on inner margin beyond

outer line ; the apex bluish grey, with some black scaling along hindmargiu

beneath it ; marginal spots black ; fringe brown.

lUndwing : dirty whitish ochreous, speckled with grey, with a dark cell-siwt,

and a strongly curved grey postmedian line ; fringe pale.

Underside of both wings like upi)ersidc of hindwing, the forewing blurred.

Head olive-ochreous ; base of shoulders, patagia, and a lateral line on thorax

purplish black ; tips of shoulders, thorax, metathorax, and basal segments of

abdomen pale ochreous ; abdomen greyish ochreous with dull brown-grey dorsal-

blotches ; tarsi mottled brown and ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

2 ??.

At the base of forewing, in the usual place of the fovea, there is visible a

small pustule.

( 148 )

2UU. Paralcis deformis spec. nov.

Forcwiiiij : pale wood-brown, smeared with greyish fuscons as far as outer

line; first line at oue-fburtb, black and interrupted, bent in cell; outer line from

twii-tbirds of costa to tbree-fonrtlis of inner margin, bhxclcisb, outenrvcd from 0 to

submedian fold ; cell-spot large and black ; traces of a median shade, plainest on

costa and above inner margin ; snbmargiual line pale, waved ; the lunnles filled in

with blackish ; marginal area tinged with deeper brown ; some black marginal

dots ; fringe brown.

llii)ihciii</ : ]iale brown, with grey speckling; a black cell-spot and grey

postmediau line.

Underside darker ; both wings dark grey to outer line ; cell-spots black.

Head and thorax brown varied with black ; abdomen like hiudvviiigs.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 6.

The single example is considerably worn.

2i)l. Paralcis discata spec, nov., and ab. alterata nov., and ab. albiclausa nov.

Forcwiiig : dull olive-lirown, generally densely covered with bluish grey and

olive scaling, so that the dark ground-colour is lost ; a large oval Idackish

cell-spot ; a dark blotch at extreme base ; lines darker, but obscure ; first at

one-fourth, bent in cell, then vertical ; outer from three-fifths of costa to two-

thirds of inner margin, obli(pie outwards to vein 5, then inwards to submedian

fold, then again outwards ; submarginal line obscure, parallel to outer line, preceded

by darker scaling in the lunules and with the whole marginal area beyond dark

brown, except between 3 and 4, where the bine-grey mottling rnns through to

margin ; marginal lunules black, edged outwardly with {)alc ; fringe brownish

grey ; median shade always obscure.

Ilindwing : dull greyish white, speckled with olive-grey ; a blackish cell-spot,

a sinuous dark outer line, and traces on inner margin only of antemedian and

submarginal lines ; fringe concolorous, beyond a dark marginal festoon.

Underside like npperside of hindwing ; cell-sjiots black ; the lines indicated

on forewing ; costa of forewing distinctly striated with dark.

Head and thorax like forewing, abdomen like hindwing.

Expanse of wings : 30 — 3.j mm.

A long series, all ? ? .

In the aberration alterata the broad central and narrow marginal areas are of

the brown ground-colour, unspeckled by white ; but the intervals preceding and

Ibllowing the fascia become altogether bluish grey or whitish, and the submarginal

line shows more broadly white ; in these cases the dark central area is broader

than in typical dittcata, the brown suffusion not only including the space between

inner and outer lines, but also extending to the dark shades which precede the

inner and follow the outer lines, and which in the typical form are more or less

obsolete ; median shade distinct and black.

Expanse of wings : 28 — 36 mm.

4 ? ¥.

The aberration (dlndausa is the extreme form of ab. a/tt'nita, in whicli the

brown central fascia is bordered on each side by broad white bands.

2 ??.

( 140 )

2112. Paralcis Mvisecta spec. nov.

cJ. Foreicing : olive-grej' sprinkled with blackish aud reddish scales in basal

two-thirds, beyond dark olive-fuscons ; the lines black ; first from one-fifth of

costa to one-fourth of inner margin, obliqne outwards above and angled botli above

and below median, preceded by a distinct wliitish line following patches of dark

olive between the veins ; traces of inner dark blotches ; outer line at two-thirds,

distinctly lunulate-dentate above middle, angled bluntly on vein 4 and thence

simply waved, followed by a whitish line ; cell-mark vertically oblong, large and

l)lack, with a pale linear centre ; above it a medinn line, thick aud black, rises,

running outwards obli(£uely to 6, then luuulate-deutate, parallel to outer line to

vein 3, thence incnrved to middle of inner margin, the space between it and outer

line above middle whitish ; a broad curved cream-coloured band from apex to

inner margin before anal angle, meeting an arm from three-fourths of costa, both

more or less dusted with rufous-olive scales ; submarginal line fine, white, sinuous,

from costa before apex, approaching hindmargin above vein 4, then toothed inwards

on veins and broadly lunate between them ; median vein fulvous throughout,

this tint broadened along vein 4 nearly across the interval between it and 'i ; the

other veins fulvous in places, ending as dull fulvous lunules on hindmargin

alternating with the black marginal lunules ; fringe yellowish ochreous, Ijroadly

mottled with olive-fuscous beyond veins, and with a dark dividing line.

In the ? the discal spot is much larger, velvety-black, scarcely showing the

pale centre, aud followed by a quadrate white blotch ; the curved white band from

ajiex is absent, being rejjresented by an obscure band of olive ; the apical space

between submarginal line aud the oblique outer edge of the band is white, and the

pale fulvous marginal area runs in as a rounded pale-scaled tooth between veins 3

and 4 ; fringe darker.

Ilindwing : cinereous, darker along hindmargin ; with a thick dark postmedian

line, edged with white on inner margin, traces of a snljmarginal line, and a dark

cell-spot; fringe dark cinereous beyond black marginal lunnles.

Underside dark slaty cinereous with an olive tinge ; apex of forewing aud

inner margin of hindwiug paler ; in the ? blackish, with large diffuse black

cell-spots followed by white patches, that in forewing large ; apex of forewing

white.

Head and thorax dark olive and fuscous ; abdomen cinereous ; jialpi externally,

pectus, and forelegs black.

Expanse of wings : (?, 40 mm. ; ? , 44 mm.

5 (?(?, 6 ? ?.

203. Paralcis junctilinea spec. nov. and al). punctata nov.

Foi-ciciiig : fawn-drab, slightly dusted with darker ; lines fuscous, fine ; first at

one-fourth, nearly straight ; outer from three-fourths of costa to middle of inner

margin, parallel to hindmargin, but slightly bent in on submedian fold ; cell-spot

blackish with grey centre, followed by a brown median line, approximated to outer

Hue on inner margin ; a blackish submarginal line from costa to vein 5, forming

slight black lunules between veins, edged with white from G to 4, the uppermost

largest, aud followed by a slight brown cloud to apex ; fringe concolorous ; a row

of black dots between veins just before margin ; a brown horizontal streak nuuiing

from cell to submarginal line above vein 4,

( 150)

Hindtrhifi : with the two brown lines wider apart at eosta, the outer more

sinnons, approximating on inner margin ; cell-spot small, black.

Underside whitj'-brown with the lines faiut ; ecll-s])iits black ; tlirco or four

black spots before apex.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolnrons ; face darker ; anal segment paler.

In the aberration punctata the gronnd-colonr is darker ; the lines are repre-

sented b}" black spots on veins, the median shade Ijeing a ditl'iise cloud ; the

submarginal line is more distinct across wing, with the white spots larger, coalescing

above ; in the 9 develoj)ing into a whitish apical blotcli ; the cell-spots are larger

in the ?.

There is no trace of the dark horizontal line of tlie type-form.

Expanse of wings : S, 30 ram. ; ? , 34 mm.

2 (?c? of the type-form ; 1 (?, 1 ? of the aberration.

204. Paralcis latimedia spec. nov.

Foretcing : sepia-brown with dark striae ; costa with black striations ; a

blackish blotch at base ; first line thick, velvety-black, projecting outwards above

and below median, from before one-fonrth of costa to one-fonrth of inner margin ;

the area beyond it sntfnsed with brownish fnscons deepening to black at the outer

edge, which runs from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, irregularly

waved and forming a bitid projection on veins 3 and 4, edged first by a pale and

then a dark brown line ; in the outer third of fascia a dark lino runs parallel to

outer edge beyond a blackish vertical linear cell-sjiot ; submarginal line obscured

by cloudy brown marginal shading, whieh is interrupted between 3 and 4 ; a fine

marginal festoon, connecting the black spots ; fringe brown.

IIi)i(lwi))g : dirty whitish, dnsted with dull grey; a dark grey waved post-

median line from two-thirds of costa to inner margin above anal angle, with traces

of two other grey lines from the angle ; a dark Innulate marginal line ; fringe pale,

with a reddish tinge.

Underside of both wings like uj)perside of hindwing ; basal half of forewing,

except along inner margin, dull cinereous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; paljii and slmuidcrs blaik ; jiatagia

and dorsal blotches of abdomen brown-black ; fiice brown.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 ? V.

205. Paralcis pallidimargo spec. nov.

Fornripfi : pinkish ochreous flushed with pale brownish in the S, jialer

ochreous flushed with olive-grey in the ? ; a sliglit dark brown patch at base ;

a donble black basal line, the interval filled in with lirown, irregularly bracket-

sliaped ; outer lino black, lunulatc-dentatc, at two-thirds, indented below costa,

running outwards to vein 5, forming a blunt projection between 5 and 4, then

inwards, followed by a thick dark brown shade ; median line from two-fifths of

costa, sinuate outwards to cell, tiien incurved, and again below middle running

outwards ; space between median and outer lines partially filled with brownish

black and with a patch of hoary grey scales on discocellular ; submarginal line

waved, preceded on costa by a double brown Innulate blotch, by two smaller brown

Innules beyond cell, and by a jiniminent black-brown sjmt on inner margin ;

marginal area black-brown from 4 to near apex, below 4 brown in the c?> olive

( IM )

or olive-ochrcous in the ? ; marginal sjiots large, black ; fringe dark brown with

ochreous flecks in the S ; ochreons with brown flecks in ? .

Ilindwing : ochreous 'at base, becoming grey-speckled and darker to the dark

grey snbmarginal line, containing a grey cell-spot and fine waved postmedian line ;

marginal area ochreons with slight speckling, and some dark marginal spots ; fringe

ochreous.

Underside of forewiug dull dark brown to turee-fonrths, the marginal area

ochreons, and some patches of ochreous along costa ; hiudwing as above, with a

dark cell-spot.

Abdomen ochreous speckled with brown ; face and palpi black-brown ; vei-tex

and thorax brown mixed with ochreous ; antennae ochreous spotted with brown.

Expanse of wiags : S 35 mm. ; ? 35 — 40 mm.

1 c?, 3 ??.

The two larger ? ? are much paler in tint throughout than the other ? and

the type S, but the markings are identical.

206. Paralcis ruptilinea spec. nov.

Forewincj : dark brown tinged with purplish grey; costa spotted with

yellowish ; lines blackish brown ; basal from one-fourth of costa to before one-

third of inner margin strongly outcurved above median ; outer line at three-fifths,

angled outwards on vein 4, concave above, marked chiefly by black vein-spots ;

a black cell-spot, over which a cloudy median line runs, approaching outer line

on inner margin ; snbmarginal line sinuous, indistinct, but marked by the deeper

tinge beyond it ; an oblique angular line from apex to snbmarginal line at vein (i,

edged outwardly with deep black ; the included costal triangle sometimes white,

sometimes like ground-colour.

Iliiuhmig : slaty bluish, ferruginous at anal angle, above which there are

traces of lines.

Underside dull slate-colonr, the costa of forewing yellow-spotted ; cell-spots

black ; apical triangle concolorous with upperside.

Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen greyer ; antennae whitish.

Expanse of wings : 35—40 mm.

2 ? ?.

Most probably with other variations.

207. Paralcis venusta spec. nov.

S. Forewinr/ : pearl-grey, bluish grey at base and along costa, cream-colour

before snbmarginal line ; costa thickly striated with blade ; first line at one-fourth,

bracket-shaped, vertical between the folds and retracted at each end, with a grey

shade before it tinged with rosy brown below median ; outer line from two-thirds

of costa, sinuous, being incurved below middle and again outcurved before inner

margin, black, sharply dentate on veins, followed by a rosy brown shade ; median

line also black and dentate, more outcurved from costa, closely approximated

to outer line, which it touches forming a black blotch, on submediau fold ; a

large brown difl'use patch on discocellular lies within its upper curve; snbmarginal

line waved, interrupted ; from costa to vein 7 edged inwardly with black, and

distinct, passing through the grey costal shading, more or loss obliterated below

by the cream-coloured area, which between 3 and 4 j)rojects to hindmargin, inter-

( 152 )

rnjiting the brownish grey margin.al area; marginal spots largo niul black, joinod

by black streaks between 7 and 4 to the Innnles of submarginal line, and to each

other by a fine marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.

Ilincln-ing : blnish grey, with a dark ba.<al mark, an indistinct grey antemcdiau

line and small dark ocellns on discocellnlar ; the rest as m forewing. but the jialo

snbmarginal space not so wide and greyer, not interriiptiug the marginal area.

Underside dark slaty fnscons with a greenish tinge ; lines hardly visible ;

fringes and apex of forewing pale grey.

Falpi black; head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey ; basal segment of abdomen

black, second whitish, third with a pair of black spots ; alxlomen beneath and legs

slaty fnscons ; foretarsi blackish, with the joints pale.

?. Snlfascd throughont with jmrplish grey and brown, and thickly black-

speckled, especially along the veins, so that the whole wing surface assumes a

mottled appearance, the underside becoming black.

Expanse of wings : 4U mm.

1 cJ, 2 ? ?.

Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE.

208. Tolmera albibasalis AVarr.

When this species was described, S'oe. Zool. x. p. 404 (1903), only the S

was known. Now along with 7 cJ(? a single ? has been sent; iu this sex of

this species the antennae are bipectinate, the pectinations thicker and shorter than

iu the (?.

Both wings are jjaler brown, and the outer line is not so near the hindmargiu

as in the c?.

209. Tolmera marcescens spec. nov.

S. Foreicimj: white, washed with pale brown and speckled with black ; the

veins pale ; lines white ; first at one-fifth, acutely angled below subcostal vein, and

oblique inwards, edged outwardly (and iu S inwardly also) with dark ; outer liue

from three-fifths of costa, below which it is incurved slightly, parallel to inner line

as far as submedian fold, then outcurved to two-thirds of inner margin, inwardly

edged with dark : the space between the lines with a dark central shade ; sub-

marginal line waved, the Innnles filled up with dark ; a dark oblique blotch beyond

it to ai)ex from vein 6, the apex itself jialer; dark marginal Innnles; fringe pale

chequered with dark brown.

In the only ? seen, and of which the ground-colour is paler, being more mixed

with white, the second line starts from nearer middle, forms two concavities inwards,

and two outward teeth on the median and submedian veins.

Iliiuhcing : pale ochreous, slightly speckled ; cell-spot and curved outer line

grey ; marginal spots dark.

Underside of forewing pale ochreous, yellower towards costa, which is spotted

with brown ; outer and submarginal lines brown towards costa ; marginal Innnles

and chequering of fringe black-brown: hindwing yellowish, paler towards abdominal

margin, speckled with brown, and with brown outer line and cell-spot.

Palpi ochreous, brown externally ; face pale ochreous with two brown spots ;

vertex, shoulders, and ])atagia jjale brown, black-speckled; abdomen pale ochreous

without any speckling ; legs pale brown, black-mottled ; ? with vertex white,

( 153 )

Expanse of wings : S 35 mm. ; ? 38 mm.

4 d'c?, 1 ?. ^

The ? differs from the ? of 7\ albihusalis, the type species, in having the

antennae not bipeetinate, bnt simi)Ie, ail the segments sharply angulate, witli a

bristle from each angulation.

210. Trochistis albivertex .spec. nov.

Forewiny : fawn-colour speckled with black; costa striated with black; a

blacki.sh dot at base of submedian vein ; three brownish outwardly oblique lines

from costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds to one-fifth, one-half, and four-fifths

of inner margin respectively ; the inner line waved, incomplete ; the second

followed by a small black cell-spot ; tlie third a little waved below middle, followed

by a pair of lilack spots, one on each side of vein 3 ; a cloud of black striae at apex,

in which the commencement of a submarginal line is visible ; marginal dots black ;

fringe paler.

lUivhviMj : with dark central line ; the outer lino not visible, though the two

black spots are present, but duller, beyond it.

Underside whity-brown, black-speckled ; marginal dots black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi with terminal segment black,

its tip white ; vertex snow-white ; antennae annulated black and brown ; basal

segment white.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 ?. ""

211. Trochistis asinina spec. nov.

Forewitig : dull fuscous, s^jcckled with dark ; the lines darker ; the costa with

a few very fine white markings, distinct only in the S ; three outwardly inclined

dark lines at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-tliirds, and a broader but more diti'nse

submarginal line ; in the cJ these are partially accompanied by white scaling, and

the submarginal line is followed by a patch of white scales from costa to vein 4 ;

the marginal dots white ; in the ? all these are absent, the marginal dots being

minute; cell-spot black.

Iliiidwing : without inner line; cell-spot white; in the S the jiostmedian is

accompanied by bright white scales as well as the submarginal and marginal lines ;

fringe with pale tips.

Underside of forewiug dull olive-fuscous dusted with pale, the costa and

hindmargin darker ; cell-spot and outer line marked : hindwing whitish dnsted

with dark, the outer line and hindmargin only fuscous ; all the tints darker

in ¥ than in cJ.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; tips of palpi and anal tuft of c? pale

ochreous ; antennae black, the shaft annulated ; pectinations of S plumose.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c?, 5 ?¥.

212. Trochistis rufoliva spec nov.

Forcwinij : deep red-brown, with an oval snow-white cell-spot; costa in S

blotched with olive-green, in ¥ with paler green, the green sj)aees with brown

striations ; three ouLvvurdly inclined thick red-brown lines at one-fifth, two-fifths,

( 154 )

and two-thirds, most distinct in the V ; from the groon intervals lines and bands of

pale green scales run across the wing between and edging the lines, plain only in

the ?,the middle space being broad and pale throughout; a submarginal row of

green or gre3--greeu spots on veins, and a marginal series of smaller green spots

round the black spots, these last showing also in the S ; fringe red-brown flecked

with greenish white.

Hindwing : with the two outer series only jilain, the greenish white speckling

being more scattered ; cell-spot small, white.

Underside whitish ochreous, greyer in forewing, grey-speckled; a grey

snbmarginal shade, slight in forewing ; white spot of forewing showing through ;

the coloration deeper in the ? .

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi tipped with pale ; abdomen

dusted with greenish white ; anal tuft of S ochreous, red beneath ; antennae black

and pale ; pectinations in S short and stifi'.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

4 cJc?, 4 ? ?.

213. Trochistis vulpina spec. nov.

Forewing: rufous brown, peppered with blue-grey scales in the J, and with

black spots and striae in the ? ; cosfa black-brown ; lines dark brown, all obliqne

outwards, from costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds to one-fourth, one-half,

and three-fourths of inner margin respectively, the outer line twice bent; in the ?

all the lines become black at inner margin ; submarginal line in ? preceded and

fcilldwed by a black shade from costa to vein 4, and with one on inner margin before

it ; in c? not marked ; marginal spots blue-grey in S, black in ? ; fringe con-

colorous ; cell-spot minute, black.

Hindwing : similar ; the markings much clearer in ¥ ; cell-spot black in a

grey ring.

Underside whitish with a pink tinge and grey-speckled ; apex of forewing

rufous ; fringe rufous ; marginal and cell-dots black ; ? with the markings stronger,

the fringe deep red.

Head and palpi deep brown, tips of palpi ochreous ; thorax and abdomen like

wings ; abdomen in S sj)eckled with blue-grey, in ? with black; anal segment

in 6 with a white black-edged dorsal blotch and the tufts ochreous, the ? with a

black blotch and one at base ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs pinkish white ;

antennae black, the shaft in cJ annulated with white; the pectination full.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?.

Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.

214. Gonodela papuensis spec. nov. and ab. densinotata, ochrimixta,

albisparsa, and caesiata nov.

S- I'Ofi'iriiig : fawn-colour, dusted with grey; costa finely dotted dark and

yellowish ; lines brown, somewhat indistinct : first at one-fifth, right-angled on

subcostal vein ; second at one-half, angled on vein 0, then vertical, parallel to first ;

outer at three-fourths, also angled on vein (5, then incurved to two-thirds of inner

margin, thick and dark brown, followed by a i)ale and then a dark line, before the

dark brown marginal area, the u])per edge of which runs obliquely from angle of

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outer lino to below apex ; a clomly waved darker .submargiual shade ; marf;iiial

black spots between veins; fringe dark brown ; cell-spot small, black.

Illiu/winq: without basal line; antemedian incurved in cell before the cell-

si)ot; outer double line straight, at thrce-fiftlis ; the marginal brown area paler.

? without the dark brown marginal area ; often with a double black blotch

before outer line from 5 to 3, with a single black blotch beyond it between 3 and 4.

Underside of forewing of S brown along costa and in marginal area; basal liaU'

ochreous spotted with brown ; middle and outer lines Ijrown ; some dashes of bluisii

white before apex and bluish-white sjiots at base of fringe : hiudwing bluish white

speckled with brown, with the lines brown and fulvous, the veins fulvous ; in

the ? the bluish-white tint is much more developed in both wing.s ; cell-spots

black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour ; face and palpi mottled with Itrown ;

antennae ciliated.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

7 c?c?, 4 ? ?.

The aberration (lensitiotata occurs in the ? only ; all three lines are distinct,

thick and brown-black or black ; the outer is followed by dark blotches between

veins, interrupted between 4 and 0 in the forewing, less marked but not interrupted

in hindwing ; the ground-colour is pale lilac-grey, or whitish, or pinky ochreous,

with more evident speckling; underside more variegated, the lines more prominent.

3 ??.

In ab. ochri mixta the ground-colour in both sexes is dirty whitish speckled with

darker ; the S S, as in the type form, with darker marginal areas.

3 SS, 3 ? ?.

In ab. albisparsa , confined to the ? ? only, the ground-colour is white, more or

less densely powdered with grey ; the marginal area darker grey with a whitisii

blotch above vein 0 ; the lines dark from costa, and often marked by dark dashes on

veins ; the black blotches of outer line nearly always present, and in some instances

largely developed and laterally confluent; the underside much whiter.

8 ? ?.

Lastly, the ab. caesi/ifa, which is restricted to the c?t?, has the whole upperside

slaty purplish ; the lines dark, tinged with ferruginous : the underside with fewer

whitish scales.

3 c?c?.

21.5. lulocera albinigra .spec, no v.

Forciciiiij : uniform dark purplish slate-colour; costa with fine pale dots;

lines blackish ; first at one-fifth, slightly bent at median vein ; second before

one-half, angled below subcostal, and touching the black cell-spot ; outer line at

two-thirds, bluntly bent at vein 5, preceded by yellowish scales, thickened between

3 and 4 and followed by a dark cloud ; a white subapical spot above vein 0 ;

fringe concolorous, with white spots along base beyond the black marginal spots.

Himlwimj : with antemedian and outer lines close together and i)arallel, the

outer edged internally with yellow scales ; cell-spot black ; submargiual line pale,

very indistinct.

Underside with the lines and bands dark, the intervals paler, with a few bluish-

white specks, all much more prominent and numerous in the hindwing ; subapical

spot of forewing and basal spots of fringe white and largely developed.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen concoloroiis.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 S.

21C. Petrodava gibbosa ali. subradiata nov.

This form is distinguished at once by the underside of the wings, which have

both folds marked from base with snow-white streaks, the cell-fold in the hindwing

being white from base to margin, and the subniedian being often acconijiiuiifd by

another on each side ; in some cases tlie intervals between veins towards liiiidiuargin

are also streaked with white and black scales.

3 Jc?, 2 ¥?.

Sl'bfamily ENNOMINAE.

217. Azelinopsis amaura spec. nov.

Forewiiig : pearl-grey, largely snft'nsed with olive and darker grey; basal patch

qnitc small, olive ; band following it broad on costa, narrow on inner margin, dull

pearl-grey with a darker centre ; inner edge of central fascia from one-fourth of

costa to one-fourth of inner margin, bent in cell ; a similar median line ; outer edge

of fascia from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, minutely dentate,

edged with pale ; all three lines olive, starting from triangular costal blotches ;

costa whitish between the lines, dark-speckled ; space between median and outer

lines pearl -grey ; marginal third olive-brown, with a waved dark p.ale-edged

snbmarginal lino and a yellowish blotch on each side of it beyond cell ; fringe

olive-brown.

Hindwing : pale grey, speckled with darker ; marginal area olive-grey ; a

curved median and Innulate-dentate grey snbmarginal line, both starting from

dark brown blotches on inner margin ; cell-spot grey.

Underside dark olive-brown, with blackish speckling, the forewing greyer and

blurred ; all the lines dark brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brownish.

Expanse of wings : 3n mm.

1 ?.

Differs from typical Azelinopsis in not having hyaline cell-spots ; the excision

in hindwing oblique, and reaching only from vein 1 to 2. In forewing, veins 7, 8, 9

are stalked, but rise near end of cell ; and veins 10, 1 1 arc coincident, not separate.

Epitherapis gen. nov.

Foi-ewinij : narrow ; costa faintly arched and slightly inbent beyond middle ;

apex blunt ; hindmargin oblique outwards with faint creuulation to vein <'<, thence

curved inwards ; anal angle obtuse.

llindwinfi : ample, broader than forewing, with rounded crenulate hindmargin.

Abdomen (c?) long, slender; anal tuft bifid; antennae jilumose, the extreme

apex simple ; palpi short and broad, the terminal segment minute ; tongue and

frenulum present; hindlegs broken off; forewing with fovea at base.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellnlar vertical, curved ;

first median nervule at fmr-fifths, second close before third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, '.»

stalked ; 10, 11 stalked: hindwing, costal and subcostal closely approximated for

half of cell ; veins 7 and 3 from before angle.

Tyj)e : Epitherajns stramincata spec. nov.

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218. Epitherapis stramineata spec, no v.

ForeiciiKj : straw-colour, washed here and there with jiale oehreou.s ; costal

edge pale, with oblique dark streaks and grey-speckled towards base; first line at

one-fourth, angled on median, marked by black spots on veins ; outer line from

just before apex, oblique to vein 4, then still more oblique to inner margin before

middle, black, with deeper black points on veins ; followed closely by a dark smoky

grey shade from vein 7 to 1 ; snbmarginal line shown by whitish wedge-shaped

marks between veins, those above middle followed by black scaling; a grey-brown

triangle on hiiuhuargin from apex to vein 0, the costal space before apex whitish ;

cell-spot brown ; a slight brownish median shade, and a browu llusli before

snbmarginal line.

Ilindiciiiij : with single obscure antemediau line ; the browu cell-spot followed

by a difl'use triple grey postmedian shade, bent outwards on submedian fold ;

snbmarginal line preceded by a row of brown patches between veins ; the margin

grey-brown ; fringe greyish ochreous ; inner margin and fringe grey-brown.

Underside paler, with all the brown markings distinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour Hushed with pale brown ; palpi

externally and forelegs blackish.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 c?.

219. Garaeus papuensis spec. nov.

Foreiviiig : rich chestnut-brown ; costa white at base, and with white patches

beyond all the lines ; the brown area with transverse blackish striae ; lines broad,

dark grey, varied with pale grey and whitish scales : first from one-fourth of costa

to one-third of inner margin, with dark spots on veins; outer line from three-fourths

of costa, oblique outwards and angled on vein G, then oblique inwards, widening

downwards, to two-thirds of inner margin, lunulate-dentate externally, the teeth

marked with white-pointed black spots on veins, followed on costa by a snow-white

streak ; the costa towards apex blackish, traversed by a snbmarginal white line, finely

waved, to a yellow spot above vein 6, then diffusely blackish and ending in a zigzag

whitish grey streak at anal angle ; a deeper brown median shade, angled at the

black cell-spot, then obliijue; fringe bright chestnut, with a yellow spot below apex.

Hiniliciixj : greyer, mixed with blue-grey scales, and whitish along inner

margin ; a broad red-bruwu median shade, and a wide brown band above anal

angle, traversed by a bluish white lunulate-dentate snbmarginal line.

Underside dark brown thickly sprinkled with bluish scales ; basal patch of

forewing, and median shades of both wings brown ; outer lines blue.

Head, thorax, and abdomen cliestnut-brown ; vertex and shaft of antennae

ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 c?.

220. Heterodisca castanea spec. nov.

Foretciiuj : bright chestunt-brown, with thick darker brown transverse striae;

but the iJaler ground-colour is only visible in the lower half of central area, all

the rest being clouded with dcej) brown ; lines marked by black white-tijipcd dots

on veins ; first nearly straight from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin ;

outer straight and oblique from five-sixths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; a

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(luik bliitcli oil (liscocellular ; costa strignlated with chirk brown and Ncllow; fringe

browu, pale sfjottt'd in ajiical half.

Uindiciitg : fuscous tinged with reddish, with a slightly curved line just beyond

middle, marked by black dots on veins ; fringe red-brown.

Underside of forewing like iqiperside of hindwing, with dim dark striae e.xcejit

on inner-marginal half: hindwing redder; costal area and cell with black and

grey striae; inner margin paler, with dark striae; a curved postmedian dark- lino

and black cell-spot ; veins and parts of hindmargin red.

Head and thorax woolly, deep chestnut ; abdomen duller red with a grey tint.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 ?.

Lobophysa gen. nov.

A development of (loiwphaga, characterised by tiie invscnco of a lobe at base

of inner margin of hindwing in the S , reaching about one-third, and preceded at

base by a double hyaline elongate space on each side of vein 1, which is swollen.

Type : Lobophijsa vagilinea spec. nov.

GoHOphiiga straminca Warr., Nov. Zool. x. }>. 408, must be removed to this

geuns.

~21. Lobophysa vagilinea spec, nov., ai.d ab. obsoleta nov., perstrigata nov.,

and colorata nov.

Forewing : pale fawn-colour (when faded, grejish white), sparsely black-

speckled ; lines blackish, sharply defined ; first bracket-shaped, at one-fonrth,

vertical from subcostal to snbmedian vein, both extremities retracted; outer line

from three-fourths of costa oblique and slightly curved to vein 7, thence oblique

inwards with a slight curve to before middle of inner margin, preceded below

middle by the median line, of which the upper portion is obsolete ; the angle

of outer line at 7 touches the apex of a brown-grey triangular blotch on hind-

margin extending from apex to vein 4 ; submarginal lino hardly marked except

by a black blotch at anal angle ; a row of dark dots just before margin ; fringe

concolorous ; cell-spot annular, small.

Hindwing : with a dark mark at base, a difl'uso dark lino of scales from

cell to end of lobe on inner margin; a black median line, generally curved

inwardly round the annular cell-spot, joined on inner margin by iiu uutcurved

postmedian line, which is sometimes completely lunulate-dentate, at others marked

only by the dark teeth on the veins : submarginal line from apex to anal angle,

angled between 4 and G and outwardly paler margined, with black spots on the

veins.

Underside paler, with the lines, cell-spots, and speckling blacker ; submarginal

lines wavy ; apex of forewing whitish ; a short brown line from origin of vein 2

to inner margin, and a curved brown line from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths

of inner margin.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; palpi externally black ; face

browner; shoulders brown; metathorax with a pair of black spots; some black

spots on middle dorsal segments.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

In the aberration obsoleta the Hues are more or less obscured ; the basal

line being represented by dark dots; a brown blotch edged by two black lines

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from inner margin to snljmedian foUl represents tlic ends of the median and

onter lines ; and in one instance tlic submarginal line is marked liy a large black-

brown blotch at anal angle and another beyond cell on the edge of the brown

triangle; the hindwing and underside remain as in the type.

The aberration jjersfiiifafa is much more abnormal : the ground-colour is pale

pearl-grey ; all lines and markings are nearly absent; a thick donble brown-black

streak, well-defined basewards but diffuse outwards, runs from jnst below apex

of forewing to middle of inner margin, and is produced across hindwing as a

broad band occupying the second fourth of the wing, with the black cell-spot on

its outer edge ; underside the same ; the dorsum with a broad brown band across

third and fourth segments.

2 c? c? of the type form ; 5 t? (? of ab. ohsoleta ; and 1 c? of jjerstrigata.

The two brown lines of the underside of forewing are visible above only in

worn specimens.

In the third aberration, colorafa, of which a single c? only has been sent,

the colour, instead of being uniform as in the others, is varied ; the ground-

colour is pale grey striated with olive ; the basal area and most of the marginal

area beyond outer line are dull green ; the blotcli on inner margin at the end of the

fine outer line is jiale brown, while the cell-spot is rufous and the hiudmarginal

blotches are rnfous brown ; ia the hindwing only the base and the space between

onter and submarginal line are pale, all the rest being tinged with rufous and

olive, the antemediau line and the inner edge of submarginal being ferruginous.

Underside pale pearly grey with all the lines shown distinctly.

1 c?.

Moneta gen. nov.

Forcwiiii) : costa curved at base and shortly before apex, which is bluntly

produced ; Iiindmargin obli(|ue outwards to vein 4 with two deep excisions, and

blunt teeth at apex and veins 6 and 4 ; below 4 obliijne inwards and crenulate.

Hindwing : with well-rounded crenulate hindmargin.

Antennae simple in both sexes ; palpi stout, obliquely porrect upwards, third

segment short ; forehead slightly prominent ; tongue and frenulum present, slight ;

thorax and jiectus hairy ; hindtibiae swollen, with four sjjurs ; abdomen of S

slender, with slight lateral tufts.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular oblique ; first

median nervule from one-half, second shortly before end ; subcostal vein strongly

beut down at extremity to meet the discocellular; vein 5 from the top of discocellular,

vein fi long-stalked with 7, 8, 9 from the bend, lU, 11 coincident, lU subsequently

anastonjosing shortly with 8, 9, these last two veins separating quite close to

costa : hindwing with costal and subcostal shortly approximated at base ; 3 and 7

before ends nf cell.

Type : Moneta plenicolor sjiec. nov.

-".'-. Moneta plenicolor spec. nov.

Foretciiitj : deeji red-brown, the ground-colour, which only shows through here

and there, being bright red-brown ; costa deep orange, spotted with brown ; first

line obliiinc, from one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner margin, interrupted,

running from subc<istal vein to median, and from snbmedian fold to inner margin,

white, with orange edging ; outer line obliij^ne and straight, from costa close before

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iipex to three-fourths of ioner maru:in, also interrn])teil, from vein 0 iicavly to 4,

aud between 3 and 2, where visibh', luniilatc-dontatc ; bntli lines slightly toothed

on veins ; an obscure dark cell-s])ot ; fringe brown, ti])i)cd with yellow.

Hindwinq : vinous red, deeper in outer half and black-speckled ; cell-spot

dark ; traces of an obscure Ininilatc-dontate postmedian line; fringe dark, with pale

yellow tips.

Underside paler ; forewing blurred brown, with fuscous speckling ; cell-spot

and sjwts on veins along outer line blackish ; marginal area dull yellowish in

iiround-colour ; ai)ex grey : hindwing deep brown in marginal area and along

inner margin; inner area sprinkled with lilac-grey aud coarsely black-speckled ; a

large black cell-spot ; spots of outer line black.

Head and thorax like forewiug ; abdomen like liindwing ; shoulders aud p;il|ii

tipped with orange ; tarsi rich brown, mottled with orange.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

7<?c?,l ?.

223. Nadagara cuneigera spec. nov.

Forcwinq : fawn-grey, in the S sometimes with a reddish tinge, covered with

blackish speckles ; the costal edge slightly darker, aud the subcostal vein pale

whitish ; lines dark brown edged with whitish, the inner inwardly, the outer

outwardly; both start from subcostal vein ; first at about one-third, oblique outwards

to two-fifths of iuuer margin ; outer from three-fourths of costa to fourth-fifths of

inner margin, its white edging diverted along subcostal to a])ex ; a tine subniarginal

white line forming wedge-shaped marks between veins, between 3 and 4 filled in

with dark scales ; fringe fawn-colour ; a black cell-spot.

Bindiring : without basal line ; the outer curved.

Underside whitish grey, speckled with darker ; the lines and cell-spots dark.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; face, shoulders, and dorsum darker

I'rey in ?, ferruginous in S ; patagia paler.

Exiianse of wings : 34 mm.

4 (?(?,4 ? ?.

224. Prionia pulchricolor s]iec. nov.

Foreiriiiq : in 3 pearl-grey, in the ? darker, with a reddish brown suffnsion,

and in both sprinkled with black ; basal area darker grey, followed at one-third by

a deep "reen band, which above median is narrow and funnel-shaped, and below it

swells out into an oblong sometimes rounded blotch ; this lower part in some cases

becomes quite jjale green, or yellowish grey ; the band is edged with pale and

sometimes ])receded on costa by a dark spot; cell-spot blackish green ; snbmarginal

line dark "rcy or dark olive, lunulate between the veins, connected with ajiex by

an obliijue streak ; from three-fourths of costa a dark green streak curves outwards

to vein 0, where it is sharply angled, and runs obli(iuely to two-thirds of inner

margin ; tliis outer line is rarely ]ilain ; fringe deep olive, with pale flecks beyond

the veius.

Iliiidwimi: bright rosy in costal half, grey-green belnw median and along

margin beyond the waved snbmarginal line; from end of cell to inner margin a

dark green band, crossed by the ])alc veins.

Underside of forewiug blurred reddish fulvous along inner margin, ociireons

with dark brown striae along costa ; marginal border and outer line filled with

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hoary grey, witli a yellow patch between them ; in tlie ? the ochrcons is suffused

with tawny brown : hindwing with base ochreons and outer half tawny brown

with dark striations ; the margin as in forewing ; ? wholly suffused with tawny ;

fringe in both wings dark brown with pale tips.

Face blackish green ; head and thorax dark grey, the vertex paler ; abdomen

pinkish grey, darker towards base ; in ? all the parts are darker, more suffused

with reddish grey ; palpi, pectus, and legs bright fulvous.

Expanse of wings : c? 28 mm. ; ? 32 — 35 mm.

5 c?c?, 4 ? ¥.

TWO NEW AGABISTIDAE.

By KARL JORDAN.

1. Aegocera leighi spec. nov.

<?. Side of palpus and the forecoxa chocolate ; head grey, a dot between antennae

brown, centre of frons and the crest of hairs at eye chocolate ; thora.x chocolate

.above, densely irrorated with grey and pale yellow scales ; abdomen orange above,

with central row of black spots, grey washed with chocolate on underside; tibiae

orange on upperside, fore- and midtibiae with two black dots each ; tarsi black, tips

of segments white ; bases of abdominal side-tufts chocolate beneath.

Wings, upperside. Forewing chocolate, densely irrorated with huffish grey

scales ; an irregular streak on median vein somewhat as in rectiUrica Boisd. (1S36),

irregularly sinuose, creamy white, not ijuite reaching a short costal creamy white

band which extends from lower angle of cell obliipiely to costa ; submarginal

area with an indistinct flexuose creamy line ; a row of minute admarginal chocolate

dots. Hindwing orange ; a small dot on cross-veins and a row of submarginal

spots black, the middle spots of the row minute.

Underside orange, apices of both wings somewhat washed with chocolate ;

forewing with a black dot in cell near apex and another on cross-veins ; hindwing

with a black spot on cross-veins and three or four submarginal spots, which are much

smaller than above, situated from anal angle forwards.

R- of forewing from apex of areole, as iu ^1. rectilinea ; areole longer than in

that species.

Length of forewing : 15 mm.

Ilab. Durban, Natal, October 1904 (G. F. Leigh) ; three specimens.

2. Argyrolepidia pamphila ombiranus.

?. y^'mgs, upperside ; blue tcaling reduced to a few dots on forewing and a