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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE,
H Journal of Zoology.
EDITEIJ HY
The Hon. WALTER EOTHSCHILD, Ph.D.,
Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dr. K. JORDAN.
Vol. XVI.
No. 1.
Pages 1 — 158.
Plates VIIL— Xlli.
Issued May 31st, at the Zoological Museum, Trixg.
PRINTED BY HAZELJ-, WATSON 4: VINEY. Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
1909.
Vol.. XVI.
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
EDITED BV
"WALTER ROTHSCHILD, ERNST HARTERT, and KARL JORDAN
CONTENTS OF NO. I.
I'AGBK
1. LIST OF PAIiXASSIIXAE Waller Koth^child . 1—20
2. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN ARCTIADAE . Waller Itothschikl . 21—52
3. SOME NEW SIPHONAPTERA (Plate VIII.) . .V. Charle.^ Uolhschild 53 56
4. NOTES ON FLEAS IN THE K. K. H(»b"-
MUSEUM (Plate IX.) .V. CImrles Rothschild 57— GO
5. ON SOME AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND
PALEARCTIC SIPHONAPTERA (Plates X.,
XI.) X. a harks Rothschild 01— 08
(i. NEW AMERICAN r RAM I DAE AND GEO-
METRIDAE W. Warren . 69 — 109
7. NEW SPECIES OF URAXIIJJAE AND GBO-
METRIDAE FROM THE AETHIOPIAN
KECION II'. Warren . . 110 — 122
8. NEW SPECIES OF TJIYRIDIDAE, VRANllUAK.
AND GEOMETRIDAE FROM THE ORIEN-
TAL REGION il'. Il'«;vc/' . 123—128
9. TWO REMARKABLE NEV»' SPECIES OL''
DIPTERA E. E. Aasteu . . 129—131
10. A NKW AEGERIID Walur IMhschild . 132
11. SYNONYMICAL NOTE ON XEXOPSY/.LA
PACHYUROMYiniS X. Charles Rothschild 132
12. NEIj'E ANSICHTEN tJBER DIE MORPHO
LOGIE, Usw, UND SVSIEMATIK DER
FLOHE (Plates XII., XIII.) . . . .A. C Omlemans . 133—158
NOVITATES ZOOLOGIGAE.
Vol. XVI., 1909.
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE
H Journal of Zoolot3^
IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM.
EDITED BT
The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.,
Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dji. K. JORDAN.
Vol. XVI., 1909.
(WITH EIGHTEEN PLATES.)
Issued at the Zoological Museum, Trinu.
PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON & VINEY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBUltY.
1910.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI. (1001)).
MAMMALIA.
PAGES
1. Nasua vittata Tsch. Walter Rothschild. (Plate I.) 333
AVES.
1. Notes sur les Oiseaux de \a. EepuVjlique Argentine. E. Haetert iind
S. Ventuhi (Plates II. and HI.) 159-267
2. On some Recently Discovered African Birds. Ernst Hartert. (Plates
XIV. and XV.) 333—335
COLEOPTERA.
1. New South Indian Anthribidae. Karl Jordan 307 — 308
2. On African Lotigicoms described by Hope and Westwood. Kakl Jordan 309 — 312
ORTHOPTERA.
1. Description of a New Apterous Earwig, apparently parasitic on a But.
Karl Jordan. (Plates XVI.— XVIIl.) 313—326
2. Notes on the Anatomy of Jleviivterus talpuides. Kakl Jordan. (Plate
XVIII.) 327—330
LEPIUOPTERA.
1. Catalogue of the Collection of I'aniassihuie in the Triug Museum.
Walter Rothschild 1 — 20
2. New South American ArctiaduH. Walter Rothschild .... 21 — 52
3. New American Uraniidae and Geomelridae. W. Warren . . . 69 — 109
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PAGES
4. New Species of Uraniidae and Geometridae from the Aethiopian Region.
W. Warren 110—122
5. New Species of Thi/i-klidae, Urnniidae and Geometridne from the Oriental
Region. W. Warren 123—128
6. A New Aegeriid. Walter Rothschild ........ 132
7. Descriptions of New South American Airtiai/ne. Walter HoTHsniiLU . 26X — 299
8. On the Species of Cricula {Sahirniidm). Karl Jordan .... 300- 30(j
9. Note on the Larva of Somabrachys. Karl Jordan .... 331 — 332
DIPTERA.
1. Two Remarkable New Species of Diptera. E. E. Austen . . . 129 — 131
SIPHONAPTERA.
1. Some New Siphonaptera. N. Charles Rothschild. (Plate VIII.) . 5.3 — 50
2. Notes on Fleas in the K. K. Hofmuseum in Vienna. N. Charles
Rothschild. (Plate IX.) 57—60
3. On some American, Australian, and Palaearctic Siphonaptera. N. Charles
Rothschild. (Plates X., XI.) (51 — 68
4. Synonymical Note on .\'e>iopsi/lla pai-liijurmnyidis. N. Charles Roth-
schild 133
5. Neue Aiisicht«n iiber die Morphologie des Flohkopfes, .sowie iiber die
Ontogenie, Phylogenie und Sy.stematik der Kliil\i'. A. C. Oudemans.
(Plates XI 1., XIIl.) 133—158
6. Some Additional Notes on Fleas dealt with in previous Papers.
N. Charles Rothschild 332
INDEX 337—358
LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME XVT.
]. Head of A'asua vittata. By F. W. Frohawk. (Colour-type.)
II.. III. Fggs of Argentine Birds. By H. Gronvold.
IV.— VII. Soutli American Arcliadae (Moths). (Colour-type by Witherliy & Co.)
VIII. — XI. Parts of Siphonaptera. By K. Jordan.
XII., XIII. Parts of Siplumaptera By A. C. Oudemans.
XIV., XV. Kecently Discovered African Birds. By J. G. Keulemans.
XVI. — XVIII. Structure and Anatomy of Arixmiia and //emhnenis. By K. Jordan.
ERRATA.
Plate VIII. has erroneously been marked "Volume IX., 1902," instead of Volume XVI.,
1909.
Page 0, No. 24 : the place where P. apollo pyrenaicus was collected h.y W. Rothschild
and E. Hartert is Cauterets, instead of " Cautarets."
19, No. x.\.\ii : the iianii' of the author of fnrnasxiiiti Inxias is Piiugclfr, not
" Piingler.''
52, No. 119: the reference should read PI. IV. tig. 22, instead of "tig. 23."
310, No. G : the generic- name should read " Ptycholaemus," instead of
" PAycholaemus."
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
Vol. XVI. MAY, 1909. No. 1
CATALOGUE OE THE COLLECTION OE FARNASSIINAE
IN THE THING MUSEUM, WITH SYSTEMATIC NOTES.
BY THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.
IN arr!iiif,ang tliis subfamily of butterflies I iiave made use of Herr H. Sticbel's
'' Fasciiiile " on the <];roiii) in Wj tsmau's (jenerd [nsertonim, jniblished in
litOT, as being the latest treatment of the family. Herr Stichel has revised the
I'ariiusxiinae no less than three times : Hrst in the Berliner Kntomoloqische
Zeitsclirift, vol. 51, secondly in Seitz, Gross-Sclimetterlinye der Erde, vol. 1, and
lastly in Wytsman's Genera Ivsectorum, Fascicnle 58.
1 do not for a moment jireteiid tliat I have studied this group as thoroughly
as Herr Stichel has done, but I have examined a very large number of specimens
in addition to those here enumerated (for instance, I have examined at Tring, of
Farnassiiis upolloniKS apollonius, 699 specimens from the Alexander Mountains
alone), and I have found several facts worth noting which do not agree with the
statements of Herr Sticliel.* These notes will be found under the various forms
in their proper order.
I. PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE (Linne).
1. P. mnemosyne mnemosyne (Linne).
et ab. melaina.
No specimen in Tring Museum.
This form is confined to Scandinavia and European Russia.
2. P. mnemosyne halteres Mnsch.
2 larvae, Martigny, Switzerland.
1 find that Imlterets is (jnite as distinct from mnemosyne mnemo/ii/ne as any of
the other local races oi mnemosyne.
3. P. mnemosyne parvus Stichel.
No specimens at Tring.
4. P. mnemosyne hartmanni Standfass.
1 <?, 2 ? ?, Tyrol; 4 ? ¥, Bavaria; 4 ? ? , S. Germany (all S melanistic);
3 <?cf, 3 ? ?, Reichenhall, 5U0 metres.
* One of my chief difficulties in fullowiiig Herr Sticliel's classification is the extreme individual
variation iu all and every si«cics and subspecies,
1
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T). P. muemosyne turatii nom. nov.
3c?(?, 1 ?, Gfcclre, Hantes Fyrfint'es (Roiulon) ; '^>i S 6 , IS ? ?, Hospice de
Franco, Liiolion, 1305 metres, July lOOo-O (W. Uotliscliild and Ernst Hartert). As
there is already a pi/ronniois in P<irna.miis I have elianged flie name.
(). P. mnemosyne parvimaciila snhsp. nov.
Differs from mncmoame tiimtii llothsch. by its much smaller size and much
narrower jjlassy marginal sjiace of the forewings, in whicli there is a more or less
distinct transverse band of white scales.
8])0ts in cell of forewiny' and at ajiex of cell in liindwi[ig smaller, and the dark
abdominal margin mncli restricted.
ASS, St. Michel de Consson, Digne, Jnly 1, lOiiS (Ur. K. Jordan) ; 'lH S S ,
10 ? ?, Foret de Donrbes, Digne, June I'.ios (Dr. K. .Tonliui).
7. P. mnemosyne nebrodensis Turati.
1~ SS, C ¥ ?, above (Jastelbnone, Madonie Mountains, 1450 — ICOO metres,
June UiOT (Oscar Nenmann) ; 5 SS, Sila Mountains, C'alabria, 1500 — 1700 metres,
Jnly 1007 (Oscar Neumann); 3 JcJ, Majella Mountains, Italy, July I'.MIC, (Oscar
Neumann).
8. P. mnemosyne hungaricus subsp. nov.
Differs from other European forms l)y its very reduced dark markings combined
with very large size.
2 SS, Kronstadt, Transylvania; 1 S, Hercnlesbad, 8.E. Hungary, Jnly 1007
(E. Hartert); 1 S, Frzemysl, Hungary; •> SS, Hungary, ex Felder coll.; 1 S,
Hungaria (/(V/c Standinger).
0. P. mnemosyne athene Stichel.
1 9, Veluchi, Chelmos (Krueper).
10. P. mnemosyne nubilosus ('hristoph.
7 cJd", 1 ?, Akbt;s, Asia Minor; 1 S, Taurus ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Amanus Mountains,
Syria ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Budschnnrd, Upper Atrek River, N. Persia, Aug. 1903 ; 1 S,
Marash, Syria (Escalera) ; 1 S, Persia, ex coll. Felder.
11. P. mnemosyne giganteus Standinger.
1 S, Sary-poul, Province of Knliab, Afghanistan; 9 tjcj, 6 ? ?, Persian Kopet-
Dagh, Siaret, 1160 metres ; 1 S, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, May 5-15, 1905;
24 (?(?, 5 ¥ ?, Kutmen-Tjube, Sussamyr Mountains, June and Jnly; 3 c?<^, 2 ? ?,
Transcas])ia ; 1 ?, Transcaspia, Austaut's type of his var. oc/irucea ; 1 cT, Trans-
caspia, ex coll. Felder; ASS, Ischimgan, June; 2 SS, 2 ? ?, Naryn district,
north side of the Tianshan Mountains; 3 c?(?, 5 ? ?, below Sary-mat, Serafschan,
8000 ft., early May to middle of August 1900 (Funke); 1 9, Samarkand, ex coll.
Felder; 1 S, 1 V, Kuldja.
II. PARNASSIUS STUBBENDORFII Mknetiiiks.
1. P. stubbendorfii stubbendorfii Menetries.
3 S S, Kurai Pass, Altai, 7500 ft., July 5 (H. J. Elwes) ; \ S , Alt:u, Kudigmak,
ex coll. Fehler ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, Sajan ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , ex coll. Felder ; 1 S,
( 3 )
Siiiniii-shau (Grnm-Gr.iliimailo, ex coll. Fcldcr) ; 2 cJc?, 1 ? , Amur ; 1 (?, Amur
(Graeser) ; :i Jc?, no looiilih- ; 2 ? ?, ex coll. l'\'iilcr ; 1 ?, ah. melaiiojjliiii, Amur.
2. P. stubbendorfii tartarus Ansfant.
2 (?(?, 3 ? ?, Knkn-Nor (IJuckbcil).
3. P. stubbendorfii citrinarius Motsclionlsky.
3 <? c?, Japan, ex coll. Felder ; 5 ? ? , Japan ; A S S , Sappero, Yesso, June 1890 ;
1 J, Hakodate, Ang. 1886 (Leech) ; 1 cj, 1 ?, Mnkoyaiua, 10. v. 1896; 2 c?^,
Yokohama, June ls94 ; 9 SS, Nikko, May 1898; 11 iS, Nikko, May 1888;
2 J cJ, Nikko, July 1890 ; 1 c?, Nikko, June 1897 ; 1 ? , Assamayama, 22. vi. 98 ;
1 (?, Ichang (te^e Jankowsky).
HI. PARNASSIUS FELDERI Bremer.
1 c?, 1 ?, types, Amur, ex coll. FcMer ; 2 (Jc?, 2 ? ?, Amur ; 5 c?<^, 1 ?, no
locality; i S S , 3 ? ?, Raddei'ka (from Taucre) ; 1 J, Amur, 10,000 ft., Bremer
ex coll. Felder; 1 ?, Raddefka; 1 ?, Amur, ah. atrntii.
IV. PARNASSIUS EVERSMANNI Mknktries.
1- P. eversmanni eversmanni Meiu'tries.
2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Siberia; 3 c?c?, 2 ? ?, South Central Siberia; 1 c?, Irkut ;
1 ? , Nikolajefsk, Amur Province (ex coll. M. Bartel) ; 1 ? , East Sajan ; 2 cJcJ,
1 ?, Amur; 1 i, Amur, ex coll. Felder, 1 S, Tchnja Mountains, COUH to 8000 ft.,
S.E. Altai, 14. vii. 1908 (H. J. Ehves); 1 S, Witira.
Herr Stichel's subsi>ecies founded on Verity's fignre of a i from Nikolajefsk
which he calls ecersmanni litoreus is not maintainable, as my S.E. Altai specimen
is similar, and males from Nikolajefsk in several collections agree with the type,
as do those I have from the Amur.
2. P. eversmanni thor H. Edwards.
This form from Alaska is not in the Tring Museum.
V. PARNASSIUS CLODIUS Menetries.
1. P. clodilis clodius Menetries.
0 (?(?, 1 ¥, Upper Kociue Uiver, Oregon (Mrs. Austin); \ S,\ ?, Washington
Territory (Morrison); 1 ?, Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermann); 1 S, Vancouver
Island ; 10 66, 4 ? ?, MctUoiid River, Shasta t.!o., and 40 66, 18 ? ?, Mount
Shasta, Siskiyou Co., California (0. T. Baron).
1 cannot find any reason for separating Herr Stichel's clodius (jaUatiiins, as
I have seen tyjiical clodiiia clodius from cpiite close to (Jallatin Province.
2. P. clodius claudianus Stichel.
1 6,2 ?9, Vancouver; 1 J, 1 ?, New Westminster, British Colnmbia
(A. D. Jones); 1 6,1 *, British Columbia; 4 66, A ? ?, Vancouver, British
Columbia (A. H. Bush).
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3. P. clodius baldur \V. H. Kdwurds.
lU c^c?, T) ?¥, N. t!alii'ornia (Mrs. Austin); r, -H, 1 ?, Tnickee Pass,
600U to SOnu ft., California; 1 <?, Plumas Co., Califoniia, Angiist 1901; 1 <?,
Sierra Nevada, California, ex coll. Felder ; 1 S, Lake City Pass, Madoc Co.,
California, IS. vi. 1897 (Mrs. Austin); 1 cJ, 3 ??, C'rater Lake, California,
11. viii. )8!i7 (Mrs. Austin); 1 S, 1 ?,Qniucy, 7. viii. 18'J7, 8400 ft. (Watson);
1 ?, Lake View, August 3, 1S97 (Austin); 3 SS, 2 ? ?, California; 2 c?c?, 1 ?,
Verdi, Nevada, 7000 ft., 7. 3. 1897; 1 (?, Nevada (Morrison) ; 1 S, ab. ment'tr/esi,
Colorado; 1 ?, Utah (Murdoch); 9 c?c?, 1 ?, S.W. Colorado, August 1900
(Oslar); 1 c?, California (Dr. Behr) and 2 c?c?, 2 ? ¥, Salt Lake District (Lorqnin),
all ex coll. Felder; 3 ? ?, California (0. T. Baron); 13 cJJ, 0 ? ?, summit of
Sierra Nevada, California (O. T. Barou).
VL PARNASSIUS CLARIUS Eversmann.
1 (?, Armenia, ex coll. Felder ; 2 6 <S, Altai, ex coll. Felder ; 5 JcJ, Altai ;
2 SS, 2 ??, ex coll. Felder; 5 cJcJ, 3 ??, no locality; 1 S, Sary-poul,
Province of Kuliab, Afghanistan ; 1 cf, type of a/j. di'/tta/ii Anstaut.
Vll. PARNASSIUS NORDMANNI Menetbiks.
1. P. nordmanni nordmanni Menetri^s.
1 <?, 1 ?, ex coll. Felder ; 1 t?, 2 ? ¥, Caucasus : 2 SS, N.W. Caucasus ;
1 d, Province of Majkon, N.W. Caucasus, 5000 ft. (C. Schaposclmikoff) ; 1 S,
Caucasus, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. nordmanni minimus Honrath.
2 (JcJ, Caucasus; 3 cJJ, no locality; 1 c?, Swanetia, Caucasus.
VIII. PARNASSIUS BREMERI Fklder.
2 cJcJ, 2 ? ?, Pokrofka, Amur (1 ? Graeser, others from Taucre) ; 2 ? ?,
Raddefka (from Tancri^) ; 4 Si, Amnr (1 Graeser); 2 cJJ, 2 ? ¥, Amur, ex
coll. Felder; 1 ?, Chaharowsk (from Tancre) ; 1 ?, Siitsclian (from Taucre);
3 cJf?, 1 ?, no locality ; 1 ?, ditto, ex Felder coll.
The form graeseri with the ? ? much whiter, ;iMd the males with smaller
ocelli, occurs alongside the type, and therefore e;ui only he considered as an
aberration.
IX. PARNASSIUS PHOEBUS (Fabhiwus).
1. P. phoebus phoebus (Fabricius).
C SS, 4 9?, Altai Mountains ; 1 c?, S. Altai, May 1890 (from Tancr6) ; 1 ?,
Altai (Kindermann ex coll. Felder); 1 c?, 1 ?,Tthnja Monntains, Altai, 4000 to
COOO ft., July and August 1898 (H. J. Elwes) ; l" <?, Darkot, Altai, 7500 ft.
(H. J. Elwes) ; 1 <?, Amur ex Mns. Petersburg, ex coll. Felder ; 2 cJcJ, 3 ? ?,
Irkut; 1 t?, 1 ?, East Sajan ; 1 ?, Oiigodai, Altai Mountains (Rere/.owsky, 1888);
1 ?, Kaholi (Kindermann, ex coll. Felder) ; 7 Jcf, Altai, and 2 S6, S. Altai,
July 1S89, from Tancre, are iib. seilahoeij.
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2. P. phoebus intermedius Menetri^s.
1 c?, Sonth Central Siberia; 2 Jc?, 1 ?, Siberia; 1 (J, 1 ?, Taibagatai ;
2 ? ?, S. Alai, May 1806 (from Taacre).
3. P. phoebus interpositus Herz.
1 <S, Jaiiatal (0. Herz).
The c? of this race is distingnislied by its large size, and the very narrow
glassy onter margin to the forewings.
4. P. phoebus uralensis Menetrids.
No sjiecimen in the Tring collection.
5. P. phoebus styriacus Frnhstorfer.
No specimen in my collection.
Styria.
6. P. phoebus delius Esper.
1 c?, 1 ?,Sterzing, Brenner Pass, July 1896 (046 metres!!); 1 (?, Uj)i)er
Val d'Uina (I'l Hartert) ; 14 <?<?, 7 ??, Tasna Valley, Tarasp (B. Hartert) ;
Id ¥ ? (aberrations), Bergiin, 1887 ; 3 ? ? , no locality, ex Felder coll. ; 4 c?<?,
1 ¥, lleutlial, Ujiper Engadine, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 1 <?,
Schafberg, Poutrcsina, Jnly 10o4 (M. Bartel) ; 9 cJc?, 4 ??, Snvretta da St.
Moritz, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ; 1 <?, St. Moritz, Jnly 1904
(M. Bartel) ; 20 c?^, 2 ? ?, Camfer, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ;
1 c?, 1 ?, Camfer, Jnly 1881 (W. Rothschild) ; 7 <S6, 1 ?, Julierthal, Engadine,
July 1904 (M. Bartel) ; 1 S, Jnlier Pass, 7400 ft., 3. viii. 1901 (Theodor Althans) ;
6 c?<?, 2 ??, Cavloccio, Italian Engadine, July 1904 (\V. Rothschild &
K. Jordan) ; 1 <?, Motta Nalnns, above Tarasp, July 1003 (A. Goodson) ; 1 ? , Tarasp,
Jnly 1901 (W. Rothschild); 1 ?, Snr Sass, 2300 metres (E. Hartert, 1903);
2 S6, Engstleralp, Joch Haslithal, July 1003; 1 c?, Gross Glockner, ex coll.
Felder; 2 larvae and 1 jinpa from Martigny ; 12 d'd', 3 ? ? , Le Lautaret, Hautes
Alpes, Jnly 1908 (VV. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 11 <^c?, 6 ??, Pralognan,
Savoie, August 1908 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 1 ?, La Grave, Hantes
Ali)es, July 17, 1908 (W: Rothschild).
As we at Tring accept the specific names as valid which were originally
used in the same combination, should they afterwards prove to belong to different
genera, I employ here Esper's name of i/elius, because Drnry's (lelius is not a
Parnassius.
7. P. phoebus corybas Fisher de Waldheim.
2 c? (? , Kamtschatka.
8. P. phoebus apricatus SticJjel.
The Tiing Museum possess no sj)ecimen of tbis race.
9. P. phoebus smintheus Doubleday.
6 (J J, 3 ? ?, Colora<lo; 2 (?c?, 1 ?, Colorado (Mason) ; 2 cJcJ, 1 ?, Colorado,
14,000 ft. ; 1 S, Rocky Mountains, ex coll. Felder ; 16 J(?, 8 ? ?, Bullion Peak,
South Park, Colorado, 14,300 ft., August, 1901 (Oslar) ; 4 cJtJ, 6 ¥ ?, Golden,
Colorado, June 1900 (Oslar) : b i S ,\ ? , ( 'liimiu'.v Gnlcli, Golden, f 'oloiado, June 1900
(Oslar) ; 5 cjc?, SilvertoD, Colorado, July I'.MMI (Oslar); 1 c?, Deover, Coiorado
(Strecker) ; 1 cj, 4 ? ?, Larima Co., Colorado, yoiio to lO.DiiO feet.— 1 cJ, Larima
Co., 1 c?, Colorado Nash, and 1 tj, Bullion Peak, Sonth Park, 14,300 feet, Colorado,
Jnly 1901 (Oslar), are ai. mfiiulim Stichel.— o ? ?, Colorado, 14,000 to l(;,Ooii
feet, 5 ? ? , Silverton (see (inti'iY), 2 ? ? , Bullion Peak (see nnirn), 3 ? ¥ , uo locality,
and 1 ? , Amer. bor. ex coll. Felder, are ab. hermodur H. Edwards.
The female form hermodur occurs everywhere among the type, and can at most
be considered an aberration, and not, as Stiohel .says, a local race confined to South
Colorado. P. sa>ji is not even an aberration worth naming.
It I. P. phoebus behrii W. H. Edwards.
3 (?(?, Yosemite Canon, California; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, no locality.
11. P. phoebus magnus AV right.
14 (J (J, 1 ?, British Columbia ; 3 JcJ, 4 ? ?, Ozoyoos, British Columbia, 1895
(Reynolds); 2S$,\ ?," U.S.A." (? Vancouver Island); 1 c?, Stickeen River, British
Columbia ; 1 c?, Kaslo, British Columbia — nanus Neumoegen was founded on
dwarf aberrations of this form and tiie typical form.
X. PARNASSIUS APOLLO (Linni;).
This species, the type of the genns, has been the subject of an enormous amount
of literature. It has been split up into no less than 31 subspecies, and below I am
describing two more. It is, however, a most regrettable fact that 17 names
have been given to mere individual aberrations. P. ajtol/o is one of the most
variable of butterflies, and it would be jjossible to name almost every second
specimen as a distinct aberration. If entomologists continue this ]iractice of
naming whole hosts of individual aberrations, it will make the scienlilic study of
insects of almost insurmountable difticulty, and also once again bring entomology
into the disrepute from whicli we were hoping it was gradually emerging.
1. P. apollo apollo (Liune).
1 S, "Suecia," ex Felder coll.; 1 c?, 1 ?, Wermland, IMni ; 3 (^c?,2 ? ?,
Upsala district (Wiman) ; 1 S, Sweden (Thuini) ; 1 d, Hall Saro (Westring).
2. P. apollo finmarchicus Rothsch.
2 (?(^, Lavisa, Helsingfors ; 2 <Jc^, 1 ¥, llelsingfors ; 2 c?cJ, 1 ? Finland.
3. P. apollo limicola Stichel.
1 c?, 2 ? ?, Ural Mountains ; 1 V, Ural, ex coll. Felder.
4. P. apollo democratus Kruliivowsky.
i 66, Caucasus, ex Felder collection; 1 6, Russia; \ 6, 1 ?, no locality;
1 S, North-West Caucasus, July; 5 66, 0 ??, St. Wladimir, near Klasna,
Russia.
5. P. apollo sibiricus Nordmann.
5 66,6 ? ?, Altai -,266,1 ?, Siberia I ] ; 2 6 6 , Ongodai, Altai Jlountains
(Berezowsky) ; 1 6, Ustkamenogorsk ; 2 cJc^, 4 ? ?, ex coll. Felder, no locality ;
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1 (?, I ?, no locality ; 1 ?, Bashkaus, S.E. Altai, 30o(j to OOuO I't., 29. vii. 1898
(H. J. Elvves); 1 (?,Samrams, Altai, July (fi-om Taiu-re) ; 1 ?, July (froiu Taiicre) ;
G SS, 1 ?, Kok-Tjiilje, Issyk-kul, July VMVl (Kutseiiko); ?<?(?, 2 ??, Great
Aksu, Issyk-kul, July 1902 (Kutsenko) ; A S <S , Naryu-Kol,Tiaii Sliaii Jlonutains ;
1 (?, Tian Shan ; 1 (?, 3 ? ?, Alexander Mountains (from Tancre) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Hi
District (from Tancre); 1 ?, Issyk-kul (from Taacrd) ; 3 c?c?, 2 ??, Kappak,
Alexander Mountains, July 18-20, 1905; \ S <S , 2 ??,Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian
Shan Mountains, August 12, 190.J (Kutsenko).
Herr Fruhstorfer's apollo mevzbacheri is a synonym (if sibericus, for not only are
the liulk of the Tian Shan specimens indistinguishable from those from other
localities, but there are Altai and other specimens agreeing with Verity's figure
which is Fruhstorfer's type I I !
6. P. apollo chryseis Verity.
2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, Jnldus, south of Issyk-kul.
7. P. apollo mongolicus Staudinger.
1 c?, Saisan, W. Mongolia, cotype.
8. P. apollo hesebolus Nordmaun.
35 c?(?, 22 ??, Apple Mountains, Transbaicalia, June 1902; 1 i , Kiachta,
e.x coll. Felder ; 3 cJc?, 3 ? ?, Keutoi Mountains ; I ?, Kentei Blountains (from
Tancre) ; I c?, Kentei Mountains, ex Roder coll.
9. P. apollo levautinus Rothschild.
1 cJ, 1 ?, Aiutab, Syria (from Staudinger).
It). P. apollo subspec. (?)
1 6, Armenia ; 1 ? , Armenia, e.x Rfider coll.
This form, of which I have only seen the aliove specimens, resembles most apoUo
carpathkus, but the material is too scanty to decide upon.
II. P. apollo carpathicus Rebel and Ilugenhofer.
G 66, 4 ? ?, Schemnitz; lo S6, Tatra, 2000 metres, July; 3 66, 3 ? ?,
P.arlangliget, Carpathians ; 9 cJcJ, 1 ?, Braniskoer Mountains, Carpathians ■,"166,
I ?, Carpathians ; 'Z 6 6 , Kronstadt ; and I 6, Rodna, Transylvania.
12. P. apollo albus Rebel and Rogenhofer.
1 6, German Silesia ; I 6, Rebau District, Silesia ; 2 ? ?, German Silesia, ex
coll. Hijder (tiiese are from the district in whicii this form is now exterminated) ;
I 6, Bohemia ; 8 cJcJ, 6 ? ?, Diirnsteiu, near Krems ; 'Z 66,1 ? , Austrian Alps,
ex coll. Felder; f3 66,2 ? ? , Schneeberg, Lower Austria ; 1 ¥, Lower Austria; I ? ,
Kirchberg on the Wechsel ; I ? , same locality, aberration wanting black spot on the
inner-marginal area of forewings and ocelli of hiudwmgs almost black, ex coll.
Felder (shows signs of artificial colouring); I ?, type of ai. iwcante ex coll. Felder.
said to have been taken 1860, " Bos. Halbhnben " in Silesia; 3 c^cj, 3 ? ?, Strom-
berg, Moravian Silesia; 2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, Hoheusteiu, Lower Austria.
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13. P. apollo bosniensis Slidiel.
1 d", 1 ?, Koricua, Bosnia ; 3 Jc?, 2 ? ?, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
14. P. apollo grajus .Stichel.
1 c?, 1 ?, Balkans ; 1 ?, Albania, ex cnll. Feldei- ; 1 ?, Greece, ex coll. Rr.der,
aberration with all black iuarkiny;s Ijrowiiisli grej'.
lo. P. apollo liburnicus Hebel and Rogenhofcr.
3 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Velebit Moniitains, Croatia, ex coll. Felder ; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, ex coll.
Felder, Velebit ; 1 <S, Croatia; I ?, Croatia, ex coll. IJoder.
1*5. P. apollo rubidus Frnbstorfer.
1 (?, 1 ?, Tyrol ; 1 ?, Merau ; 1 ?, bred in Zoological (iaidrus, Londun.
17. P. apollo montanus Stichel.
1 c?, 1 ?, Pirchabriick, 13. vii. IS'.Hi, .sCl) metres ; o c?cJ, 1 ?, Sterzing, 7. vii.
1896, 946 metres; 3 S<S, Andraz, 22. vii. 1896, 1428 metres ; 2 <S <i , 1 ?, Tyrol ;
1 S, Kimer-See ; 1 S, Caprile, 19. vii. 1890, 1U29 metres.
18. P. apollo apenninus Sticliel.
2 SS, Italy! These two c?c? are nnlike any other I'onn 1 know, as the
hindwings are i)roduced into a distinct point on a line with tlie lower ocellus, and
their outline is thus distinctly angulated, and not round as iu all other forms of
r. apollo. Monsienr Oberthiir figures two sjiecimens sliowing a similar trait from
the Pyrenees, but these are monstrosities, having it only on one side. Some
females of the next race show slight traces.
1 cJ ex coll. Felder is marked " Apennines," but although it is placed in the
collection under this name, I believe it is only a very large c? of P. apollo alhus
wrongly labelled. This form of apollo is stated by Stichel to be small, but I do
not tiiink, from what I have seen, it is constantly niuch smaller than the more
northern races.
19. P. apollo siciliae Oberthur.
o cJt?, 6 ? ?, Madonie Mountains, Sicily, .July (Geo. C. Kruger) ; 1 (f, Sicily,
ex coll. Felder.
2i). P. apollo pumilus Stichel.
9 SS, 1 ?, Aspromonte, near Reggio, 1600— 18U0 metres, July 1-3, 1907
(Oscar Nenmann).
This form was first described by Stichel as a distinct subspecies {Berl. lint.
Zeit., vol. 51, p. 88, t. 2, f. 14), from two specimens marked "Sicily" in the
Berlin Museum. He then treated it as an aberration of xiciline in his " Fascicule "
5^, of Wytsujan's (ii'iierri, Iiiscctorum. It is, however, a i|uite distinct subsjieeies,
much more resembling Parwissiiis phochus jilioi'bim than any form of /'. iipollo.
If the two specimens iu Berlin really came from Sicily, which 1 doubt, they
probably came from Mount Etna, opposite Reggio, in which case apollo siciliae
would W. confined to the Madonie Mountains. The reason I doubt the alleged
locality ol' the ty|)es is that these Aspromonte specimens agree so minutely with
both Herr Stichel's figures iu Seitz and that quoted above.
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21. P. apollo melliculus Stichel.
1 (^, 1 ?, Eichstiitt, Nieder Franken, Bavaria ; 2 tJcJ, 2 ? ?, South Germany;
1 S, 1 ?, Bavaria; 1 S, no locality; 1 cJ, no locality, transition to ab. unsl/otti ;
1 ?, Bavaria, and 1 ?, Regensbnrg, ab. ivislwtfi \ 2 Si, 2 ?S, Riedenberg,
Bavaria ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Todtnan, Baden, Schwarzwald ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Bleistadt,
Bohemia.
22. P. apollo vinniagensis tsticbel.
1 ?, Staffelsteiu ; 3 c?c?, 3 ? ¥, Wiuningen a/d. Mosel.
23. P. apollo proviucialis Kheil.
29 SS,! ? ?, Digne, Basses Alpes, June 1908 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ;
5 c?c?, Foret de Dourbes, Digue, June 25, 1908 (K. Jordan) ; 1 ?, Basses Alpes.
24. P. apollo pyrenaicus Ilarconrt.
18 SS, 3 ? ¥, VaJ d'Aras, Byrenees, Spain, June 1907 (Mousqnes) ; 27 (?(?,
16 ? ?, Luchon, July 1905—1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 5 Si, Road
from Lucliou to tlie Val de Lys, July 10-13, lOii.j (W. Rothschild & E. Ilartert) ;
1 S , same locality, July 13, aberration with wide black submargiual and marginal
band to hindwings -,2 SS, above Lac d'Oo, 5700 ft., July 2(J, 1905 (W. Rothschild &
E. Hartert) ; 3 ? ?, below Luchon, August 3,4, 1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ;
9 (?c?, 5 (J?, tiantarets, July 1905—1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert); 1 S,
Cantarets to Cambasquc, 14. vii., 1906 (W. Rothschild k E. Hartert); 2 SS,
Cautarets (Monsqu(5s, 1907); 1 ?, Cantarets (Mousques, 1907), aberration; 1 ?,
Cambasque, July 1905 (Mousqnes); 5 SS, 4 ?, Gavarnie, July 27, 1905
(W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 1 c?, 2 ? ? , Pierrefitte to Gavarnie, July 27, J 905
(W. Rothschild & E. Ilartcr(j.
25. P. apollo escalerae subsp. nov.
This new form, of which an enormous series was sent me by BI. de la
Escalera, is distinct from P. apollo nevadensis and P. npollo pyreiininis. It
resembles in the S apollo liburnicus, but differs in having the black blotches of
the f'orewings and the ocelli of the hindwings very reduced in size. The ? ? are
as a rule larger than pyiii'iiaicus, and there are less blackish ones among them.
The ocelli in the hiudwing are also larger and darker red in the greater numljer of
the specimens,
39 (?(J, 35 ? ?, 8an Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain, June and July 1906 (Manuel
de la Escalera) ; 1 S, same locality, with yellow ocelli; \ S,\ ?, Castile ;
1 c?, 1 ?, Sjiain.
26. P. apollo snbsp.
1 S , Moncayo Mountains, Spain, 11. viii. 1898. This specimen is quite dis-
tinct, being very small and resembling P. apollo siciliae, but the two black patches
in cell of I'orewings are very large. One specimen, iiowever, is nut sufficient to
warrant my naming it.
27. P. apollo nevadensis Uberthiir.
1 have no specimens of this form. ObiTthiir's diagnosis is, however, wrong in
so fir that specimens witli yellow ocelli are not the rule in the Sierra Nevada.
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2S. P. apoUo valesiaciis Fmlistoifer.
1 ?, Gorner Grat ; 1 6, Wallis ; 2 d ,i , lietwceii Brij;- ami Fiescb, Wallis,
August 1907 (Oscar Neumann); 4 6 S , \ ?, Tascli, near Zeriuatt, 1500— lOOii
metres, August 3—8, HMi7 (Uscar Neumann); 3 <iS, Poscliiavo (Dr. Pozzi) ;
several pairs, Zermatt, August 2o, 1908 (Oscar Neumann).
~'0. P. apollo geminus Stidu-l.
1 (?, Alps I transition to ah. irisliotti ; 1 <?, 2 ? ?, Helvetia ; 1 ? , no locality,
ex Felder coll. ; 1 ? , Helvetia ex Felder coll. ; 4 <? J , 2 ? ? , Chateau d'Oex, July 28
to August ;i, 1907 (Oscar Neumann) ; two larvae ; 1 S, Allgiiu.
30. P. apollo nivatus Fruhsturler.
1 S, Weissenstein, near Soleure, Swiss Jura (\V. Itnthschilil) ; 1 ({, Jura,
25. vii. 1902 ; 3 ? ?, 1 ?, BOzingen, Swiss Jura, June l89o.
31. P. apollo carinthicus Sticbel.
1 (?, 1 ?, Carniola; Z Si, Stejner Alps, Carniola, 10. vii. 1899; 1 c?,
Turschenwlissern, Carniola.
32. P. apollo rhaeticus Frulistorfer.
40 SS, 30 ? ?, Tarasp, Lower Engadine, July 190l— 19o3 (W. Rotliscbild &
E. Hartert); 1 S, St. Moritz, and 1 c?, Schafberg, July 1904 (M. Bartel) ; 1 S,
2 ??, Campfer, 1881 (W. Rothschild); 1 3,2 5?, Bergiin, 1887; 42 S <S ,
23 ? ?, Campfer, July 1904 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 3 Jc?, 1 ?, Tbusis,
Grisons (W. Rothschild, 1901) ; 1 ?, Iloher Rhaotien, Tliusis, (Jrisons (W. Roth-
schild, 1901).
33. p. apollo bartholomaeus Sticbel.
5 c? (?, 2 ? ?, Fenner, Bercbtesgaden, August 1901 ; 1 cj, 1 ?, Berchtesgaden,
August 1901.
34. P. apollo brittingeri Rclid and Roirenhot'er.
1 cJ, SclioberstiMn, Upper Austria.
a ? ¥, Enns, Upper Austria, 1000 metres, July ; 9 (^ J, o ? ?, Hochschwab,
Styria.
3."i. P. apollo substitutus sulisji. nov.
91 S 6, 19 ? ?, La Grave, Mantes Alpes, l.")00 to l^oo metres, July 1908
(W. Rothschild and K. Jordan); 9 t? cj, 3 ? ?, Le Lautaret, Hautes Alpes, 2000
to 2100 metres, July 1908 (VV. Rotliscbild and K. Jordan); 44 J c?, 32 ? ?,
I'ralognan, Haute Savoie, August 1908 (W. Rotbscliikl and K. Jordan)-
This new form is intermediate between /'. it. hi-itiiiujej-i and /'. a. rliiiiiiciis,
but has usually smaller ocelli; is also usually very small.
1 <?, Bourg, l)auj)hinu (Prof. Pousou), aberraliou with coalesceut black spots
in cell.
3ii. P. apollo subsp.
2 (JcJ, 2 ? ?, Saletalpe, July 1002.
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P. apollo dwarfs.
•5 SS, ihvarfs ex. coll. Felder, no locality.
P. apollo rhaeticus .< P. phoebus delius.
1 S, f'aiupfer, July :3ril, 1 <i , Caiii|ilVM-, July Kllh, 101)4 (W. Roth.schild and
K.Jdrdau); 1 S, Campfer, July ISs] (W. Rothschild j.
P. apollo sibericus x P. discobolus.
1 (?, 1 ?, Sii-t Saryjas.s, Tiau (Shan, August 1—8, lOO.J ; 1 ?, Kappak, Alex-
ander Bloimtains, July 18 — 22.
XI. PARNASSIUS DAVIDIS Obbrthur.
1. P. davidis davidis <Jberthur.
1 bave no specimens of this form.
2. P. davidis honrathi Staudinger.
2 cJd', 2 ? ?, Samarkand (Uaberliauer) ; 1 c?, 1 ? , Samarkand (0. lien 1902) ;
'■i SS, 1 ?, Samarkand, ex. coll. Felder ; 1 cJ, Turkestan ! ; 2 ? ?, Samarkand ;
1 (?, Uarvvaz, Central Asia (from Tancri'") ; 2 c?cJ, Saran Shan, aberrations, 1 with
ocelli all black, the other with tliom almost all black.
3. P. davidis alburnus Stichel.
2 c?c?, 1 ?, Pamirs, cotypes.
4. P. davidis dux Staudinger.
I have never seen this subspecies.
XII. PARNASSIUS APOLLONIUS Eversmann.
10 c?(J, 2 ? ?, between Osch and Usgcuit, July and August; 2 Sd, Aulie
Ala ; 1 c?, Tascbkend, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , Jlarghilan ; 1 ? , Kuldja ; 1 <S
2 ? ?, Alexander Mountains ; 2 c?<f, 2 ? ?, Turkestan ; 108 Jc?, 84 ? ?, Kappak,
Alexander Mountains, July 18—22, 1905; 26 cJcJ, 16 ? ?, Ketmeu Tjube, Sus-
samyr Mountains, June and Jnly I'.liKi; 5 cfc?, 6 ? ?, Karagaitau.
P. apolloniiis (jlorioiiKs of Fruhstorfer is not a valid subspecies. 1 have
examined from the Alexander Mountains some Ouo specimens, and very few
differed from typical apoltoniiis.
1. P. apollonius alpinus Staudinger.
1 S, 1 ?, Alexander Mountains (IVom Tancrc') ; \ S, 1 ?, Alai, 7000 feet,
ex coll. Feldcr; 2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, no locality ; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. apollonius daubi Fruhstorfer.
:5 SS, 3 ? ?, below Sary-mat, Serafschan, 8000 ft., August 1900 (Fuuke);
1 6, 3 ? ?, South Fer;
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Xlll. PARNASSIUS NOMION Fislhki: de Waldheim.
1- P. noniiou nomion Fischer de AV'ulJheiiu.
5(» (?(?, 20 ? ?, Apple Moniitaiiis, Traiisbaicalia, July l'.Mi2; 2 :?cT, 2 ? ?,
Transliaicalia ; 3 cJcJ, 1 ?, Amur, from .St. Petersbiirj,' Museum, ex coll. Felder ;
1 ?, E. Siberia, ex coll. Felder; 3 ? ?, Wladimir Bay, E. .Siberia, 9. viii. 1897 ;
5 S(S, 1 ?, Ougodai, Altai Mountains (Berezovvsky 181)8); 1 (?, 1 ?, Central
Altai; 3 Si, 1 ?, S.Altai (from TancreJ ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Altai Miuintains ; 1 S,
1 ?, Pokrofka (from Tancrej ; I ?, Sidemi Mountains (from Tancre) ; 1 S,
Chabarowka (from Tancro) ; (i cJc?, 4 ? ?, Central Altai ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Kentei ;
8 Jc?, 3 ? ?, Changai ; 0 S6, 3 ? ?, Urga ; 1 S, Oiian, from St. Petersburg
Museum, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. nomion mandschuriae Obertiiiir.
6 tJ^, 3 ? ?, Sutschan ; 1 c?, Ussuri, ex coll. Felder ; 8 JtJ, o ? ?, Bikin,
Amur; I c?, 1 ?, Manchuria.
3. P. nomion nomiuiilus Standinger.
7 cJd", 3 ? ?, Sajan ; 4 <^c?, 1 ?, Turka M.umtains, Baikal ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Irkiit ;
1 <J, E. Sajan; 1 cJ, Siberia!
P. nomion nomion x P. apollo hesebolus.
1 cJ, Apple Mountains, Trausbaicalia, .Tune l',)(i2.
XIV. PARNASSIUS NOMIUS OiiUM-tiitsHMAiLo.
3 c?(?, Kuku-Nor, Thibet, June (frum Tancrej ; 2 Sd, 1 ?, Sinning Moun-
tains, Thibet (from Tancre); 1 cJ,Niau Shan Mountains (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890,
ex coll. Felder).
XV. PARNASSIUS OLYMPIUS Staudinger.
2 <JS, 1 ?, Kurnk-Tag, cotypes.
This is evidently a distinct species, as typical diiicohohis occur with it.
XVI, PARNASSIUS DISCOBOLUS Stai iunokr.
1. P. discobolus discobolus Staudinger.
3 c?cJ, 2 ??, Issyk-kid (from Tancre); 1 S,\ ?, Alexander Mountains
(Tancre); 1 c?, 1 ?, Boro-Chozo Mountains (Grnm-Grshimailo) ; 1 S, Kudara-
Argha, 11,(MIU feet, ex coll. Felder; 1 S, Samarkand; 1 S, Merv ; 1 ?,
Afghanistan (from Tancre); 2 cJc?, 1 ?, Tarbagatai ; 1 <?, r;//. /v/c/^wito, Jnldus ;
2 ? ?, ah. fjilca, Karagaitau ; 2 cjc?, 3 ? ?, Kuldja (from Tancre; ; ^ Si, Korla ;
2 ? ?, Kuruk-Tag = oli/nipiiis auct. non Staudinger; 1 S, Alatau ; 1 ditto, ex coll.
Felder ; 115 SS, 51 ? ?, Sirt Saryjas, Tian Shan Mountains, August 1—8, 1905
(Kutsenko); !S S S , •) ??, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, July 18—22, 1905;
19 cJc? ? ? , Tnrgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, August 12, I'.Mi.-) (Kutsenko); 6 SS,
5 ? ¥ Lttle Kizil-su Pass, Tian Shan, .luly 21, 19U5 (Kutsenko).
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2. P. discobolus ininoi" Standiiiger.
1 S, between Osch and Usgent ; 2 (?<?, 2 ? ?, Turkestan; 1 <?, Samarkand
(0. Hcrz, 1892) ; 3 cJd", below Sary-mat, Serafseban, 8UUU ft. (Funke), end of May
to middle of August l'j(JO ; 1 ¥, Tian Sban ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Transcaspia ; 1 ?, Utsch-
Kurgan, July.
3. P. discobolus romanovi Grum-Grshimailo.
1 (?, ex Felder coll. ; lU <1 S , 'J ? ?, I'auiirs ; 1 c?, 2 ? ? , Transalai, 10,000
to 11,000 ft. (Grnm-Gi-sliimailo, e.x coll. Felder) -,2^3, Issyk-knl (from Tancr6) ;
1 6, Kyssel Tarb (^from Taucre) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Alexander Mountains (from Tancr6) ;
1 ?, Hi district (from Tancre) ; 10 c?(?, 10 ? ?, Utsch-Knrgan, July ; 1 ?, Bokhara,
ex coll. Felder.
4. P. discobolus insignis Standinger.
2 (?(?, ex Felder coll.; 'J (?cJ, 4 9 ?, Turkestan; 1 ? , no locality ; 1 c?,
Kudara, Afghanistan, 11,000 feet, ex coll. Felder; 2 <?<?, Alai ; 1 J, Transalai,
ex coll. Felder ; 1 d, Turkestan, type of rar. siiju'ibiia, Grum-Grshmailo ex coll.
Anstant ; 1 ?, Syrt-Naryn, B. Turkestan.
All the forms of discobolus are so variable individually that it is very hard
to separate the subspecies.
XVII. PARNASSIUS ACTIUS Eversmann.
1. P. actius actius Eversmann.
1 cJ, 1 ?, Bogda Ola, ex coll. Felder ; 3 c?c?, no locality -,2^6, no locality,
ex coll. Felder; 1 c?, 1 ?, Juldus.
2. P. actiis caesar Standinger.
G iS,~ ? ?, Knruk Tag ; 5 (?c?, Alexander Mountains, June (from Tancr6) ;
1 cJ, 1 ? , Hi district, July (from Tancre); 1 J, 1 ?, Kuldja, July (from Tancre);
•1 3S, between Osch and Usgent, July and August; 2 Si, Tcliingistai, S.W.
Altai (Riickbeil, ex coll. Tancre) ; 6 (?<?, 5 ? ?, Naryn district, north side of the
Tian Shan Mountains ; "i S S , Issyk-Kul, July (from Tancre) ; 1 i, Korla, ex coll.
Au.staut ; 4 S3, 2 ??, Little Kizil-su Pass, Tian Shan, July 21, 1905 (Knt-
senko) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, Augn.st 12, lOOo, and 2 SS,
N E. shore of Issyk-Kul, July 10, 190.") (Kntsenko); 'i S S , 3 ? ?, Karagaitau.
3. P. actius urumtsiensis Verity.
1 have no specimens of this form, unless my J from Korla above is one, in
wljicli case it must be relegated to the synonyms of actius caesar.
4. P. actius superbus Uidil.
2 c?c?, Aksu, end of .Inly (from Tancre) ; 1 S, Aksu 1 ?, Aksu only ex coll.
Anstant; 1 S, no locality; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, Karagaitau.
1 keep this form separate, as the female appears to be larger and whiter than
that sex in iictius caesar.
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XVIII. PARNASSIUS JACQUEMONTI Boisiuval.
The coiifiisioii which has arisen in CDiiiiecMon with this species had its
origin in the fact that Boisduval, in his descrijition, mixed up two species, his
males being one and liis females representing a second totall)' distinct species.
After M. Obertliiir had jiointed out the error, no fnrther tronble wonld have
been enconntered if the snbseqnent authors had held themselves bound by the
strict laws of priority. Mr. Elwes, however, in l.SSO, ciiose to ignore the fact
that Boisduval described tlie d first on page 400 of his Species General, vol. i.,
to which therefore tlie name jaeqiiemoiitii alone belongs, and taking Boisduval's
? as jacquemontii, he redescribed the true jucqnemoiitii as 1'. rtet/'its var. /lima-
layensis. Snbsequent authors have either followed this erroiuons determination
or have fallen into various other errors, which need not l)e here set out. Herr
Stichel, althougli lie has put the matter right as regards jacquemontii being
applicable only to Boisdnval's i S, while the latter's ? ? = 1\ epaplius Oberthiir,
yet has failed to see that Mr. Elwes renamed the true jacquemontii as var.
himalai/ensis, and that the latter is not a separate subspecies, but an absolute
synonym of jacquemontii.
1. P. jacquemontii jacquemontii Boisduval.
2 (?(?, 1 ?, Fullalduros, Nila Valley, W. Himalayas, July 1S88; 1 ?,
Gangotris, Jnly isSS; 3 ? ¥, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 2 <?(?, Lahoul ; 1 ?,
Knla, N.W. Himalayas, cotypes of P. actius liimalai/ensis, ex coll. Elwes, ex
coll. Felder; 2 cJcJ, I ?, Ladak, 12,000 to ir),000 ft., Stoliczka, ex coll.
Felder; 2 c?c?, 1 ?, Himalaya, ex coll. Felder; 1 ?, Tongia, Sikkim, 10,000 ft,
Jnly 18S0 (H. J. Elwes\ ex coll. Felder; 1 S, Lahore; 1 ?, Afghanistan;
3 cJ<?, 1 ?, Cashmere; 1 S, Sikkim, type of Austant's var. impuncta ; 2 <S S ,
Darjeeling, ex coll. Felder; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Felder, 13 (?c?, 2 ? ?, no
locality ; 1 J, 1 ?, Knkli.
2. P. jacquemonti nirius IMoore.
1 (J, type, ex coll. Felder. This specimen has a whole collection of all
sorts of labels on its pin, of which two are locality labels. One is as follows —
"Niri Lnmdo, in Karnag," the other "Stoliczka, Ladak, Thibet, 12,000 to
15,000 ft." It is, therefore, in view of the very doubtful locality, more than
probable that it is only an extreme aberration : I, however, keep it sei)arate for
the present.
3. P. jacquemontii chitralensis Moore.
I have no specimens of this race.
4. P. jacquemontii rubicundus Stichel.
0 c?(?, 5 ??, no locality; 1 cJ, 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 1 S,
Nashingla, 10,700 ft., ex coll. Felder; 2 cJc?, Turkestan; 5 Si, Pamirs;
2 SS, Dschirgetal, Alai and Transalai, 10,000 to 11,000 ft.. May, ex coll.
Felder; 1 c?, Transcasjiia ; 1 ?, Bochara, ex coll. Felder; 1 Osch (Haberhauer,
1882); 1 c?, 1 ?,Utscli Kurgan, July; 10 JcJ, 3 ? ?, between Osch and Usgent,
July— August; 1 S, Kurnk-Tag ; 1 ?, Fergana. Stichel's variabilis is only an
extreme aberration, or rather series of aberrations.
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n. P jacqiiemontii cyruus Frnhstoifer.
4 c^c?, 1 ?, Issyk-Kiil, ,Iuly (froiu TiUicR-) ; 1 (J, ex coll. Feldcr ; 1 ? , no
locality ; 1 ?, Tnra.
0. P. jacquemoutii mercurius Grnm-Grsliimailo.
4 c?c?, 5 ? ?, Sinning Mountains, Knkn-Nor, Thibet (from Tancre) ; ^ dS,
1 ?, Amdo ; 2 di, >Sinin Slian ((ji-iuu-tir.sliimailo, cotyjies ex coll. Felder) ;
1 ?, Kuku Nor.
7. P. jacquemoutii thibetauus Riihl.
4 c?(?, 3 ? ?, Hon-Kow, Tiiibct, l(l,iHjo ft., native collectors, July and August
1890; I c?, 4 ? ?, no locality; 2 Sd, 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 2 cJc?,
Thibet ; 1 ?, Ta-chien-hi, July and August 1890 (Pratt); 1 c?. 1 ? , Ta-chien-ln,
Chasseurs Thibetains (R. F. Dejeau, 1894), ex coll. Oberthiir.
8. P. jacquemouti tatsieuluica Verity.
2 c?c?, Ta-tsien-lu.
P. jacquemoutii rubicuudus x actius.
1 S without locality, received from Tliiele, Berlin.
XIX. PARNASSIUS EPAPHUS OuERTHfiR.
1. P. epaphus epaphus Oberthiir.
14 cJc?, Skora La, Cashmere, l.'>,000 ft., July 1887 (J. H. Leech); 6 (?<?,
Deosai riaina. Cashmere, ]3,nu(i ft., August 1887 (J. 11. Leech); 2 (H, 2 ? ?,
Cashmere, 14,000—10,000 ft., ex coll. Frnhstorfer ; 1 ?, Cashmere, ex coll.
Felder.
2. p. epaphus poeta Oberthiir.
5 SS, 1 ¥, no locality; 1 cJ, Thibet ; 12 <S S , 10 ? ?, E. Thibet; 1 c?, 0 to 8
days' journey N.W. of Ta-chien-ln, Thibet (Mons. Hiet, is'Jl); 1 cJ, 1 ? , Tcliang-
kou, Thibet, types of Austaut's I'urnassius oberthucri ; 3 JcJ, 2 ? ?, Pembu Pass,
12 miles N. of Lbassa, August 1904 (R. v. L. Rybet).
3. P. epaphus huwei Frnhstorfer.
4 iS, Aksu ; 1 c?, Aksn, ex coll. Austaut.
4. p. epaphus sikkimensis Elwes.
2 <?(J, 1 ?, Sikkim, wet season, ex coll. Frnhstorfer; 11 SS,'i ? ?, Chumbi
Valley.
5. P. epaphus nauchanicus Austaut.
!")(?(?, 1 ?, Nian 8han Blountains ; 1 J, Nian iShan Mountains, Austaut's
type.
0. P. epaphus tsaidamensis Austaut.
I do not possess tiiis I'orm.
7. P. epaphus altynensis Austaut.
3 c?cJ, 2 ? ?, Altyn Tag; 1 J", Altyn Tag, Austaut's type.
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XX. PARNASSIUS BERESOWSKYI Staupinoer.
2 SS, Amdo ; 1 J, Kuku Nor; 1 J, 1 ?, Serscliuan ; 2 JJ, 1 ? ( ?), ex coll.
Bartel ; 1 <J, Kaschka-Ssii, Tian Shan, Jnly 10—17, lOU-'.
This may prove only a subspecies oi epa/ifiiiA, Init I think it is so dift'erent that
it may be well n|ihekl as a spi'cies.
XXI. PARNASSIUS HARDWICKII Gray.
1 (J, Cashmere ; 1 S, L'liper Cashmere; 1 8,2 ??, Lailak, ex coll. Fekler ;
1 (?, Cashmere Valley, II.imhi ft., 14. vi. I'.iirJ (Colonel Ward); 1 c?, Himalaya;
1 (?, N.W. India, ex coll. Fruhstorf'er ; 3 J J, "3 5 ?, no locality ; 1 S, no locality,
ex coll. Felder; 0 6^, 5 ? ¥, N. 8ikkim, Jnne and Jnly 1884 (0. MoUer); ] j,
Bhutan, August 1887 (0. Moller) ; 1 ¥, Sikkim ; 1 %,\ S, Native Sikkim; '2 6 S ,
Gnatong, Sikkim, 1894, native hunters, ex coll. Oberthiir ; 30 cJc?, 4 ? ?, Khamba
Jong, received from A. J. Phillips; 1 cJ, 1 ?, (Jhumbi Valley, Thibet; 1 ?,
Cashmere Valley, September, SiiOO ft. (Colonel Ward).
XXU. PARNASSIUS PRZEWALSKII Alrheraky.
1 have no specimens of this species.
XXIII. PARNASSIUS SZECHENYI Frivaldsky.
1. P. szechenyi szechenyi Frivaldsky.
8 (?(?, 6 ? ?, Sinning Mountains, Knkn Nor (from Tancre) ; 3 cJcJ, Amdo,
Knku Nor (from Tancre); 1 c?, 1 ?, Kuku Nor; 1 c?, 1 ?, Sinin Mountains,
ex coll. Felder ; 3 r^ c?, Amdo, June (from Tancre) ; 1 J, 1 ? , Thibet ; 3 <? cJ, 1 ? ,
no locality.
2. P. szechenyi germanae Austaut.
2 cJ<?,2 ? ?, E. Thibet.
XXIV. PARNASSIUS ORLEANS OnERxni r.
1. P. Orleans Orleans Oberthiir.
1 (?, Ta-chien-lu. R. P. Uejeau's native collectors, 1894, ex coll. Oberthiir;
5 t?c?, 3'? ¥, no locality; 12 cJ(?, H ? ?, E. Thibet ; 33 cJc?, 20 ? ?, Taipaishau,
Shensi, Jnly 1905.
2. P. Orleans groumi Standinger.
4 S3,'i ?9, Sinin Schan, Knku Nor (from Tancre); 1 c?, Tliibet ; 2 S3,
Amdo; 1 S, no locality; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Fohler ; 1 i, Dschachas
Mountains (Grnm-Grshimailo, 1890, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 ?, Kuku Nor; 1 ?, Tigel
District, Amdo.
XXV. PARNASSIUS CEPHALUS (iuiM-GRSHiMAlLo.
There are no specimens at Tring.
I P. cephalus cephalus Grum-Grshiinailo.
2. P. cephalus elwesi Leech.
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XXVI. PARNASSIUS DELPHIUS Eversmann.
This species varies iiidiviiliialiy so enormously tliat most of the subspecies, siicli
as namanganus, in/ernalis aud others, must be treated as aborratiou only.
I. P. delphius delphius Eversmann.
6 ??, Kaschka-Ssn, Tian Shan, July 10—17, 1902; 31 SS, 18 ??, no
locality; 2 SS, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 17 <?<?, 14 ? ?, Turkestan; 1 ?,
Turkestan, ex coll. Felder ; 1 c?, 1 ? , Pamirs, Austaut's types of var. suffiimnta ;
4 c?c?, 5 ? ?, Transcaspia; 1 <?, Pamir; 1 c?, 1 ?, Pamir, types of Austaut's var.
traiis/e»s ; 1 <?, Kyssyl, Tartary, 4 S <S , Ale.xander Rlountains ; 3 Jc?, 1 ?, Hi
District ; 2 c? cJ, 3 S ? , Issyk Kul ; 2 c?c?, 1 ? , Kuldja (from Tancre) ; 4 Sd, 1 ? ,
Aksu; 9 cJcJ, 5 ? ?, between Osch and Usgeut, July— August ; 0 cJc?, 3 ? ?, Syr
Daria ; 1 cJ, Songaria ; 1 <S (?), ex coil. Felder ; 1 S, Alatau ; 1 <^, Alatan, ex coll.
Felder ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder, Great Altai, Grum-Grshimailo's var. iti/firiialis,
cotype of Elwes ; 3 6 S, Knkn 'Ror, ah. i/i/criiali.:< ; 2 SS, Kuldja (from Tancr^) ;
1 c?, Kuldja ; 1 c?, Hi District (from Tancre), 1 i, Great Aksu, Issyk-Kul, July 1st,
1902 (Kutsenko), all ab. styx ; ~ d S, Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, August 12th,
1905 (Kutsenko;; 1 (?, 3 ?¥, Little Kizil Pass, Tian Shan, July 21st, 1905
(Kutsenko).
2. P. delphius staudingeri Bang-Haas.
2 S6, Transalai, ex coll. Felder; 2 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Samarkand (Ilaberhauer) ;
1 d',Karategin(Grum-Grsiiimailo); 1 c?, 1 ?, Fergana; 1 ?, Mouut Hissar, 11,000 ft.
ex coll. Felder; 3 ? V, Alai Mountains, ex coll. Felder; 1 ¥ (?), ex coll. Felder;
0 cJc?, no locality ; 1 <?, 1 ?, Samarkand ; 1 cJ, Samarkand ; 1 c?, no locality, and
1 S , Turkestan, all ex coll. Felder : all these are a/j. cardinal.
3. P. delphius dolabella Fruhstorfer.
5 i S, Kashgar (2 ex coll. Bartel).
4. P. delphius maximinus Staudinger.
•Z SS, Taschkend (from Tancre) ; 1, same locality; 1 cj, 1 ?, Kuku-Nor ;
■1 SS, Amur.
llerr Stichel places this as an aberration of ddphim deljihius, but 1 believe
it is a distinct species. However, for the jirescnt 1 treat it as a subspecies, till
the exact extent of its habitat is known.
5. P. delphius albulus llourath.
\x SS, 2(5 ¥ ?, Naryn District, north side of Tian Shan Mountains ; of these
\\ tS S and 13 ¥ ? are from the Nura Mountains.
6. P. delphius stoliczkanus Felder.
1 (?, 1 ¥, types, Ladak (Stoliczka, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 S, Kulii.
7. P. delphius acdestis Grum-Grshimailo.
1 ¥ , ex coll. Felder, Siuing Blonntaius ; cotype.
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8. P. delphius ciuerosus Stichel.
I do not possess specimens.
9. P. delphius lampidius Fnibstorfer.
1 c?, raiii}' season, Sikkini (ex coll. Fruhstorfer), type.
lu. P. delphius stenosemus Honrath.
7 c? J , 2 ? ¥ , N. Cashmere, ex Leech coll. ; 1 <?, 1 ? , Cashmere, ex coll. FelJer.
11. P. delphius hunza Grum-Grshimailo.
There are no specimens at Triug.
XXVII. PARNASSIUS ACCO Ghay.
1. P. acco acco Gray.
1 ? , Ladak (8toliczka, ex coll. Feklerj.
~. P. acco gemmifer Fnihstorfer.
I d, Sikkim, rainy season, ex coll. F^uhstorfer.
XXVIII. PARNASSIUS SIMO Geay.
1. P. simo simo Gray.
1 ? , Chinese Tartary (Ladak ?).
2. P. simo simulator Stand inger.
2 SS,l ¥, Issyk-Kul.
3. P. simo simonius .Staudinger.
11 6(i,H ? ?, no locality ; 2 ¥ ? , no locality, ex coll. Folder ; 1 cj, Thibetan
Pamir, 1 S, Turkestan I ex coll. Felder ; 1 ¥ , Turkestan I ; 3 tJc?, 2 ¥ ¥ , between
Usch and Usgent, July— Angust ; I <S , Transcaspia.
4. P. simo boedromius Pungler.
, 6 ^(?, o ? ¥, Aksu.
5. P. simo gylippos F'ruhstorl'er.
2 6 3, Kyssyl, Tartary (from Tancri.-). This is a good subspecies.
<>. P. simo acconus F'ruhstorfer.
3 J(j, 1 ¥, Sikkim, wet season, ex coll. F'ruhstorfer ; 1 6, Sikkiiu, type;
1 cJ, Chnmbi Valley, Thibet; 1 c?, 1 ¥, Sikkim, 16,000—10,1)00 I't., July VJU2
(C. White, ex coll. Bingham).
XXIX. PARNASSIUS TENEDIUS Eveesmann.
T c?c?, 3 ¥ ¥, no locality; 1 J, 2 ¥ ¥, no locality, ex coll. F'elder ; 2 dd,
2 ¥ ¥, Altai, ll,o«3 ft.; 3 ¥ ¥, Vilui, N. Siberia; 2 ¥ ¥, Amur; 1 ¥, Albasin,
(Puzilo) ; I c?, 15 ¥ ?, Sredne Kolymsk, N.E. Siberia, June I'JOO (N. Bereskiu).
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XXX. PARNASSIUS IMPERATOR OsRtiTHun.
1. P. imperator imperator 01»ertliiir.
(3 6 6, K. Thibet; 1 6,S ??, 'IVcliien-lu, 800(1—10,000 ft., July 1809
(A. E. Pratt), ex coll. Leecli ■, 1 6 , How Kon (native coll.), July and Augast 1890
(A. E.Pratt); ti ? ?, Ta-cliieu-lu (Moiisigiior Biet, e.K cull. Fekler)— all ex coll.
Oberthiir ; 2 ? ? , no locality, but same pin and setting as the previous ; 1 ? ,
no locality.
2. P. imperator intermedius subsp. nov.
2 ¥ ?, Pembu Pass, 12 miles N. of Lhasa, August 1904 (N. V. L. Rybot).
This new form lias the forewiugs similar to imperator imperator, but the
black transverse bands are narrower ; the hindwings as obscure as iu ? /. augustus,
but dark bands greyer and more diffused.
3. P. imperator musagetus Grum-Grshimailo.
1 6, Chuancha Mountains, Yellow River, 1890 (Grum-Grshimailo), cotype,
ex coll. Felder.
4. P. imperator imperatrix Alphe'raky.
1 have no specimens.
5. P. imperator supremus Frnhstorfer.
When We get a series of tliis form, of which only the type is known, it will
prove only a giant /. inmagetus.
6. P. imperator venustus Stichel.
The Tring Museum has no representative of this form.
7. P. imperator augustus Frnhstorfer.
1 c?, 1 ?, Thibet, cotypes, ex cull. Frnhstorfer; b 6S,'i ? ? , Chumbi Valley,
Thibet.
XXXI. PARNASSIUS CHARLTONIUS Ghav.
1. P. charltonius charltonius CJniy.
I J, 0 ??, no locality; 1 6, Kuksir, Lahore, 14,Uou feet, 14. vii. Iss4
(G. Young); I c?, 1 ¥, Nilang Pass, Garhual, August ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, same locality,
16,000 ft., July 1895 ; 1 ?, Lahanl, 12,000 ft., IT. viii. 1884 (G. Yonng) ; 2 ? ?,
Cashmere Valley, 11,000 ft,, and September 1, 8000 feet (Colonel Ward); 1 ?,
Ladak (Stoliczka ex coll. Felder).
2. P. charltonius princeps Honrath.
3 <?c?, 9 ? ?, no locality; 1 6, uo locality, ex Felder coll. ; 2 c?c?, 3 ? ?,
Turkestan; 2 63, 4 ? ¥, Boidyl, June ; 1 J, 1 ¥, Transalai, 13,000 ft. (ex coll.
Felder).
XXXII. PARNASSIUS LOXIAS Pijngler.
No specimens at Tring.
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HYPERMNESTRA HELIOS (Xickkri.)-
1. H. helios helios (Nk:keil>
3 Jc?, 3 ??, Pdiii-Slmkiili, Elbuiv, MiMiiitaias, Persia, June, July, I'-iuT,
oUOO to 70U0 ft. (Fuuke;; 1 c?, N. Persia; 1 c?, Turkestan; 1 6, no locality ; 1 S ,
1 ¥ , Krasnowodsk.
~. H. helios maxima Grnm-Qrsliimailo.
4 c?(?, 4 Sa, IScfir-Kuh, Al'j^liauistau (from Blajor Haiiser) ; 1 c?, 1 ?,
Turkestan; 1 c?, Namajan (from Standinger, 1884); 6 i S , '^ ? ?, no lo<ali(y ;
~ c?J, 3 ? ¥, ditto, ex Felder coll. ; 1 c?, 4 ? ?, oasis of 'IVdscUen, Trauscaspia,
June 19U3 (from Major Haiiser); 4 c^r? W. of Dinaii, Amu- Darya.
3. H. helios balucha (Moore).
Donbtfully distinct from /lelios maxima ; only the types known.
ARCHON APOLLINUS (Heubst).
1. A. apoUinus apoUinus (Herbst).
1 ?, Crete; 2 cJ cJ, Bnrnabad, Hmyrna, 13. iv. LsliS ; 1 cJ, Magnesia, Ixl. iii.
1905 (Dr. Martin) : 1 S , ex coll. Felder, " Mabattia " ; 1 ? , Aintab ; 1 (?, ('ordelio,
Smyrna, 3. iv. 190.5 (Dr. Martin) ; 2 ? ?, 1 cJ, Smyrna; 3 $$, 3 ? ?, Asia Minor ;
4 ? ?, ex coll. Felder ; 2 ? ?, Bronssa, Asia Slinor, 24-2-5. iv. 19U3 ; 3 larvaj.
2. A. apoUinus apollinaris (Staudiuger).
1 <^, Armenian Mts.
3. A. apoUinus amasinus (Staudingerj.
2 J (J, 1 ?, Amasia, e.\ coll. Felder.
4. A. apolliuus bellargus (Standinger).
2 c?o, 1 ?, Lebanon, ex coll. Felder; IG t^c?, 9 ??, Beirut, Syria; 1 $
ah. /.-rijataUiixi, Taurus Mountains; 1 ?, Antiocliia ; 12 66, Jerusalem; 2 ??,
no locality; 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 14 larvae, ex Beirut, Syria.
Specimens of Paniassiiis cr/jl/a/'ia, P. przewalskii, P. loxias, P. ujwllo eliutin-
ijeiixis, P. ajjollo aralciisig, P. apollo nccadcmis, P. ajjollo apollo ex Suecia, P.
///wehiLs styriaciis, P. phoebun apricattcs, P. mncmosijiic mncmosi/iie. ex Seandinavia,
/'. dacidia datidix and /'. imperalor impcratrix; are special desiderata of the Triiig
Museum either in exchange or otherwise.
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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SOUTH AMERICAN
ABCTIABAE, WITH NOTES.
By THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.
IN the "Catalogue of the Lepidojitera Phalaenac in the Britisli Museum "
the genera A~iitirp//rs, GonolreplicH, and Antaxia are jilaeed among the
Si/ntomi(l((C on account of the alisence of the costal nervnre of the hindwiug.
These forms are otherwi.se very different from the rest of the insects contained in
Volume I. of the Catalogue; and as some of the forms inclnded in the Arctiadae
in Volume HI. show analogous neuration, I prefer to treat these three genera
as aberrant Arrtiadac, and ]>laco them as follows : Gn»of/-i'//ln'x following
Tln/nirctia, A.tatrephes following Zatrephes, and Antaxia immediately after
Pniinidd.
1. Robinsonia marginata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 1).
Nearest allied to R. j>rnphitea Dognin, ])nt much larger.
? . Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae brown ; patagia with lirown
patch where they meet costa of forewing ; dorsal surface of first six segments of
abdomen orange buff with white median line, last two segments, ventral surface,
and sides of abdomen white ; forelegs brown, njid- and hindlegs whitish.
Forewing white with dark brown costal fascia and outer margin. Hindwing
jiure white. Underside of wings as above, but costal fascia and outer margin
of forewing much i)aler brown.
Length of forewing: 10 mm.
Hub. British Guiana (Mr. AVhitlbrd, bought by him at Georgetown, but almost
certainly from Omai).
2 ? ?.
2. Robinsonia snffusa spec. nov. (PL IV. fig. 3).
This species is nearest to It. monihi Druce.
S . Head and tegnlae buff; base of ]iatagia grey, rest white; liiorax Imff;
ab<l(imen above greyish brown clothed with white downy scales wiiich give it
a powdered apjiearanee. Forewing white, veins brownish grey, costal fascia and
a broad outer margin from apex to vein 3 dark grey, as also are two broad streaks
running between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 5 halfway across the wing ; inner
margin grey. Hindwing white, veins slightly washed with grey, except veins
1 and 2. LInderside as above.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
Hall. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, M.-iy I'.ioO fS. M. Klages).
2 Si.
3. Robinsonia multimaculata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. .^>).
Nearest to //. poli/jiliKiiK Scliaiis.
i. Palpi lihick with white hiteral |iiitches ; hrad white with Mack liar above
irons, back of liead scarlet; antennae brown; tlmvax bright brown : le-jiilae
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and patagia white with narrow brown edges ; whitish spot in centre of motathorax ;
legs deej) brown, washed with yellowish wliite on outside ; abdomen brilliant
orange with dors<al row of white dots. Forewing rufous brown, three white
points at base, an ellij)tical Bilver3'-white patch below cell and rnnning up into it,
a large triangular silvery patch beyond cell, and a similar smaller patch between
these two running from costa into cell ; inner margin white at base with a
millimeter-long white streak under the elliptical patch, a longer white streak at
outer fourth, and a white spot in centre of vein 1 ; large white j)atch at outer
angle between veins 1 and 2, two at apex, and five between the apex and terminal
part of inner margin. Hindwing silvery white.
Length of forewing : 24 mm.
IJab. Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, S.E. Pern, OOOii ft., June l'.iii2, dry season
(G. Ockendeu).
4 6S.
4. Robinsonia punctata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 0).
Closely allied to the next species and to 7?. dewitzi Gundl.
?. Frons white, head golden yellow, palpi brown, with first joint and
tip white ; thorax brown with white central streak ; tegnlae and patagia white
with brown margins ; pectus white, orange in front ; legs white and lirown ;
abdomen orange with white central line of dots and a black dot on each side
of the fourth segment. Forewing brown, a large diamond-shajied silvery-
white patch in submedian interspace extending to vein 11, a second large oval
patch extending from just inside apex of cell to apex and occupyiug almost the
whole rest of wing between veins 2 and 11, a small white patch at end of 4 between
inner margin and vein 2. Hindwing silvery white.
Hnb. Huatuxco, Vera f'ruz.
1 ?.
5. Robinsonia similis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 7).
Nearest to the last species and R. fleicitzi Gundl.
?. Frons and rest of head bright orange; pectus yellow, orange in front;
antennae pale brown ; tliorax pale brown witli white central line ; tegnlae and
patagia white with pale brown edges ; abdomen orange with dorsal row of white
dots and c,onsj)icuous lateral black spots on the Last five segments. Forewing
brown, the two large silvery ])atches almost as in 7i'. di'icitzi, but the outer one
reaches to apex ; outer margin narrow and white, inner margin joined to inner
silvery patch only having an irregular angulated brown streak on it. Hindwing
white.
Length of forewing : 23 mm.
Hub. Caparo, Trinidad, November 19ii,5 (8. M. Klages).
1 ?.
6. Neidalia dognini sjiec. nov.
S. Piffers from K. ril/iirresi Dogniu in having two instead of a single
transverse line and no white margins to either. The antemedian line runs
obliipiely from the centre of the costa to the inner margin about one-fourth
from the base. The posttuediap line is curved, and crosses the wing about
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one-third from the apex. Cohiiir of whigs and body rufous orange-brown ; under-
surface jialer.
? . Orange-yellow, irrorated with scattered red dots. Transverse lines reddish,
not black as in c? ; a short reddish streak at apex of cell.
Length of forewing : c? IS mm. ; ? !.") ram.
Ilab. Santo Domingo and Tingnri, in Garabaya, Porn, and La Oroya, R.
Liambari (6. Ockenden).
2 SS,2 ? ?.
7. Idalus lutescens spec. nor. (PI. IV. tig. S).
Palpi blaclc, legs yellow and brown ; head, tegul.-ie, patngia, and thorax Imtfy
yellow; abdomen slightly darljor. Forewing yellow ; himlwing buff.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ilab. Oconeqne, f'arabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., Jnly 100-4 (G. Ockenden).
1 S.
8. Idalus irregularis spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 9).
Palpi bnffish grey with crimson line along the outside ; frons and head bnft',
washed strongly with crimson ; tegnlae and patagia greyish buff, blotched and
edged with crimson ; thorax similar ; abdomen yellowish crimson, last segment
dark buff, underside clayish buff ; pectus pale crimson. Forewing greyisli
brown, slightly washed with mauve ; between veins 2, 3, 4, 5, and G are scattered
a number of yellow spots, and the veins themselves have a number of short red
streaks on them ; between veins 8 and 9 are three yellow dots, and at tlie end
of veins 5, 0, 7, 8, 9 is a yellow dot. Hindwing whitish bnlY washed with
dirty red along inner margin ; large scent organ with patch of androconia, as in
1. melaiiopastd Druce.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1900 (S. M. Klages).
2 iS.
9. Idalus simplex spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. lo).
S. Palpi, outersidc crims<in, innerside buffy grey; head yellowish grey-brown
with indistinct crimson border at hind part ; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax yellowish
grey-brown, powdered with pale crimson .scales ; abdomen dirty red, last and two
first segments bnffish, powdered with red ; antennae crimson from base for
about 2 mm., then clay-brown, and finally whitish for the last 3 mm. ; legs
and pectus crimson. Forewing day-brown, slightly powdered with reddish
scales ; Costa crimson, outer margin golden yellow with a crimson line internally ;
large narrow patch of androconia below cell. Hindwing butfy day-brown,
strongly washed with crimson.
Underside of forewing brownish pale crimson ; hindwing as above.
¥. Similar, but apex of forewing less drawn mit, and liindwing more ovate,
less triangidar.
Length of forewing : J Hi mm., 9 19 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March I'.to.') (S. M.
Klages).
0 cJc?, 1 ?.
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111. Idalus salmonaceus spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 11).
(?. Palpi black ; head and tognlae yellow ; jjatagia salnion-piuk edged with
yellow ; thorax similar; abdomen salmon-jiiiik, irroiatcd with yellow, last segment
yellow, a black dot on fourtli, fifth, si.\th, and seventh segments dorsally.
Forewing salmon -i)ink, nervnres, costal and outer margin bright yellow.
Hindwing pinkish butt', from inner margin to just beyond vein 3 salmon-piuk.
Underside as above, but paler.
?. DifTers in being much darker, the salmon-jMuk being washed witli carmine
and the hindwing all rose-jiink.
Length of forewing : c? !'•• lura. : ? 22 mm.
ffii/i. Santi) Domingo, Tinguri, and Ifio Ilna'aniayo, Pern, l'.iii4-5 i({.
Ockenden).
0 S6, 1 ?.
11. Aphyle affinis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 12).
S. Palpi orange, head brownish orange; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax dirty
white, on the centre of thorax two black patches one behind the other ; abdomen
yellow; legs and pectus orange-buff. Forewing : basal three-fonrths dirty white,
almost covered by two large patches of bright salmon-jiink ; apex and outer fourth
pale buff: wing crossed obliipiely by two rather broad black lines, the postmedian
one interrupted at vein 4 ; costa brownish orange ; from the apex to the enter
margin at vein (5, reaching back into the wing 3 mm., is a broad black line, forming
three parts of an ovoid. Hindwing yellowish salmon-pink, costal area bufly
white.
Underside of wings orange-bufF.
?. Larger and paler.
Length of forewing : c? IT) mm. ; ? 10 mm.
Ifiil). Fonte Boa, Uj)per Amazons, July lOiiO (S. M. Klages); lia Union,
Kio Hnacama3-o, (!araba3'a, Pern, 2^uw ft., November l'.>04 (G. Ockenden).
15 cJcJ, 3 ? ?.
12. Prumala indistincta spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 14).
(?. Similar to P. niiaim Dniee, but the l)and of ovate sjiots from the apex
to the angle of inner margin is reduced to a line of indistinct dots, while the
sn])apical patch is reduced to a grey dot with a reddish wash ; the jiatch at angle
of inner margin is less distinct, and has a red margin : the discal and nntemedian
transverse rows of spots are larger and with indistinct red rings. Hindwing
bnflf, washed strongly with jiink ; abdomen jiink.
?. Has sjiots on forewing almost obliterated, lint has a double grc}' spot
with reildish ring in the cell at the basal end; abdomen crimson, last segment
yellow.
JJii/t. Sapucay, Paraguay, January lOiir) (W. Foster); Chiriijui.
1 J, 1 ?. "
13. Prumala siibmarginalis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. Hi).
J. Pal|ii grey, with crimson line outside; head grey, s])otted with crimson;
tegnlae, patagia, and thorax yellow, spotted with grey and crimson ; abdomen
crimson above, white below. Forewing : basal half purplish grc}', running
(2.5)
obliquely from costa to vein 3 on ontor margin, bordered exteriorly with crimson ;
veins crimson, a crimson dot where vein 0 springs from vein ID, a large grey
diamond-shaped spot crimson-edged rnnning from vein 0 nearly up to vein 10
beyond the cell ; a snbmarginal row of grey red-edged spots on veins from 5 to 8,
and a row of similar spots within this, largest towards costa. Hindwing hyaline
bnii', washed with rose carmine ; a brown marginal spot on vein 3.
Lensfth of fore wing : 14 mm.
JJdh. Minas Geraes, October I'-tnO (A, Kennedy).
14. Prumala flavicoUis spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 15).
(?. Palpi yellow, frons orange, head yellow with two grey spots ; tegnlae
ami base of patagia yellow, rest of patagia mauve brown with crimson edges ;
tliorax brownish; abdomen crimson, tip yellow, a white dorsal spot on second
segment. Forewing dark pnrplish grey, fore basal two-fifths becoming paler
towards inner margin, within this area vein 3 crimson ; costa yellow, apical
three-fifths yellow, separated from dark area by irregnlar crimson line running on
to costa ; marginal row of crimson dots, snbmarginal row of grey dots, followed
by an irregular line ; spots grey edged with crimson, expanding into large
l)atches between vein 8 and costa; various dots on disc. Hindwing pale crimson,
costal area white.
Length of forewing : lo mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May lOoO (S. M. Klages).
1 <?.
15. Prumala incisa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. IT).
?. Palpi crimson, forelegs white, basal half of tibiae crimson ; antennae above
brown, underside crimson ; head, tegnlae, patagia, and thorax warm brown ;
abdomen crimson. -Forewing brown, slightly washed with crimson ; costa pale
crimson, a median and antemedian transverse zigzag line crosses the disc from
subcostal vein to inner margin: outer margin from vein 2 yellow; between
veins 3 and 0 this yellow area runs into the disc of the wing in a truncate-shaped
patch 3 mm. wide, the whole yellow area separated from rest of wing by a crimson
line. Hindwing crimson.
Underside pale crimson, except yellow area of forewing.
Jjeugfh of forewing : 10 mm.
//'///. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June \'M\V\ (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
Kl Pi-umala sordida spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 18).
S. Palpi bnlf; head, tegnlae, and patagia yellow-spotted and edged with dull
red and grey; alidomen crimson, last five segments washed with clay-colour.
Forewing : basal two-thirds dirty clayish grey-lirown ; a distinct lobe protruding
from inner margin about one-fourth from base; this lobe is blackish brown, and
from its apex to the base of costa runs a scarlet oblique streak ; outer edge of
dark area bordered with scarlet, veins in this area irregularly dotted here and
there witii scarlet : outer tliird liyaline gn-yish bnlf with some indistinct lines of
darker spots. Hindwing greyish bnlf with ]iaie crimson dash near biise of inner
jnargin,
(20)
Length of forewing : 1-1 aim.
llah. La Union, 11. Hnacamftvo, ('araliaya, Pern, 20(iO ft., November l(Ht4
(G. Ockenden), 1 S (type); Sa[iucay, Pavagnay (W. Foster), 1 S.
IT. Antaxia affinis spec. uov. (I'l. IV. fig. 2u).
Nearest to .4. s.t/nssa (Urnce) (PI. IV. fig. 21).
(J. Palpi brick-red; legs and tibiae red and brown; tarsi yellow; thora.x,
abdomen, and head brownish brick-red. Forewing: -basal third brick-red,
basal tliird of costa and broad band on ontside of basal area deep reddish
brown ; tiie basal area is strongly angnlatcd at the lower end, rnnning out on
inner margin between it and to bejond vein 2 in a broad band almost to angle
of inner margin ; rest of wing yellow ; costa from ape.K towards base broadly
brick-red for abont 3^ mm., curving into a hooked patch on inner side; four
brick-red dots in centre of yellow area. Ilindwing yellow, broadly pale
brick-colour on inner area.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Hab. La Union, R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, 2000 ft., December 1904
(G. Ockenden).
1 S.
18. Eupseudosoma grandis sp. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 23).
(?. Palpi and frons grey ; head and tegulae orange-bnff ; pafagia and thorax
white ; abdomen crimson with white dorsal dots ; basal and two last segments
white. Forewing hyaline white, costal edge brown, three or four brownish
streaks on disc. Ilindwing hyaline white.
? . Similar, bnt more heavily scaled on the wings.
Length of forewing : S 23 mm. ; ? 27 mm.
Ilah. Santo Domingo and R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, and Caradoc,
Marcapata (G. Ockenden).
1 c?,2 ? ?.
19. Eupseudosoma aberrans Schaus (PI. IV. fig. 24).
This species is (juite distinct from aqmrnma, for it has dark brown costal
margins in both sexes, and the inner two-thirds of Ilindwing in the male pale
crimson.
Hub. 2S6 from Caparo, Trinidad (S. M. Klages) and 1 ? from Sajmcay,
Paraguay, 10. i. 19115 (\V. Foster).
20. Eupseudosoma albescens spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 25).
?, Palpi white, head doll orange, legs and auti'iinac browiiisli grey; rest of
body and wings pure white.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Ilah. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 19(i5 (S. M.
Klages); British Guiana.
4 ¥ ?.
21. Neaxia ockendeni spec, nov. (PI. IV. fig. 20).
c? Pali)i dirty wliite, tip and a narrow line outside brown; head yellow;
tegnlae yellow; patagia brown, spotted with yellow; thorax brown; abdomen
pale crimson, last segment and dorsal spot on second segment yellow. Forewing
( a7 )
yellow, tlirce or fonr brown dots ami sjiots at base ; an irregular band of large
conflneiit brown spots crosses the wing from costa to inner margin acmss basal
end of cell, the last bnt one liaving the centre yellow ; several brown spots in
and around cell and beyond it ; an irregular transverse band of large brown
spots reaching inner margin, wliere it expands into a large blotch ; a marginal
and submarginal row of smaller spots. Hindwing salmon-pink.
Lengtli of forewing : 14 mm.
Ilah. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; R. Hnacaraayo,
Carabaya, 3100 ft., June 1904 (G. Ockenden), type.
2 (?c?.
22. Neaxia klagesi s]iec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 27).
(?. Palpi yellow, streaked and tipped with brown ; fmns, head and tegnlae
yellow ; patagia, base yellow, rest edged with brown ; thorax yellow, spotted
with lirown ; abdomen crimson, first and last segment and dorsal spot on second
yellow. Forewing yellow, a short brown streak rnns from base oblinnely to
vein 2 ; an antemedian band of large irregular brown patches runs from the
costa obli([uely to the inner angle, broadly interrupted ou inner margin to vein 2
with a yellow patch ; veins in band partly crimson ; in and above cell are two
brown spots and a curved row of four; beyond it a marginal row of brown spots,
and between these and tiie curved row of four spots an irregular transverse row
of brown patches and spots. Hindwing : costal area white, rest of wing huffish
grey; a large greyisli brown ])atch occnjiying outer tiiird witii a long yellow
patch above it.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hub. Aroewarwa (!reek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, August 1905 (S. M.
Klages).
2 66.
23. Eriostepta fulvescens spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 28).
Nearest to /•,'. barrlidiis Scliaus.
6. Palpi 1)nlf with a red streak and black spot on third joint; head buff
powdered with re(l ; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax linlf streaked with red ; abdomen
ilnll crimson marked witii buff; on each of the secon<l and third segments is a
cnrions scent organ filled with a large patch of androconial scales of a silvery
opalescent hue. Forewing bnffy yellow ; veins all edged with pale dull
crimson, a marginal and snbmarginal transverse row of blackish sjiots, a post-
median transverse dark grey curved line on the inside of which are six black
dots; in the cell three black dots, two grey lines and a dull red spot; between
the cell and the base several grey streaks and black dots, inner margin jiink.
Hindwing buff with two pink streaks.
Length of forewing : 2U mm.
Huh. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June 190G (S. M. Klages); Aroi'warwa
Creek, Maroewym Valley, .Surinam, August 1905 (S. M. Klages).
24. Zatrephes rosacea spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 29,30).
S . Palpi white, pinkish carmine outside and at tips ; head carmine, irrorated
witii white ; abdomen deep carmine witii wjiite sides to last segment, and white
below; forelegs carmine; thorax and forewing jiale ]iur]ilisii brown, strongly
( 28 )
irrorated with irirasrin ; beyond cell a transverse patch of fonr cnalesccnt hyaline
spots and a separate liyaliue dot ; costa white, irroratrd witli carmine.
Hiudwing pale carmine, fringe white.
? . Similar, bnt hiudwing more like forewing.
llah. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August VM\~ (S. M. Klages).
11 36, 1 ?.
2.5. Zatrephes klagesi spec. nov. (PL IV. fig. 31).
S. Paljii buff; head, tegnlae, patagia, and thorax bull' irrorated with jiiid; ;
abdomen brownish crimson, last segment and dorsal dot on second butl'.-
Forewing dark bud' irroiated thickly with brown ; costal edge white, an ante-
medial transverse line, from costa to inner margin brown, a black dot in cell,
a postraedial transverse line from vein 7 to inner margin brown ; hyaline patch
placed obliquely, consisting of five coalescent spots, and bordered on the inner
side with a brown line. Hiudwing crimson, costal area bullish.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Jlab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June lOiiG (8. M. Klages).
38 Si.
26. Zatrephes variegata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 32).
S. Palpi white, edged with carmine; head white, irrorated with pink; collar
brownish ; tegnlae white, irrorated with pink ; patagia and thorax greyish bnft',
irrorated with carmine and grey ; abdomen crimson carmine, sides of last segment
whitisli. Forewing : costa white, buffy yellow, irrorated with carmine and
Idotched and streaked with greenish grey; hyaline patch consists of five
coalescent spots almost covered with yellow and crimson scales. Hindwing
crimson carmine ; costal area white.
Length of forewing: IT mm.
lldb. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, July lOUT (S. M. Klages).
12 6i.
27. Zatrephes flavipuncta spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 33).
S. Palpi white with crimson streak ; head, tegnlae, and patagia rosy grey,
irrorated with carmine ; thorax carmine ; abdomen deep carmine, sides of last
segment whitish. Forewing manve brown, irrorated with carmine and red
scales ; costal edge whitish, in cell orange-yellow spot with scarlet ring followed
by a Iblack dot ; hyaline patch made up of five -coalescent greenish-yellow spots
encircled by a carmine line; at ajiex and between hyaline patch and outer margin
two irregular iiatclies of bnlTy orange, irrorated thickly with brown and carmine
scales. Hindwing rosy carmine, fringe white.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : c? 14 ram. ; ? 10 mm.
lliih. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 10(i.5 (S, M.
Klages).
1 <?, 1 ?
2S. Zatrephes irrorata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 31).
c?. Paljii white with brown line ; head, tegnlae, ]iatiigia, and thorax pale
brownish yellow, thickly irrorated with brown; abdmniMi didl carmine. Forewing
brownish ImtTv vellow, I hicldv covered with iiflle dark brown streaks and striae;
( -^9 )
veins 2 and ;i tliicldy scaled witli dark bruvvu ; no liyaliin' [latcli, Imt two hyaline
spots at end cii' cidl and two nearer outer margin l)etweeii veins •! and 7 ; three
small Uaekisli hmnles near ajiex. Hindwing brownish crimson.
Length of fore wing : 10 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August lOoG (8. M. Klages).
1 c?.
29. Zatrephes cruciata spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 3.5).
?. The otdy S is too much rubbed to describe accurately. Palpi of ? wliitish,
with jiale crimson line ; head, tegiilae, patagia, and thora.x pale bull', irrorated
with pale crimson; abdomen above dirty crimson, with a bulT dorsal line, the
last three segments much mi.xed with buff. Forewing pale buff, irrorated
with crimson, a black dot in cell ; costal edge white, an antemediau line from
costa to inner margin brownish grey, inner margin greyish brown ; from the
centre of inner margin on to the disc run two brownish grey lines 5 mm. long
in the form of a X; hyaline patch much obscured by scales runs obliipiely
towards outer margin, is bordered on inner side by ill-defined brownish line and
shade, and consists of four spots. Hindwing : costal half huffish, irrorated and
washed with pale crimson, inner half pale crimson.
i. Appears similar, but abdomen brighter crimson, and two-thirds of the
hindwing crimson.
Length of forewing : ? 18 mm. ; <? 17 mm.
llab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1900 and August l'JU7 (S. M. Klages).
1 ? (type), 1 <?.
30. Zatrephes rufescens spec. nov.
cJ. Palpi white with crimson line; forelegs pale brown powdered with
crimson, remaining legs white ; antennae, base crimson, basal third pale brown
and crimson, rest brown ; head mi.ved crimson and brown ; tegulae, patagia,
and thorax pale grey-brown, irrorated with crimson ; abdomen crimson, last
segment brownish grey mixed slightly with crimson. Forewing buffy orange,
much irrorated with crimson, a black dot in cell, a dark brownish grey ante-
median line from costa to inner margin ; from veins 5 and 0 to inner margin on
the disc two zigzag dark brownish grey lines, and above them and surrounding the
hyaline patch a large purplish brown-grey patch ; hyaline patch only slightly
oblique, consisting of two large coalescent spots between veins (i and 7 and
7 and 8, and two small ones between 8 and '•• and '.} and lo, and a small dot
above not coalescent. Hindwing buff, washed with pale crimson.
¥. Similar, but larger, and markings mucli less distinct; hyaline patch with
all spots much reduced ; hindwing dull crimson.
Length of forewing : S 10 mm.; ? 21 mm.
Ilab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, May and August llHiii and l'.Mi7 (S. M. Klages) ;
Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, tSurinam, and Santo Antonio dn .lavary,
Amazonas, May lUUo and June 1'JIJ7 (S. M. Klages).
3 Jc?, 10 ? ?.
3L Zatrephes ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 30;.
i. This species is nearly allied to Z. ussea Schaus, but is distinguishable
at once by the large hyaline patcli ; pali)i crimson on outside, buffy white in
front : legs whitish, powdered with crimson ; liead, tegulae, and patagia pinkisii
( 30 )
cream-colour, iriunitcd with ciiiuson ; tliorax rufous Lrowii ; sibdomea crimson,
last segment wiiilisli. Forcwiug iiiukisU cream-coluur, strongly irrorateJ with
criiusou, a black dot in the cell, a sharply defined transverse luitemedian line
brownish or yellowish olive, a postmediau line of same colour less defined, inner
margin olive-brown ; hyaline juitch consists of four spots, uppermost small and
round, second large and kidney-shaped, the third very large, oblong ovate, the
lower small and triangular, the whole patch surnninded by a thin blaekish line.
Hindwing creamy white, very strongly washed and irrorated with pale
crimson.
Length of forewing : LS mm.
Ilab. La Urova, K. Inambari, Pern, September 19i)4, 31iiii ft. (G. Ockendeu).
1 t?.
32. Zatrephes brunnea spec. nov.
5. Palpi white with crimson stripe; head, tegulae, patagia, and thorax pale
brown, irrorated with pink ; abdomen crimson. Forewing i)ale brown, so densely
covered with darker brown scales that the wing at first sight appears a uniform
umber brown ; it is also irrorated with crimson, a black dot in cell, and a broad
median band of slightly darker shade than rest of wing crosses the wing ; hyaline
patch small, consists of five smallish spots, the uppermost separate. Hindwing
crimson.
?. Paler.
Length of forewing : c? lis mm. ; ? '-fZ mm.
llab. La Union, R Huacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, ~;n()0 ft., December 1904
(G. Ockenden).
•Z 66, 1 ?.
33. Zatrephes griseorufa spec. uov. (PI. IV. fig. 37).
6. Palpi whitish with brown strii)e ; forelegs brown, remaining legs and
pectus pure white ; head, tegulae, and patagia grey, irrorated with brown ; thorax
grey with brownish centre ; abdomen brown. Forewing strongly truncate at
apex, grey, slightly irrorated with tiny brown streaks, heavily so in the outer
fourth of the wing ; two (one ante- and one postmedian) transverse rather faint
lines dull brown ; hyaline patch consists of four spots, the upper one small,
quadrate and detached, the second small, comma-shaped, the two lower ones
large and oblong. Hindwing orange rufous, costal area buff.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, Jane I'JUO (S. M. Klages).
2 66.
34. Zatrephes binotata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 38).
6. Pall)i and legs bufly brown ; pectus pure white ; head and thorax butiy
brown ; abdomen slightly darker. Forewing : ai)ical area truncate, bufly brown
irrorated with crimson and greenish grey ; an antemedian and a median transverse
lines greenish grey ; hyaline spot very small, consisting of two small spots ; there
is a hyaline dot on vein 9, nearer the apex. Hindwing buff, slightly washed with
orange, outer margin rufous.
Length of forewing : 1 7 mm.
Uab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May PJ06 (S. M. Klages). »
( 31 )
35. Zatrephes bilineata spec. iiov. (PI. IV. fig. 'M).
(S. Piilpi whitish ; forelegs groy, rest whitish ; head and thora.x jiiiikish grey
irrorated with crimson ; abdomea darker. Forewiug : apical area truncate,
pinkish grey irrorated with crimsou ; an autemediaa and a postrnediau transverse
line very distinct greyish olive, outer one bordered ou the outer side with buff;
hyaline patch consisting of three median oblong spots, with two separate hyaline
spots nearer the onter margin towards the apex ; fringe of outer margin white.
Hiudwiug dark buff.
Length of forewing : 2i) mm.
Ila/j. La Union, 11. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 20Ui) ft., November 19ii4
(G. Ockenden).
1 S.
35a. Zatrephes bilineata rufobrunnea subspec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 4iJ).
S. Similar in all respects to hiluteata hil'uieata, but ground-colour of forewiug
pinkish orange-rufous, thickly irrorated with brown and crimsou. Hindwing
washed with rufous.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
Hah. Foute Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
2 Si.
36. Zatrephes foliacea spec. nov. (PI. IV. figs. 41 — 43).
i. Palpi whitish in front, brown outside and at tip; head and thora.x bntf
grey; abdomen more yellowish. Forewiug truncate, yellowish clay-grey, darker
and somewhat irrorated with maroou between the somewhat faint ante- and jwst-
median transverse Hues, the postmedian line bordered outside with buff ; hyaline
patch consisting of four spots, the three lower ones large and irregular, the upper
one small and ovate, the whole surrounded by a narrow briglit maroon ring ;
between the hyaline patch and the outer margin is a large maroon patch, somewhat
irrorated, which fades away into the grey towards angle of inner margin ; upper
third of fringe of outer margin maroon and middle third white, rest uniform
with wing ground-colour.- Hindwing bright buff, fringe rufous.
?. Like the male but larger, and the transverse lines paler; 2 ?? are
brownish maroou all over the forewiug, and the jjatch beyond the hyaline patch
is deep reddish chocolate.
Length of forewing : c?, IS'o mm. ; ? , 22 mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July iyu6 and August l'JiJ7 (fS. M. Klages).
14 cJ(?,4 * ?.
37. Zatrephes subflavescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 1).
$. Palpi whitisli ; forelegs and tibiae brown, tarsi ringed brown and white;
rest of legs and pectus white; antennae jiale brown ; head, thora.\, and abdomen
creamy buff irrorated with a darker greyish buff. Forewing creamy buff',
irrorated slightly on the basal half but very strongly on the outer half with
greyish clayish brown ; an ante- and a postmedian transverse line of same colour
but darker ; hyaline jiatch reduced to two widely separated rouud dots partially
covered with whitish scales. Hindwing creamy buff.
? . Similar.
Length of forewiug : (?, 16 — 19 mm.; ?, 21 mm.
( 32 )
lliib. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valle}-, Surinaui, and Fonte Boa,
Amazoiias, April llHi.-) and July r.Mii) (S. M. Klages).
lu 66, 1 ?.
:ib;. Zatrephes gigantea spec. nov. (PI. V. tig. ,').
This is the largest species of the genus.
?. Palpi white; forelegs and tibiae brown freckled with grey, re.st of legs
white ; pectil? white ; head and thorax dnll bufl" slightly irroratod witii brown ;
abdomen bnff, with a dorsal brownish tnft on the first, second and third segments.
Forewing whitish buff, becoming darker buff towards the outer margin ; very
indistinct antemedian and median transverse lines of a dirty yellowish olive ; the
whole surface of wing strongly irrorated with greyish brown; hyaline patch large
and very irregular, consisting of four coaleseent spots and a detached round dot ;
outline of wing strongly truncate and augulated. Hiudwing yellowish salmon-
colour ; costal area bright buff.
Length of forewing : 31 mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 10O6 (S. M. Klages).
•; ? ? .
3',t. Zatrephes albescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 3).
6. Paljii whitish in front, dull lirick on outside; head pink ; thorax whitish,
irrorated with brick-red ; abdomen similar. Forewing : costa jiinkish brick-red :
au antemedian transverse line, dull yellowish olive, runs obliquely from the inner
angle outwards to the costa ; a postmedian line of the same colour runs from the
inner margin obliquely to vein 9, where it ends in a round semi-detached blackish
s{)ot ; inner margin yellowish olive. Hindwing dull white, fringe [linkish grey ;
hyaline patch consists of two round spots.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : c?, 1(1 mm. ; ? , 22 mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ,l ?.
40. Zatrephes nitida spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 5).
6. Palpi, legs and antennae pink ; head and tegnlae jiearl grey [lowdered
with pink ; patagia greyish silvery ; abdomen crimson, first and last segments
bufif. Forewing : basal two-thirds of costa creamy white, apical third as
well as outer and inner margin yellowisli j)ink, rest of wing opalescent silvery
white, thickly irrorated with grey ; antemedian and postmedian transverse lines
greenish yellow.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (8. M. Klages).
1 <?.
41. Zatrephes miniata sp. nov. (PI. V. fig. c,).
?. Palpi whitish, bordered and tipped with red; foretibiae red, rest of legs
whitisli ; pectus white ; head cinnabar red ; thorax dark grey, washed and irrorated
with cinnabar red ; abdomen deep brownish grey. Forewing greyish orange-
brown, so closely irrorated with cinnabar as to appear almost entirely red ; an
antemedian and a median transverse line dark grey ; hyaline patch large and
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consisting of three close!}' coalescing spots snrromnled by a greyish brown cloud.
Hindwing dark sooty grey.
(S. Identical.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Hab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, Jnne 1906 (S. M. Klages).
I c?, 1 ?.
42. Zatrephes sublutescens spec. nov. (Pi. V. fig. 7).
c?. Palpi whitish in front, dull carmine outside ; forelegs dnll carmine,
variegated with yellowish grey ; head brownish grey, powdered with carmine ;
thorax and abdomen yellowish buff, slightly irrorated with carmine. Forewing
greenish bnff, dnsted with carmine ; an antemedian and postraedian transverse
line olive ; lieyond postmedian line are two black dots, one between veins 7 and 8
and one between 8 and 9. Hindwing whitish bnff.
?. Identical but larger.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 27 mm.
Hal). La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, 3100 ft., October 1904 (G. Ockenden).
5 (JcT, 1 ?. "
i'-j. Azatrephes fuliginosa spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 8-12).
S . Piilpi brown ; forelegs red ami grey, inside brown ; head brown ; tegulae
white; patagia brown, with mixed bnff and red spots ; abdomen brown, with white
dorsal patch on second and dnll orange one on third and fourth. Forewing
sooty brown, two-thirds of disc occupied by a yellowish hyaline patch with three
rows of minute brown dots on it ; on its outer side it is bordered by a serpentine
line of silver spots which join an outer marginal row of reddish pink ones at
vein 3 ; between the discal hyaline patch and the base is an irregular large
patch, extending transversely across the wings, of bright silver intermixed with
crimson streaks. Hindwing sooty brown.
This appears to be the normal tyjie, as five out of my eleven specimens are
about like it ; but from this type the species varies so much thiit in one direction
the extreme is reached in a specimen in which the whole forewing is sooty brown,
only having two or three silver and red dots on the inner margin, the much
reduced line of silver spots which joins the outer marginal line of pink spots, and
a few pink spots on the eosta; in the opposite direction a specimen has hardh'
any brown on the forewing and dirty orange hindwing washed with sooty brown.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
JIab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 190G and July and August 1907 (S. M.
Klages).
II C?(?.
44. Azatrephes discalis Walker (PI. V. fig. 14).
This is a good species, much larger than paradisea Butler (PI. V. fig. 13);
silvery white, not silvery yellow; has costa, outer margin, and obliijue median band
dull chestnut-brown instead of sooty brown and orange.
Expanse of S 32 mm., of paradisea 3 25 mm. ; of ? 30 mm., of pumdism ?
28 mm.
A. discalis also has a silvery white abdomen in the female and washed with
biitf in the male, while paradisr/i has a crimson abdomeu in both sexes.
3
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45. Amaxia affinis sjieo. nov. (PI. V. ti'^. 15).
d. Nearest to A. pulchra spec. nov. (infra).
Palpi yellow, sjwtted and striped with crimson ; Ici^'s yellow : pectus crimson ;
head yellow, collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; patagia lirowii eil^ed with crimson ;
thorax brown ; abdomen dull crimson, yellnwisli at last two sejjraents. Fore-
wing : basal two-fifths obliquely brown with a yellow wedge near base edged
with crimson, reaching from vein 5 to costa ; brown area outwardly edged with
crimson ; ])inky white patch at base of inner margin ; outer tliree-tifths of wing
yellow ; along outer margin a marginal and a submarginal row of brown dots ;
eight other similar dots scattered on disc, and three larger oval coalescent brown
spots between veins 8 and 0, 9 and in, and lU and 1 1, each with a crimson ring.
Hindwing pinkish white.
Length of forewing : 20 — 33 mm.
Ilah. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, GtM.M.) ft., November 10(il (G. Ockenden).
23 S3.
4(5. Amaxia pulchra sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. Ki).
cJ. Palpi yellow ; legs yellow with three crimson rings ; head red and yellow,
collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; jiatagia, onter half yellow, inner half dark
brownish grey, separated from tiie yellow by a crimson line ; abdomen crimson
yellow at last segment. Forewing : base yellow with three scarlet rings on it ;
a large irregular blackish patch occupying one-fourth of the wing follows this
yellow basal area; at the inner margin it reaches the angle, but on costa near
base of cell it is quite narrow ; a yellow sjjot in this patch on inner margin ; a
marginal and submarginal row of pinkish brown spots and si.\ similar ones on
disc ; before apex tiiree large blackisii oval spots encircled with scarlet ; between
these and patch reaching angle of inner margin four jiinkish brown spots.
Hindwing carmine pink, outer margin yellowish, costal area ]iinkisli bull'.
Length of forewing : 17 — 22 mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo and La Oroya, 11. Inambari, ( larabaya, Peru, January
1901, October 1902, January 1903 (G. Ockenden) ; Minas (Jeraes (A. Kennedy).
14 S6.
47. Amaxia pardalis parva snbspec. nov. (PI. V. lig. 17).
S ■ This is the representative of the Central American jinrtluUs (PI. V. fig. 18)
in the Guianas and I'razil. Similar to pardali.'t pnnliili.f, but smaller. The
yelliiw is duUer anil the hindwing less rosy, more sa!mon-]>ink ; the dark colour
in the basal area of forewing paler and the irregular liiotcli beyond the cell less
oblique and less irregular in outline ; abdomen dull crimson mixed with yellow.
Length of forewing in pnn/iili.'i pan/ir/i.'i, S 18 mm.; in jianlulis purrii,
S 13—15 ram.
Ilab. Aroewarwa Oeek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M.
Klages); Manaos, September 1906 (M. de Mathan).
12 Si, 1 ?.
48. Amaxia rufobasalis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 19).
S. Palpi, legs, and Irons yellow; crimson line on vertex; collar and
tegulae yellow ; base of patagia and front of thorax crimson ; rest of patagia
and thorax dark crushed-strawberry red ; abdomen dull crimson, sides of last
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segment whitish. Forewing : basal tliinl crushed strawberr.y washed with
grey outwardly, veins in this area crimson ; liasal fourth of costa bright yellow,
rest duller, the outer third to apex dotted with crimson ; rest of wing semi-
transparent dull yellow; an outer submarginal row of greyish manve dots and
ten ocellatcd greyish mauve s[)ots on the disc. Hindwing : costal third
opalescent pinkish wliite, rest crushed strawberry.
Length of forcwing : 18 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 19U0 (S. M. Klages).
9c?cf.
49. Areomolis basalis spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 20, 21).
S. Palpi greyish brown ; pectus orange-buff; legs orange-buff, streaked with
brownish grey and crimson ; frons crimson ; head yellow, marked with crimson ;
tegulae, patagia, and thorax streaked and irrorated with yellow, grey, and crimson ;
abdomen orange buffy yellow with central dorsal row of crimson spots. Fore-
wing greyish rnfons lirown, basal thinl more yellowish, this basal third crossed
by two bright yellow and four crimson zigzag transverse lines ; near the outer
margin between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 0 are two coalescent yellow spots with
crimson rings. Hindwing : basal half buff, outer half blackish.
?. Similar, but wings broader, and the submarginal spots between veins 3
and 5 are three in number.
Length of forewing : S KJmm. ; ? 15 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 (S. M. Klages).
9 cJc?, 3 ? ?.
50. Areomolis alboapicalis spec. nov. (PI. VIL fig. 29).
$. Palpi, legs, head, tiiorax, and furewings deep brown ; a large wiiife spot
at apex. Hindwing deep salmon, outer margin brown ; abdomen dull crimson,
last three segments soofy brown.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa t'rcek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 1905 (S. M.
Klages).
1 S.
51. Areomolis griseata sjiee. nov. (PI. V. fig. 22).
$. Palpi, pectus, and legs grey ; head grey ; two orange spots behind base
of antennae ; tegulae grey with buffy yellow edges ; patagia grey ; thorax grey
with central whitish line ; abdomen above grey, with segments 6, 7, and 8 yellow.
Forewing dark mouse-grey with veins picked out in pale whitish grey; from
costa to vein 2 a transverse line of wiiitisli sjiots crosses cell, and beyond it a
second line of five spots curves in and joins the first line. Hindwing whitish
grey, getting darker towards the onter margin.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
Hdh. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May I90C (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ.
52. Areomolis ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 23, 24).
cJ. Palj)! reddish lirown; [icctus orange-buff; legs orange-buff striped with
greyish brown ; head whitish, collar crimson ; tegulae and ]iatagia brown ; thorax
whitish with crimson lines; abdomen brownish orange-lmfl' with crimson rini^s.
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Forewing lU'eji greyish rnlims brown; lu^ir h-.iao a zigzag transverse white line
edged with crimson ; fi similar line from costa across the cell ; near onter margin
between veins '2 and 5 three white spots encircled with crimson : cilia chequered
witii jiinUish white and brown. Hindwing bntty yellow with a wide blackish
border, widest at apex and gradually narrowing (ill it fades away at anal angle.
I/ad. La Oroya, luambari U., (Jarabaya, Pern, :iliHi ft., November and
December 1905 (G. R. Ockendeu); Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam,
July 1905; and Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1900 (S. M. Klages).
53. Parevia maculata sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 25).
?. Palpi and legs greyish yellow; head yellow; thorax yellowish grey-
brown ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing yellowish grey-brown, antemedian
and median irregular seraihyaline white band from costa to vein 3, edged narrowly
with reddish ; an apical and four other marginal and submarginal whitish
semihyaline s]iots edged with red ; a round yellow dot on inner margin one-third
from the base. Hindwing dull crimson with wide sooty brown border.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
/hi). Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
54. Automolis albescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 20).
?. This is the largest species of the genus, for whereas A. graiidin and
A. ilnmmuns have an expanse of 85 mm. this specimen has a total expanse
of 95 mm.
Palpi clay-brown ; pectus white ; foreleg, tibia, and tarsus clay-brown, rest
of leg crimson ; frons white ; summit of head crimson ; thorax and abdomen dirty
yellowish grey-white; antennae black. Forewing dirty yellowish grey-white;
hindwing semihyaline white.
Length of forewing : 44 mm.
Ihih. British Guiana (bought at Georgetown by Mr. Wliitford).
1 ?.
55. Automolis favillacea sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 2s).
?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; pectus greyish bnif; head and thorax pale
wood-brown ; abdomen sooty brown, sides of first two and whole of anal segment
whitish grey.- Forewing f\iwn drab, strongly washed with wood-brown, dee]iest
in subbasul area and cell, where it forms a seuii-obliterat(^d transverse l)and and
a ](at.ch respectively ; at apex and just before angle of iimer margin is respectively
a dark brown patch joined by a submarginal row of brown dots; from the patch
before the angle of inner margin there runs also to the costa a postmedian
transverse line of larger brown dots. Hindwing : costal area whitish, rest of
wing brownish mouse-grey.
Length of forewing : 22 mm.
JIah. Aroewarwa Greek, Maroewym Valley, Suriiuun, August 1905 (S. M.
Klages).
1 ?.
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fill. Automolis ochracea spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 29).
S. Similar to ^1. ochraita Scbans (PI. V. fig. 30), but larger subb.isal liaiid
of grey clashes more obliqne, and the one that crosses the end of cell instead
of being straight or slightly oblique is deeply concave. Hindwing has costal
margin straight, and shows no trace of the large scent gland and patch of androconia
so conspicuous in ochrcata.
? . Larger.
Length of forewing : c? Is mm. ; ? 20 mm.
JIali. Santo Domingo, ("arabaya, S.E. Pern, Odiio ft.,. June lOtJl ; and La Oroya,
R. luambari, Peru, 310U ft., September 1904 (G. Uckeaden).
4 cJc?, 4 ? ?.
57. Automolis metacrinis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 27).
S. This species is intermediate between crims and hcrois. Leg.s and palpi
grey-brown ; head whitish ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax whitish, strongly washed
and edged with crimson carmine ; abdomen carmine, tip whitish. Forewing
hyaline opalescent white, at the base a number of longitudinal brownish grey streaks
forming a subbasal band ; this band is followed by a patch of pale yellow and
then an almost straight transverse median band of blackish grey dashes, with more
or less pale interspaces and veins. Hindwing white, washed with pale carmine.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm.
Ilab. Ouaca, Sta. Marta, 201)0 ft. (Engeike) ; Paramba, Ecuador, January to
May 1897 (Rosenberg) ; S. Javier, li. Cachabi, and K. C'ayapas, N.W. Ecuador
(Flemming & Miquetta).
1 (?,3 ? ?. "
r).s. Automolis fasciipuncta spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 31).
S. Palfii and legs whitisli ; head and tegulae and forepart of patagia and
thorax buff", hindpart whitish ; abdomen buft", first and last rings white.
Forewing: basal third white, rest liyaliue opalescent white; from costa to inner
margin across cell a band of black dots and dashes, twelve in number ; two faint
subbasal black dots.
Length of forewing : c? 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm.
Hab. La Union, H. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904(G. Ockenden);
La Oroya, R. luambari, Peru, November — December 1905 (G. Ockenden) ; Fonte
Boa, Amazonas, Sejitember 1900 (S. M. Klages).
3 66, 1 ?.
59. Automolis nigropunctata spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 32).
S. Palpi white ; forelegs brown ; head, tegulae, and patagia buff; thorax and
abdomen white. Forewing : edge of costa brownish black ; a Ijrownish black dot
on vein on lower side of cell, a round blackish spot between veins 8 and 9 near
outer margin, three blackish streaks above inner margin on disc between veins
1 and 4. Hindwing white.
Length of forewing : 24 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 190(3 (S. M. Klages).
1 6.
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^>0. Automolis bicolor spec. nov. (I'l. V. figs. 34, 35).
(?. Legs and \)a.\\n grey; pectus crimson; head buflf; thorax white, with
crimson spot; abdomen crimson, tip whitish. Fore- and hiudwings white,
slightly washed with yellow ; at the end of cell in forewing two or thre3 faint
blackish streaks.
Length of forewing : c? IT mm. ; ? :.'(! nun.
Hab. Valencia, Venezuela ; Onaca, Sta. Marta, 2UWI ft. (Engelke).
(il. Automolis aureogrisea spec. nov. (PI. V. ti^;. :iii).
<J. Palpi whiti.sh yellow; leg.s yellow and black; head and tliorax golden
yellow, with dark steel-grey patch where it joins abdomen ; abdomen orange yellow,
washed with grey. Forewing deep golden yellow, with large ovate steel-grey
patch, with bine reflections reaching from inner margin to beyond cell and from
enter margin to within '2 mm. of base ; a yellow splash runs into this from central
third of inner margin. Hindwing opalescent yellowish grey, washed with
greyish brown, strongest towards outer margin.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hab. 8auto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, June lOiil (G. Ockenden).
62. Automolis prumaloides spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 38).
cj. Palpi white ; legs white ; head and thorax tawny olive-brown ; abdomen
crimson. Forewing: costa pale tawny olive-brown, with golden splash in the
centre ; the basal half of wing obliquely tawny olive-brown ; apical half hyaline
yellow ; in the apical half the veins inwards from outer margin for about a
millimetre blackish brown, vein In almost entirely dark. Hindwing salmon-
crimson.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : J 14 mm.; ? 14 mm.
Hah. Fonte P>oa, Amazonas, May 19Uii (8. M. Khiges).
1 <?, 1 ?.
•i3. Automolis cruenta spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 39).
S ■ Palpi, legs, head, thorax, and abdomen geraninm-red. Forewing scarlet,
densely irrorated with rose-carmine; at end of cell is a round semihyaline white
spot about IJ mm. across; basal half of costa slate-bhie ; from the inner margin
to vein 8 runs a transverse median band of slate-blue which curves round the
top of the white spot and runs longitudinally to join the slaty fringe of outer
margini ; from the base runs an indistinct slate-blue band which joins the median
one at inner margin. Hindwing pale rosy carmine, costal and outer margins
bright carmine.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
Hab. La Union, R. Huacamayo, f'arabaya, Peru, 2i)(i() ft., December 1904
(G. Ockenden); Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May I'.MJO (S. M. Klages).
4 6S.
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64. Automolis pseudidalus spue. nov. (I'l. VI. fig. 14).
?. Tall)! ami legs pale salmon-colour; head .scarlet ; tegulae yellow ; patagia
and thorax yellow, streaked with orange-chrome; abdomen saltuon-cciloiir, last
two segments yellow. Forewing bright yellow, a hyaline spot in cell surronndi'd
by a number of ill-defined brownish grey blotches ; costa strongly washed and
tesselated with greyish mauve-brown ; fringe of outer margin mauve-brown ; wing
crossed by si.\ transverse vermicnlated bands of varying breadth of a reddish
orange, the outer three consisting of more or less perfect half-moons, between
the fourth and fifth a line of mauve-grey spots. Hindwiug : costal third
yellowish bnfl', rest salmon-colour.
Length of fore wing : 30 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Jnly I'.MJT (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
fi.j. Automolis propinqua sjiec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 2).
(J. Palpi, pectus, middle and hindlegs yellowish white; forelegs, head, and
thorax vermilion, slightly irrorated with yellow ; abdomen pale crimson.
Forewing bnffy orange, irrorated with crimson and banded with leaden grey, much
as in A. crocos. The most pronounced difference is in the hyaline yellow patcii,
which is larger and much wider than in ,1. crocos, but does not reach the outer
margin as in that species. Hindwing hyaline buff washed with salmon-crimson,
not crimson as in crocos.
Length of forewing : 22 mm.
Hab. R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, June 1904 (G. Ockenden).
1 (?.
'')'i. Automolis apiciplaga spec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 3).
?. Palpi, tibiae of forelegs, head, thorax, and abdomen crimson scarlet.
Forewing : basal three-fifths obliquely crimson scarlet, strongly washed with
greyish mauve ; apical two-fifths yellow with large apical pitch of crimson scarlet
washed with greyish manve. Hindwing paler crimson scarlet.
Length of forewing : 17 ram.
hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, November lOOf! (S. BL Klages).
1 ?.
67. Automolis flavonotata spec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 4).
?. Palpi pale brick-red ; forelegs, tarsi yellow, rest crimson ; head and thorax
yellow, almost cuverccl with crimson irrorations ; abdomen pale crimson, with
yellowish dorsal median line. Forewing : basal haif obli(piely rosy magenta ;
near the base from the costa half across the wing a large yellow patch slightly
irrorated with crimson ; from the inner margin beyond this to within the
cell a large wedge-shaped yellow jiatch almost hidden by scarlet irrorations;
apical half yellow, dotted sparingly with rose dots, a subapical long narrow patch
of rosy magenta edged with crimson. Hindwing pale carmine with yellowish
margin.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hub. Sau Antonio do Javary, Amazonas, June 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
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08. Automolis carmesina spec. nov. (I'l. VI. figs. 5, (i).
tj. Palpi yellowisb, bonlered with crimson ; iiectiis white ; forelegs crimson,
rest of legs white ; tarsi auil tibiae tipped witli lirick-red ; liead and thorax crimson,
irrorated with yellow ; abdomen and hiudwiug dnil crimson. Forewing greyish
crimson-scarlet, banded transversely with fonr irregnlar bands of orange and
scarlet irroratious, hyaline patch of three spots surrounded by scarlet crimson line.
? similar and larger, bnt the hyaline patch smaller, consisting of two spots
only, and the transverse bands more distinct.
Length of forewing : c? 19 mm. ; ? :i.) mm.
Hab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, July I'JtHj (S. M. Klages).
110. Automolis pseudopraemolis si)ec. 'nov. (I'l. VI. tig. I).
S- Falpi and head blood-red; tegnlae yellow edged with brick-red ; patagia,
thora.K, and abdomen orange, washed and irrorated with mauve-grey ; sides of
two middle segments of abdomen dull crimson. Forewing : costa brick-red
marked with dull mauve and bnlTy orange ; basal third very obliquely dull
pinkish mauve with some half obliterated yellow patches irrorated with scarlet ;
on the oblique outer border of this basal third is a bright blood-red band
from costa to vein 3 ; near apes a dull brick-red streak runs obliquely from
costa halfway to outer margin ; outer two-thirds of wing yellow. lliudwing
yellowish buff, strongly washed with pale crimson.
Length of forewing : 2ti mm.
Hab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, September I'JUl (G. Ockenden).
3 is.
71). Automolis luteorosea spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 40).
?. Palpi grey and white; i)ectus yellow; legs grey; head orange; tegulae
white ; patagia and thorax bully yellow ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing
bnffy yellow crossed by two broad bands conijiosed of maroon brownish grey
longitudinal patches ; the subbasal one obli<iue, the jwstmedian straight and very
broad, between the bands white, with a yellow patch within the white. Hindwing
dull crimson.
Length of forewing : 111 mm.
Hab. Christianeburg, British Guiana.
1 ?.
71. Automolis ockendeni sjiec. nov. (PI. \'. fig. 41).
(J?. Palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and forewing deep velvety black, across
the latter runs an olili([ue golden bulV band from middle of costa almost to angle
of inner margin. Hindwing, costal two-fiftiis pearl-grey, outer three-fifths deep
iilack.
Hab La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, Sei)tember l'.tii4 (G. Ockenden).
7 S6.
71a. Automolis ockendeni lativitta sub.sp. nov. (IM. V. fig. 42).
J. Differs from orht'uilcni ochcn'/cni by having sliorter forewing and the
oblique band niueh darker, more orange buff, and one-third wider.
I lab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July l'JU7 (8. M. Klages).
4 6S.
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72. Automolis subflammans spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 11).
S. Differs from Jhimmans Ijy its mncli broader and blunter wings and
duller colour. Forewing dull ferruginous brown ; only four instead of si.x
white submarginal spots at outer margin, hyaline ])atch yellowish, much smaller,
and made uj) of four, not six spots. Hindwing reddish salmon, a hyaline white
patch of two spots in centre ; antennae much more strongly pectinated.
Length of forewing : 29 mm.
Uab. Sta C'athariua, Brazil ; Bogota.
T3. Automolis subtruncata spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 12).
?. Similar to ? of ^1. pandiona, but forewing less truncate.
Legs, palpi, head, and thorax buffy greyish cinnamon ; abdomen huffish, pale
crimson dorsally. Forewing cinnamon brown, a yellow dot at base ; basal
half with three irregular rows of yellow spots ; a postmedian discal row of two
hyaline ovate spots with above and below a hyaline dot ; between ape.x and vein 8
a yellow patch with veins browu ; on each side of vein 7 two yellow sulimarginal
spots and a yellow streak after vein 7. Hindwing : costal half huffish, outer
half pale crimson.
Length of forewing : 27 mm.
Hab. Sta. Catharina, Brazil.
1 ¥.
74. Automolis hyalina spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 33).
S. Palpi, forelegs, and head black; collar, thorax, and abdomen golden
orange. Forewing smoky hyaline, clearer in a[iical third; a curved sooty
grey semihyaliue transverse line crosses wing one-third from outer margin ;
basal third golden orange, from middle of costa runs oblirpiely towards base
a broad hyaline steel-blue band ending near base at vein 1 in a ])oint.
Hindwing hyaline ; inner margin broadly golden, a black [)atch 4-5 mm. long
and 3 mm. wide near anal angle.
?. Similar, but hindwing all buff, and in place of black patch cilia brown.
Length of forewing ; c? 19 mm. ; ? 17 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Carabaya, Peru, OOiiO ft., July 19U4 (G. Ockenden);
Colombia (A. E. Pratt).
(3 cJcJ, 1 ?.
75. Automolis griseipennis spec. nov. (PI. VI. figs. 7, 8).
(?. Paljii and legs sooty grey ; frons shining blue ; head and thorax dark
grey, a metallic blue dot at base of each antenna ; abdomen, basal four segments
reddish orange or lemon-yellow, anal five segments sooty black with a central
and two lateral lines of metallic blue spots. -Forewing brownish grey, outer half
obli(inely much paler, separated from basal half by an ill-dclined yellowish grey
line. Hindwing brownish grey with an orange-buff scent gland near base.
?. Similar, but larger, and the two halves of forewing less sharply separated in
shade of grey.
Length of forewing : S 21 mm. ; ? 2.3 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 19U6 (S. M. Klages).
8 (?cJ,2 ¥ ?
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7*5. Automolis docis Hiibuer (PI. VII. ligs. 3i)-41).
I have 13 (?c? anil 0 ? ? of this si)ecies from between Itaitulia and Obitlos,
January — April lOUU (W. Hoffinaas) ; Obidos, Araazonas, October — November
1904 (M. de Mathau) ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, rjOG— 1007 (S. M. Khiges) ; ami
San Antonio do Javary, Amazonas, May l'.i07 (S. M. Klages). Those si)eeimens
show a very great variation ignite irrespective of locality. The one extreme
is deep grey, with the patagia edged with dull red, and the basal two
segments of the abdomen cinnabar red, the red line on forewing hardly defined,
and hindwing iiiiiform grey with orange scent spot; the other extreme has the
tegnlae, jiatagia iiiid thorax orange scarlet, eilged witii dull black, first two seg-
ments of abdomen orange scarlet, forewing orange scarlet edged with black, and
hindwing orange rose, broadly bordered with black.
77. Automolis niveomaciilata spec nov. (I'l. VI. fig. 21).
(J. (Similar to ^1. alhiphiga (I'l. VI. fig. 2n), but much larger. Total
expanse : albiplaqa, 35 mm. ; niveomacidalu, 45 mm.
Differs from albiplaf/a in having the palpi black instead of white ; the
patagia sooty grey, with a central white stripe iusteail of an indistinct greyish
white line, and the terminal third wliite as in (iU///i//i(/a ; abdomen has only
two yellow lateral patches, one on each side of the segments S and 0, not five
as in albijilnqa, on each side of segments 5 to 9. Forewing : basal two-thirds
have the veins distinctly and broadly jinre wliite, not faintly indicated in paler
grey as in albijiUuia ; jwstmedian ovate white patch jiurer white an<l much
larger, occuj>ying fully one-fourth of the wing area. Hindwing: the disc is
much more extended white, which colour also is more sharply defined from the
ground-colour of the wing; apex of wing much more produced, which gives it a
much more triangular shajie than in albiphdja.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hnb. La Union, K. Huacamayo, Carabava, Peru, November 1'JU4 (G. Ockenden).
1 cJ.
78. Automolis uniformis sjiec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 2ti).
(?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; head and collar orange ; tegulae brownish
grey, with faint white edging on inner side ; patagia and thorax brownish grey ;
abdomen sooty, last segment brownish grey, three lateral yellow patches on each
side of segments fi, 7, and 8. Forewing brownish olive-grey ; veins olive-buff.
Hindwing sooty black, with central area of disc whitish grey.
Length of forewing : is min.
Hab. Arocwarwa Creek, Maniewyiu Valley, Surinam, .April IIO.'j (S. M.
Klages).
1 6.
70. Automolis klagesi spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 43).
cJ. Pal|)i and legs brownisii grey, stri]ied longitudinally with white; head
black, edged with white; collar orange; tegulae, patagia, and tliorax brownish
black, slightly edged with olive-buff; abdomen brownish blue-black, with five
lateral orange-yellow ])atches on each sidc^ of segments 3 to 7. Forewing
velvety brownish black; veins in basal (wo-l birds olive-buff; a postmedian
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oblique band of buffish yellow from the costa to angle of inner margin, narrower
behind. Iliiidwing brownish sooty black, centre greyish white.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
llab. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, May I'.iOO (S. M. Klages).
1 S.
so. Automolis godmani Drnce.
This is a distinct sjiecies, and not the ¥ of nitili/s, which has a ? similar to
the (?.
81. Automolis cingulata spec. nov. (PL VI. fig. 1:^4).
?. Ditiers from ? of rufiliis in liaving entirely black hindwings and abroad
yellow abdominal belt formed by the sixth and seventh segments being entirely
yellow.
Length of forewing: 21 mm.
Hab. Quevedo, W. Ecuador (v. IJnchwald).
2 ?¥.
82. Automolis sypilus Cram.
Sir George Hampson says {Gat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mas. vol. iii. }i. 57) that this
species was unknown to him, and that it might be the ? of parkanli or drawn
from a rubbed specimen. I have 5 c?(? and 1 ?. These specimens are in
perfect condition, and the ? exactly agrees with Cramer's figure. The c? ranch
resembles I'rumala saturata Walk., but there are two lateral yellow patche.s
nearly meeting dorsally, one on each side of the third segment of the abdomen,
instead of the basal half of abdomen being yellow, and the longitudinal central
orange band of forewing is reduced to three widely separated orange streaks.
83. Automolis pseudameoides spec. nov.
S ■ This species resembles Fnarndd, ami'oides. Palpi and legs brownish black,
streaked longitudinally with yellowish white; head and collar white; tegulae
golden yellow, broadly edged on inner side with black ; patagia golden yellow ;
thorax golden yellow, with central black line ; abdomen velvety black, yellow on
sides of first two segments, and liaving white streaks on last four segments.
Forewing: costal edge and vein 11 buff, rest of wing black; from base to angle
of inner margin ]ilaced obliiiuely is a large diamond-shaiied golden yellow patch
occupying one-third of the wing area; in the apical half of the wing is another
large golden yellow irregularly triangular patch, and between the two from the
outer margin to edge of cell runs a narrow buff line. Hindwing yellowish
buff, with a broad band of sooty brownish reaching from anal angle to middle
of outer margin ; costal third of the wing occupied by an enormous scent gland
and jialch of androconia.
? . Similar, but sooty brown ; abdomen above and on sides entirely deep
brown glossed witli blue, and merely a few whitish scales near tip ; the two
golden yellow patches on forewing smaller ; veins whitish. -Hindwing deep
sooty brown ; basal third yellow.
Length of forewing : S I'.t mm. ; ? 21 mm.
Iliih. La Union, U. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 10ii4 ((3. Ockenden).
7 cJcJ, 2 ? ?.
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84. Automolis asara I'nuc.
This is a very distinct sjiecies, not ;it all iilcnticai \\\th//((i-i'scciis Walk.
So. Automolis superba Driioe.
This is distiuct from salma Diiice.
^6. Automolis salma Druce.
This is (jiiite distinct from the preceding.
87. Automolis luteola spec. nov. (I'l. VI. tig. 0).
i . Allii'd to hoHoro Scluuis, but j>ectns dee]) Initl', not black, with two wliite
spots ; bead, thorax, and basal halt' of abdomen orange bnfi'; ajiical half of
abdomen black, with three rows of glittering bhie spots. Fore- and hindwiugs
golden bntJ".
?. Similar, bnt wings orange-buff.
Lengtli of forewing : $ 10 mm.; ? '1\ mm.
Hah. I'atao Gniria, August 1891 ; C'ucuta, Venezuela ; Patino Cue, Paraguay,
February (Montforts) ; Sapncay, Paraguay, July 14, 10t)2 (W. Forster).
3 icJ, 2 ?.
88. Automolis garleppi inversa subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. J 7).
i. Similar to yarZfc'/j/j/ garleppi (PI. VI. tig. ISj, bnt the large fuscous patch
near angle of inner n)argin (fornus) reduced to an oval streak, while the three
yellow costal j)atches are mncli larger.
Hub. 8anto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, November IDMl (G. Uckenden).
5 cJ c? (13 SS of garlcjij/i (/arleppi in Tring Museum).
89a. Automolis buckleyi harterti subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 15).
S. Similar to bui-khnji bucklfi/i (I'l. VI. fig. Ki), but dilfers in the forewing
being golden yellow instead of orange-salmon, and the parts between the sulphur-
yellow costal patches as well as the apical area crimson scarlet.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October lOuG and July l'JU7 (S. M. Klages).
0 Si.
SDm. Automolis buckleyi whitfordi subspec. nov.
(??. Similar to biickh'i/i hurldeiii, but diflers in the forewing being ])ale
vermilion, not orange-salmon, and in the black lines bordering the yellow costal
patches being ranch wider and more pronounced.
Hab. British Gniana (bought at (ieorgetown by Mr. \Vhitford).
1 <J, 1 ? (2 (^c? of biicl.-li'i/i biickU'iji in Tring Museum).
'•'!). Automolis persimilis spec. nov. (I'l. VI. lig. 2o).
i. At first sight this species woulil be mistaken Ibr Idalitu flavoplaga Schaus.
Palpi whitish ; pectus golden yellow ; head yellow, a black spot on frons and
behind antennae; tegulae orange golden, with a black spot on each; patagia and
thorax stri[)ed longitudinally yellow and brown ; abdomen : basal three segments
above black, yellow at sides, central ones golden yellow, three end ones blue-
black, the last with pure white anal tuft. Forewing mummy-brown, all the
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veins strouglj' bnffish _vellow ; a larjje woili^e-shajipil postmedian yellow jiatcli
from costa obliquely to vein 5. Hiiidwiiiy- yellow.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Ilab. La Oroya, 11. Inambari, f'araliaya, S.E. Pern, >Sei)tember and October
10114, March, Nnveralier, and l>eceiiiber Uhi,'), and La Union, ]{. Hnacamayo, ('ara-
baya, Peru, December Iyu4, and Tiiiguri, Oarabaya, Angust l'JU4 (G. Ockeuden).
■M 33.
Ooa. Automolis persimilis marginata snbspec. uov. (PI. VI. tigs. 22, 23).
c?. Similar to persimilis persimilis, bnt hindwing has costal half yellow, rest
of wing sooty brown.
¥. Has hindwing yellow, broadly margined with brown.
Bab. Tuis, Costa Rica; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages).
1 3,2 33.
91. Automolis brunnescens s])ec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10).
3. Palpi and legs mnmmy-brown ; head and tegulae creamy white; patagia
longitudinally outer half mummy-brown, inner half creamy white; tliorax creamy
white ; abdomen pale orange, last segment bnfif. Forewing mummy-brown with
pale whitish dot beyond cell ; in some specimens this is a distinct spot, in others
hardly visible. Hindwing : costal two-fiftiis buff, along inner margin orange
yellow, outer two-fifths sooty brown.
?. Larger entire hindwings sooty gre3'-brown.
Length of forewing : 3, 21 mm. ; ? , 25 mm.
Hal/. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July and August 1967 (S. M. Klages).
10 33, 1 ?.
91a. Automolis brunnescens unicolor snbspec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10).
c?. Difiers from brunncsciiis brunnescens by the palpi, head, legs, and thorax
being uniform brown and the forewing without the central whitish spot.
Hab. Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 19()0 (J. Steinbachj.
1 3.
92. Automolis griseonitens spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 27).
3 . Nearly allied to .1. amjnlosa Walk. Palpi, legs, and pectus black, strongly
iridescent with steel-blue; head blue; tegulae orange; patagia black, slightly
glossed with steel-blue ; thorax bright glittering blue ; alidomen, first two segments
orange, rest iridescent steel-bine. Forewing greyish black, strongly iridescent
with steel-green ; an antemedian transverse orange band as in angulosa, bnt nearly
double as wide ; the oblicpie subapical orange baud also wider, but farther from
apex, so that the dark aiiical area is larger than in tini//ilo,sa. Hindwing : basal
half bullish orange, outer half brownish steel-blue; all wings broader than in
unffulosa (PI. VI. fig. 29).
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : (?, 22 mm. ; ?,2;jmm.
Ilab. La Oroya, 1{. Inambari, S.E. Peru, March 1905, and Santo Domingo,
Carabaya, Pern, October 1902 and January 19u3 (G. Ockenden).
2 33,1 ?.
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93. Automolis ardesiaca spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 28).
(J. Also close to angulosa Walk. (PI. VI. fig. 2'.>)- Palpi, pectus, legs, and
head dark blackish slate, strongly iridescent witii l)riglit blue ; tegnlae buft' ;
patagia and thoru.K pale slate-grey with bluish iridescence ; abdomen deep
iridescent bine, first two segments bnff. ^Forewing pale slate-grey with blnish
green gloss ; a broad antemedian transverse and a broad snbapical band buff ;
the latter is so broad that only the bare ape.\ is dark. Hindwing : basal hall"
bnf}', outer lialf brown-grey with Iduish gloss.
Length of forewing : c?, 20 mm.
Hab. Tnis, Costa Rica.
2 S3.
94. Automolis alboatra spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 30).
S. Paljii, basal half orange, apical half blackish brown; pectus orange; legs
blackish brown ; frons blackish brown ; head and collar orange, a black spot
between and one behind antennae ; tegnlae and jiatagia, longitudinally, inner half
brownish black, outer half creamy white ; thorax and abdomen above brownish
black, sides and last two segments of abdomen orange. Forewing brownish
black, veins 1, 2, and 3 slightly picked out in dull grey, basal half of wing from
costa to vein 2 creamy white ; in apical third a broad obliijue creamy white
band, reaching from costa to outer margin. Hindwing : costal two-thirds
creamy white, ape.x and inner third sooty greyish black.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ildb. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1906 (S. M. Klages); Rio Demerara ; La
Union, R. Hnacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, November 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inam-
bari, S.E. Pern, March 190;'. ((i. Ockenden).
4 3i.
95. Automolis semicostalis spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 31).
?. Palfii and legs sooty brown ; head orange, a black dot behind antennae ;
tegnlae and patagia, longitudinally, outer half wliite, inner half sooty brown ;
thorax and abdomen sooty brown, four lateral orange spots on each side, one on
each side of segments 4, T), G, and 7. Forewing sooty brown, basal half of
costa erraniy white, a snl)apieal oblirjue broad band of |iure white from costa to
outer margin. — — Hindwing sooty brown, a whitish jiatch on basal half of costal
area.
(?. Similar.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages); Paramaribo,
December 1SU2 ((!. W. Ellaeombe).
1 (J, 1 ?.
O.^A. Automolis semicostalis apicalis snbs]iec. nov.
?. Similar to srm/rostalis semicostalis, but wiiole apical two-fifths of fore-
wing white. This may j.rove a distinct species, bearing the same relationship to
semicostalis that godmnni does to rutilus ; but the nniipie specimen is too damaged
to decide.
Ilab. Ten miles above Mapiri, Bolivia, 2U0o ft, 1895 (Maxwell Stuart).
1 ?.
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9G. Automolis packardi saturata subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 33).
c??. Similar to -packardi paclmrdi (PI. VI. fig. 32), but innch larger, the
brown much deeper and riolier, and all orange markings narrower.
Ilab. Hio Deraerara, British Guiana; 8ta. Catharina, Brazil.
1 (?,2 ? ?.
This may lie a distinct species.
97. Automolis uuderwoodi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 34).
$. Similar to A. pratti, but at once recognisable in the forewing by the basal
two-thirds of costa being orange yellow and the longitudinal orange-yellow band
being much wider, half filling cell. No fuscous cilia. -Hindwing more extended
yellow.
Hah. Costa Rica (Underwood).
98. Automolis rosenbergi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 3.5).
(J?. Very similar to A. collateralis, but no yellow on costa and the central
longitudinal band of forewing much narrower and curved downwards near a|ie.\, and
it tloes not reach outer marifin.
o
Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, 3000 ft., March 1897 (W. F.Rosenberg); Hacienda
Ave Maria, West Ecuador (Bnchwald) ; Tachira, Venezuela (Briceno).
3 cJ(?,5 ? ?.
99a. Automolis vitrea borealis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 3).
c??. Resembles ritrea n'tiv/i, but dift'ers by having the black markings in
basal half of forewing much reduced and wider apart, the paler lines cinnamon-
yellow instead of brown, the dark markings on thorax much paler and the light
ones orange-salmon, not brown, the siibmarginal row of black spots on forewing
generally complete, consisting of five spots instead of one to three, hindwing
yellowish salmon-pink instead of yellow-bn(f, and by the last two segments of
abdomen being orange, not black.
//all. Orizaba, Mexico, Jannary to A])ril (\V. Schaus); (Jiudad de Guatemala
(Hxxlrigaez); Huatuxco, Vera (!ruz; Costa Rica (Underwood); Rosary Mine,
Spanish Honduras.
8 c?fT,.'J ? ?.
99b. Automolis vitrea occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 4).
(?. Differs from ritrea vitrea (PI. VII. fig. 2) in having the lighter jHirtions
of the basal half of forewing chestnut, in the costal half rosy, in the inner
half and hindwing washed with deep salmon ; the abdomen is orange-rnfous.
I/ab. La Union, R. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904 (G.
Ockenden).
0 6S.
99c. Automolis vitrea meridionalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. I).
(?. Has the black streaks in basal hall' of forewing almost obsolete, and the
jiink spread over basal tliiiil of the wing.
//a/). Sajiucay, Paraguay, June ll.t02 (\V. Foster) ; 8. Brazil.
2 (JcT.
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100. Automolis intermedia spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 37).
<S. Tliis species forms the coniiceting link between A. vitrca and ^1. tifhrin.
Palpi gre}-; liead and legs white; tegulae white with two brownish streaks on
the enter edge ; pafagia and thora.x white, with lirownish yellow edges ; abdomen
dnll yellow, a white dorsal sjiot on eacli of the three first segments. Forewing
hyaline wliite, basal half with some irregnlar semi-obliterated blackish streaks ;
at end of cell a brown ocellated spot ; from angle of inner margin (tornns) rnns
a brown streak for abont 3 mm.; above this on disc are a few ])ale grey dots
and a brown spot between veins 6 and 7 near outer margin. Hindwing hyaline
white, yellow from inner margin to vein 2.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hab. La Union, H. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, November 19t)4 (G.
Ockenden).
im. Automolis reticulata spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 3.s).
S. Palpi and tibiae of forelegs brown-grey ; tarsi and remaining legs white ;
head, thorax, and abdomen earthy brown with paler reticnlations. Forewing:
basal third earthy brown, reticulated with yellow spots, apical two-thirds
yellowish hyaline with an irregnlar broad postmedian l)and and reticulations of
earthy brown. Hindwing hyaline white, a large brown patch at apex.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July lOOG (S. M. Klages).
1 6.
102. Castrica sordidior spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. t\).
S. This species has the forewing mnch less truncate, more pointed, and the
hindwing ronnder, less angnlated ; the jiectns is orange, not lemon-yellow ; the
thorax olive-green, not bright olive-yellow ; abdomen black-brown, not yellow, last
segment olive-yellow. The forewing has the olive-green areas mnch darker and
the hyaline areas mnch reduced by increased olive-green markings; the inner
marginal area yellowish green, not yellow. Hindwing olive-grey, not yellow.
Hub. Caparo, Trinidad, November lOn."), and Fonte Boa, Aniazonas, May 190(;
(S. M. Klages).
4c?cf.
lo3. Melesse peruviana sjjcc nov. (PI. VII. figs. 7, 8).
?. This species is nearest to ^f. Inodamia Drnce (PI. VII. fig. 10). The
whole forewing is, however, imrplish grey-brown, and there are in basal half a
number of yellow spots enclosed in crimson scarlet rings; a similar spot in cell;
outer margin from apex to vein 3 yellow as in luoildmia, but (he scarlet inner
line runs into the yellow in a nuni])er of conical points; postmedian yellow;
costal patch larger, more (piadrate, and hardly produced towards aju'x.
S. Almost identical, but the spots on basal half of forewing larger.
Length of forewing : ? 23 mm.; S 18 mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo, CJarabaya, Peru, November litol, July, October,
December 1902, September 1904, and March I',mi5 (G. Oekmden).
19 JcJ, 2 ? ?.
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104. Melesse klagesi spec. nov. '(PI- VII. fig. 11).
?. (Jlosely allied to .1/. haboxd Donfiiin (PI. VII. fig. 12) and M. cliiriquensis
Schaus. DiliVis iVdin hnhom in tho black spots in and around apex of cell of
forewing being larger and very distinct, somewhat ocellate; tiie postineilian hyaline
patch consists of a central linear oblong streak and the upper and lower spots
reduced to dots, while in babosa the npper and central spots are large and irregular
in shape, and the lower one only is a dot. Tlindwing sooty grey, black instead
of jiale grey ; abdomen bright crimson instead of pale j)inkish crimson.
Length of fore wing : 13 mm.
Ilab. Aroewarwa ('reek, Maroewyra Valley, Surinam, March lOofi (S. M.
Klages).
^2 ? ?.
HVi, Melesse flavipuucta spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 13, 14).
S. Palpi ])ale crimson; head cinnamon-brown; base of antennae and collar
pale crimson ; thorax cinnamon-brown ; abdomen rosy crimson. Forewing
cinnamon-brown, ai)ical jiortion of costal margin and the outer margin rosy
crimson ; a snbliasal round liiack spot, a lialf-obi iterated darker median band and
a (lark jiatcli at end of cell; aliout one-third from the base on vein 1 is a round
spot ; npper half yellow, lower half orange. Hindwing rosy cwimson.
? . Larger and rather ]ialer.
Lengtii of forewing : J 15 mm. ; ? 11) mm.
Hub. C!aparo, Trinidad, November 19(15 (S. M. Klages), type; Quevedo,
AV. Ecuador (v. Bnchwald); La Union, U. Huacaraayo, f !arabaya, Peru, December 1904
(G. Ockenden) ; Aroewarwa (ireek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 19U5 (S. M.
Klages); Sta. Catharina, Brazil; Fonte P>oa, Amazoiias, October 19(i(i (S. M.
Klages); Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 1900 (.1. Steinbach); Paramaribo,
July 1892 ; S. Javier, R. C'achabi, Ecuador (Flemraing & Miquetta).
21 3S, 13 ? ¥.
106. Melesse quadripuuctata spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 15).
?. Palpi and head yellowish crimson: thorax cinnamon-brown, variegated
with yellowish crimson; abdomen and hindwing pale salmon-pink. lAu'ewing
deep ciuDaraon-brown ; costal and outer margin crimson ; at end of cell a crimson
dot with dark ring ; a similar larger s[iot between veins 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 :
on vein 1 is a yellow spot with a crimson ring.
Lengtii of forewing : 20 mm.
Hub. Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, 6000—10,000 ft., Peru (Bottger).
1 ?.
107. Melesse iuconspicua spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 2S).
¥. Head and body i)ale yellowish grey-brown. Forewing darker, with
five half-obliterated transverse dotted l)lai-kish lines. Hindwing fuscous maize,
semihyaline.
Length of forewing : 12 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
4
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108. Bertholdia ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. K,).
(1. Allied to Ji. mi/o.stirtd llra]isi).
Head and tborax rnfous tawny ; aliilonu'ii nisy crimsdii, last seu-mcut biaik
with white tnf'ts. Forewin? orange-tawny, mure golden towards inner margin ;
enter margin nnit'orni dark limwn ; eilia with whitish dots at end of veins; on
vein 1, one-third from base, is a round golden yellow spot. Hindwiiig hyaline
pinkish white, along inner margin broadly pale carmine.
Length of forewing : ~;! — ■-'.") mm.
Hub. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Fern, .lidy l'.iit4 ((t. (•ckenilen).
3 cJc?,2 ? ?.
Hi!i. Bertholdia rubromaculata spec nov. (PI. Yll. fig. IT).
?. Palpi white tipped with crimson; base of antennae crimson; head and
thorax greyish cinnamon ; abdomen rosy crimson witli whitish anal tuft.
Forewing ochraeeons cinnamon, more vinaceous in aiucal thinl, hyaline patch
yellow ; a crimson streak at base of inner margin, a white dot on vein 1, and above
this dot a large scarlet blotch. Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, rosy carmine ou
and beyond inner margin.
i. Similar.
Length of forewing : ? 21 mm.; S IS mm.
Hab. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, .Inly 10il4 (G. Ockenden).
3 cJcJ, 1 ?.
IP). Bertholdia steinbachi spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 19).
?. Head and thorax crimson, iriin-ated with yellowish grey ; abdomen crimson.
Forewing : basal two-thirds crimson, washed with yellow towards hyaline
jiatch, onter third vinaceous lirown, hyaline jnitch yellowish; white dot on vein 1.
Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, ])ale manve-jiink along inner margin.
c?. Similar.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hab. Salta, N. Argentina, and Tucuman (d. Steinbach).
1 c?, 1 ?.
111. Bertholdia grisescens spec. nov. (PI. VII. lig. is).
?. Palpi white with j)ink tips; head and thorax ])ale monse-grey with
narrow yellow edges ; abdomen crimson. Forewing : costal edge in basal third
mauve-pink, then along hyaline patch creamy white, then pink to apex, cilia of
outer margin grey with pink dots at end of veins ; whole wing pale monse-grey,
•shaded with darker grey in outer two-thirds ; on vein 1 a golden yellow spot, and
a similar nearer the base, half way between vein 1 and the costa. Hindwing
hyaline, a wide grey border on outer and costal margins, inner margin crimson,
hyaline jiatch edged with intense black.
J. Similar.
Length of forewing : ? :!4 ram. ; cj 185 mm.
Ilab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, January I'.hkI, and Tiuguri, Carabaya,
August 101)4, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Decemlier l'."i2 ((i. Ockenden);
Salidero, N.\V. Ecuador, February U»i)i (Flemming iV Miiiuctta) : La Alerced,
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R. Toro, Pern, Rp]itninl)er 1001 (Simons) ; 8ajinray, Paratfnay, Ja,nnary 9, 1905, and
Di'ceinlier 31, l'.i04 (W. Foster) ; ('olaiul)ia, K. ( iayajias, N.W. Ecuador (Fleraming
& Miqnetta).
14 ? ?,1T 6S.
112. Prumala intensa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fij^. 19).
c??. Very clo.se to P. Iiieroiihipliica Schaus, bnt tlie markings mnoh more
intense. The red markings of tbrewings much more intense and larger, the
subapical oblique brown line of hieroghjphicn replaced in iiifi'i/S't. by a broad deeji
brown band, and the inner margin more than twice as wide as in liirio^jhjpliica
and deep brown.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Araazonas, May— August 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 d", 1 ?, in Tring Museum.
113. Hyponerita sardauapalus spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 21).
?. Palpi and head crimson ; a yellow patch on vertex ; thorax and forewing
brilliant deep crim.son, strongly washed with iri<lescent plum pnr|)le ; ai)ical
two-thirds of costa and outer margin to vein 2 yellow, a median tiiangular costal
jiateh also yellow. Ilindwing salmon-bnfi' : ;didonien scarlet dorsally, bnlf
laterally.
i . Similar, bnt hindwing yellow buff.
Length of forewing : 13;") mm.
Huh. La Union, T{. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, December 1904 (G. Ockenden);
Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
3 <?c?, 5 ¥ ?.
114. Hyponerita grandis spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 20).
c? ? . Similar to //. inrerta Schans, bnt much larger. Palpi, heail, and legs
pale yellow ; thorax deep ranmmy-brown ; abdomen crimson. Forewing deep
mummy-brown ; apical two-thirds of costal edge yellow, a large median irregular
triangular costal patch yellow, a subapical smaller one, and the outer margin from
vein 10 to vein 1 irregularly ycdlow. -Hindwing hyaline bull'.
Length of forewing : ? 20 mm. ; c? 10 mm.
Hub. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1902 (G. Ockenden).
2 6S,Q ? ?.
11."). Paranerita klagesi spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 22).
(? ?. Near to P. metiipi/riu Dogniu (PI. VII. fig. 23).
Differs at first sight from mi'tapi/ria by its abruptly truncate and pointed
forewing ; the subaj)ic;il mauve pat('h is s(jnare, not ovate, and is joined to the
oblique basal half of wing by a broad mauve band ; a white ])atcli and yellow
dot in basal tliir<l of forewing; thorax bhickish mauve instead of pale pinkish
lavender.
Length of forewing : S 15mm; ? 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte P>oa, Amazonas, August I'.iilii (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ, 1 ?.
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116. Pseudalus leos occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 27).
(J. Similar to Iro.s Ico.s, but the uhli(|ne liiio from middle of inner marijin to
just before apex is not. broken np into dots, tlie spot in cell is larger and the wing
more poiiiteil.
I fab. Tinguri, Carabaya, August 1!)04, and La Uioya, li. luambari, 8.E. Peru,
March l'.iuri(G. Ockendeu).
117. Pseudalus aurantiacus spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 25, 20).
S. Palpi, h'gs, head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing yellow,
strongly snfl'nspd with rnfons orange ; an anteniediaii and postmedian oblique deep
rnfons brown line across the wing from costa to inner margin. llindwing pale
salmon.
?. Resembles 7'. /cos /fos, bnt the postmedian band is integral and strongly
marked, the antemedian unbroken and straighter, and the fVn-ewing is shorter and
rounder.
Length of forewing : 6 12 mm. ; ? 18 mm.
Hub. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyra Valley, 8urinam, A))ril H'OS (S. M.
Klages).
0 66, 1 ?.
lis. Pseudalus strigatus spec. nov. (PI. VII. tig. 24).
6 ?. Palpi and legs orange ; head yellow : tegnlae yellow ; patagia and thorax
yellow, streaked with orange ; abdomen orange. Forewing yellow with broad
orange stripes between the veins and on costa; a broad streak of orange-scarlet
along inner margin ; an antemedian and a postmedian deep brown oblique line,
black where crossing veins from costa to inner margin, both angulated on and
below costa.
Length of forewing: cJ 17 mm. ; ? 20 mm.
Hub. Tinguri, (Carabaya, Peru, August 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inambari,
S.E. Peru, September 1004 (G. Ockenden).
2 66,1 ?.
110. Praemolis schausi spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 2:^).
6. Nearly allied to /'. (iminyllis Schaus, but differs from it by having a well-
defined fnscous median transverse band on forewing, and a greater number of and
more distinct red zigzag lines across the forewing, and the postmedian fuscous band
is much wider.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, August 1000 (S. M. Klages).
1 c?".
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SOME NEW SIPHONAPTEEA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
1. Loemopsylla vigetus spec uov. (PI. VIII. fig. 3, 4).
A CLOSE ally of /,. sa^mlifcr Hothsch., Nov. Zool. xii. p. 48(J. ii. 2. t. 13.
liJ,^ o (101)5) (South aad Sonth-East Africa), an;l L. tortus Rothsch.,
Parasitology i. j). 53. n. 14. t. 6. fig. 4 (I'JO.S) (South-East Africa), but nearer to
the former. The bristles are fewer in unmber ami on the whole slenderer than
in the two species mentioned. The first row on the epimerum of the metathorax
contains 5 or 6 bristles, and the second row 4 to 6. The third and fourth
abdominal tergites have each a row of 13 to 15 bristles on the two sides
together. The numbers of the bristles on the sternites of segments 3 to 7 are as
follows: <S, 5-7, (!, 6, 6, 0 ; ?, 8-10, S-9, 8, 7-9, 7-11. The sternite of the
seventh segment has in front of the row, on each side, a single bristle, which
is sometimes absent. The hindfemur has 2 subapical ventral bristles on the
enter side and a row of 6 or C, rarely 4, on the inside. The bristles on the
tibiae and the tarsi are less stout than in .wopulifcr, but of about the same length
as in that species. The short snbapical bristle situated on the posterior side of
the Ibretibia deserves special mention as being decidedly thinner than the
corresponding bristle in scnpulifer.
MoJifed Segments. — cj. The eighth sternite bears laterally one, rarely two,
long bristles near the base, and ventral ly from 6 to 8 bristles, of which the most
distal one is the longest ; these bristles are arranged in four rows as follows :
2 or 3, 2 or 3, 1 or 2, 1. The outer flap of the clasper bears 7 bristles, of which
the third is the thickest, while the fourth is the longest, being curved and
twisted as in the allied species (PI. VIII. fig. 3. F'). These bristles are shorter
than the corresponding bristles in scopulifer, and the third is much thicker than
in tortus. The inner flap of the clasper (PI. VIII. fig. 3. F") is less curved
than in tortus, but much more so than in seupul/J'er ; it is also more pointed
than in the latter species. The ninth sternite is somewhat club-shaped in lateral
aspect (PI. VIII. fig. 3. ix. st.), the tip being distinctly widened and rounded off.
The posterior edge of the ninth tergite bears on each side three bristles as in
the allied species, but these bristles are even shorter and thinner than those in
scopulifer. ?. The eighth tergite (PI. VIII. fig. 4) bears on tlie sides 0 to 8
bristles, an ajiical row of 8 to 10 (usually 9) bristles on the outside, and an ajiical
row of 7 or 8 (usually 8) on the inside. The bristles on the anal segment are
thinner than in the allied sjiecies.
We have a series of both sexes olf " rats " collected by Dr. Kennau at
Freetown, Sierra Leone ; received from Ur. G. H. F. Nuttall.
2. Ceratophyllus enoplus spec. nov. (PI. Vlll. fig. C).
Near C. leucopus Baker, I'roc. U.S. Kat. Afus. xxvii. ji. 4(il (i;iii4), which
we know only from the description.
Ileivl. — The frons bears a row of 3 long bristles in front of tlie eye ; further
njJwards there are 3 or 4 small bristles, and between these and the eye a number
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of small hairs. The occi|mt liear.s oae rather short ami thin hristle laterally
above the antennal groove. The bristle which is situatcil at the ventral angle
of the occiput is very long, and is uot accompanied by a second bristle, as is the
case in leiicopus. The rostrnm reaches to the apex of the trochanter, while in
leucopiis, according to Baker, it extends only four-tifths the length of the coxa.
Thorax. — The pronotniu bears a comb of lit s])incs, the ventral spine on each
side being short and narrow. The meso- and mctanota have each two rows of
bristles as in li'i/i-o/ii/.'i ; and tlie mesonotnni bears in addition a row of numerous
small hairs at the basal edge and 0 or T long slender spines on each side in front
of the apex. The epimerum of the metathorax has ubont T bristles (3, li, J), which
are rather irregularly arranged.
Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites, including the Krst, have each two rows of
bristles. The seventh tergite has one long and one shorter apical bristle, the
long one being only a little shorter than the first hindtarsal segment. Tiie
sternites of the third to seventh segments have each 3 bristles on each side,
while the basal sternitc bears one lateral and one ventral bristle on each side.
Li'(f». — The bristles on the tibiae and tarsi are less nnmerons than in C. keeni
Baker (18'.t6), the first hindtarsal segment bearing only 7 pairs on the hinder
side. The longest ajiical bristle of the second hindtarsal segment reaches to
the apex of the third segment. The proportions of the segments of the midtarsns
are : 20, 17, 13, 9, ao, and of the hindtarsus, 4«, 30, 21, 11, 23.
Modijicd Scijmcnts. — S. Similar to those of C. kccni; but ijnite distinct. The
eighth tergite bears a row of 8 long bristles on the njiper portion of the dorsal
edge, and about 20 along the lower edge, all these bristles being slender and
some of them very long. The movable process of the clasi)er is broader than in
kecni., and bears two short thick spines, and at the ajiex a long bristle, as shown
in the figure (PI. Vlll. fig. 6) ; the upper of these sjiities ends in a short point.
The nintb stcrnite bears very numerous small hairs along the ventral edge and
on the outer surface. The anal segment is very long.
Length : 2 3 mm.
We have one i off Califoruian Grey S(]nirrel, collected at King's River,
California, on July 25, 180(3 ; received from Dr. G. H. F. Nuttall.
3. Ceratophylliis ponerus spec. nov. (PI. V'lll. fig. 5).
Nearest to ('. a&io Baker, Free. I'.S. ^at. Mus. xxvii. p. 406 (P.i04).
Only one ? known.
Hi ail. — The frons bears two rows of bristles as in C. a.sio, and the occiput
an obli<iue lateral row also as in that species. The first segment of the antenna
bears nmuerons small hairs all over.
77/o/-«.r. — The pronotum has a comb of 24 spines. The mesonotum has one
row of hiiig bristles and three rows of slioit ones, in addition to numerous
bristles situated at the basal edge, and another row of slender spines in front of
the apex. The metanotum has an apical si)ine on each side, in this respect
resembling the first to sixth abdominal tergites. The epimerum of the metathorax
is furnished with 12 to 14 bristles arranged in four rows (3, 4 or », 4 or 5, 1).
Abdomen. — The seventh tergite bears 3 antepygidial bristles, the middle one
being very long and surpassing in length the first segment of the hindtarsus.
The basal sternitu bears a lateral patch of small hairs, besides some small
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ventral Lairs and a ventral pair of bristles. The stylet is cyliiulrioal, tapers at
the tip, and is about four times as long as it is broad. The anal tergite is
densely hairy.
J^cqs, — The hiudco.xa Viears posteriorly 3 subapical bristles. The liiiidfemnr
has 2 bristles on the outer side near the ape.x, and 1 on the inner side. The
hindtibia bears on the outer surface two rows of about 15 bristles in all, and :i or 3
bristles on the inner surface. Two of the apical bristles of the second hindtarsal
segment e.xteud beyond the third segment, find the longest one even reaches
to the ape.x of the fourth segment. The longest apical bristle of the first
segment reaches the ape.x of the second. The jiroportions of the segments are
in the midtarsus 27, 20, 13, 8, 18, and in the hindtarsus 47, 27, 15, 10, 19.
Modified SeyiHCiUs. — The seventh sternite bears no sinus. The eighth tergite
(PI. Vlll. fig. 5) has 5 long bristles along the ventral and apical margins, of
which the third and fifth are the shortest ; above the fourth and fifth of
these, bristles there is a patch of 9 short but stout bristles. Just below the
stigma there are 2 very long bristles, and farther down 1 somewhat shorter one.
Length : 2-7 mm.
We have one ? off " Fox," collected at Palo Alto, California, in July 1895 ;
received from i)r. G. H. F. Nuttall.
4. Ischnopsyllus scitulus spec. nov. (PI. VIII. figs. 1, 2).
Nearest to /. aefji/ptiiis Rothsch., Eiit. Mo. Mag. (2) xiv. p. 83. t. 1. tig. 1
(1903) (Cairo),* but abundantly distinct. We know only the S of the new
species. The dorsal parts of the occiput, the thorax, and the abdomen are strongly
chitiuised.
Head. — Resembles the head of air/i/pfius, but the bristles are very much
stronger (PI. VIII. tig. 1). The frontal jiortion bears a row of short bristles
])arallel to the frontal outline, as in aaji/jitins. The genal process is strongly
chitiuised, its colour being in parts brownish black. This black jiortion surrounds
at the anteunal groove an elongated transparent space which is probably a
vestigial eye. Above this space there is a very strong curved bristle, and higher
ui> a number of smaller bristles. The genal process ends in a small point. The
occiput bears above the aiitenual groove a row of about 10 stout bristles, of
which the lowest three or four are placed close together at the lower posterior
angle of the head. On the sides of the occiput there are three transverse
rows of stont bristles besides the apical row, each of these transverse rows
containing 2 or 3 stont lateral bristles, there being moreover several small dorsal
bristles. The first segment of the antenna is longer than the clnb. The first
segment of the maxillary jialpns is the longest, while the second and the fourth
are of ecjnal length, and the third is the shortest. The rostrum does not reach
to the ajiex of the maxillary palpus ; the fourth segment of the rostrum is
nearly as long as the first three together, and the fifth only about as long as
it is broad.
Thorax. — The jironotum has a comb of 22 spines, and bears, besides the
usual postmedian row of bristles, several rather stout hairs further frontad. The
* Oudeman's in Tijdxrhr. KiU. p. 102 (I'JOH) proposes the genus ChiroptrrojisyUn for tlic reception
of /. arijyiitliix, eli.irarterisiug ,tbis " genus '' l)y the possession of a kind of comb on the epiniernni of
the metatliorax and tlie small size of the first abdominal tergite. This comb is absent from the new
species.
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mesonotum bears unraeroiis bails at tbe Imse, and dorsally o transverse rows of
stout sliort bristb's, eaeb row contaiuiug from 4 to f! sucli bristles. As in art/i/ptiiis,
the ejiiniernm of the niesothorax rapidly narrows posteriorly and the stigma is
not covered. Tiie metanotiim is also shajjed like that of ai'iji/ptiu.i. It bears
a siiViapical row of 6 stout bristles on the two sides together, and 4 or 5 rows of
shorter ones, all of which are restricted to the dorsal heavily chitinised portion
of the raetanotuni. The ejiiraerum of the metathora.x has one stout bristle at
the ape.x aii<l a second one close to it, as well as about 5 shorter and thinner
bristles on the side.
Ahdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears two rows of abont 0 bristles
each on the two sides togetlier. The second to seventh tergites have each a
bristle beneath the stigma and another above the stigma, tliese bristles being
sep.arated by a wide intersj)ace from the dorsal portion of the row to which
they belong. The first and second abdominal tergites, like the luetanotum, bear
two dorsal ajiical spines. The seventh tergite has one long aj)ical bristle on
each side, accompanied by two small hairs.
Legs. — The first foretarsal segment is only one-third longer than it is
broad. The pnijiortions of the segments are in the midtarsus : x;4, X!l, 14, 1), 18,
and in the hindtarsus, 35, 25, 16, lU, 20.
Modilicd Scgmrnts. — S. The eighth sternite is triangular in lateral view.
The eighth tergite (PI. Vlll. fig. 2) bears 0 bristles at the ujiper edge posteriorly
to the very large stigma, and two on each side. The movable process of the
clasper is feebly incurved on the jiroximal side and slightly rounded distally ;
the distal side bears a row of minute hairs. The apex of the penis is apically
produced into a slender hook, while the apical margin bears a tooth further down,
as sliown in the fignre.
AVe have two c? c? oif Xi/ct///omi/s aef/ypfiacuti, coUected by the Uev. Robert
Godfrey, at King William's Town, ISouth Africa, on September 25, lOtiS ; received
from J. Waterstou.
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NOTES. ON FLEAS IN THE K. K. HOFMUSEUM IN VIENNA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
(I'late IX,)
1. Echiduophaga ambulaus Olliff.
Echidunpharja ainJjulaiis Ollifif, Prnc. Linn. So,;. .V. 6'. Wales (2). i. p. 172 (1881',) (N. S. Wales, off
Erhiihia hystrix).
rMHEKE are a unmlior of ffiuiiles in the collection of the K. K. Hofiuuseum which
-L belouy; to a species not known to us when we iiublished the " Revision of the
Sarcopsi/lUflaa " in the Thompson, Yatis, ami Johiixton Laboratories lieport, vii.
(1906). This insect, we think, is the true E. ambulaus. Mr. W. J. Rainbow has
kindly sent ns a sketch of the tarsi of the tyiie-specimeu of /:-'. ambulaus which
jiroves that umbulans has two ventral apical bristles on the fifth tarsal seg-meiit
like (/allinaceus, and that this segment bears on each side two strong bristles and
one thin one. The Vienna specimens, taken off Echidna hi/stri.r, show the same
character, and doubtless are the true ambidans. We give a figure of the fifth
segment of the midtarsus on I'l. IX. tig. !).
2. Echidnophaga myrmecobii spec. uov. (Waterhonse indescr.).
Snrcnpntjllii. mijniieojhii Waterhouse, Proc. ICiit. Sue. Lmuh p. 23 (1887) (nom. nudum, West
Australia, off MijriitecnliiiK).
Ecliiiliiopliai/a ambulan.'), Rothsch. & Jord. (uec Olliff, err. deterni.), Thoiiips., Yutcs tfc Johiist.
Labiir. T{i'pt. vii. p. 54. n. 6 (lOOli) (N, S.Wales, Victoria, W. Austr., off Trirliomirus puljietiiln^
Bcttomjia le.^nc/iri, Diamenia s'lpnxilittsa^ .M;irnifcnhtnit faHriutus^ Parufjale lagotis).
This insect was erroneously identified by us as ambulaus (see above). We
accept for it the name introduced by Mr. Waterhouse, making our S off Trichosurus
from Sydney the " type."
E. myrmecobii agrees very closely with E. ifalliuacciis, differing from the
latter in having only one ventral apical bristle on the fifth tarsal segment instead
of two.
3. Ceratophyllus flaveolus spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 6.)
Allied to r. _(/«;//««« Schrank (1S04) ; smaller and much [laler. Only one ?
known.
Head. — The frous bears )5 bristles in f'lunt of the eye and a row of 4 smaller
ones before them. On the occiput there is one bristle behind the base of the
antenna and two more above the middle of the anteunal groove, besides the
nsual snbapical row.
Thorax. — The comb of the pronotum consists of 32 spines.
Abdomen. — The tergites bear two rows of bristles and a few additional hairs
in front of the rows, the number of bristles being on the first tergite l-") in the
anterior and 13 in the posterior row, the second tergite bearing I'J bristles in
each row. The first sternite has 7 bristles on each side, the following four sternites
each bearing a row of 5 to 8 bristles on each side and 5 to 10 bristles in front
of the row. The sternite of the seventh segment has a row of 8, in front of
which there are more than 20 bristles. The antepygidial bristles are longer than
in gallitiae, and the central one of these bristles is only a little over twice the
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length III' the (itlicr two. The seventh sternitr (I'l. IX. fiy;. (i) is ])nxhiceil into
a pointed hihe, as sliown in the lignre.
Legs. — The hindl'einiir lias a row of .^ hrislh's lui the insich", ami the hiiultiliia
about 18 bristles on tiie onter snrl'ace exclusive of I In' bristles situated at the
ape.x, the inside bearing a row of 8 or 0 bristles.
J/()f////(v/ S,i/iHC///x. — The eighth tergite (I'l. IX. fig. (ij bears about L'n long
and 14 shorter bristles on the outer surface, 3 or 4 long ones being plaeed beneath
tlie stigma. The stylet is shorter tbau iu (jallinae, the two lateral bristles being
placed a very little beyond half-way between the base and the apex.
One ? oft' }fiis(iia cniiiiieii, collected by von FriUienfehl, j)robably in the
neighbourhood of Vieniia. Tlie occurrence of this insect on Mastela is doubtless
accidental, as the species is a true bird-lh
lea.
4. Ceratophylliis phaulius sjiec. nov. (I'l. IX. fig. 8).
Likewise a bird-flea. There is iu tlie collection only one very pale and
apparently imiuutnre ¥, which moreover is imperfect. The specimen exhibits
some interesting distinctions, and we therefore do not hesitate to describe it.
Head. — The frous bears two rows of bristles. The posterior row, which is
placed in front of the eye, contains 3 bristles, of which the central one is the
shortest, while the anterior row consists of 5 short thin bristles. The occiput
has no bristle behind the liase of the anteunal groove, but one long one and a
short one above the centre of the groove. The long ventral bristle of the sub-
ajiical row is separated from the bristle situated above it by a wide interspace.
Below this ventral bristle there is a short slender one.
Thorax. — The pronotal comb consists of 28 sjiines.
Abdomen. — The first and fourth tergite bear on each side 2 slender pale
apical sjiines. There are 3 antepygidial bristles on the seventh tergite, the
middle one being long and the other two very short. The basal steruite has one
ventral bristle on each side, the following three sternites bearing 3 bristles, and
the sternite of the sixth segment 4 or 5 on each side. The steruite of the seventh
segment has the apical edge unfortunately torn on both sides, so that it is im-
possible to describe (he outline. This sternite bears a row of about 0 bristles,
and in front of the row about 7 more bristles on each side.
Ler/s. — The liindfemur bears a row of (J bristles on tlie inside ai.d one subbasal
and one subapical bristle on the outside.
Modified Sei/ment-i.—TUhe eighth tergite (PI. IX. fig. 8) bears 4 long bristles
at the apical margin and about IU moderately long and 12 short ones on the lower
portion of the outer suif'ace, there being also several bristles below the stigma
(not shown in tlie figure). Inside the eighth tergite lies the ninth sternite, which
in this sjiecies bears more bristles at its edge than in any other sjiecies we are
acquainted wilh (cf. fig. S, ix. st).
We have one ? fnuiid in the nest of Cotile ri/xtria at Stockerau, Lower
Austria, by Herr Beriiliauer. There was also a ? of Cerafo/>/ii/l//is dalei in the
same tube, and the occurrence ou Cotile is no doubt accidental.
5. Ceratophyllus frontalis spec. nov. (I'l. IX. figs. 1 — 5).
A very dark sjiecies, wliich is unlike any other descriiied Ce.nttojjiii/lliix.
Head. — The frons bears a very strong tubercle in botii sexes (PI. IX. figs. 1, 2)
and two rows of bristles as shown in the figure. The occijiut has three rows of
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bristles inclusive of the snl>ai)icitl row, tlie anterior row containing less bristles
in the ? than in the c?. The rostrnm does not reach to the apex of the forecoxa.
Thorax. — The pronotnm has a comlj of H'J — 34 spines. The meso- and meta-
notnm are very hairy, bearing three or four irregular rows of short bristles in
front of the postmedian row of long bristles. The epimernni of the metathorax
has 10 to 12 long bristles and a few minute hairs.
Abdomen. — The tergites are dorsally minutely denticulate, like the thoracic
tergites, tlie four first tergites bearing moreover some ajjical spines, like the
metanottiiu. They bear three rows of hristles, the first tergite having some
additional bristles in front. There are 3 antepygidial bristles on the seventh
tergite. The middle one of these bristles is long, the other two being short in
the cf, while in the ? the ujiper is short and the lower one two-thirds the length of
the central bristle. The basal sternite has a patch of bristles on the lateral surface
and several bristles along the ventral margin. The sternites of segments three to
six bear on each siile a row of 3 or 4 in the S, and 6 or 7 in the ?, besides a
number of small hairs in front of the row. The seventh sternite of the ? is very
deej)ly sinuate, recalling C. galUnulae Dale (= newsteadi llothsch.) ; cf. PI. IX. fig. 4.
Legs. — The hindfemnr has a row of " or 8 bristles on the outer surface, besides
some snbapical lateral bristles, and a row of 0 bristles on the inner side. The
mid- and hind-tibiae bear four more or less irregular rows of bristles on tlie outer
surface. The tibiae and tarsi resemble those of C. styx llothsch.
Modified Segments. — c?. The eighth tergite is smaller than in other bird-fleas
and the sternite much larger. Tliis tergite is produced behind the stigma into
a rounded lobe, which bears about 6 very long bristles, and at the ai>ex aliout
3 additional smaller ones. The eighth sternite (PI. IX. fig. 5) is rounded and
is densely covered with numerous bristles. The process of the clasper is broad
and at the a])ex rounded (PI. IX. tig. 4, p). The movable process is very large
(PI. IX. fig. 4, f), being broadest at the ajiex. It bears a short stout spine at
the upper distal angle on the inside. Tlie ninth sternite is long and slender, and
lies concealed in the eighth sternite. ?. The eighth tergite bears about 12
small bristles above the stigma on each side, about 9 small and 6 long ones beneath
the stigma, and between this patcli and tlie ventral margin about 10 large and
~4 small bristles. The inner surface of this segment bears some 5 short and stout
bristles. The apical edge is short and bisinuate. Tlie stylet resembles that of
gallinae in bearing the two lateral bristles in the apical fourth.
Length : J' 3, ? 3-4 mm.
A lung series of both sexes tak-en from the nest of the Alpine ('hough
{l''/rrliororux uljiinu.i), no locality being mentioned.
0. Ceratophyllus dalei Hothsch. (l'J03).
a. d. Rothsch., Enlom. .\xxvi. p. •l<il. t. 1. fig. l-^i (Ulll.3).
There is a long series of both sexes in the collection obtained by Heger,
neither host nor locality being mentioned. Also one ? found by Herr Bernhauer
in the nest of Cotile rijiaria at Stockerau, Lower Auslria.
7. Ceratophyllus turbidus spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 7.)
A single ?, related to (.'. mmlflar.
Head. — The frons has a row of 3 long bristles before the eye, and farther fnintud
another row of (i smaller ones. The occiput bears one bristle behind the base of the
( CO)
antennal groove, anil a row of 3 above the centre of the j^roove, besides the snbapical
row of (1 The bristles of the second segment of the antennae are much shorter
than the club. The rostrum does not ijuite reach to the apex of the forecoxa.
Thorax. — The comb of the pronotum contains 20 or 21 spines. The epimerum
of the metathorax bears 7 or S bristles (3 or 4, 3, 1).
Ahi/omrii. — The tergites have each two rows of bristles, tlie first tergite bearing
a few additional bristles in front. There are 3 antejiygidial bristles on the seventh
tergite, the middle one being long. The basal steniite has one ventral bristle on
each side. The sternites of segments three to six have a row of 3 or 4 on each
side, with one or two small bristles in front. The seventli stcrnite (I'l. IX. fig. 7)
is bilobate, as shown in the figure, and bears a row of o or (i bristles with about
5 smaller bristles in front.
Leqs. — The hindl'emur has but one lateral bristle on the in- and the outside,
this bristle standing near tlie base, there being a snbventral snbapical bristle on
both surfaces. The hindtibia has 12 bristles on the outer side arranged in two
rows, besides some ventral bristles. The longest apical bristles of the first and
second hindtarsal segments do not reach the apex of the second and third
segments respectively.
Moflijicrl Sri/mr/its. — ?. The eighth tergite (I'l. IX. fig. 7) bears 2 long
bristles beneath the stigma, 4 long ones at the apical edge, 3 more above the
ventral margin, and 1 long and 3 or 4 short ones on the lower portion of the lateral
surface. The stylet is a little over twice as long as it is broad. The ninth
(internal) sternite bears ajiparently only one short bristle.
One ¥ without host and locality, but doubtless from Austria.
8. Goniopsyllus kergnelensis Taschenb.
Piilex h-ergiielrii«h Taschenburg, Xnlr^ Lri/dni Mim. i. p. ll'i'.i (1880) ; id., /'ie FIUIk pp. r,7 aud 123.
t. i. fig. 12. $ (1880) (Kurguelen, off Pclccannhks iirimilrij).
GoiiinjKyllus kerijiielciisls Baker, rm,-. U. S. Xnt. -l/«.s. .\xix. p. 128 (I'.KI,'')) ; .Jord. & Rothscb.,
Parasilolmjy i. p. 93. t. 4. fig. 2, t. 7. fig. 11 (1UU8) (Kerguelcu and Antipodes).
The collection of the K. K. Hofmnseum contains a ? of this species iu good
condition, taken off " .Sturmvogel " on Kerguelen Island. The specimen agrees
with the original S ? preserved in the British Museum.
In our paper (pioted above we said the ? possibly had two receptacnla
seminis. We now clearly see from the specimen in the Vienna Museum that
there is only one receptaculnm.
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ON SOME AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND PALEARCTIC
SIPIIONAPTERA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
(Plates X., XI.)
1. Dermatophilus penetrans L. (1758).
IN onr Revision of the Siin'oji.v///i(/(t.e in Thompson, Yates and Johnston
fAiborat. liept. vii. i. p. 15 (1006), we referred to Oviedo as being the first
to have mentioned the Jigger or Chigoe. As Oviedo's work * entitled Ilistoria
General y Natural de las Iiidias {\-^^i\) is not well known, we give here a copy
of what Oviedo says (Lib. H. cap. xiv.) abont the Chigoe:
" Hay en esta isla y en todas estas Indias, islas i Tierra-Firiue el mal que
he dicho de las bnas, y otro qne Hainan de las nignas. Esto de las nignas no es
enfermedad, pero es un mal acaso ; porque la nigua es nna cosa viva e peqnonisiraa,
mnoho menor qne la menor ])nlga que se puede ver. Tero en fin es gi^nero de pulga,
porque assi como ella salta, salvo que es mas pequena. Este animal anda por el
polvo, i donde qniera qne quisieren que no le haya, base de barrer a menndo la
casa. fintrase en los pies y en otras partes de la persona, y en espei;ial las mas
veres en las cabe^as de los dedos, sin que se sienta hasta qne esta aposentada entre
el cnero t^ la earne, e' comien(;a a comer de la forma (pie un arador e harto mas ;
y despnes, qnanto mas alli esta, mas come. De mancra qne como acudcn las manos
rascando, este animal se da tauta priessa a multiplicar alli otros sus somejautes, qne
en breve tiempo hare mnchos ; porque Inego que entra el primero, se anida e ha^e
una bolsilla entre cnero e carne tamana como una lenteja, e algunas como garban(;o,
Uena de liendres, las qnales todas se tornan nignas. E si con tiempo no se sacan
con nn alHler I'l agnja, de la forma que se sacan los aradores, son malas ; y en espe(,Mal
que despues que est an criadas (que es quando comien(;an mucho a comer), de
rascarlas se rompe la carne y despar(;'ense de manera qne si no las saben agotar,
Kiemi)re hay en que entendcr. En tin, como en esto tampoco eran diestros los
chripstianos, como en el curarse de las bnas, mnchos perdian los jiies por causa
de estas nignas, 6 a lo menos algnnos dedos dellos, porque des|mes se euconabau e
liai.ian materia, y era nescessario curarse con hierro i') con fuego. Pero aqnesto es
faiil de se remediar presto, sacandolas al primipio; pero en algnnos negros boi.ales
son peligrosas, porqne 6 por su mala carnadnra, o ser bestiales e no se saber limpiar,
ui degirlo con tiempo, vienen a se mancar de los pies, i^ assi otros mnchos que se
((ue.xan. E yo las he teuido en mis pies en estas islas y en la Tierra-Firme, y no
me paresee qne en iiombres de raron es cosa para se temer, aunqne es enojo en tanto
que tura, o esta la nigna denlro; mas facil cosa es saearla al iirineij)io. Yo tengo
averignado, e assi lo diran las personas que tienen e.\periencia en sacar estas nignas,
que es menester tener aviso, (juando las sacan, para las mater ; porque alguna vez,
assi como con en alfiler n agnja la descnliren, rompiendo el cnero del pie, assi salta
y se va la nigna como una pnlga. Esto acacsre si ha poco ipie alii entnj ; y por
esto se cree que la qne entra en el pie, despues (jne lui heeho su mala simiente, se va
* Tlie work is usually quoted as " Conmica" (= Crunica, t'hrouica) instead of Ilistoria.
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assi como vino :i otra jiarte ;i liarei- mas nial, n por ventiira por si sp desjiide del pie,
despues de liaber dexado en el una iu;tla enxanilire do innuiueralile siniiente y
generaeioD."
3 Parapsyllus coxalis spec. nov. (PI. X. figs. 1, 2).
A very near ally of /'. rori//t HothscL. (I'.iii4), but distingnisbeJ at ouce by
the peculiar foreco.va.
In both se.xes the foreco.xa is strongly widened jiosteriorly near the base
(PI. X. fig. 1), as shown in the figure. It bears a transverse row of slender
bri.stles near the base, and farther down a row of strong bristles. At the hinder
edge just below the widest point of the coxa there are two very stout bristles,
and lietween these bristles and the apex of the coxa there is posteriorly only one
more bristle, which is jilaced at some distance from the hind edge.
The fourth tarsal segment, moreover, is shorter than in P. cor////, being twice
as broad as it is long in the foretarsus and vi'ry little longer than it is broad in
the hindtarsus. The fifth tarsal segment also is broader than in /'. rori/fi, being
half as long again as it is broad in the foretarsus. The hindfcmnr bears a row of
7 to 1 1 bristles on the inside, and the hindtibia 0 to 12 on the outside, whicli
are often arranged in two rows in the c?. The longest apical bristle of the
hindtibia of the ? does not extend to the subapical pair of bristles of the first
tarsal segment, while in the t? this bristle reaches beyond the apex of the
first tarsal segment. Tlie first and second hindtarsal segments have 4 very long
and slender apical bristles, the longest of the second segment reaching nearly to
the tij) of the fifth segment (claws excluded).
The genitalia of the <J also show some consjiicuous differences. The movable
process of the clasjier is shorter tlian in J', coci/ti, and bears a row of C or 7 slender
hairs along the hinder edge from the base to the apex. The ninth sternite
(PI. X. fig. 2) more nearly resembles that of P. corfidii Rothsch. (1904), and
is distinguished by bearing numerons hairs at the apex and by the shape of the
vertical jiortion as shown in the figure. The bristles at the apex of the eighth tergite
of the ? are more numerous than in P. coci/ti, and the shorter ones stouter.
We have a series of both sexes from Valparaiso, ( 'hile, found by .1. S. ^Volf}'sohn
on Octoilon degus.
3. Parapsyllus australiacus spec. nov.
ParapmjUus lurifiiconiis Jord. & Rotli.sch. (uec Enilerl., err. detenu.), Pum^ilulnri;/ i. p. S.'j. t. '2.
fig. 12, t. 4." fig. 5, t. 7. fig. 3 C1W8).
When describing the present insect in the jilace ijuofed we said that our
specimens did not exactly agree with Enderlein's figures, and might be a closely
allied species. Dr. A. C Oudemans, who has had an opportunity of corai)aring a
cotype of lonc/icornis with our insect, now informs us that our identification was
indeed erroneous. It therefore becomes necessary to separate our species under
a name of its own, and we j)ropose to call it uKuli-dlidciis.
Wt' have two pairs taken off E/idi/jilula minor on iiird Island, near Perth,
West Austriilia, by J. P.urton I'leland.
4. Ceratophyllus graphis sjjec. nov. (PI. X. figs. 3, 4).
(J ?. In the shape and the bristles of the head somewhat resembles C pol-
lionis liothsch. (I'JUo), but is abundantly distinct.
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Head. — The frons is ver}' strongly curved in tlie c?, less in the ?. It bears
three rows of bristles, the row nearest the eye containing 3 strong bristles ; the
second row 4, of wliich the upper one is the strongest, and the third row
5 or 0, of which the third from above is the stronnost. There are, moreover, a
number of minute hairs before the eye near the aiitennal groove. The occiput
bears 3 (less often 2) bristles behind the base of the antenna, a row of 4 or 5 in
the centre, and a snbapical row of 5. The rostrum nearly reaches to the tip of
the forecoxa, its ajiii-al segment lieing four times as long as it is broad, eiiualliug
in length the second segment of the maxillary palpus. The hairs of the second
segment of the antenna are hardly longer than those of the first segment.
Thorax. — The pronotum bears a comb of 19 or 20 spines, and has, like the
nieso- and metanotum, a row of 9 or 10 long bristles on the two sides together.
On the meso- and metanotum there are in front of this row two rows of small
bristles, and on Ihe back a ninnber of additional hairs, these latter being especially
numerous on the mesonotuni. The epinieriim of the metatliorax bears 7 or 8
bristles (3, 3-4, 1).
Abdomen. — The tergites have two rows of bristles, except the first, which has
a number of additional short bristles in front. There is one long antepygidial
bristle ; above it in the £ there is a minute hah- ami l)elow it a short stout
bristle. In the ? these two additional bristles are both stout, the lower one being
about one-third the length of the central bristle (the upper one is broken). The
sternites of segments three to six bear a row of 3 (more rarely 4) bristles in the
(?, and 4 (more rarely 3) in the ?, there being no bristles in front of this row.
The numbers on the seventh segment are 3 or 4 in the c?, and 5 in the ?.
Lciju. — Similar to those of C. ]>ollionis, but the first pair of bristles of the fifth
tarsal segment are merely bent inwards, not placed in between the second pair.
Modified Segments. — S ■ The eighth tergite bears 4 or 5 long bristles. The
eighth sternite (PI. X. fig. 4, viii. st.) is (juite small, and has 3 to 5 long bristles.
The clasper (LU) is truncate, with the upper distal angle obtuse. The movable pro-
cess is nearly halfmoon-shaped, and bears 3 strong bristles as shown in the figure
(PI. X. fig. 4, f). The ninth sternite is widened ventrally in the middle, and bears
here several short stout hairs and a number of small ones. The ajiical portion
of the ninth sternite is straight ventrally and bears several short bristles. The
manubrium (m) of the clasper is but very slightly curved, and its apex is obtuse.
The penis (Pen.) is much widened at the apex, and bears ventrally on each side
a spine-like process as indicated in the fignre. ?. The eighth tergite has
about 12 short bristles above the stigma, 2 very long and 1 short bristle below
the stigma, and about 12 on the lower ])ortion of the sides. The apical edge of
the seventh sternite is very oblique (PI. X. lig. 3).
Length, S 2-5, ? 3 mm.
We have 3 (Jc? and 2 ? ? from Ni(^aragua, taken off Sri tints dij>/>iei, and
received from Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg.
5. Ceratophyllus lasius sjiec. nov. (PI. X. fig. 0; PI. XI. fig. 10).
c? ? . A very hairy sjiecies, which is very distinct from an}- other we know.
Head. — The frons bears a row of :{ bristles before the eye and in front of
this row another row of 4 to (i smaller ones, there being also a number of small
hairs before the eye. The occiput has 1 bristle behind the base of the anteima,
( G4 )
a row of 2 to 4 in tlio contre, and a snliajiical row of 1^ or 0. The bristles of the
second sogmoiit of the antenna nearly reach tlic apex of the chib in the c?, while
they are longer than tlic clnb in the ?. The rostrnm only extends to the apical
third of the coxa, being bnt a little longer than the maxillary palpus. The first
segment of the latter is longer than the se<'ond.
Tliorax. — The jirothorax bears a comb of A2 sjiines and one row of 15 {S)
or 18 (?) bristles. The mesonotum is nearly covered all over with small hairs
from the base to the postraedian row of bristles, these small hairs being less
nnmerons in the S than in the ?. The metanotnm bears two rows of small hairs
in front of the row of long bristles and some additional liairs on the back. The
mesosternite also has a nnmber of small hairs in front.
Abdomen. — All the tergites bear two ( cJ) or three (?) rows of small bristles
in front of the row of long ones, besides a nnmber of additional small dorsal
bristles. The first to fourth tergites have 2 or 15 apical spines on each side. The
basal sternite has on each side 3 to 5 bristles in the c?, 7 or 8 in the ? ; the sternites
of segments three to six have a row of 3 or 4 bristles in the <? and S to lU in
the ? , with a number of rather long bristles in front of the row. There is one
long antepvgidial bristle, which is accompanied by 2 minnte hairs in the S and
by 2 short bristles in the ?. The seventh sternite, which in the <^ bears 2 or 3
bristles on each side, has more than 30 on each side in the ?. The hindniargin
is shallowly incurved in the ?, as shown in the figure (PI. XI. fig. 10).
Lcc/s. — The liindfemnr bears a row of bristles on both sides, the nnmber of
bristles varying from G to 10. The hin<ltibia is covered with bristles all over the
outer surface, and has a row of G lateral bristles on the inside. The longest apical
bristle of the first hindtarsal segment reaches beyond the apex of the second
segment, and the longest bristle of the second segment lieyond the apex of the
fourth. The fifth segment is peculiar. It is rather short, and bears a nnmber of
short stout bristles on the ventral surface, 4 of them being placed at and near the
a])ical margin. Moreover, the first as well as the third |)air of lateral bristles
are distinctly shifted towards the middle line.
Modifird Siymi'iifs. — cj. The eighth tergite has the njipor portion of tlie apical
margin more slanting than usual, there being at and near this margin aljout 14 long
bristles, while the lower proximal portion of the tergite bears about 8 long bristles.
The eighth sternite is long and slender. Its apex cannot clearly be made out in
our only specimen. The clasper (PI. X. fig. G) is long, and bears before the a])ex
a vertical process (p) which is rounded at the tip. The movable [>rocess (f) is very
stront'ly curved near its liase and slightly widens towanls the apex, the distal
margin lieing rounded and the proximal apical angle pointed. This process bears
2 short stout bristles near the base and 2 long ones near tlie a]iex. The outline of
the ninth sternite cannot clearly be made out. It ajjpears to be widened ventrally
proximally to the centre and to bear on this widened jiortion numerous minute
hairs and a row of short stout bristles. ?. The eighth tergite has about 18 short
bristles above the stigma, a jiatch of 4 long and 4 to G short bristles below it, and
about 24 bristles on the lower half. The stylet is nearly five times as long as it
is broad.
Length : c? 2G, ? 3-2 mm.
We have one ])air from the foot of the Sierra de la Ventnro, jiroviiice of
Buenos Aires, found on Vijilochelidon ci/unoleurus by Dr. K. W'oltihiigel, July 28,
1905.
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li. Ceratophyllus dauubiauus sine. imv. (I'l. X. H^. 5).
Both sexes closely resemble ('. tcs<iiwram VVu^'ii. (IS'JN); distinguishable ty
the somewhat more numerous bristles and by the genitalia of the S.
(?. The eighth abdominal tergite bears a lateral row of 11 to 13 bristles and
an ajiical row of 0 to 13. The eighth sternite (PI. X. fig. 5, viii. st.) bears 3 pairs
of bri.stles ventrally near the ai)ex. The clasper resembles that of C. teaqnonun,
but the movable iirocess (f, PI. X. tig. 5) is broader proximally, and bears 1 long
bristle instead of 2 short ones as iu C. tesqnortun.
?. Exactly like G. tesjuorum, except that the abdomiual segments bear one or
two more bristles and that the fifth tarsal segment lias one or two short spine-liki'
bristles ventrally in front of the two apical spine-like bristles.
We have a series of both sexes from Malcoci, Roumania, olf Spcnii'ijiliilux
citi/Uiis, collected by A. Rettig in Blarch I'.MiS. This insect is apparently the
western representative of C. h'squoruiu.
Caenopsylla gen. nov.
S ?. This new genus sliows affinities on the one hand to Ceratopln/llus and
on the other t(j Cti'i/o//tii///us.
Frons strongly curved, especially in the 6 , with a tubercle (PI. XI. figs. 9, 11).
Eye present, bnt not fully developed. Genal process with two spines. Antenna
and antennal groove as in CrratnjiIiifUus. Pronotum much wider above than at
the sides, with a comb of curiously deflected sjtines. Mesonotum with setiform
spines between the postmedian series of bristles and the apical margin. Metanotum
with some short apical spines, similar spines being present on the tliree anterior
tergites of the abdomen. Tlie internal incrassation at the anterior edge of the
metasternite narrow, being longer than it is broad. The tibiae resemble those of
Cfenojisi/llus in the exterior dorsal bristles being numerous and forming a kind
of comb, although these bristles are not of such even length as in Ctenopsi/llus ;
the hindtiljia bears only 3 long dorsal bristles, the first being j)laced in the second
notch, the second in the centre; and the third near the apex. The fifth hindtarsal
segment has 5 lateral bristles, of which the first is very slightly bent inward.
Type : Cacnoptii/lla mira spec. nov.
7. Caenopsylla mira spec. nov. (PI. XI. figs. 9, 11, 12).
Ikail. — The frons bears a row of 2 or 3 bristles at some distance from the eye,
and further forward a row of 4 or 5 smaller ones (PI. XL figs. 9, 11). The two spines
situated at the apex of the genal process are narrow and directed backwards. The
frons is very much more curved iu the 6 than in the ?,its outline almost resembling
in the S that of Ctenopsj/llus nuisculi. The occiput has 1 bristle behind the base of
the antenna, 1 or 2 in the centre, and a row of .J or 0 near the apex. The antennal
groove extends to the vertex in the 6 , while it does not extend so far ui)wards iu
the ? , there being in this sex also no internal incrassation from the base of the
groove to the vertex. The first segment of the antenna is long in the S. The
second segment bears a few very short bristles at the apex in both sexes.
Thorax. — The pronotum has a comb of 14 sjiines and one row of bristles
(I'l. XI. fig. 9). The mesonotum has two rows of bristles and a number of additional
liairs on tbe back, which are particularly numerous at the base. The mesosternite
has 9 bristles. The metepisternum bears 2 or 3 bristles and the epimernm (J or 7
j
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bristles (2, 3 — 4,1). Tlie iiH-tiuintiiiu lias two niws of liristles, the post'Tior icnv
coiitiuiiiiig In bristles on tlio two sides tojjetbcr, there lieiuj; iilso an apieal comb
of 0 short spines.
Abdomen. — The tergites bear each a postmediaii row of I'J bristles on the two
siJes to;,a'thcr; the first tliree tergites have an additional row of 0 to S bristles in
front of this row, the additional row beini; represented on the other tergites by 1 or 2
bristles only. There are in the S 2 antej)ygidial bristles, the upper one being short
and the second moderately long ; beneath the latter there is a small hair. The ?
has 3 antepygidial bristles, the njiper one being short, the second long, and the third
nearly as long as the second. The sternites of segments three to six bear 2 bristles
on each side in the 6 and 3 in the ? , the seventh segment having 2 in the S and
a row of 7 in the ? .
Lc(js. — The bristles sitnated at tlie upper edge of the femora are long. The
hindfemnr bears e.xteriorly 2 snba]iical bristles and on the inner side a row of 5 to 7.
The hiudtibia has a row of S or 'J bristles ou the outer surface, and bears 21 bristles
lit the dorsal edge, 3 of them being much longer than the others. The short
bristles of the hindtarsi are numerous. The first segment has six notches on the
hinder side and five on the anterior side, besides the ajiical notch, the ventral
surface of this segment bearing S or 'J bristles. The longest apical bristle of the
second hindtarsal segment is a very little longer than the third segment. The
proj)ortional lengths of the segments are in the midtarsus lo, 14J), '.j-.j, 0, 13.5, and
in the hindtarsus 27—31, 19—211, 11, 7, 14.
Mollified Segments. — S. The eighth tergite bears 2 or 3 bristles below the
stigma and another pair close together farther back. The ventral edge of this
tergite is apparently straight and the lower apical angle pointed. The eighth
sternite (PI. Xl. fig. 12, viii. st.) is smaller than the tergite. It is about as long as
it is basally wide vertically, being rounded-triangular and bearing near the apex
S or t) bristles. The clasper is sinuate on the distal side, the lobe above the sinus
being short, while the one below it is long (i'). The movable process (f) is slender.
It is widest about the centre, and bears on the apical half of the distal edge one
faiily long and several small hairs. The chis[ier bears 4 long bristles near the base
of the movable process. The ninth sternite (ix. st.) is narrow. The ventral jiortion
has numerous rather stout bristles along the ventral margin, and bears a triangular
lobe at the apex. This lobe has some very short bristles at the lower angle. The
tenth sternite is broad. ?. The eighth tergite bears .') small bristles above the
stigma, and about 24 long and short bristles on the ventral half The stylet is
about three times as long an it is basally broad. The anal sternite is large, and
is clothed with numerous bristles. It bears beneath on each side 3 short s]iine-like
bristles.
Length : 6 2 mm., ? 2'3 mm.
We have one pair off ('(enodactijlas (juntii, collected by the Hon. L. \V.
Uothschild and Dr. 10. llartert at Biskra (Algeria).
Cteuopai'ia gen. nov.
?. Near Macropsi/lla Rothsch. (lOOo), but easily recognised by the spines at
the anterior edge of the antennal groove and the internal incrassation of the occiput
being absent, and by the structure of the fifth tarsal segment.
Head. — Eye vestigial. A comb along the ventral edge of the gena (PI. X.
( fi^ )
fig. 7), somewhat recalling the coiiih oF ('tfiuxrjil/idnx situati'd in tliis jilace.
Aiiti'iiiial groovy coiitinueil npwaiils to vertex. No internal incrassatinn on ofcijint.
( 'Inb oi' antenna segmeuted all rountl.
'ihorax. — Pronotntn with coiub. Internal iucrassation situated at anterior
margin of metasteronm longer than it is broad and slightly curved upwards.
Abdomen. — Second segment with complete comb ; third to si.\th tergitcs
mesial!}' slightly emarginate. Seventh tergite with 3 long apical bristles on each
side. Two receptacula seminis.
Leys. — The first segment of the midtarsns mucli longer than the second. The
fifth segment of all the tarsi small, with ."> lateral liristles, the first [lair not being
more ventral than the others.
Type : (Jt. inoj/liuUa spec. nov.
8. Ctenoparia inopinata spec nov. (PI. X. figs. T, S).
Head. — The IVons bears an anterior row of 8 bristles, further back two rows
of 3 strong bristles each, and beneath the vestigial eye 1 more long bristle, there
being also a number of small hairs in between these bristles. The ventral genal
edge has a comb of S sjiines. The occiput bears three rows of bristles. The rostrum
readies to the ajiex cif the forccoxa, the labial palpus consisting of five segments.
The first segment of the maxillary palpus is longer than the second.
Thorax.— The pronotum bears a comb of 28 spines and two rows of bristles,
besides some additional dorsal bristles. The meso- as well as the metanotum bears
five rows of bristles, the anterior rows being somewhat irregular in position. The
epimerum of the mctathorax bears three rows of bristles (about 13 altogether).
Abdomen. — All the tergites have two rows of bristles besides a few dorsal
bristles in front of these rows. The second tergite bears a comb of 38 spines, the
other tergites having no spines at the apex. The three aiitepygidial bristles of the
seventh tergite are of ecpial lenglli, being longer than the secmid hindtarsal segment.
The steruites of segments three to six have a row of 4 bristles on each side and
before this row several smaller bristles. The apical edge of these sternites is
distinctly emarginate.
I.i'lis. — The forecoxa is very hairy. The sinus posteriorly near the apex of the
liindeoxa is deep and narrow. The hiudfemur bears ventrally before the apex
3 bristles on the outer side and 1 on the inner. The tibiae have several irregular
rows of bristles on the outer surface. Tlie foretibia has 7 Imig and about 13 short
and stout dorsal bristles. The hiadlibia has 17 to 2U shorter and only 4 long dorsal
bristles. The tarsi are very hairy, but tlie hairs are short. The longest apical
bristle of the first and second hindtarsal segments reaches just beyond the centre
of the following segment. The proportional lengths of the segments are in the
midtarsns 4.3, 2'J, \6, 12, 22, and in the hindtarsus 73, 58, 30, \i<, 22.
Modified Segments. — ?. The seventh steruite is ventrally produced into a lobe
on each side, as shown in the figure (PI. X. fig. 8). The eighth tergite is completely
divided in the dorsal line. It bears about 0 small hairs above the stigma, 2 beneath
it, and about 12 bristles on the ventral portion of the sides. Of these latter bristles
the most dorsal apical one is much the longest. The stylet is almost cylindrical,
and is more than four times as long as it is broad at its base. It bears 1 long
apical bristle and 2 minute hairs near this bristle, as in ilacropsijlla liercidea
Rothsch. (ivin.".).
( C8 )
Length : 3-^ mm.
AVe have one ? oft' Ahodoii oUcaceus, coUeoteti at Valparaiso, Cliile, Ky
J. A. Woltisoliu.
it. Ctenophthalmixs nivalis upec. nov. (PI. XI. figs. 13, 14).
Closely allied to C. oi-iciduliif Wagu. (IS'Js), liiit difteriiig iu the modified
segments of the abdomen.
cJ. The eiglith sternite is sinuate ventrally and jirodnced at each side into a
tiiangnlar lobe. The clasper has two non-movable jirocesses. The ni)[)er one of
them is rounded and bears about 10 bristles, while the lower one (r) is narrow
and trnncate, as shown in the figure (PI. XI. fig. 1:3). The movable process (k) is
somewhat longer than it is broad. It is obli(|uely trnncate at the apex, the upper
distal angle being produced into a short nose. The ninth sternite (ix. st.) bears
numerous slender bristles at the ape-N.
?. The seventh abdominal sternite, which in C. orieittaUa is produced into
two broad and rounded lobes separated fiom each other by a narrow sinus, has
only one long triangnlar lobe in the new species, as shown in tlie figure (PI. XI.
fig. 14). The eighth tergite bears 5 or 6 long bristles at the ventral and apical
margins, 1 long one above the ventral margin, and pro.ximally as well as distaliy
a patch of 4 to 6 small hairs.
We have a small series of both sexes from Le Lautaret, llautes Alpes, taken
from a nest of Anicola idcalits in August 19U8 by Dr. Iv. Jordan.
10. Palaeopsylla sibirica \Vagn. (lsi»8).
Ckmiimjll'i »ih,rira Wagn., Ihji: S,k. EhI. li.i.is. x.Yxi. p. .^78. t. 8. figs. Ki, 14 (1K98) (Siberia;
Chaikow).
A ? agreeing with Wagner's description and figures has been received from
tit. I'aul, Basses Alpes (France), where it was found ou Kcotoni/s na(H'i-i on
October 26, 1907, by Monsieur Mottaz. The species does not belong to CUno-
psi/Uus, but to Palaeopsylla.
Wagner also described as Tijjildopsi/lla .^iiiriua (cf. Ilor. Soc. K/it. I'o.in.
XXXV. p. 26. t. 1. tigs. 3, 4 [I'.iOu]) a ? from Transbaicalia which he placed after-
wards in Falacopsylla. If these two sibirica are ditierent— as (hey ajipear to
be— the second will have to receive a new name.
(GO )
NEW AMERICAN ITBANIIBAE AND GEOMETMIBAE
IN THE TEING MUSEUM.
By W. warren, M.A., F.R.S.
Family UnAMIDAE.
Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.
Symphytophleps gon. nov.
(?. Foreu-iiig: elongate; costa slightly curved at base ami before apex, which
isblnut; outer margin oblique, faintly curved, as long as inner margin, which is
strongly sinuous, convex in basal half, concave beyond middle before the anal angle,
which is rectangular.
Hiiiihiing : short and broad ; costa sinuous, excised at middle, the aj/ex
truncate to vein 7, which, as well as vein 0, is shortly tootlied ; outer margin
inherit in middle, the anal angle rounded.
Antennae simple, minutely serrate beneatli ; palpi porrcet, sliorl., with
appressed scales, the terminal segment acute; tongue and frenulum present; legs
short and stout ; abdomen short and thick (possibly damaged).
Nenration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical, straight
in upper lialf, concave in lower ; vein 2 shortly before end of cell, 3 and 4 on
a long stalk ; 5 from angle of discocellular, just above the middle ; 6 and 7 from
upi)er angle of cell ; 8, 9 very long stalked, froiu same point as, or even shortly
stalked with, 10; 11 from one-half. Hindwing, cell short and very broad ; vein 2
from beyond one-half : 3, 4 long stalked ; 5 from middle of discocellular ; 6, 7 short
stalked ; S arched at base.
Type : -S'. liitif((scia spec. nov.
1. Symphytophleps latifascia spec. nov.
Fordriiii) : dull grey, freckled witli darker; the lines blackisli, most distinct
beldw middle; first from aliout one-fourtli of costa to one-third of inner margin,
strongly excurved in cell, so that the lower course is oblique jiavallel to outer
margin ; outer line from quite three-fourths of costa, outcurved above and reaching
inner margin at five-sixths ; space between the lines on inner margin blackisli
brown with traces of other linos; a median cloud from costa towards anal angle;
a lilac.k cell-mark ; a black subinarginal dash between veins 0 and 7 ; fringe grey.
lliiidiriiKj : with inner line bisinuate, from one-fourth of costa to about middle
of inner margin; outer line double, waved below costa, the interval on inner margin
darker, as in forewing ; a black dot at top of iliscocellular.
Underside dark -freckled grey, withdut markings.
Face, [lalpi, thorax, and abdomen blackisli ; shoulders and patagia )iale grey.
Expanse of wings : 38 ram.
1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro ile Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
The markings in costal half of forewing are somewhat obscured, owing to the
worn state of the speeimeii.
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Family ill'.OMK TlilJ). I /•;.
Si'iiFAMiLY (JVLLOPODINAE.
2. Josia discrepans spec. nov.
Forewiiig : velvety black, with a broad deep yellow streak from base to
termen, its npper edge nearly straight, its lower somewhat curved, narrower in
its terminal fifth, its end blunt ; the fringe .black.
niiuhciiiii : black, the inner margin and the outer from anal angle to vein 4
deep yellow, the edge of the black portion evenly cnrved from base to vein 4 ;
fringe black from apex to vein 4, the rest deej) yellow ; a narrow yellow costal
stripe from base to four-fifths.
Underside like npper, bnt the yellow portions rather wider.
Palpi, antennae, a spot at top of face, the shoulders, jiatagia, and dorsum
shining black ; face and vertex, and (he anal tuft pale ochreous ; base of jiatagia
externally, and a broad stripe down middle of thorax and dorsum deep yellow ;
venter and pectus pale ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 i from Pozuzo, Huunuco, Peru, sOO — liiou m. (Hoffmanns).
3. Oricia augusta spec. nov.
Foretcinq : velvety black, with the veins concisely yellow ; from midille of
costa to vein 1 at two-thirds a golden yellow blotch, swollen in middle, blunt-
pointed below ; on each side of it and along unter margin the yellow veins are
interrupted by the black ground-colour ; fringe black.
niiidirhui : golden yellow, with a broad hlack border from apex to anal angle ;
broadest at ajiex, deeply excurved at middle, and truncate at anal angle.
Underside of forewing brown-black, with the yellow blotch broader ; costal
edge yellow to middle ; tips of fringe white ; hindwing yellow ; the dark margin
interrupted liy a yellow tooth at costa : a slight dark basal streak along subcostal
vein.
Palpi whitish in front, black laterally; face yellow; shoulders black, with
lateral orange spots and a pale dot at middle; patagia dark with yellow e Iges ;
thorax and abdomen black, with yellow dorsal stripe and the latter with yellow
lateral stripes ; venter whitish.
Exjianse of wings : S.'i mm.
1 (? from Huinayta, ]l'u> Madeira, .Inly --Si'ptcmlirr I m Mi (Hoffmanns).
4. Oricia dominula s]iec. nov.
Fomriiui : uniform olive-brown, with the veins yellow; a [lale yellow wedge-
like streak from costa beyond middle across the diseocellular to just below vein I! ;
an elongate club-sha])ed yellow blotch from base along snbmedian interval to beyond
middle ; fringe dark brown ; inner margin finely yellowish.
llindirimi : lilack, with the centre jiale vellow from base to three-l'ourtlis of
wing, whrre it is rounded ; its upjier edge is dill'use, ;ind its lower indented !it
vein 'J ; along snbmedian (old is a sd'eak of bhick scab's ; inner margin mid fringe
yellow.
I'nderside brown-black; forewmg with both yellow blotches enlarged : lii
wing with the yellow centre twice as wide: a yellow costal streak from hase t
beyond middle, which is also present on uppersidc
Ml-
( 71 )
Pal]ii laterally black, yelldwisli iu front; face yellow; vertex brownish:
shoulders brown, with three yellow spots ; patagia streaked brown and yellow ;
thorax and abdomen blackish, with yellow dorsal stripe, the latter also with yellow
lateral stripes.
Ex])anse of wings : 3.5 mm.
1 S from La Soledad, Province Entro Rios, Argentina, close to frontier of
Urngnay, A]iril lOOf) (Miss Britton).
5. Oricia fulva spec. nov.
Fo/r/rit/fi : fnlvons brown, much browner than prircrna Cram. ; the basal half
(lull fnlvons; the veins in both areas paler; from eosta at two-thirds a narrow
obliqne cream-coloured wedge-shaped mark ending on vein .").
Ilindii'iix/ : dull orange, with a purplish lirown border shaped as in iiriernin ;
the costa with some brownish sealing.
Underside of forewing with an orange-yellow blotch along inner margin as in
py-irerna, the costa remaining brown ; the pale costal streak enlarged, running to
vein 3, and emitting a spur inwards to discocellnlar ; hindwing as iu priraiin^ Imt
in both wings the dark tints are brown, not black.
Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler, greyer brown ; the venter
cream-white.
Exjianse of wings : 48 mm.
1 ? without locality label.
fi. Oricia imitatrix spec. nov.
Forciviiuj : dark purple-brown, the veins showing scarcely paler; a fiisilorm
yellow transverse blotch at three-fifths, extending from subcostal vein to snbmedian
fold ; fringe concolorous.
IJindicing: with a central curved broad yellow fascia with waved edges from
vein 8 to inner margin, where it is narrowed and dusted with blackish scales.
Underside with the blotches larger and deeper yellow ; forewing with a
whitish streak along median vein and inner margin ; hindwing with one along
costa and median vein.
Pal|ii black with basal segment white ; face white ; ccdhir yellow ; thorax and
abdomen like wings, the latter with yellow dorsal spots.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
~ ii from Huniayta, Kio Madeija, .Inly — S<']itember I'.mk; (Hoti'manus).
This species is reniarkalily like Kjiliinltiim inoiiili.s Hiib.
7. Oricia projecta spec. nov.
Fororinfi : olive-brown, with the veins yellowish; on the middle of the inm-r
margin an oblii|ne cream-white blotch, the inner edge parallel to costa, the outer
to outer margin, the apex miuided and touching cell-ibid, the outer edge bent on
vein 2 ; beyond upper end of cell a similarly colom-eil blotch.
UiiidiniKj : cream-colonr, with a bioad black marginal border from before
ajicx to anal angle, its inner edge waved and with a sinus beyond cell; base
brownish.
Underside like ujiper, without the yellow veins.
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Head aii<l tlinrax brown varic'd with pale spots and streaks ; tlie patajjia with
palp edges : abdomen (rnbbed) apparently dincry whitish with darker dorsal and
lateral stripes.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 ? from Hnmayta, Rio Madeira, .Tnly — September lOOC (Hoffmanns).
8. Oricia scissa spec nov.
Forcwiiifi : dark olive-brown, with the veins all y(dlow; from middle of costa
a yellow wedge-sliajied streak runs to snbmedian fold at three-fourths, the i;rnnud-
colonr on eacii sidi' of it cbirker and interrupting the yellow veins; fringe ]iale
brown.
Hindiriiui : deep yellow, the inner margin below cell and vein 2, a sijnare
blotch at apex above vein 4, and the margin between 2 and 4 narrowly brown-
black ; fringe dark brown ; the extreme inner margin and its fringe yellowish.
Underside dark brown ; forewing with an obliquely edged basal patch
yellowish; a broad deep yellow band of uniform width from middle of costa
nearly to anal angle ; hindwing like npperside, but the dark areas brown ; inner
margin more broadly yellowish.
Face and vertex yellow ; palpi yellow with the tips black ; thorax and
patagia streaked alternately olive-brown and dull yellow; dorsum brownish
cinereous, edged by a broad orange lateral stripe; venter cream-enlour ; legs
grey and whitish.
Expanse of wings : 4ii mm.
Botb sexes from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to .Tidy lOitG (Klages).
In this species vein 10 is stalked with 7, ><, 9, instead of rising free.
n. Phaeochlaena biorbiculata spec nov.
Foreidiit) olive-brown, with the veins yellowish, and two round wiiitish
spots, one at lower end of cell between the cell-fold and ba<e of vein 2, the other
submargiual, crossed by veins 5 and 0 ; fringe brown.
Iliiidirinfi : cream-white, witli broad black costal and outer marginal Imnler,
and the base diffnsely browLi ; the veins and fdld also streaked witli brown across
the white area.
Underside similar ; both wings brown.
I'alpi yellowisii ; face white ; antennae lilacl; ; jiafagia with yellnw spot at
base ; thorax and abdomen brownish cinereous.
Expanse of wings : S 28 mm. ; ? 35 mm.
A long series from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to July lOiiG (Klages).
The species dilfers from /'//. tiiiili/msn, the type of the genus, in having
vein lo stalked with 7, 8, '.i, and the antennae iif the ? are shortly bi|ie('tiuate.
l(t. Polypoetes vidua spec nov.
Forfwiixj : semitransparent, sparsely sealed, black, with the veins dclieafely
white; a white semihyaline narrow streak from base to beyond middle betweiMi
median vein and snbmedian fold ; a white blotch beyond cell between vein i!
and the stem of :), 4, its upper edge obliijne; a small white tridentatc mark
before apex, caused by the swelling of veins 7, S, ',), which rise nearly all together ;
fringe black.
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Uhulwinq: with all the niiirgins black, of uniform width, pnclosiiij; a liroad
white iivriforin space, with difl'iise bhiek scales at base.
Underside duller black with similar white markings, the hindwing also with
the costa narrowl}- and the inner margin broadly dusted with bluish white scales.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; an orange spot at base of patagia laterall}' ;
segments of abdomen with whitish rings.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 ? from Limbani, <'arabaya, Peru, November 10(il, wet season (Ockenden) ;
very much like P. bistellata Dogn. from Argentina; but the white area of hind-
wings is broader and the veins of forewing are white. I have seen another ?
from Limbani, and 2 3S from Agualani, referred at the time to bisfeUata.
11. Scotura fulviceps ali. quadripuncta no v.
Difiers from the type form off/i/rk-cps Feld., figured as a C////io/isis, iu having
a fourth white spot beyond the end of cell above the large outer spot, which in
the type form is rounded and reaches vein 5, bnt in the aberration is flattened
and bounded by vein 4 ; at base of cell is also a distinct white spot.
2 (?<? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May lOnO (Klages), along with a
fair number of the type form.
12. Scotura fusciceps sjier. nov. and ab. obstructa nov.
Forewing : black, with the veins hardly paler ; a dull whitish blotch beyond
lower angle of cell embracing the forking of veins 3 and 4, the veins across it
also white ; fringe black.
I/iiiihchii/ : black, with a whitish elongated blotch from base to three-fourths
of wing, the median vein, vein 2, and the stalk of 3, 4, showing black along it.
Underside duller black, with the pale areas in both wmgs more extensive
and bluish white in tint.
Head and thorax blackish ; abdomen blackish with a strong bluish tinge.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 c? from Foute Boa, Upper Amazims, July 1'-H)(j (Klages).
Distinguished at once by its dark liead.
Tn the ab. ohMnirta, the pale blotcli of forewing is absent on the upperside,
lint eipuilly distinct below ; in the himlwing the central white a-iTa is wider,
occnjjying the whole width (if the cell, whereas in the type it is limited abnvi' by
the cell-fold.
I i taken along with the type.
13. Scotura intermedia spec. nov.
Like .S'. iiii/nitd Warr. in the forewing ; in the hindwing the sninky grey
patch along iui<ldle of wing, which in n'Kjntln is white on the underside only, is
in the present species white both aliove ami below, with the edges dill'use.
I'jxpanse of wings : 32 mm.
I'otli sexes from the Aroewarwa Creek, Mamewym Valley, Sui-iiiam, .Inly to
September lUorj (Klages).
Resembles tS. ??c;7'0.w SchiHis, lull tin' white area in liiiiduing nioi-e restrieteil,
and not reaching base.
DV.
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14. Scotura leucophleps spec. no\
Fori'iciiig : blai'kisli, with the veins :ill jiale ; the fringe lilack.
Ilimlivimj : slaty black, witli an elongated central white wedge-shaped streak
from base, its point near outer margin between veins '^ and 4.
Underside bhick, with tlie veins towards outer margin of botli wings distinctly
white; the white central area of hindwing ampler.
Head and palpi fnlvous ; thorax and abdomen bhickish.
E.xpanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 S (Vora Tiiis, Costa Rica.
l.'i. Scotura long'igutta sjicc. nov.
Foreiriiui : dull Mackisli, with all tlic veins pale grey, as in ncreosri and
renata.
Ilinclwing : deep brown-black, with a long drop-shajied central white blotch
including the ontcr half of cell, its outer edge running from subcostal near tlie
forking of veins 0 and 7 to the forking of veins 3 and 4, its lower edge parallel
to ujipor along vein 2, both ends rounded.
Underside of forewing with a small white blotch beyond end. of cell; liind-
wing with the white blotch ampler, pyriform, running narrowly to base ; the
inner margin pale grey.
Head and paljii deep orange ; thorax and abdomen brownish fuscous.
Expanse of wings ; 30 mm.
i) c?c?, 1 ? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to .Inly lOOfi (Klages).
Hi. Stenoplastis eximia sikt. nnv.
Foiru'liH/ : olive-liliU'k, the veins distinctly yellow; basal area milky white,
bounded by a vertical blotch from costa to median at one-third, and another from
median to inner margin at two-tifths ; base of costa and cell smoky grey, and a
streak on each side of the submedian fold ; on the discocellular a yellowish white
vertical streak broadening downwards, and above it on each side of vein 11 some
(litl'usp white scales ; the starting-pnint of veins 7, S, 0 swollen into a yellow spot;
a snbmarginal series nf faint wliitish Innules between the veins.
Iliiulicinq : jinrc white, with a Mack blotch on outer margin from costa to
vein 2; beyond which the fringe is black, but white below.
Underside like njiper, but the veins yellow only just before margin ; basal iin^a
(if forewing wholly white except cosla.
Face, palpi, and base of patagia orange-yellow ; thorax (rulibed) blackisii ;
al)domen white in basal half, black tosvards anus, whuily white beneath.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
1 S from Cnshi, I'rovin<'e lliiiinneo, Tern, I'.ium ni. i llolfniannsj.
Allied 1(1 S. jijiirn I)()gn.
SiniAMiLY GEOMETIUNAIO.
Auomphax gen. nov.
Near rnKnii/iliiinxlis \\:w\-., I'nim wlii<h it is sejiarated by the absence of
frenulum and the rudimentary tongue; the costa of forewing is more curved,
so that the wing ajipears ampler : the antennae of the ? are bipectinate, though
( 75 )
more Rhortly than iii the S ; in PuromplMCOih'ii they are serrate only. Neuration
identical ; in the hiudwing the costal and subcostal are very closely approxi mated
for iiajf of cell, without any anastoraosis.
Type : Anomp/M.r (/loina I'ntler (Om/Jin.r).
In Guenee's genus Oinphur even the i has simple antennae.
IT. Auomphax gnoma.
Omphajc yiioma Butlei-. Tr. E, S. 18s2, p. 307.
The two examples from fJhili described by Mr. Butler as iS arc both ? ?, tiie
pectinated antennae having misled him ; as a rule Chilian insects are not met witli
east of the Andes ; bnt I have lately seen a ? from Salta, Aru'eiitina, whit'h cannot
be separated, as far as I can see, from Butler's (ihilian ijnonw. This specimen was
taken in February lOii.j by J. Steinbach.
Is. Dichorda uniformis spec. nov.
Like l>. rrmotaria Wlk. from X. America, but with shorter and broader wings,
the outer margin less oblique, the two lines ending on inner margin of furewing
at one-third and two-thirds; in the hiudwing the line, instead of ending close
above the anal angle, runs to inner margin a little beyond the middle and is nearly
central ; the green tint is without any admixture of yellow.
Ex])anse : 22 mm.
2 d'cJ from (Japaro, Trinidad, December I'.iU-") (Klages).
Eualloea gen. nov.
Foreirhiii : elongate ; costa slightly arched at base, strongly convex before
apex, whicli is depressed and acute; outer margin crenulate, concave between
apex and vein 4, thence oblique, veins 4 and 3 forming a blnnt projection.
Iliiidiriiui : with inner margin long, the anal angle nearly square ; outer
margin produced to a short Ijlunt tail at vein 4, and with a smaller tooth at
veins 3 and (i.
Antennae in d quite simple, lamellate ; jialpi short, ]iorrect ; tongue and
freiinbim present ; hiiultibiae with four s])urs ; abdomen without dorsal tufts.
Ncuni.tioii : forewing, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular vertical
above, then incurved and oblique below; first median nervule at quite two-thirds,
second and third from lower enil of cell ; Ti from tiie upper fourlh of discocelbdar,
(i shortly stalked with 7, S, 0, In : 11 just before them, anastomosing with 12, and
apjirdxi mated to lo ; hiudwing with :!, 4 and Ci, 7 shdked ; .") fmm (dose below
upper end of cell.
Type : Knulioea subbifascintd sjiec. nov.
Distingnisheil from Ncocrasia Warr. from S. America and from the palaearctic
genera dfldsnia Warr. and K/i/sotbiilma Swinli. by the siuiplf? antennae, and
from Jiii.m/d ^Varr., with wliich it agrees in the antemiae, by tlie aJiseiu'e of
dorsal crests.
!'■'. Eualloea subbifasciata spec. nov. and ab. suflfusa nov.
/■'lur/r/iii/ : dull greenish grey; the median area sull'used with darker, and
the whole surface striated with darker green ; lines thick, darker grey-green : first,
slightly curved, at one-fonrth, edged towards base with ]ialer ; outer lunulate-
denfate, from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, forming a bitid
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projection on veins 4 and \\, and with a decj) sinns between 3 and 1 ; a dark
green, thicker, snbmari^inal shade parallel to outer line; cell-spot difTnsely dark
green ; fringe (worn) dnll green.
Himhring : like forewing, hut the outer margin deejier shaded.
Underside whitish, freckled in forewing with dnll olive; both wings with the
outer and submarginal lines forming thick olive-green bauds, broader below costa
of forewing.
Head, thorax, aiul abdomen pale green ; nj>per part of face dnll reddish.
Expanse of wings : c? 4ii mm. ; ? 48 mm.
2 S S from La Union, R. Ilnacamayo, Ctarabaja, Peru, 2iiOU ft., November
1004, wet season (Ockenden), type : 1 9, January 1005; 2 cJcJ from Fonte Boa,
Upper Amazons, Noveml)er and June lOiiG (Klagos) ; 1 ? from Pebas, Amazons,
November 19oG(de Mathan). The Fonte Boa specimens, ab. aiiffusri, are clouded
with dull olive-green, and show very little of the jiale ground-colour.
20. Gelasma dealbata spec. nov.
Forewimi : dull olive-green ; the costa yellow, sj}eckled with ]mrple ; the lines
whitish, lunulate-dentate ; the inner obscure at one-fourth ; the outer from two-
thirds of costa to ipiite three-fourths of inner margin, incurved below vein :} and
slightly insinuate beyond cell ; a faint dark green cell-mark ; fringe pale yellowish
green, with dark cheriuering beyond veins.
Uhi(hnmj : with the outer half white, the postmediau line and a diffuse sub-
marginal shade, both lunulate-dentate, olive-green ; a series of olive-green lunules
along margin ; fringe whitish with dark olive-green mottlings.
Underside whitish green ; an interrupted dark marginal line on forewing and
as far as vein 5 on hindwing, where it is preceded by a fuscous blotch fringes pale
green mottlcil with fuscous ; costa of forewing yellow with pur]ile sjieckliug.
Face and palpi above brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen dull green ; lillct
and antennal shaft white.
Expanse of wings : 2.") mm.
2 c?(?, 2 ? ? from La Oroya, R. Liarabari, Carabaya, Peru, .^loo ft., Sej)tember
10114 — January 100.") (Ockenden) ; also from Tingiiri and OcoMe(|ue.
21. Gelasma subrufescens Warr. and ab. ('■;) pallescens nov.
Of this species, described by me from three specimens only, in the
Procecdiiiys of i lie United States JS'atioiuil Miixeum, vol. xxx. ji. 417 (loiiij), I
have lately seen a long series from Tingnri and La Oroya, Peru and Fonte Boa,
Ujijier Amazons ; in the majority of cases the dorsum is marked with a double
blackish spot on segments I! and 4, and often witli dark scaling beyond ; a single ?,
from Fonte Boa, is rather larger, with the abdomen tinged with red, and has -v
the antennae ])ectinated, but not so strongly as in the S . Tlie whole of those
specimens are dull olive-green, and opa(jne. Of the form which 1 ]iropose to
call ab. jKillesreiiS 1 have seen only four s|)ecimcns ; these are rather larger tlnm
typical nuhniffxrens, (|uitc jiale green, and semidiaphanous, with scarcely any
reddish tinge beneath ; but tliey all show traces of the dark dorsal spots. Of
these, two are from Ocone(ju(^ and one from Ija Union, H, Ilnacamayo, Peru ;
the fourth, from Sapncay, Paraginiy, shows the dorsal blotches well marked.
Li the original ilescripfion " Underside ol' forewing ilull gray" is a niisjirint
for dnll rosy.
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22. Halioscia ruptimacula spec. nov.
Closely resembling //. cotKjciier Wun-. (OoKjiila), from Iviu HciiR'nirii, Hiitish
(Juiaiia, (Ifscrilied in Xoe. Zool. vii. ]i. liiii, ljut differiiij;' in the i'ollowing
imrticiilars :
The cell-s|)ots iu both wings are roiiiiil, not elongate ; the dark lilotch on
outer margin below apex of forewing is narrower, and distinctly divided by a
pale snbmarginal line, as in //. procellosa Warr. ; that at anal angle is shorter
and deeper, more rounded. In the hind wing the long apical blotch is broken
up into two smaller and shorter blotches, one at apex, the other beyond cell, and
the anal blotch is much reduced in size.
Exjianse of wings : 32 mm.
1 S i'rom La Union, R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 2000 ft., December 1!)04,
wet season (Ockenden).
23. Hemithea decipiens sjiec. nov.
ForcwiiKj : dull grey-green ; the costa dotted purplish and yellowish ; the
lines pale, the outer dentate-lunulate, at about one-third and two-thirds, the median
area slightly darker; cell-spot dark green, large; marginal line purplish,
interrupted at end of veins by ratlier large yellow spots ; fringe grey-green in
outer half, tlie basal half yellowish, cliequered with dark grey Ijeyond the veins.
Hindwimj : similar, without inner line.
Underside whitish green ; the apex of hindwing (and sometimes the aual angle
of forewing) with a dark blotch reaching vein 5.
Head, tliorax, and abdomen greenish ; vertex white ; paliii and forelegs tinged
with reddish ; dorsum slightly marked with grey.
Expanse of wings : cJ 18 mm. ; ? 20—22 mm.
1 (J from Tia Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, Peru, 3100 ft., Decemlier I905, wet
season (Ockenden), tyi}e ; 2 cJc? from R. lluacamayo, Peru, June 1U04, dry season
(Ockenden) ; 2 ¥ ? from Aroewarwa (Jreek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April to
Jnne 1905 (Klages) ; 1 ¥ from Caparo, Trinidad, December IU05 (Klages) ; 1 ?
Port of Spain, Trinidad (Birch).
Antennae of c? subserrate and i)ubescent merely ; otherwise indistinguishable
from Gelamna.
24. Hydata radiata spec. nov.
ForiitciiKj : very pale hyaline green ; the costal streak, the cell, the inner
margin, and a sidjmarginal band pale fawn-colour ; this band is crossed by a
fawn-coloured streak above vein 0, and is connected by a short streak above vein 4
with tlie cell ; a fawn-coloured marginal shading ; fringe pale green with yellow
base ; across the central hyaline area two darker lines can be traced, the outer
one excurved above.
lluidwiiiij : fawn-colour, with a curved green band at one-third and a dull
yellow wavy tlentate one at two-thirds ; fringe green.
Underside very jiale green, the dark markings showing througii in (brewing
only.
Thorax and abdomen fawn-colour ; face, vertex, and antennae white.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
'Z <S 6 from Cushi, Province Hnauuco, Peru, lUOO m. (Hoffmanns).
Tiie outer margin of hindwing is bluntly prominent at vein 6.
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~o. Hydata scriptiirata sjhh-. hov.
Fpie/rim/ : si'tuitraiisjiaiiiit jiale gret'ii ; liasc ui' losta lnoadlv liinwiii.-ili :
lines iiiR-ly liluck ; inner line at one-tbinl, wavv dentate, preceded liy a Mack
blotch ill the cell and a larjrer hlotch oliliiiue t'loiii near liase of cell to inner
margin at one-third ; outer line concisely Ininilate-deiitate from three-fourths
of cosfa to three-fourths of inner margin, pnijecting outwards between veins 3
and 4, jireceded by a large irregular black blotch on the discocellular, and followed
by blackish blotches between the veins, that above (> being long and jirominent ;
fringe green.
Jliiuhciiiij : similar, with the black lines and markings intensitied ; a black
blotched and dentate fascia between the two lines.
Underside pale green, with the black markings partially visible.
Vertex, thora.x, and dorsum olive brownish : tillet white ; face brown and
white ; antennae white.
Ex]iause of wings : 17 mm.
1 (? from La Oroya, K. Inambari, 8.E. Peru, 31n(i ft., December I'JU.i, wet
season (Ockcnden).
The outer margin of hindwing jirojects squarely between 3 and 4, and is
dentate at veins 1 and (i.
Leptolopha gen. nov.
Like Linsocldora AV'arr., but the dorsum is not simj)le and smooth, as in that
genus, but bears tufts of pale yellowish or greenish curved broad hair-scales on
segments 3-7.
Type Lrptolophajlarilimcs AVarr. {Lissocldora).
These tufts are of a much more flimsy character than the mrtallic red tufts
of Racheolopha, and appear liable to be soon rublxd (jff ; even when fresh, being
of the same colour as the rest of the dorsum, they are easily overlooked.
2''i. Leptolopha flavilimes and ab. decorata uov.
LismMora jUwilimes Warr., Xuv. Zuul. xi. p. 21 (1904).
When I described this species I entirely overlooked the dorsal tufts. Since
then 1 have seen a considerable nnmber, diifering some of them both in markings
and size, but agreeing in the possession of the dorsal tufts, which must all be
transferred to l.cjifolpjiha. On comparison with these others J find that inj/dfiliiiufi
the yellowish margin of both wings shows a tendency to run inwards along the
veins ; in most cases this is very slight and incons])icuous ; but in one example
tiie yellow intrudes to such an extent that the green ground-colour forms a
continuous festoon of lunulate jirojections between the veins ; besides which, in
this form, ab. decorata, the ground-colour itself is darkened by rufous olive
scales sprinkled over both wings.
1 t? from Fonte I'oa, Ujiper Amazons, I'JOO (Klages).
27. Leptolopha nigripunctata spec. nov.
Closely allied to L. Jlati limes AVarr., but the hindwing has a black spot at
the lower end of discocellular ; in the forewiug there is no red-brown a])ical patch
running out into the fringe, but a concise oblique dash at the e.xtiemily of the
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trreeii iriMUijil-rolimr ; in Ijutli wiiiLis tlie iiiiicr (mIlto of the yclluw iiuiviriiuil area is
straight, ami the yellow does not run in along the veins ; the costal streak ol'
tbrewiiig is broader and paler.
1 d La Oroya, Carabaya, I'eni, November — December (wet season) l'.iii4 ;
1 S Tinguri, Carubaya, I'ern, August (dry season) 1904 (tyjie) ; I cj La Union,
U. lluacamayo, rem, November ]'J04 ((Jckcuden); agreeing in size, 24 mm.,
with the females of Jiavilim.cn, which are on the average a little larger than
their males.
28. Leptolopha permagna spec. nov.
JIuch larger and broader-winged than either Jliiuiliinrs or nii/ripaiirlata ;
costal margin of forewing broadly yellow ; tlie yellow marginal area of both
wings without any reddish internal edging ; tlie apex of forewing without any
red tinge ; the cell-spot large, oblique, dark green ; in the hiudwiug the cell-mark
is yellowish, extending the whole length of discocellular, but much broader and
plainer in the ujiper half.
Face and forelegs fulvous ; vertex and antennal shaft snow-white ; collar
yellow.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
2 ? ? Tinguri, (Jarabaya, Peru, SlOii ft., August 15)04, dry season (Ockenden),
type ; and 1 ? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, Tcru, 3100 ft., November — ■
December 1904, wet season (Ockenden).
2'J. Lissochlora albilineata spec. nuv.
Fon'ir/iii/ : bright green, traversed by numerous jjale striae ; costal edge
white : veins all finely white ; both lines white ; the inner fine, at one-fourth,
slightly angled outwards on the median vein ; the outer broad, slightly curved,
from four-lifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; fringe shining white ;
a large oval reddish brown cell-spot.
Ilinilwiny: with both lines curved, the outer, as in forewing, fartlier fnmi
outer margin on the inner margin than on costa.
Underside paler green, the white lines and dark cell-spots showing through.
Palpi white, the terminal segment fuscous ; face white with the upper part
green ; fillet and antennae white ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia green ; thorax
and abdomen whitish ; the dorsum reddish-tinged, and with a square browu-
lilack blotch on second segment ; venter, jiectns, and legs white, the foretibiae
blotched with brown-black.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 ? from Linibaui, Carabaya, Peru, 0500 ft.. May l'J04,dry season (Ockenden).
30. Lissochlora (?) marcida spec. nov.
Forewing: pale yellowish green, more yellow towards costa; the lines pale,
obscure ; first curved from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, followed
by a shade of deeper green ; outer at (juite three-fourths, bent on vein 6, then
straight to inner margin, [ireccded by a deeper green shade ; cell-spot black ; fringe
yellowish green.
llimhcing : with the outer line only, at two-thirds, curved parallel to the
margin ; cell-spot black.
Underside of forewing pale olive-green, with a broad deejier marginal border ;
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the inner iuiii'i;iii wliitisli : liiii(l\viiis;' ^vlliti^ll, witli a lirotul olive-green tjonler, and
a small jiulcli lielow lower end of cell ; ceil-sjMjts blaek.
Head, thorax, and alidoiueu jiale yellowish green : the dorsniu sliglitly niariied
with reddish.
Expanse of wings : ;i(i miu.
1 J from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, October I'JiH) (Klages).
Wings all very smoothly sealed, without daiker speekling. It is referred to
Lisisochlora provisionally, in the absence of the male.
31. Melochloi'a affinis ab. abscondita nov.
l)ill'ers from tlie type oi' a //ii//.s Warr., from French tJniana, in having no
dark markings on the ujiperside, those of the underside remaining the same. The
present is prolialily the ordinary form of the species, and the single sjiecimeii
from the Maroni River exceptional.
■..; (JcJ, 1 ? from La Oroya, R. luambari, S.E. rem, 310U ft., November l'J(i4
to March 1905, wet season (Ockeuden), type; (i <?c?, 1 ? from Fonte Boa, Upi)er
Amazons, May — Augnst I'.iiiC) (Klages) ; and 1 6 from Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym
Valley, Surinam, April lOn.5 (Klages).
The species may be distinguished by the course of the outer line, which is
parallel throughout to the outer margin on the forewing and slightly curved
on hindwing ; and the outer margin of the hiudwing is more curved, less elbowed
than in other species of the genus.
32. Melochlora discata spec. uov.
Forewing : deep green ; the lines aud cell-spot brown ; inner Hue at one-
fourth, vertical and waved ; outer straight and obliipie, from costa before apex
to two-thirds of inner margin ; cell-sjiot small ; fringe paler green, with a black-
brown apical sjiot.
lUndwiitg : with the line slightly curved and median ; cell-spot large, deep
black, covering the discocellular, and edged ou both sides with deep red.
Underside whitish green, without markings, except in the hindwing, where
there is a blackish blotch below discocellnlar from median vein to submedian ibid,
the dark centre of the cell-spot also showing through.
Face and palpi pale green ; shoulders and patagia deep green ; thorax and
abdomen ochreous, the base of dorsum greenish ; vertex white; antennae reddish.
Expanse of wings : 31 mm.
1 S from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Fern, 31UU ft., Sejitember l'.Jil4, dry season
(Ockenden).
The outer margin of hindwing is visildy but blnntly elbowed at middle, of
forewing scarcely bulged. .1/. nei.^ Uruce also has the lines brown, and shows
in addition some brown exterior clouds, bnt is without the large red-marked
cell-spot of hindwing, which well characterises the present species.
33. Melochlora tenuis spec. nov.
ForciciiK/ : bright pale green, semitraus|iarent ; the costal edge with a few
black specks ; basal area edged by some black striae below middle of wing ;
marginal area with a broad dull black band with dee|ier Idack edges, marginal from
anal angle to vein 4, then becommg submarginal, nut reaching above vein (3, except
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the edges, which are coatiuueil as striae towards 7 ; friugo green, black below
vein 4.
Ilindwing : similar, but the band is represented only by its inner edge, and
a black blotch with some scattered striae at apex, along which the fringe is
also black.
Underside the same ; but the subbasal striae coalescent into a blotch.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green, the last with a black belt at base ;
antennal shaft white, the pectinations black.
Expanse of wings : 37 mm.
1 c? from Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad (E. Lafond).
Closely related to M. Tagilinea Warr. from French Guiana, from which it is
separated by the absence of any red markings.
34. Miantonota consimilis spec uov.
This species is very close to M. dentilima Warr. {RackcospilK,), but differs as
follows :
The marginal line of both wings is much finer, less distinctly red ; the
fringes are not chequered beyond the veins, Imt have their basal half shining white
and their apical half grey ; the forewing is proportionately broader, with the apex
more prominent, and the hindwing is elbowed at middle, not rounded ; the abdomen
is ochreous, possibly greener when fresh ; and instead of the white spots on
segments 2 and 4 (not 1 and 3 as in the original description) bears a quadrate
brown sjiot only on segment 2. Moreover, the teeth of the outer line of the wings
are externally less prominently white, and internally are marked with brown instead
of green.
2 c?c? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, Peru, 3100 ft., September 1904,
dry season (Ockenden).
35. Miantonota erina Uogo. ah. disjuncta nov.
In his description oi Achlora erina, M. Dognin {Ann. S.E. Belg. 1890, p. 143)
speaks of one specimen which bore traces of a Innulate darker festoon connecting
the series of dark points which form the outer line ; these connecting lunules are
distinct in all three sjiecimens of the ab. (li.yiiiicta ; but while in erina the points on
veins 6, 7, and 8 are conjoined and individually lost in a black zigzag blotch ending
in the apex, in the aberration there is no blotch, but the three points on these veins
are distinct and black in a straight line, the uppermost on vein 8 lying well before
the apex, and tiiese three black points are not tipped externally with white, as is
the case with all those on the lower veins. In the dorsal markings of the abdomen,
moreover, the ab. disjuncta differs from typical erina, and agrees more nearly with
the ab. bipunctata Dogn. {Ann. S.E. Belg. 1908, p. 17), the S having a small
blackish spot on segment 2 and a larger quadrate one on segment 5, while the ?,
besides the blotch on 5, has the whole of the first and second segments black-brown.
The points forming the inner line and the discai spots are all distinct ; but the
costal edge of forewing is not white.
1 cJ, 1 ? from Tncnman, 1100 m., January — February 1005 (Steinbach), type ;
1 c? from Sapucay, Paragnay, November 10()3 (Foster). This last specimen shows
a black spot at apex of forewing, beyond the other three black points.
Both erina Dogn. and discipuncta Warr. should be placed in Miantonota.
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3(3. Microloxia herbaria.
Phal. Geom. herbaria Fabr. E. S. iii. 2, p. 162 (1794), W. Indies.
jS^emoria paularia Moeschl. Ahh. Seiick. Ges. xiv. p. 68 (1888), Jamaica.
Lissochlont intacta Warr., yov. Zool. sii. p. 318 (lOUo), Dominica, Cuba.
It is fairly certain that the three species above mentioned, all described from
ishitids of the W. Indies, are identical. The green fades so soon, that it is very
rarely the case that a trace of the onter line of pale dots is visible. The pectinations
of the antennae of the c? are much longer and coarser than in typical Lissochlora,
to which I referred intacta.
Nesipola gen. nov.
Like Racheospila and Racheolopha, but distinguished by the dorsum having
neither raised crests nor white spots ; the first two segments are green, the rest
dull white ; in Miantoiwtii the whole dorsum is green, and the wings are not marked
by variable spots and blotches.
Tyj)e : A'esipola impunctata spec. nov.
Racheospila auonalaria Moeschl. from Porto Rico, 7?. ccntrifuijaria ? H.-Sch.
{=protractaria S H.-Sch.) from Cuba, and R. heterospila Hmpsn. from the
Bahamas {=albimacula Warr. from Sta. Lucia), all of them probably different island
forms of one and the same species, will belong here ; also R. stellataria Moeschl.
{^concentrata Warr.) from Jamaica.
37. Nesipola impunctata spec. nov.
Distinguished from all of the species above mentioned l)y the deeper, brighter
green of both wings ; the fringes are entirely green, without the reddish flecks
between the veins which are seen in the other forms ; and the hiudwing is distinctly
elbowed at vein 4. In the varying development of the blotches beyond onter line
it agrees with centrifayaria H.-S. Of the six examples, all ? ? , that I have seen
one has the large oval whitish lilotch in fore wing reaching from vein 6 to 1
and edged with reddish, and a smaller whitish blotch iu hindwing above vein 1 ;
a second has the same blotches dull reddish ; two others have a small snow-white
red-edged round spot on the forewing between veins 2 and 3, and none on hindwing ;
the remaining two have the spot wholly dark red-brown ; so that in this form at all
events the variation in size and colour of the blotches is not sexual, as was supposed
by Herrich-Schaeher might be the case in centrij'ugaria.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.
6 ? ¥ from Dominica, January, February, 1905 (E. A. Agar).
In his description ui ceiitrij'idjaria from 3 ? ? (Corr.-Bl. Rei/eiub. 1870, p. 182)
Herrich-Schaeffer speaks of the first as having the blotch of forewing smaller, and
not reaching below vein 2 (jjerhaps a spot only between veins 2 and 3) ; the second
as having the blotch large and extending from vein 6 to 1, and filled up with
reddish grey ; wliile the third had the blotch equally large, but white, edged ouly
with red ; neither he nor (iundlach {Cuba, p. 38.jJ mentions any spot at all on the
hindwing, while in their description of protractaria, the supposed S , both authors
state the spot of forewing to be entirely wanting. I have seen five examples
from Cuba, 3 ¥ ? and 2 cJcf ; 1 ? from Baracoa agrees with the second of
llerrich-Schaefi'er's ? ¥ , the blotch being large and reddish, but with a smaller
red blotch on hiudwing; a second ¥, from Santiago, is like it, but smaller and
brighter ; the third, from llolipiin, has a double white blotch from vein 3 nearlv
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reacliing- subinedian fold, ringed with purple aud with vein 2 purple across it, and
no spot in bindwing. Of the 2 <SS, both from Santiago, one is like typical
protractaria, the other shows a white red-ringed spot between veins 2 and 3 on
forewing only. This S, like the second ? from Santiago mentioned above, is
smaller and brighter green, and possibly both belong rather to the Dominican form
now described as impiinctata.
Moeschler, describing his anomalaria, a ? from Porto Rico, gives the blotch as
extending from vein 4 to anal angle of forewing, white, edged with red, and
partially dnsted with reddish, with the veins across it red also, and a smaller
blotch on hindwing only half the size.
In the types of kefi'rospila Hmpsn. from the Bahamas, and olhim-wnla Warr.
from Sta. Lucia (wrongly descrilied as a Rkodochlora), both ? ?, the blotch of
forewing is double, like that in the ? of centrifugaria from Holquin, Cnba ; but
the upper half, above vein 3, is smaller and red-brown, the lower half larger and
white edged with red-brown, this lower half only reappearing on hindwing.
In all the forms the cell-spots and the spots representing the two lines are
red-brown; those of the outer line running to the small blotch where present,
except in the Cuban specimens, where the line is farther from the outer margin
and passes on the inside of the blotch ; when the blotch is enlarged, the row
of dots is of course in all cases interrupted in the middle.
38. Oospila longiplaga spec. nov.
Forcwiiu] : green, with the markings much as in i/epressa Warr., but that
from anal angle extending along inner margin for three-nuarters instead of only
half-way, and swollen towards base, both thickly striated with reddish and fuscous,
and connected by a narrow purplish band at outer margin.
Hindwing : with the blotches similarly striated ; that at anal angle elongated,
reaching more than half-way along inner margin and extending somewhat beyond
vein 2.
Face and palpi red-brown ; thorax and two basal segments of dorsum pale
green ; abdomen bone-colour, with the tufts reddish.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
2 ¥ ¥ from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, July— September 1006 (Klages).
39. Oospila minorata spec. nov.
Like 0. albicoma Feld. in markings, bnt always smaller, with the pale blotches
pinker; the lower elongate blotch of forewing never extends above the cell-fold,
whereas in albicoma it all but touches the costal streak.
Expanse of wings : 32 ram.
13 cJcJ from La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Pern, 31oi( ft., September 19t)5 to
January 1906, wet season, and 2 cJ cJ from Tingnri, Carabaya, Peru, 3400 ft., August
1906 (Ockenden) ; 11 Si from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May— September
1906 (Klages), type; and '1 S 3 from La Union, R. Huacama3'o, Carabava, Peru,
2000 ft., November, December 19i(4 (Ockenden).
411. Oospila nasuta siiec. nov.
Foir/ci/ig : green, with the jiale blotches like those of l>. niptimactda Warr.,
bnt the apical blotch narrower, and that at anal angle not extemling to middle of
inner margin and emitting a broad oblique projection to below end of cell.
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Iliii(hciiig • with the apical blotch suhqiiadrati", that at anal angle small,
hardly reaching to oue-third of inner margin ; a lung oval pale blotch on basal
third of inner margin.
Vertex white ; thorax and abdomen bone-colonr, only the patagia green ;
face and palj)i reddisii brown.
Expanse of wings : 32 mm.
2 SS from Caparo, Trinidad, December 190.5 (Klages).
41. Oospila semiviridis spec. nov.
Forewiny : like loiujijilaya., but the two blotches bone-colour, almost without
striae, and unconnected along outer margin.
Flhuhrimj : with the anal blotch reaching only one-third along inner margin,
and bilobed towards base ; a shallow blotch of bone-colour on inner margin before
middle.
Thorax and two basal segments of dorsum deep green ; face and palpi reddish
brown ; vertex rufous ochreons ; abdomen pale with the tufts metallic reddish.
Expanse of wings : 32 mra.
1 c? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Pern, 31()0 ft., March 190.5, wet season
(Ockenden).
42. Prohydata benepicta spec. nov.
Forewing : bright pale green ; the markings brown — viz. a basal patch with
some green in centre, its edge vertical but slightly curved, and a broad sinuous
baud occupying the outer half of wing, its inner edge with a deep outward sinus
between veins 2 and 5, its outer angularly indented above vein 6, where there is
a large triangular green patch on outer margin ; the band runs to margin at apex
and at vein 3; an interrupted brown marginal line; fringe greenish, slightly mottled
with brown.
llimhviiig : similar, but the brown band is traversed by a narrow, very sinuous,
green postmedian line, and reaches the margin throughout except for a green
triangle between 4 and 0 ; marginal line brown ; fringe green, marked with brown
at the angle at veiu 0.
Underside very pale green, with the brown markings showing through.
Vertex, thorax, and dorsum brown ; face brown and green ; fillet white.
Expanse of wings : 18 mm.
1 cJ from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August 1906 (Klages).
43. Racheoloplia heteromorpha spec. nov.
Closely resembling 1!. jdunmaculata Warr. from Peru, from which it differs
in the shape of the hindwing. The outer margin is rounded in the Peruvian
species, but produced in the present one to a small tooth at veiu 4, the margin
below it to anal angle straight with faint crenulations, above it sinuous, the apical
ani'le being well rounded and the margin slightly concave between veins 0 and 4.
Tiiere is also a slight difference in markings : the pale blotches on margin have
the veins pinkish and brown-dotted, as in pltirinaculata ; but are also crossed
transversely by pinkish red-brown dotted clouds, that in the apical blotch of
hindwing being conspicuous ; the upper blotches do not extend below vein 4 in
either wing ; the blotch on inner margin of hindwing is longer and shallower ;
the tooth is filled up with red-browu.
( 85 )
Expanse of wings : <? 28 mm. ; ? 35 mm.
2 cJc?, 1 ? from Sapucay, Paragnaj-, October 1004 (Foster).
The elbow at vein G in the onter margin of himlwing is more noticeable in
the ?.
44. Racheoloplia lactecincta spec. nov.
Forcwing : green, with all three margins broadly white, enclosing a green
triangle, itself irregnlarly blotched and streaked with white ; a white blotch on
discocellnlar enclosing a fine black cell-spot ; the median vein streaked with white ;
costa in onter half speckled with green, more broadly towards apex ; onter margin
narrowly green, slightly interrnpted at vein 3 ; the inner margin with a few green
specks ; marginal line green, interrnpted at the veins ; fringe green and white.
Ilindwiix/ : with the margins broadly white ; the central area diffusely marked
■with partially confluent transverse green striae ; outer margin as in forewiiig ;
veins speckled with green ; a long white cell-mark.
Underside white, iridescent, with the green showing through.
Head, thorax, and abdomen snow-white ; npper part efface greenish ; antennae
with the shaft white and pectinations ferruginons ; dorsum slightly green-speckled,
with three large metallic blackish crests on segments 3 to 5 and a reddish
one on 6.
Ex])anse of wings : S 35 mm. ; ? 40 mm.
1 cJ, 2 ? ? from Foutc Boa, Upper Amazons, May— July 1906 (Klages).
45. Eacheolopha lacteguttata spec nov.
Forewinq : deep green, slightly diaphanous ; costal edge bone-colour, speckled
with reddish ; a difiuse red-brown cell-spot ; traces of a lunulate-dentate outer
line at two-thirds parallel to outer margin, the space beyond it slightly paler and
bluer green ; the median area faintly darker ; marginal line pnrple, interrnpted at
each vein by a large white spot running out into the rufous white fringe.
IliiHliLnnq : with a white raised spot at npper end of discocellular ; onter line
and margin as in forewing.
Underside iridescent green, flushed with reddish in forewing ; costa of forewing
rnfons speckled with fuscous, broadly fuscous at base.
Head, palpi, antennae, and forelegs dark reddish; vertex white; thorax,
patagia, and two basal segments of dorsum green ; rest of dorsum and abdomen
laterally red ; the dorsal tufts dark metallic red.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
2 SS from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
Resembles U. restrkta Warr., but larger, and without the white blotcli at
anal angle.
40. Eacheolopha lunicincta spec. nov.
Foreiciwj : very light green ; costal edge bone-colour, speckled with pink ;
bone-coloured blotches, sparsely sprinkled with red, at apex and anal angle ; the
apical blotch consists of a large double blotch between veins 4 and 0, a smaller
one between 6 and 7, and a still smaller one above 7, each concisely bordered
inwardly by red lunules ; the anal blotch, subquadrate in shape, reaches above
vein 2 and along the outer third of inner margin, concisely edged with red, and
with a slight blunt projectidu from its inner angle towards lower end of cell ;
( 8''' )
marginal line Bne, deep red, without, white dashes at the vein-ends ; fringe
bone-colonr.
Hindicing : with apical blotch elongated, formed of four contignons blotches
ilecreasing in size to vein 4, each concisely edged by a red Innule ; anal blotch
small, subqnadrate, red-edged ; a white cell-spot at upper end of discocel hilar.
Underside pale green, with the blotches showing through.
Face brown-red in upper half, pale below ; verte.x pinkish white ; thorax and
patagia green ; abdomen lione-coloured, the dorsum reddish, with metallic red
crests.
E.xpanse of wings : 3U mm.
1 S from Sapucay, Paraguay, November 1903 (Foster).
Resembles R. delacruzi Dogn. ; distinguished by its larger size, pale green
colour, and concisely edged blotches, and especially by the absence of white dashes
along the margin at the end of the veins.
47. Racheplopha microspila spec. nov.
Identical with E. Jlackincta Warr., except in one particular : in that species
the hindwing possesses a large, ronghly diamond-shaped, brown-black blotch,
reaching from costa before apex to vein 4 ; in microspila this blotch is round and
sitnate between veins 4 and 7 ; the yellow edging of the brown blotches is also
much less conspicuous.
Expanse of wings : 31 mm.
1 (? from La Union, R. Haacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 2000 ft., December 1904,
wet season (Ockenden).
The two examjdes of flavicinctu that I have seen, the type from Venezuela
and another from Ecuador, are both ¥ ¥ ; and it is therefore possible that the
difference mentioned, though unusnal, is merely sexual.
48. Racheolopha trilunaria Guen. ab. obsolescens nov.
Differs from the type in having the pale marginal blotches of the wings
much reduced in size, that between veins .'J and 0 of forewings usually partially
or quite obsolete, that at anal angle of hindwing always small and insignificant ;
on the other hand, in a few instances the small dark crescent at apex of hindwing
is prolonged to vein 4. In one of three other ¥ ¥ from the same locality, which
from the size of the blotches are referable to the type-form, a similar extension
of the apical mark of hindwing is visible.
10 (j c?, 0 ¥ ¥ from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May— August 1906 (Klages),
along with 3 ¥ ¥ of the type-form, as mentioned above.
40. Racheospila fontalis spec. nov.
Foreir!n(j : deep green ; costal edge finely white ; the two lines finely white,
lui.rked chiefly by white dots on the veins and folds ; the first before one-third,
slightly obliqne outwards ; the second at two-thirds, incnrved below middle, and
ap])roximating to inner line on inner margin; a small dark cell-spot; fringe
silvery white, chequered with bright i)iuk beyond veins ; the marginal line finely
red, interru{)ted at the vein-ends by small white dots.
Hind uing : similar, the inner line scarcely marked.
Underside pale greenish, the lines showing through.
( 8V )
Palpi greenish white, terminal segment fuscous; face pale brownisli, whiter
below, with two green lateral spots, and dark green at top ; fillet and base of
antennae snow-white ; apical half of antennae and a line behind fillet bright red ;
vertex, thorax, and dorsum green ; a white spot on segments 2, 4, and 5 • abdomen
at sides and beneath, and the legs white.
Ex{)anse of wings : ~5 mm.
1 (S from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May 19U6 (Klages).
Antennal pectinations short and stiff.
50. Rhodochlora albipuncta spec. nov.
Forrwing : apple-green ; the costa red at base, white beyond ; first line
hardly visible, marked by a red dot on median vein and submediau fold; cell-
spot small, red-brown ; outer line concisely lunulate-dentate, vinous red, the
teeth darker, the lunule on submediau interval containing a yellow red-edged
blotch ; fringe greenish white, green at base, with a reddish spot at apex of wing.
llinfhcing : with the base yellow, bounded by a deep purple and vinous
band ; rest of wing green, crossed in middle by a lunnlate-dentate green line,
with the teeth red ; fringe as in forewing.
Underside shining pale green ; both wings with indistinct darker central
shade; the pale and dark areas showing through ; costa broadly white, the
base red.
Face and palpi deep orange-red and yellow ; fillet snow-white ; shoulders,
patagia, and thorax deep green ; abdomen green, paler towards anus ; tibiae black
and white.
Expanse of wings : 56 mm.
1 S from Cnshi, Province Hudnuco, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoflfmanns).
Outer margin of forewing perfectly straight, of hindwing distinctly bent at
middle.
51. Rhodochlora brunneipalpis, ab. minor nov. and ab. rufaria nov.
The type of R. hrunneijMlpis AVarr. was described from a ? from Rio
Demerara, British Guiana {Nor. Zool. i. p. 385), and I have only seen a single
specimen since that thoroughly agrees with it — a c^ in Mr. Schaus' collection
from S. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. All the Peruvian examples from
various localities agree in being smaller than the type in both sexes, and iu
the hindwing the yellowish basal area is in them followed by a curved band
of darker grey-green. Out of a series of 11 c?cj and 1 ? from La Union,
R. Hnacaraayo, C'arabaya, Peru, taken in November 1904, wet season, at 201 lO ft.,
by the late G. Ockenden, the SS expand from 40 to 44 mm., and the ? 44 mm.;
and 2 tJcJfrom Oconeque vary to the same extent. These Peruvian specimens
may be distinguished as ab. minor. A single c? from La Union, for which I
propose the name ab. ?7//a7v'«, demands a more detailed description. To a certain
extent it resembles R. exqnisita Warr., but it is not marked so brightly red.
The outer line of forewing is redder and thicker than in the type, and is
followed by red spots between the veins, the lowest of which forms a red
blotch at anal angle. In the hindwing the grey-green curved band beyond the
yellow base is followed by a broad space of dull rufous, which extends to beyond
the postmedian line and leaves only a comparatively narrow marginal border of
(88 )
green. Ou the underside the red-brown blotch at apex of hiudwing, which is
qnite small and indistinct in ab. minor, is well developed and conspicnous, and
the red on forewing shows in several ])laces. In man}' respects this answers to
the dcscri[)tion of (junjotiUn-'ta Dogn., bnt the face and ]>alpi are bright red, not
deep black as in that sj)ecies. Both aberrations, minor and rufuria, as well as
the type form bninnrijMdpis, are distinguished by the rounded hindwings.
•'')2. Rhodochlora trifasciata spec. nov.
Forei.ciii<) : bright green ; the costal edge red at base, white beyond ; inner
line bright red, zigzag, from cell to inner margin, lying in a pale yellow blotch
between vein 1 and base of ~ ; outer line lunulate-dentate, dark vinous purple,
running nearly parallel to outer margin as far as vein 6, the lunule between
1 and 2 on a pale yellow blotch, followed, also to vein 6, by a dnll purplish
band of contiguous lunules ; cell-spot red-brown ; fringe green, below vein 3
vinous red, where the marginal line is also vinous.
Ilindtving : with basal half pale yellow, containing an inner broad iron-grey
band in which stands the black-red cell-spot ; in the green outer half are two
vinous fasciae, one irregular, postmedian, the Mother broader and more uniform,
submarginal ; fringe green.
Underside pale green, with the markings slightly showing throngh ; costa
of forewing bright red at base, broadly white towards apex.
Palpi and face bright orange-red and yellow ; fillet and thorax deep green ;
vertex white; abdomen green, whitening towards anus; foretibia black; venter
and legs whitish.
Expanse of wings : 50 mm.
1 S from Agualani, Carabaya, Peru, 9000 ft., December 1905, wet season
(Ockenden).
Outer margin of hiudwing cnrved ; of forewing nearly straight.
53. Rhodochlora ustimargo sjiec. nov.
Forewing: yellow-green; first line marked by red dots on subcostal and
median veins and on submedian fold, sometimes connected by a fine red line ;
cell-spot red-brown ; outer line red-brown, lunulate-dentate, the marginal area
beyond purplish red-brown, thinning out above vein 4 ; fringe pale green,
red-brown below middle.
Ilindwiiig : yellow-green, with the base paler, edged by a vinous red band
jast before the red cell-spot ; a central lunnlate-dentate line with the teeth red ;
a vinous blotch at apex, with indications of a submarginal line marked by
reddish scales between veins.
Underside paler, the anal angle of forewing more restrictedly reddish, the
apex of hindwing as above.
Face and paljn orange-red and yellow ; fillet snow-white ; thorax and
abdomen yellow-green ; abdomen at sides and beneath white ; tibiae black and
white.
Expanse of wings : 52 mm.
1 S from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
Outer margin of forewing nearly straight, of hiudwing bent at middle.
( 89 )
Rhombochlora geu. nov.
Distinguished from Racheoloplin Warr. by the shape of the hiiulwings : these,
instead of being broad, with the enter margin well rounded, are diamond-shajjed,
the outer margin being strongly angnlate at vein 4, which ends in a broad blunt
tooth ; the forewing has the outer margin bent at vein 4, the lower half more
obliijne.
Type : Rhombochlora granulata spec. nov.
The type species bears a strong superficial resemblance to Drueia semispurcata
Warr. from French Guiana.
54. Rhombochlora granulata spec. uov.
Forewing : dull green, covered with rather coarse rusty brown granulated
specks, more sparsely before and beyond the centre (where they are slightly
confluent), snggesting an antemedian and postmedian band, and thickest along
outer margin, which is narrowly brown from vein 4 to anal angle ; costal edge
white ; cell-spot largo, black ; fringe white, with a brown-black line at base,
and chequered with brown beyond veins.
Ilindwing : with basal third nuspecklcd green, the outer third very densely
speckled ; marginal shade irregularly brown throughout ; cell-spot black ; fringe
as in forewing.
Underside uniform whitish green.
Face and palpi pale brown ; vertex and antennae white ; patagia green,
their edges and the thorax pale brown ; dorsum green ; the crests metallic red
tufted with green.
E.Npanse of wings: 40 mm.
1 S from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, July 1906 (Klages).
S5. Tachyphyle flaccida spec. nov.
Foreicing : pale dull green, somewhat transparent ; basal two-fifths suffused,
except on inner margin, with grey-brown, and along the costa irrorated with white
scales ; first line thick, brown, from two-fifths of costa to one-third of inner
margin, bluntly angled outwards on median vein and inwards on the two folds,
with an inward edging of white scales, and followed in cell by a diffuse brown
cell-mark ; outer line starting from a broad brown costal streak at two-thirds,
oblique outwards to vein 6, there angled, and oblique inwards, parallel to outer
margin, to three-fourths of inner margin, slightly darker than the ground-colour,
and lunulate-dentate, the teeth marked by rust-coloured dots on veins ; between
the lines a few rusty brown dots on the veins, partly forming a median line
parallel to outer line ; costa brown before apex ; fringe pale green.
Ilindwing : pale green, whitish along costa ; a rust-brown spot at base, a
straight antemedian line of the same colour, followed by a brown cell-spot and
some obscure striae ; outer line at three-fourths, very obscure, darker green and
dentate ; fringe pale green.
Underside pale mealy green, with the brown markings slightly showing
through.
Palpi, frons, vertex, and base of antennae brown ; shoulders, patagia, thorax,
and abdomen green ; the patagia on outer sides and the dorsum brown-tinged.
( 00 )
Expanse of wings : c? 35—40 mm. ; ? 48 mm.
2 c?c? from La Union, 11. Hiiacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, 2000 ft., December
1004, wet season (Ockenden), type ; 3 cJcJ, 2 ? ? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons,
Angnst lOoO (Klages).
Differs from the other species of the genns in the cliaractcr of the onter
line ; otherwise snperficially resembling T. hnsipl<i(ia Wlk. and janeiia Schans,
bnt mnch larger.
The ? ? from Fonte Boa are of a much paler yellower green than the 3 3,
the yellow tint not being due to fading, as cJ c? from Fonte Boa taken at the
same time agree with those from La Union in colour.
50. Tachyphyle fuscicosta spec. nov.
Foiriciiig : dull greyish green, the costa strongly and irregularly marked
with fuscous, with two slight projections, one before middle above the black
cell-spot, which it reaches, the other at two-thirds, from which a very obscure
lunulate-dentate darker green line runs to two-thirds of inner margin ; a faint
inner line is also visible at one-third, shortly before the cell-spot; both lines
are more visible at the inner margin ; fringe concolorous.
Ilindicing : with a small dark cell-spot only.
Underside pale green, w^ith black cell-s])ots, and the costa of forewino-
fuscous at ajie.x.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dull green ; verte.x wliito.
Expanse of wings : 18 mm.
1 S from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, September 1900 (Klages).
Subfamily HYDRIOMENINAE.
57. Anapalta acerbata Feld., ab. perscripta nov. and variegata nov.
The form for wliich I propose the name perscripta differs from typical
acerbata Feld. in having the forewing suffused with grey, with all the lines
well ex])ressed across the wing ; the dark basal patch is generally jiresent, but
the two dark costal spots at the origin of the bands limitiug the central fiiscia
and the apical blotch are variable ; the basal jjatch is edged with white, and
the space between it and the central fascia is sometimes wholly whitish ; hind-
wing dull whitish grey, with the marginal area darker grey, and the postmedian
and submarginal lines more or less evident.
1 6 from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, C40U ft. (Boettger), type ;
1 ? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Pern, 31(Mi ft., September 1904, dry season
(Ockenden).
This form seems widely spread in Pern.
The aberration variegata seems less common : in it the ground-colour is
chalk-white, and the basal patch, costal blotches, and apical shade brown instead
of black, and well marked ; the lines forming the bands of central fascia are
strongly marked, the inner band being filled in with brown throughout ; the
bands are joined in cell and submedian fold by irregular blackish horizontal
smears, the latter extending sometimes to inner margin ; hindwing white, with
the outer lines and shade dark grey.
1 3 from t'ushi, Huanuco Province, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoffmanns).
( 91 )
58. Anapalta subtrita spec. nov.
Forewinq : ochreons suffused witli olive-rafons, the basal patch and central
fascia dark olive-fuscous ; the edges of the dark markings arc diffuse and indistinct,
the usual lines being ill-defined ; the central fascia is bounded externall}' by a pale
band, which is only evident on costa and inner margin ; the area beyond is mnch
obscured with fuscous scales, aiM a broad diffuse cloud runs obliquely from apex
to central fascia beyond cell ; fringe olive-fuscous, with fine pale pencils beyond
veins.
llliidwing : dull cream-colour, with three dark outer lines visible only on inner
margin above anal angle.
Underside of (brewing dull olivc-fnscous, with the band beyond central fascia
paler ; hindwing ochreous speckled with fuscous, with two postmedian dark lines ;
both wings with dark cell-spots.
Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-fuscous somewhat varied with rufous.
Expanse of wing.s : 40 mm.
1 ? from Oconeque, Carabaya, Peru, Tunf) ft., July 1904, dry season (Ockenden).
59. Perizoma curvisig^nata spec. nov.
Forewivg : grey, the darker shades fuscous ; all the veins finely orange,
thickened towards outer margin ; basal area fuscous, edged by a very fine white
line forming a cnrve above and below the median ; central fascia fuscous, occupying
more than the middle third of costa, its edges nearly conjoined beyond middle of
inner margin, the inner oblique outwards and bisinnatc, the outer curving parallel
to outer margin and lunulate outwards between the veins ; the inner edge followed
by one, the outer preceded by two waved dark lines ; cell-spot large, dark fuscous ;
beyond the fascia a pale band containing two lunulate-dentate dark lines ; marginal
area from vein 4 to vein 1 occupied by a semi-oval white patch, across which the
submarginal line is marked by grey wedge-shaped spots, and aliove it iu the
orange-grey apical half by black white-tipped dashes ; pairs of black marginal
dots at the ends of veins : fringe white with a bright orange basal line, dotted and
pencilled with black beyond the veins.
llinthi'lng : whitish smeared with grey ; darker grey antemedian and post-
median lines ; a diffuse grey marginal liorder containing white spots between the
veins ; fringe as in forewing, but chequered with grey instead of black.
Underside of forewing for three-fourths fuscous edged with a white band ;
apical area dull orange ; sume white blotches below middle ; hindwing whitish
with all the lines and shadings distinct ; black cell-spots in both wings.
Head and thorax fuscous ; abdomen pale grey, the dorsum tinged with orange.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 $ from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
This peculiarly marked species bears a superficial resemblance to P. stricti-
fascia Warr.
60. Psaliodes albifulva spec. nov.
Forewing : glossy white ; costal streak and the veins thickly deep yellow ;
lines thick, olive-brown, interrupted by the broadly yellow veins, and marked clearly
on costa by nine dark spots, of which the first three represent the origin of the
lines of the basal patch ; the middle three those of the central fascia, twice as
wide on costa as on inner margin, the outer line oblique and projecting somewhat
( 02 )
on vein 4 ; this is followed by a parallel white band, succeeded by three more lines,
of which the outermost is interrupted iu the middle ; snbmarsjinal olive-fnscons
liinules between the veins, tliose between 4 and I) lari^est, separated by white spots
from a fulvous niarijinal line ; fringe white, chequered with dark beyond veins.
Iliuiltcing : whitish, grey-tinged, the markings of nnderside showing through.
Underside of forewing like upper, with all the markings blurred ; of hindwing
whitish speckled with olive-grey, with traces of po.sttnedian and snbmarginal grey
lines.
Head, palpi, and thorax orange ; abdomen wanting.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.
1 ? from Huancabamba, (!erro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
Subfamily HETERUSIINAE.
01. Heterusia ephestris ab. Integra nov.
The type of Felder's ephestris has a partial reproduction of the broad yellow
band of the forewing indicated also in the hindwing ; he ajipears to have described
as the type what is really only a comparatively rare form ; by far the commoner
form has the hindwing wholly dark, which may be known as ab. integra.
62, Mimomanes subpulchra spec. nov.
Forewing : brown-black ; the base dull olive, paler along costa ; costal edge
in apical half vinous red ; an oblique oval orange-red blotch beytu 1 cell from vela 6
to 2, its upper end straight ; fringe black and vinous.
Hindwing : brown-black.
Underside of forewing olive-brown at base and along inner margin ; the
orange-red blotch larger, and surrounded by velvety black ; tlie outer band broadens
to the costa, where it is bright vinous red, and is edged externally by a pale curved
line ; internally it is limited by a white costal spot, touching the orange blotch,
and separated by a small vinous spot from a pale costal streak ; marginal area
brownish grey, black at base of fringe, which is chequered with vinous and has
a pale basal line ; hindwing with the base and a marginal baud dull blackish ;
traces of a black inner and much outcurved outer line, followed by vinous patches,
especially towards costa, the whole sprinkled with vinous scales.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark olive-brown; anal tnft fulvous; pectus and
legs whitish.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
3 (?(J from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
Subfamily EUCESTIINAE.
03. Cophocerotis subrosea sjiec. nov.
Forewing : cream-white, the basal third snftuscd with cloudy grey, the
remainder with dark leaden fuscous ; the grey basal portion is separated from
the fuscous by a pale band of ground-colour running from two-fifths of costa to
near anal angle, its outer edge more defined ; the fuscous portion is further itself
partially divided by a white band from three-fourths of costa reaching vein 4 and
running parallel to the inner band ; fringe rufous grey ; base of costa brick-red,
( 93 )
Iliiuhving : dull white smeared and striated with grej-, leaving two paler
curved bauds, oue near base, the other towards outer margin.
Underside of forewing with the basal area gre}' darker speckled than above ;
the postmediau area leaden fuscous ; the outer margin and costal area red
speckled ; the underlying ground-colour and the pale bands pale yellow ; fringe
deep red with pale base ; hindwing pale yellow densely striated throughout with
red, and with some long fuscous striae sparsely intermixed.
Head, thorax, and abdomen leaden grey, much mixed with red.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
2 ? ? from Oconeque, Carabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., -Jnly 1UU4, dry season
(Ockenden).
Both examples being worn, this description is not as complete as could be
wished.
Subfamily OURAPTERYGINAE.
64. Pityeja fulvida spec. nov.
Forewing: yellowish straw-colour; the usual six streaks fulvons edged on
both sides with deep fulvous and above the subcostal vein with black ; before anal
angle all the edges become blackish, and the ground-colour on each side of the
fifth streak grey ; the sixth streak is edged internally with blackish throughout,
and the marginal line is finely black below vein 7 ; fringe grey, with a darker
grey median line.
Hindwing : orange, paler towards base ; inner margin grey, broader towards
anal angle, where the grey is edged by a curved black line ; a black spot on margin
above vein 2 touching a white dash above ; a waved black mark along margin
from vein (3 to below vein 4, ending in a white dash below ; a subrjuadrate
submarginal black blotch between veins G and 7 ; fringe orange, paler above.
Underside ochreous washed with fulvous, deeper in forewing ; second and
third streaks black from costa to m.'diau vein ; apical third black embracing a
white costal triangle ; marginal spots black ; fringe grey ; hindwing with a square
black blotch between 6 and 7 before margin ; fringe orange below middle.
Head and thorax pale straw-colour ; the patagia bright fulvons ; abdomen
dirty white, with two dark grey dorsal stripes ; the two basal segments yellowish
and the stripes reddish.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
2 SS from Agnalani, Carabaya, Peru, 9000 ft., December 190.5, wet season
(Ockenden).
The emargination in hindwing beyond cell is much deeper than in tigridata,
which also comes from Agnalani.
05. Pityeja tigridata spec. nov.
Forewing : very pale fulvous ; the six streaks disposed as in Itistrionarm H.-S.,
but more regular, slightly darker than the ground-colour and edged on both sides
with darker fulvous throughout ; costal edge paler ; fringe pale fulvous with a
darker median line.
Hindwing : white, with a yellow flush, with the outer third orauge, deepening
to anal angle; a red-brown patch towards extremity of vein 2, edged externally
by a curved lilack line ; a black sjiot on margin beyo id it touching a single white
( 94 )
dash; a waved black mark along margin from above vein 4 to below vein 3;
fringe orange, paler towards apex ; sometimes a brownish mark between 6 and 7
before margin.
Undciiide of forewiiig ochreons washed with fulvous; the costal ends of
second, third, fifth, and sixth streaks fnscous ; some fuscons marginal spots ;
apex and costa cream-colour ; hindwing cream-colour with a brownish si)ot before
margin between veins 6 and 7 ; fringe orange below middle.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale fulvous, with two deeper fulvous lines.
Expanse of wings : 46 mm.
2 c?c? from Agualaui, C'arabaya, Pern, 9000 ft., December lOOo, wet season
(Ockenden).
Subfamily DEILINIINAE.
GO. Lomographa languida spec. nov.
Forewing : pale pearly grey, with two bands and the outer margin broadly
faintly gre3'er ; first band just before middle, second postmedian, both slightly
incurved towards costa, like the inner edge of the border; a fine grey marginal
line; fringe grey, with darker median line ; costal edge grey ; no cell-spot.
Iliruhving : without inner line.
Underside white, faintly yellow-flushed ; costa yellowish.
Face dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 S from Cusbi, Huannco, Pern, lOUO ni. (Hoffmanns) type ; 1 <? from Tinguri,
3400 ft., and 1 cJ from Oconeque, Garabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., July and August 19(i4
(Ockenden); and 8 c? <? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (BoettgerJ.
67. Lomographa perampla spec. nov.
Forewing: silky white; lines very faint, broad, grey; first slight, curved at
middle ; outer, somewhat plainer, from two-thirds of inner margin, nearly straight;
an exceedingly faint submarginal shade ; marginal line very fine : fringe white.
Hindwing : the same, without the inner line.
Underside pure white.
Face and front of forelegs dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 S from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
68. Lomographa rufifrons spec. nov.
Forewing : silky white, with scattered coarse grey scales ; the thickening of
these scales forms a short antemedian shade below median vein, an oblique
postmedian not reaching costa, and a slight submarginal cloud ; a row of small
black marginal dots between veins ; fringe white ; costa reddish ferruginous ;
cell-spot black.
Ilindiving : white, without grey dusting except towards anal angle, where an
outer and a submarginal baud can be traced.
Underside pure white ; costa of forewing reddish.
Face white below, deej) ferruginous above ; paljii and antennae ferruginous ;
vertex, thorax, and abdomen white, the last dusted with grey scales.
( 95 )
Expanse of wiugs : 36 mm.
1 S from Haaucabamba, Ccmto de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
Outer margin of forewing oblique, the apex acute.
Subfamily PALYADINAE.
6'.). Berberodes commaculata spec nov.
Foreiciiig : slightly iridescent white ; the costa pale j-ellow with a few
dark specks ; crossed by three series of pale yellow brown-edged spots, more or
less coalescent into lines ; the inner and median both angled outwards on the
median vein ; the outer between veins 3 and 7 forming a confused blotch of
yellowish scales overlaid with brownish fuscous, e.xternally lunulate before the
whitish submarginal Hue, beyond which the outer margin also between veins 7
and 2 is striated and suffused with purplish grey and brown ; a row of blackish
marginal lunules ; fringe grey, white at anal angle.
Hindwing : white, with basal, antemedian, postmedian, and sul)niarginiil lines,
formed of brownish scales and striae, which are jjlainest on inner margin ; some
small black marginal spots ; fringe white.
Underside white ; forewing with small dark cell-spot and broad purple-brown
marginal border, which is truncate from vein 3 to 2 ; hindwing with four round
brown marginal spots at the end of veins 3, 4, 6, and 7.
Head and collar pale yellow-brown ; thorax and abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
1 ? from La Union, R. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 2000 ft., November 1904,
wet season (Ockenden).
70. Berberodes fasciata spec. nov.
$. Forewing: iridescent white, sulitransparent ; costa yellow with fine black
speckling ; the usual three rows of spots, rarely complete, generally of coppery
scales with some black intermixed ; the inner ending on inner margin in a small,
and the median in a large coppery black-speckled spot, the spot at the origin of
veins 3, 4 larger, yellow and black ; spots of the outer line usually complete ;
a row of black marginal lunules, those above median large and contiguous,
preceded by three contiguous coppery wedge-shaped marks on veins .3, 6, 7,
often forming a blotch suffused with blackish ; fringe brown and yellow mottled
above middle, white below.
Hiiiihnng : first and second lines marked, as in forewing, by coppery, black-
speckled blotches on inner margin ; from the second a thick curved black-brown
line crosses the wing just before middle ; a similar line from a black blotch at
anal angle runs to vein .3 ; between these lines is a black-brown fascia, marked
above vein 6 by plum-coloured scales, with the long white cellmark distinct across
it; the lower part of this fascia on eaclj side of vein 2 to anal angle bears rough
curveel hairy scales, and the fringe round anal angle is composed of long curved
hair-scales with spatulate tips ; fringe otherwhere white beyond black marginal
spots.
Underside iridescent white, with the subapical blotch and fringe beyond of
forewing, and the fascia and anal blotcii with its fringe of hindwing jjurplish brown.
Head, collar, and palpi ferruginous, the face below and paljii dotted with
white ; shoulders, patagia, thorax, and two basal segments of abdomen white ;
( 96 )
rest of abdomen varied with brown-black, the antepenultimate dorsal segment
generally white ; underside and legs whitish ; forelegs fuscous black in front.
The ? is wholly without the black fascia and anal spot of hindwing; instead
the subapical blotch of forewing is repeated on the hindwing, with traces of a
submarginal brown line, especially on submedian fold ; and the dorsal segments
of abdomen are less suffused with brown.
Expanse of wings : t? 3a mm. ; ? 28 mm.
10 c?c?, 2 ? ?, from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May — September 1900
(Klages), type; and 1 c? from British Guiana bought at Georgetown.
This species shows a departure from the typical ornamentation of the genus.
TI. Gyostega indentata spec. nov.
Resembles the type species, G. Jloccosa Warr., but the forewing is narrower,
with the outer margin perceptibly indented at vein 4 ; the coloration more uniformly
brownish, without distinct purplish and white scaling, very much resembling, iu
fact, the forewing of G. simplex Warr. {Berberodcs).
Ilindwiiuj : whiter, with only sparse fuscous speckling ; the ^lale hairs in
the furrow are covered with a tuft of pale brown liairs only, and the black tuft at
middle of wing as well as the black scaling along vein 1 are wanting.
Underside dull cream-colour, with broad purj)lish brown marginal border.
Head brownish ; shoulders white ; patagia, thorax, and abdomen grey.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
2 cJc? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May — September lUOO (Klages).
72. Gyostega longicomata spec. nov.
ForctriiKj : olive-browuish, striated with fuscous ; costa yellow, with some
dark scaling ; below it in cell at base a white triangular mark and another
beyond middle before the obscurely waved brown outer line, which is followed
by some milk-white scaling to apex ; some blackish spots before margin between
veins ; cell-spot large, blackish.
Hindwing : whitish : below the middle covered with brown striae, which also
form an inner, a median, and an outer more curved brown shade ; submarginal area
milk-white, with purplish grey striae ; the costal area as far as median vein
white, containing a long black pencil of hairs from base of cell lying along
the subcostal vein as far as the forking of 0 and 7.
Underside cream-coloured, with purplish grey marginal border and a dark
cell-spot on forewing.
Head brown ; shoulders and patagia white ; abdomen grey, varied with wliitish ;
the segmental rings white.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 <? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May I'JUO (Klages).
This and the following species, tricristata, will form distinct sections of tlic
genus.
73. Gyostega tricristata sjicc. nov.
Forewiny : with apex acute and outer margin straight ; inner margin lobud.
llufous brown ; the costa yellow, with some fuscous shining scales ; base whitish,
fuscous-speckled ; an obscurely darker median and submarginal band, the former
( 97 )
jilainest on inner margin, the latter below costa ; a trianj^iilar white spot in base
of cell and a larger white subcostal blotcli between tiie median and outer lines ;
apical area beyond outer line with some whitish scales ; a row of purplish grey
marginal Innulcs ; fringe ])nri)lish lirown.
llinilwiiiij : whitisli, varied with purplish grey and with brown before the
whiter marginal area; the inner margin is distorted as in (jryostet/a proper, but
there is no real pocket concealing tufts of hair; instead there is a close tuft
of ochreous hair concealing some mealy scales in the upjier outer half of cell
jnst beneath the subcostal vein, and two grey and wiiite spreading and sparser
tufts on each side of the median vein and vein 2 respectively ; black marginal spots
before the brown-grey fringe.
Underside dull whife, with pnr]ilish brown outer border and distinct broad
dark median line across both wings.
Head, tiiora.v, and abdomen grey ; the patagia with long spreading hairs ; tiie
basal segments of dorsum darker.
E.\(ianse of wings : 24 mm.
1 S from Fonte Boa, Uiijier Amazons, June I'.tOf! (Klages).
Differing considerably from typical Gj/ostcga, bnt certainly referable here.
T4. Leuciris amplimargo spec. nov. .
Forewing : wliite ; the marginal border broadly orange, its inner edge straight
from two-thirds of costa to shortly before anal angle ; this edge is dull blackish,
the black decreasing in strength to margin ; a row of metallic black marginal
Innules ; fringe orange.
Iliridwing : with the border only half as broad ; the blackish shading more
restricted.
Underside white, the marginal areas both fuscous.
Head orange ; thorax and abdomen white.
E.\panse of wings : 20 mm.
1 ¥ from La Oroya, U. Inambari, Pern, September 1904, dry season, 3100 ft.
(Ockenden).
75. Leuciris latimargo spec. nov.
Forewing: white, with the marginal area broadly orange, its inner edge
with a thick black border formed of contiguous lunnles, running to three-fourths
of costa, bent slightly at vein 4 ; this inner edge is dull, without any trace of
lustrous scales ; otherwise like L. Jiiiihrialix Stoll.
Hindioing : with the border as in forewing, Itnt nnifonnly broad.
Underside with the marginal borders dull brown.
Head orange ; thora.x and abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 2'i mm.
2 c? (J from I'ozuzo, Hnannco, Peru, 800 — llOOra. (Holfmanns).
76. Ophthalmophora consequa spec. nov.
Forcwinij: grey-brown; costal streak yellowish bntf, with an irregular lower
edge, emitting a linear mark along discocellnlar and a small triangular one at
three-fourths, from which a pale curved line rmis inti> a pale yellow blotch on
inner margin extending iVom one-fourth to anal anisic ; on each side of the costal
( 98 )
triangle is a streak of dark steel-blue scales, and a small lilotcli of the same
be3'ond tlie eml of tiie curved line above anal aiij^'h^; beyond the outer line the
ground-colour is paler brown ; fringe dark brown, deep yellow round anal angle.
HiiiiliciiK/ : base narrowly grey-brown edged liy a silvery pale belt, followed
by a fulvous yellow s|iace above ; fringe and ajiical margin chrome yellow ; a
streak of scattered lustrous scales along inner margin; a broad metallic baud
from aual angle to vein 4, above which is a small embossed metallic spot in
a yellow ring ; above it the yellow margin is edged internally l)y a steel-blue
line which ends on costa ; an isolated jiatch of steel-blue scales at base of
interval between 6 and 7, followed l)y a large eye-spot ; rest of wing mottled
with red and white atoms, excej)t the area above vein 4, which is (dive-grey
and pinkish without dusting; inner margin and fringe whitish.
Underside cream-colonr, dark grey towards outer margin of forewing ; costa
yellow.
Head brown ; shoulders pale pearly grey ; thoriix and two basal segments
of abdomen brown ; abdomen beyond ]iale grey.
Expanse of wings : 'M mm.
'i 6 6 from La Union, R. Hnacaniayo, t 'arabaya, Peru, '^niiO f t , Jannary 10(1.5,
wet season (Ockendeu).
A ? from La Oroya, expanding 'M) mm., dilTers in having the pale triangular
costal mark at two-thirds instead of throe-fourths, with no jiale curved line
from it; the mottling of the hindwing is fuscous brown instead of reddish, and
the lustrous patch before the large eye-spot is continued ditl'nscly towards anal
angle. With these exce])tions the two sexes agree.
TT. Ophthalmophora contrariata ab. orbata nov.
The examples of tliis species, esjiecially those from La Oroya, Peru, described
by me in yoi\ Zool. xi. p. 94 (1904), are variable in the position of the eye-spots
of the hindwing. In many cases these, instead of being in a curve convex out-
wards, are placed in a straight line; but in the ? to which I give the name
ab. orbata, there are only two spots — the uj)per one, rather larger than the
average, in the usual j)lace between veins G and 7, but nearer the outer margin,
and the second between 4 and 0, but cjuite close to the carved metallic line ;
while below it, between 3 and 4, and still closer to the line, are a few metallic
scales (more strongly marked in one wing than the other), representing the usual
lowest spot. Again, in the ordinary form tlie three spots are placed on the
inner edge of a curved greyish band, which passes into chrome yellow before
the metallic line; in the aberration this grey belt is more external, and is
bounded by the metallic, line. Moreover, this metallic line in ty])ical examples,
after curving round at costa, ends, still as a line, on vein 0 close before the upper
sj)ot ; in the aljerration the line ends at the costa, and an isolated round patch
of metallic scales lies at the base of the interval between (i and 7 ; lastly,
instead of the reddish cell-sjjot (which is often very obscure), this ? has a
distinct pale yellow spot. Taken along with onlinary SS in .S(']iteml>er l'.M)4 by
Mr. G. 0<kcndeu.
7.S. Ophthalmophora curvilinea spec. nov.
Forcwiity : lilac grey, crossed by two curved pale lines; the inner at one-
fourth, the outer at two-thirds, outcurved between subcostal vein and submedian
( 99 )
foil], with a slight indentation on vein 4, followed liclow that vein by first a
bnft" band and then a metallic leaden line, which again is slightly edged with
but!'; fringe lilac, grey; a pale linear cell-mark.
Iliii(lirii(ii : with the base lilac grey, limited by an obliqne white band to
niidiUe of costa ; a leaden snbmarginal line on a broad bnff belt from anal
angle curving round at costa to vein (i ; two embossed metallic spots on a black
ground in a yellow ring, one beneath the other on each side of vein 6, the
upper on(^ the smaller ; rest of wing dappled with brownish grey and fuscous,
with a sprinkling of lustrous scales ; fringe grey.
Uuderside dull greyish white, darker towards margin of forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; third segment of dorsum with a pale
riug, bej'ond which the remaining segments are paler gre}' tinged with rufous.
Expanse of wings : 32 mm.
1 c? from La Union, R. Hnacamayo, Uarabaya, Peru, 20U0 ft., December 1904,
wet season (Ockenden).
"0. Opisthoxia cinerea spec. nov.
Like 0. scintilla ns, but both wings mouse-grey; the costa of forewing deep
yellow ; the metallic scales an<l spots as in sdiitillanx ; fringe grey.
Iliiidwini/ : the same; but the outer enveloping ring of the eye-spot deeper
brick-red ; outer margin curved, not bent at vein 4 ; friiiire pale yellow.
Underside uniform dull grey.
Face and palpi brown ; thorax and abdomen dull grey.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
1 S from Huaucabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 3100 ft., January I'JO.O
(Boettger).
80. Opisthoxia fosteri spec. nov.
Forewing : dull red-brown ; a broad cream-white costal streak, towards the
edge with a yellow tinge ; outer half of inner margin narrowly white ; fringe
white; two olive-grey lines; the first siiglitly curved from the eilge of costal
streak at one-fourth, the outi'r from two-thirds of the same edge to four-fiftiis
of inner margin.
Ilimlwing : paler and more rufous ; a broad white dark-edged line from
one-fourth of inner margin to beyond middle of costa; an outer metallic line,
interrnj)te<l below the miildle ami ciu'ved round at costa above and continued to
anal angle, much as in pamphilaria Uuen. ; a single embossed metallic spot on
a black ground in a yellow ring between 6 and 7 ; fringe and inner margin
white.
Underside dull brownish cream-colour.
Heail, thorax, and dorsum red-brown ; third segment of dorsum with a
white ring, beyouil which the remaining segments are greyer; shoulders white;
patagia grey.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
2 (?(?, 1 ? from Sapucay, Paragiuiy, October 10O3 ami November I9n4
(Foster).
Allied to (). (ifiji'iiiirinctii and ochcnih'iii Warr.
( ICO)
Subfamily NEPHODIINAE.
81. Nipteria obeliscata sjieo. nov.
Oiill L;r(-v withont ihe liiteons tingo of JV. crrlnmationU Warr., with wliich
it is closely connected, except in tlie followin<^ detiiils : the outer line rises
from costa at tive-sixths instead of tliree-fonrths, and is always nearer outer
niarijin tliaTi to cell-sjiot ; and instead of the ? lirini;- paler than the (?, is of
the same tint above, lint niiderneatli very mnch darker : the underside of the S
being clear pale grey, with (lie Innulate-deutate outer line, the cell-spot, and
the elongate dash nearer base all black and distinct, while that of the ? is so
densely covered with blackish sjieckling that these markings are nearly obscured.
The species expands only 44 luni. as against 48 nini. and more in iwrJamatioiiis.
1 (?, 1 ? from La Oroya, It. Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3lOii ft., October l'J04,
wet season (Ockenden).
Subfamily ABRAXINAE.
82. Panthera pardalaria ab. obliterata nov.
Forewhuj : dull olive-green, with all tlie usual ocellated blotches absent ;
instead there is a darker olive band from one-lifth of costa to one-tjiird of inner
margin, corresponding to the centre of the large basal blotch ; a dull black
kidney-shaped mark on discoccllnlar, and some dark diffuse clouds in outer tliird
of wing, most jirominent at anal angle, in middle of outer margin, and at three-
fourths of costa.
liiiuhrhiti : yellow, with a blurred olive shade along inner margin from base
to end of vein 2, containing a darker mark at anal angle ; a small black spot
on discocellular, a short black submarginal streak between veins 4 and (i, and
a black s])ot before apex ; a few blackish scales on margin below vein 4.
Underside wholly yellow; forowing with black discocellular sj)ot, two sliglit
black sspots on each side of vein 7 at its base, a black spot at ajiex, and a few
black scales at the end of vein 4 and the sulimediau fold ; hindwing with black
celi-sj)ot, and black spots at ajiex and anal angle, and a few black scales between
4 and 0 towards margin and at margin below 4.
Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark cinereous olive.
1 ? from Tucuman, April and May 100.5 (Steinbach).
A strangely blurred colour form of the ordinary /'. pm-'lularin.
Subfamily BHACCINAE.
83. Devarodes interlineata.
Cj/mopsis inteiiineatu Berg.
I have lately seen a specimen of this s|ieeies from Sapucay, Paraguay, and
find that, thouglt snjierficially resembling Ci/mo/igis Feld., the hindwing has no
radial ; so that it will have to l)e transferred to the Braccinae.
Subfamily ASCOTINAE.
84. Cymatophora tenebrosa spec. nov.
Fnre.irinq : deep olive-fuscous ; the lines thick and blackish ; inner line at
one-sixth, oliliipic outwards to niidille of cell, then nearly vi'rtical to one-third
of inner margin, jireceded by ;i similar but less distinct line; median line well
( 101 )
before the middle, nearly vertieiil, Imt slightly eiirved outwards above; outer line
at two-thirds, sinuous, iubenh ou imth folds, outcurved between ; marginal third
darker, esjiecially just beyond outer line ; submargiiial line faintly edged with
whitish scales and marked by wliite dots between, not, as usually, ou the veins ;
fringe jialer, with a dark middle Hue; cell-spot black.
Iliiidwing : dull fuscous, with paler speckles; a dark cell-spot and a dark
postmedian Hue visible towards inner margin.
Underside uniform ])ale fuscous, darker speckled.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 39 mm.
1 ? from Tucuman, lloO m., January, February lOUo (Steinbach).
The outer margin of forewing is visibly elbowed at vein 4.
Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE.
85. Callipseustes subsignata V^wcr.
This insect was described from 2 J (J from Bolivia; it has been received in
some numbers from Peruvian localities along with the ? ? . These are rather
larger on the average and cousis(;ently darker than thec?(?, but they lack the
yellowish spot ou the underside of the forewing which suggested the name of
the species; this spot is likewise absent in the darker Si. In the ? the fascia
of forewing is slightly narrower than in the S, with the cell-spot outside it in
the angle, as in C. pidlaria Dogn.
80, Callipseustes puUaria.
Iliijieri-lh /mllai-ia Dogn., Le Xat. 1889. p. 88, f .
Callipseustes jiaj-ambicola'WarT., Ntw. Zool. vii. p. 202, (J (I'JOU).
Having seen more than a dozen of each of the above forms, I am i)ersnaded
that they are merely sexes of one species, the S being a much brighter-looking
insect than the dingy grey ? . Though the types iu each case were from
Ecuador, nearly all the examples recorded have come from Peru, and oue only
from Bolivia.
87. Callipseustes peninsulata.
When in Noi\ Zool. xiv. p. 'Z^.) I described tliis species and its al)errations,
only 6S were available; but lately, along with ~ Sd from Agualani, Peru, a
coujile of ? ? have been received. These, which are slightly larger than the
SS, are noteworthy for the extreme narrowness of the dark antemedian fascia,
which is constricted (and in one case all but interrupted) ou the two folds, the
pale area beyond it occupying as much as one-third or one-fourth of the wing,
and containing the dark cell-sjiot (juite isolated. The hiudwing, as iu the S,
remains whitish.
88. Ischnopteris illiueata spec. nov. and ab trimaculata nov.
Forewing: dingy olive-ochreous, densely speckled and jiartially sulfuseil with
brownish fuscous; lines and markings very indistinct; inner line obliiiue from
one-tifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, marked with blackish at costa
and inner margin and on submedian fold, preceded by a brownish band, and
( 10^ )
that liy a ^^Iiglltly paler (nie ; (inter line I'niiu oiie-lialf of co.sta, outwardly
oliliiiue to vein .J, then vertical ami waved, but very obscure ; between these
lines a narrow waved brown baud ; subiuarginal line dentate, edged with white,
especially below costa, and preceded by a darker shade, the teeth below costa
filled in with blackish ; on the costa and in subnicdian interval the dark shade
is preceded by a jialer blotch ; the blackish marginal liniiiles arc counected with
the subiuarginal line by obscure dark dashes.
JlimhriiKj : dull fuscous, with indistinct darker post median line and sub-
ruarginal shade.
Underside dii'ty greyish, with obscurely darker lines ami shades ; the hindwing
with antemedian and jiostmedian lines and a cell-spot between them.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dull olive-t'uscons.
Expanse of wings : 3.) mm.
1 cJ from Quevedo, VV. Ecuador (von Buchwald).
The aberration trimaculata is much darker, and marked by three cream-white
blotches : the first an oblique bar from base of cell to inner margin, corresimnding
to the slightly paler band of the type ; the second and third correspond to tiie
pale blotches j)rec('diiig submarginal sluvle on snbmedian interval and at costa ;
the last connected with the white blotch beyond the line ; the hindwing is
uniform blackish fuscous. The single example, which expands 40 mm. against
SG mm. of the ty])e, is also from Quevedo, W. Ecuador.
S9. Ischnopteris mediosecta spec. nov.
Forew'uig : dull green, varied with brown and striated densely witii darker ;
the brown tints chiefly along costa and snbmedian interval ; inner line blackish,
oblii|ue and diffuse, from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, con-
taining a black spot on snbmedian fold ; in the middle of the wing a nearly
vertical brownish fuscous fascia, slightly broader at costa and constricted in
middle, containing two black spots on snbmedian fold; submarginal line acutely
dentate towards costa, the teeth tilled in with black and followed by greenish
white, represented by an oblong white blotch across snbmedian interval preceded
by a scpiare black spot, and interrupted at middle by an oblique greenish grey
blotch running to outer margin at vein 3 ; black marginal triangles between
the veins ; fringe dark green.
Hi ml If! Ill) : deep yellow, witii bro.ad bla('kish outer and inner margin, the
latter ditl'uscly edged internally, I lie former with a yellow spot between
veins 3 and 4 ; traces of an interrupted dark central line.
Underside dull greenish fnsi'ons, darkening before th<' paler outer margin,
the costa yellowish ; hindwing dull yellow, with the markings as above.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish fuscous ; anal tuft and venter yellowish.
Expanse of wings : 33 mm.
1 c? from La Union, R. Huacamayo, C'araliaya, Tern, I'liiiii ft., Deiember 1'.im4,
wet season (Ockenden).
I'll. Ischnopteris pronubata I'eld.
Felder's type was a ? ; the sexes differ, much in the same way as those of
/. catocalata Guen., the S having a large tooth of hairs before middle of inner
margin, and with the anal angle of hindwing truncate ; beyond the greenish
( 103)
basal area the forewiiig is lirowuish to middle, followed by a wiiitisli blotcli at
end of cell, with the black cell-spot on its outer ed,i,'e.
Tiiis descrii)tioM is taken from a c? fi'oiu Fonte Boa, Upiier Ama/.oiis,
December lOuG (Klages).
01. Ischnopteris obfuscata spec, no v.
Fnir.u'ing : dull olive-fuscous, densely striated, and in ])arts blotched, with
darker; the veins spotted black and white; lines black, often indistinct; first
from one-fifth of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, outwardly angled on sub-
costal vein and on inner margin below vein 1 ; outer line from middle of costa,
outcnrved between subcostal vein and submedian fold, then vertical to three-
fiftiis of inner margin, followed by a slightly paler line, anil preceded by a
diffuse dark shade ; submai-giual line indistinct, dentate, marked on costa by
a white bracket-shaped spot, the two teeth below it and in submargiual interval
filled in with black and tipped with white, and all followed by short black
streaks between the veins towards the black marginal hiuules ; fringe olive-
fuscous.
Ilindwing : dull blackish fuscous ; the fringe jialer.
Underside reddish, clonded with blurred greyish black ; both wings with
curved black postmediun line and broad submarginal cloud ; the forewing with
median shade meeting postmedian line on inner margin.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dull greenish fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 48 mm.
5 SS from Fonte Boa, Upjier Amazons, August I'.MXj (Klages).
Inner margin of hindwing densely fringed with blackish hairs.
92. Ischnopteris multistrigata spec. nov.
Forewing: ]iale greyish green, speckled with olive and fuscous, with a faint
lilac tint along costa, in the space between first and second lines, and before
submargiual line; the veins with dark and light dots; the lines black and fine;
first from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, thrice acutely angled
outwards, on the subcostal vein, on the submedian fold, and below vein 1, the
last angle reaching to the middle of the wing; outer line from one-half of
costa to near beyond inner line on inner margin, angleil bluntly inwards on
sulicostal vein ami very acutely outwards on veins 4 and L', tiien running inwanls
and nearly touching tiie angle of inner line on submedian fold, and again bluntly
angled outwards on vein 1 ; submarginal line of the ground-colour preceded by
black dashes between tlie veins, those below costa ti])[)ed with white, the two on
each side of submedian fold long and strongly marked, and followed by black
dashes reaching the black marginal lunules ; fringe green; cell-spot black; a
long black blotch near base below vein 1.
Iliiiihriiiii : dirty greyish fuscous, with a curvi'd darker postmedian line and
marginal shade separated by a jialer space ; area below median vein thickly
fringed with long hairs; fringe whitish.
Underside pale dingy grey, darker speckled, with dark curved line and broad
shade, central and submarginal on forewing, postmedian and marginal on hind-
wing ; the latter with a short line from costa before middle ; cell-spots dark.
( 1"-1 )
Head, tliorax, and abdomen greenish grey, the hist wilh a rnloiis admixture
both ahove and below ; pectus and legs paler green ; tarsi dark spotted.
Expanse of wings : 4S ram.
1 c? from Santiago del E.stero, East Bolivia, lliuo— I'.MIO (Steinbach).
93. Oenoptila camptogrammata siiec. uov.
ForeiriiKj : rusty ochrcons, thickly and coarsely black-speckled and suffused
in ])arts with dull vinous brown ; lines vinous brown ; first thick, from one-third
of costa, angled in cell, thence nearly straight to one-third of inner margin ; outer
from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, indented beyond cell
and i)rojecting between veins 2 and 4, preceded by an irregular vinous shade :
marginal area beyond, excejit beyond cell, vinous brown, leaving only a small
triangular blotch at apex of the j)ale ground-colour; snbmarginal line denoted
by black pale-tipi)ed dashes ; marginal line formed of dark lunules between the
veins ; fringe brown ; cell-spot black in a rnsty ochreons patch without speckles.
Ilinchcing : with basal half vinous brown as far as outer line, which is shaped
as in forewing and joined on inner margin by a dark median line passing over
the black cell-spot ; the pale area beyond it broader than in forewing, and browner
towards outer margin ; snbmarginal line as in forewing.
Underside similar, but duller.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 ? from Agualaui, Carabaya, Pern, tM)(M) ft., .Se[)tember 190.5, dry season
(Ockenden).
In the character of the markings this insect much reseujbles many sjjecies of
the subfamily ////(hiomeninae, es])ecially of the genus Camptogramma. It comes
nearest to Oenoptila separata AVarr. from Mexico, described in the Proceedings
of the United States JVatio/ud Museum, vol. xxxiv. p. In? (lOOS).
94. Oenothalia plagiata spec. nov.
<J. Fore/ring : yellowish ochreons or fulvous ochreous, suffused throughout
with dark olive-lirown, so that only a blotch at end of cell and another beyond
cell, a smaller one below cell, and a subapical patch beyond snbmarginal line
remain of the ground-colour ; the outer line is black, Innulate-deutate, the teeth
jiointing basewards, but is rarely comjjlete ; generally only the black teeth edged
with a white spot are visible ; ceil-sjjot black.
Ilindwiiig : with the yellow patches smaller, and confined to the cell-fold.
In the 9 the yellow areas are larger and partially conflnent, and the black s]iots
of the lines more largely developed.
Underside greyish ochreous with a lilac tinge, tlie forewing darker; the
cell-folds ]ialer ; cell-s)iots blackish ; a slightly darker snbmarginal band.
Head and thorax fulvous; abdomen grey; the metathorax and basal segment
with a |iair of black spots each.
Expanse of wings : S 44 mm.; ? 4.S mm.
5 SS, S ? ? from Agnalani, Carabaya, Terii, '.'oiiii f(., July— November 1905,
both dry and wet seasons (Ockenden).
Tjike Oe. nummifera Warr., but larger and dnrker, the brown tints of a iiuite
different shade, Of the 5 9? four agree in lieing all lighter than the iS, while
the fifth is (|uite as dark as the Si, with the yellow patches similarly restricted.
( lf5 )
9">. Oenothalia vestita spec. nov.
Forewiiig : dull siuitl'-colour with laiut olive tint and obscure dark sti-iae ;
basal half of costa blackish ; no distinct lines, but three broad darker shades can
be seen ; the inner preceded by three whitish dashes on tiie veins, and the outer
preceded by seven, marking the teeth of the outer line, the upper four oblique
outwards, the lower three inwards ; tiie median shade passes over the black
cell-spot ; fringe concolorous.
Ilindwing : with only the two outer dark shades.
Underside ruddy ochreous ; a dark vinous subniarginal band, broader and
blacker in forewiiig ; tiie outer margins, and costa of forewing grey with black
speckling ; cell-spots slight.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, but the anal segments of abdomen
cinereous ; venter, pectus, and legs pale ochreous.
Ex])anse of wings : 36 mm.
1 S from Tncuman, Argentina, UtiU m., January and February I'jOo
(Steinbach).
The whole insect has a furry aiipearance.
A ? from Salta, N. Argentina, 40 mm. in expanse, sent by the same collector,
belongs apparently to the same species. The undersides are precisely similar ;
above, the ? , which is not quite so fresh as the S and lacks its furry appearance,
has hardly any olive tinge, the ground-colour being dull brick-red covered with
fine black striae ; the three bands are in precisely the same position, but blackish
and distinct, and the outer line is marked by distinct black spots on the veins,
but neither it nor the inner line shows any signs of white dashes ; the exterior
band is more phiinly dentate ; fringe brick-red. The hindwing differs in the
same way.
06. Prostoma stabilis spec. nov.
Differs from P. fragilis Warr. in the shorter and darker wings ; the pale
ground-colour is qnite hidden by reddish fuscous suffusion covered with dark
striae ; the wavy black lines are placed as m fraiiilis, tiie outer being finely edged
with wiiitish, but there is no pale space before it, as in that species ; the black
spot on vein 6 in the subniarginal line is absent; the darker hindwing shows a
whitish blotch at anal angle.
Underside with botii cell-spots large and dark, ami the outer line black ; the
whole marginal tliird of hindwing washed witii whitish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish fuscous.
In the ? the reddish tint is absent.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 cJ, I ? from La Oroya, R. Iiiamliari, Caraliaya, Peru, 3100 ft., November
and December 19o5, wet season (Ockenden).
The antennae of the cJ are simple in both species.
97. Thysanopyga deprivata spec. imv.
ForririiKj : grey; tlie costal streak ochreons speckled with fuscous; first line
from a Iilack spot at one-fifth of costa, acutely angled on subcostal vein just before
middle of wing, then oblique and broader to inner margin close to base, black-
brown, inwardly lined with pinkish ochreous ; median line thin, darker grey, from
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i;nl>coslal vein a little lie\oiiil luidilU' to before miililie of inner inarijiu, curvej,
and .slii,'btly bent on median vein ; outer line pinkish oclireous, curved from
costa before apex to three-fourths of iuuer margiu, with a distinct but thin
ferruginous line on its outer edge, followed below middle by a blackish deutated
shade in the dark grey marginal area; a whitish semicircular apical blotcli,
inwardly edged by first a subcostal, sharply angled, white-edged black line, and
then by a curved line to outer margin at vein 5, the angle at top and the upper
and lower ends of the curved sjiace filled in with dark grey ; cell-spot black,
white-edged; marginal line finely black, interrupted by white dots at the vein-ends ;
fringe pale grey.
lliiuhcing : jiale grey, with a brown b;ir at base and a line dark grey straight
autemedian line ; cell-spot white ; marginal line and fringe as in forewing.
Underside j>ale grey, brown-sjieckied, with a dill'nse dark apical jiatch uxi
forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; basal segment of the last with a broad
brown ring.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
1 <S from Iluancabamlja, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
The hindwing j)ossesses the fovea at base between costal and suticostal veins,
but no trace of black tuft from sides of abdomen, nor woolly hair at base of
hindwing beneath ; but this last, as the insect is not ijuite fresh, may have been
rubbed away. Otherwise it is wonderfully like typical iiiyricomata.
98. Thysanopyga longistria spec. nov.
Forfifiiiq : ash-grey in basal half, pale brown in outer, covered with long,
slender black striae, excej)! in the brown costal area beyond middle ; an indistinct
curved dark line near base marked by black dashes between the veins ; a plainer
continuous black line just before the middle, with the black cell-spot on its outer
edge; an outer brown line at three- fourths, jilainest on inner margin; an interrupted
black marginal line ; fringe brown, with a dark dividing line.
Ilindicing : brown, with only the basal third grey ; the whole wing striated.
Underside dull whitish, with a smoky fuscous border, which is jialer towards
margin, and twice as broad on forewing as on hindwing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen above brownish grey ; venter and legs whitish.
Expanse of wings : T-l mm.
1 ? from La Union, H. Huacamayo, C'arabaya, rem, :,'immi ft., November l'.iu4,
wet season (Ockeuden).
Allied to 7'. nici'taiia (iuen.
91). Thysanopyga suflFecta Warr. and ab. distincta nov.
This species, described in .\i>r. Zoo/, xi. p. I'-Tj (1',MI4) from a Bolivian c?,
turns out to be a dark form of a sjiecies (dosely allied to T. iiit/ricomnfa Warr.
from ('hiri(iui, and which also occurs in Feru, but larger and darker ; it may in
all cases be distinguished from that insect by the wider distance between the
median and outer lines, this latter being less strongly concave than in nigricomata,
and the median line less oblique. The woolly hair on Ijasal half of hindwing
beneath, concealing the foveal slit, and the lateral tuft of black hair on abdomen,
are equally consjiicuous.
( 1«7 )
Of typical siiff'erta a c? from Iliiaiicabamba ami two 6S from Ciislii, I'ltii,
have been received, along with 9 Si anil 1 ? from (Jiishi of the more ordinary
form, which may be known as ab. distincta.
SufsFAMiLY ENNOMINAE.
loo. Bassania extremata.
nitaxiiiiia amethiiM,i.la ab. e.rlremUa Warr., Pro;. U.S. Nul. Mus. xxx. p. 536, r? (1906).
The form described by me as an aberration of amcthi/stata Wlk. must be
separated as a distinct species. As often happens, the specimen which served as
type is somewhat different from the ordinary form, of which I have now seen
o or (j more iS and 1 ?. In these H the enter line is not marked by white
vein-dashes, but either by a fine darker line with pale edge, or by a pale line
alone ; there is no visible trace of an inner line, but the base of inner margin is
pale green ; the black triangle at ajie.x is generally represented by the usual short
blackish subapical streak followed by a white dot on costa. The ? is a very
beautiful insect, the dull salmon-colour of the S being deepened into amethyst,
with the submarginal baud standing out across the wing clear pale green ; the
costal area is sliglitly paler, and tlu're is no trace of any black snba])ical mark ;
the outer margin and fi'iiige of liiadwing are flushed with amethyst, and the same
tint takes the place of the olive shading of the underside of the S- As in the
other species of the genus, the apex of forewing in the ? is prodnced, and the
outer margin incurved below it and gibbons in middle.
All the examples are from Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, taken in Jnly (dry
season) 191)4, by Ockenden.
10]. Bassania goleta.
Cnirallix ,,„hla Dogn., Le Nat. 1893, p. 1.09.
liiixsiiiiia amiulifcra Warr., Nov. Zonl. xiv. p. "299, J only.
ab. li<txx(inHi ffirl'iit Warr., Nov. Zonl. xi. p. f)67, ^ .
ab. Biixxauia anmdifera Warr., /of. cit., ^ .
The specimen from which I describrd fortirt is a very dark example, with the
cell-spot of forewing, the upperside of hindwiug, and the underside of both wings
all nearly black ; the examjjle described as aiinidifera ¥ represents the more
comiuon and paler form, of which 1 have seen a pair from Agnalani ; in this form
the red tints predominate over the olive ; but in ((iiiiiili/rra ty[>e <S the red tints
are absent and the whole forewing is olive-green ; of these I have seen 3 Jc? only
from R. Hnacamayo, agreeing with the original S in coloration. Their identity
with Crocallis goleta Dogn., which I have only recently ob.served, is umpiestionable.
Hi2. Microgonia subcana spec. nov. and ab. obfuscata nov.
<5 . Foi-t'iriii(/ : dull fnlvous, almost hidden by an olive-fuscons sntlusion and
numerous dark transverse striae ; the lines chocolate-brown ; inner line at two-
tif'ths, visible only as an outwardly obli(pie costal streak ; outer line at four-fifths,
oblique outward to vein 7, there acutely angled, and inwardly oblique, slightly
curved to three-fifths of inner margin, edged externally by a thin ]ialer line;
cell-spot black, followed by a diffuse brown median shade ; attached to the inner
side of outer line between veins '^ and 4 is a large pear-shaped yellowish ochreous
( lOR )
blotch, its upper part tinged with dull fiilvons iuul sputtcd with brown ; outer area
dull greenish with a dark subraarginal shade, the veins across it fulvous ; apex jiale
greenish ochreous ; fringe brown tip]ied with wlrite.
IliMlwing : with the line slightly auteniedian ; tlie whole wing dull fulvous
with olive-fuscous speckling, thickest along the submarglual shade.
Underside flesh-coloured ochreous, striated with purple-grey in basal half;
a median shade and outer line (not corresponding to the lino above), bright olive-
brown, the latter dentate ; marginal area dark, a mixture of [luriile-grey, greenish
and hoary grey scales, these last forming a zigzag, jiartially interrupted, submarglual
line and marginal jiatches ; cell-spots black.
Head, thorax, and ])atagia olive ; abdomen tawny sjiotted with l)iack and grey ;
pectus with thick woolly grey hairs ; legs tawny ochreous, black-speckled.
?. Much brighter fulvous, dark mottled, but without ollve-greeu suffusion,
the line thicker, the ajjcx black ; the underside with a pinkish flush ; the outer
line only bright brown and very distinct : the outer margin of hindwing rich brown.
In both sexes the underside of the wings is covered with very fine hoary down.
Expanse of wings : S , 56 mm. ; ? , 72 mm.
1 (J, 1 ? from Agualani, Carabaya, Peru, 'JOOU ft., December 19i)5, wet season
(Ockendeu).
lu the S the apex of forewing is shortly and Ijluntly produced, the outer
margin at middle faintly convex; in the ? the apex is prominently produced, and
the outer margin protuberant at vein 4.
The aberration obfuscata is a smaller form of the <i (-"JO mm.), very much
darker, and without the yellow blotch of forewlug ; taken at the same time and
place as the type form.
lo;i. Perusia complicata ab. plena uov.
Differs from tyiiical compUcatu Warr. in the basal patch and outer fascia of
forewing being confluent along inner margin ; their converse edges not margined
by double black angulated lines, but each showing within the edge traces of a
dark line interru])ted ; the band has a small sinus on its inner edge between :!
and 4 ; on the underside the jmle yellow hindwing is flusiied with dull rosy, and
bears a row of submarglual purple dots on veins in place of a baud.
2 ? ? from Oconeijue, Carabaya, Pern, TUUO ft., July l'.Mi4, dry season
(Ockendeu).
Iti4. Sericoptera discolor spec, no v.
Fori'.wini/ : cream-colonr, not white; the markings as in arfti Cram. t the
yellow spot on subcostal vein of forewing at one-third absent.
Head and i)aljM black ; antennae witli very short sessile fascicles of cilia.
Expanse of wings : r)2 mm.
2 S <S from La Oroya, K. Inambarl, S.IO. Peru, olmi ft., October 1'.I04, wet
season (Ockendeu).
lo.j. Sericoptera insularis spec nov.
Resembling 8. rfdncta in size and nuirkings, but tin? ontrv line of fon^wlng
ends on a distinct olive crescent before anal angle, but snuiller than that on area ;
the inner line is rei)resented by three distinct ollve-ycllow spots on the veins at
one-fifth.
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Underside of forewino; wholly white.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 d from Holipiin, ('uba (H. S. Parish).
100. Sericoptera reducta spec, no v.
Differs from S. area Cram, in being smaller ; the snbapical costal blotch not
more than half the size, with a faint olive-yellow curved line from it to inner
margin before anal angle, where it is clearest (the large crescent-shaped i)lotcli
of rt/va lieiug altogether absent), followed by two slight rows of grey striae ;
no olive-yellow spot on subcostal vein at one-third.
Iliixhciinj : with the markings grey and very obscure, the band grey with a
very tine Innnlate-dentate white line along it.
Underside with the black costal blotch small.
Expanse of wings : <?, 4iJ mm. ; ? , 46 mm.
A long series of both sexes from Fonte Boa, U[iper Amazons, May — September
1000 (Klages), type ; and a solitary cJ from Santiago del Estero, Eastern Bolivia,
1005—1900 (Steinbach).
The angle at vein 4 in outer margin of both wings is mncli less prominent.
107. Erilophodes arana ab. fumipennis nov.
Caripeia arana Dogn., Ann. S.E. llelg. xxxi.x. p. 117 (1895).
Of fourteen examples of this species, all from Agualani, Pern, 8 c?c? are
ty])ical ; three others have the hindwings more or less tinged with grey, and 1 ?
answers to the description of IhsoiUna salapia Drnce (^1. </■ M. 1900, i. 522),
which must be regarded as an aberration, having a blackish marginal border
to the hiudwing; the remaining, two, S and ¥, have the hindwiug wholly blackish,
except the basal third in the ? ; in the forewing the white bands are narrower,
and the central area as dark as the rest of the wing. Underneath both wings
are dull black, the hind wing with a dusting of pale scales. They are, however,
evidently a dark form of anuta, which may be known as ab. J'uinipeninx.
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NEW SPECIES OF VBANIIBAE AXD GEOMETBIDAE
FROM THE AETHIOPIAN REGION.
By W WARRENT, M.A., F.K.S.
FAMILY VRANIlDAi:.
Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.
1. Epiplema confuscata spec nov.
Foreirinff : dark slaty fuscous, speckled with darker, and with distinct lilack
striae along costa ; lines marked Ij}' oldique hlack costal streaks at one-third and
before two-thirds; the tirst obsolete at middle of wing; the second obscurely
curved, but ending in a black spot at two-thirds of inner margin, where and at
vein 4 it is faintly edged with whitish externally; a snbmarginal row of live
black crinkled marks, internally pale-edged and slightly brownish externiilly ;
fringe concolorons.
IlimI icing : quite smooth in costal half; below, a mixture of slightly shining
grey scales mixed with black ; outer line bracket-siiapcd, blackisli with pale edge,
hooked outwards on vein 4, preceded by a black shade from middle to inner
margin ; iliscocellnlar-mark obli(ine, broad and chestnut-brown, meeting a line
of greyish white scales ruuuing from base along lower half of cell and ending
in a wedge-shaped black mark before the discocelbilar streak, which is also
iolliiwed by a similar black mark; a blackish lunulate submarginal line, preceded
abiive vein 4 by some white scales ; anal area tilled with slightly lustrous grey
scales, mixed with black striae and tinged in parts with brown.
Underside dull cinereous, darker in forewing.
Face and palpi black ; vertex dark fuscous ; thorax slaty grey ; abdomen
broken.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 ? from Moyamba, 8. Leone, May 1903 (D. (^itor).
Outer margin of forewing simjily curved ; of hindwing witli two tails, at
veins 7 and 4, and a short tooth between at 0.
2. Epiplema rotunda sjiec, nov.
Forewing: chalk-white; costa finely dotted with black; two strong black
dashes above subcostal vein before one-fourth and one-half, marking the origin
of first and second lines, of which the second only i.s distinct and out.curved,
brownish, preceded by two brownish blotches, one at the end of cell, the other
on inner margin ; inner margin at base slightly clouded with grey-brown ; similar
dili'use clouds at anal angle and before outer margin at middle ; four dark dots in
a curve between veins 7 and 3 before outer margin ; marginal line finely brown;
fringe white.
UiniliriiHi : with the outer line curved and double, bluntly bent on vein 4,
the inner arm marked with black above snbmedian fold and jircceded by a patch
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of dark scales, followoil below vein 4 by a Ueil of shiiiiiijj; scales mixed with dark
ones ; a slight dark dot below lower tooth ; marginal line brown.
Underside wliite, in the forewing iaintl}' tinged with grey ; costa of both
wings black-dotted.
Face, paljii, and forelegs blackish ; vertex, antemiae, thorax, and abdomen
white.
Expanse of wings : 1.5 mm.
1 c? from Moyamba, S. Leone, May 1903 (Cator).
Wiiigs siiort and broad ; costa and ajiex of forewing rounded ; onter margin
curved ; hindwing with two minute teeth ; costa of hindwing ami inner margin of
forewing nearly straight; antennae with short clavate teeth.
Subfamily PSEUDOTERPNINAE.
Nothoterpna gen. nov.
ForewiiKj : triangular; costa straight; ai)ex and anal angle rounded; outer
margin slightly curved.
Hindwing: ample ; both angles rounded ; onler margin almost im])erceptibly
bent at vein 4.
Antennae bijiectinate to apex; the pectinations stilf and thickened to their
tips, ciliated ; the shaft lamellate, semi-opaque between the joints ; forehead
somewhat prominent ; paljii qnite short, as in Ayiaptochlora ; tongue present ;
frenulum wanting ; legs short and thick ; the femora hairy ; hindtibiae with two
pairs of ajiproximate sj)urs.
Nenr.ation : forewing, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular incurved
above, oblique below ; vein "i at two-thirds, 3 at eight-ninths ; vein 5 close
below 0, which rises from the depressed end of subcostal ; 7, 8, !), lU stalked
from the bond in subcostal ; 11 free, anastomosing with 12, lU anastomosing with
11; hindwing, costal and subcostal approximating in basal half of cell; 6, 7
stalked ; medians as in forewing ; radial from near toj) end of discocellular.
Ty])e : Nothoti'rjma crassi squama spec. nov.
The genus agrees witli Agraptochlora Warr. in the shortness of the palpi
and in the structure of the antennae, but the shape and coloration of wings are
quite different. From the comparatively large size of the hindwings and thickness
of scaling I am inclined to refer it to the neighbourhood oi Pseudotfrjina.
3. Nothoterpna crassisquama spec. nov.
Forciviiiij : very pale yellowish green; the scales thick and somewhat
roughened ; a dark green cell-spot ; a dark green outer line, interrupted by
the veins, from costa shortly before apex to one-third of inner margin ; fringe
concolorous.
Ilirulwimj : whitish with a faint green tinge, which is stronger along outer
margin ; cell-spot dark green ; sometimes there are traces of an outer line
corresponding to that of forewing.
Underside mealy whitish green, with traces of the two lines and cell-spots.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; vertex and antennal shaft whitish.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
3 cJ cj from Bih6, Angola.
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Subfamily GEOMETRINAE.
4. Antharmostes fuscimargo spec. nov.
Foremnfi : dark green ; the costa grej- with fiiscons dots ; a broad vinous-
fnscous shade along outer margin, starting from vein 7, broadly swoUen from
5 to 2, and less strongly again from 2 to inner margin ; between veins 3 and 4
the border is paler, pinkish grey ; a dark Inuulate marginal line ; fringe brown.
Hindwbiq : with the border narrower, limited by dark Innnles between the
veins, broadly swollen from 4 to 2 and there filled np with grey ; cell-spots of
both wings dark green.
Underside greenish white, in forewing rnfons-tinged ; marginal border Idack-
brown, with the inner edge straight and even.
Face, paljn, and antennae red-brown ; thorax and abdomen green ; the dorsum
purple-grey.
E.xpanse of wings : 32 mm.
1 c? froiu Bopoto, Upper Congo, April 1903 (K. Smith).
The forewing shows a slight elbow at vein 4 and the hindwing at vein fi, with
a prominent angle at vein 4.
5. Syndromodes fleximargo spec. nov.
Foren-ing : blnisli green ; the costal edge narrowly whitish ; a darker green
cell-mark and dentate-lnnnlate outer line parallel to outer margin ; fringe paler.
Iliiiilwiny : with eell-s])ot only.
Underside whitish green ; costa of forewing yellowisli.
Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex, antennae, thorax, and abdomen (faded)
whitish green.
Expanse of wings : 3.5 mm.
1 ? from Ceraml>a, 15ih(', Angola, Man^h 19ii3 (W. (". Bell).
Hindwing with outer margin palpably elbowed at vein 4, concave above
between it and the squarely rounded apical angle.
Antennae shortly i)ectinated.
Subfamily STERRHINAE.
Ck Chrysocraspeda nigribasalis spec. nov.
Forewi»(/ : basal area dull dark yellow covered with reddish brown; central
area dark puqilish grey with darker reddish striae, edged by two dilfnse blackish
lines ■ the tirst strongly curved above, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of
inner margin, the outer, less strongly curved, from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths
of inner margin ; a dark cell-spot in the middle ; marginal area pale yellow thickly
striated with blood-red, excej)t along the extreme margin, which remains pure
yellow ; minute red marginal points at ends of veins ; fringe jiale yellow.
Ilhidwinq : with a subbasal black band, not quite reaching middle of wing,
the extreme base brown, like the forewing; outer half yellow with blood-red
striae, which coalesce to form a band on the inside ; fringe pale yellow.
Underside of fnrewing smoky vinous to the curved onter eilge of central area,
then deep rosy, leaving the outer niiirgin from apex to anul angle and the fringe
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jiiilc yulluw ; hiudwiiig smulcy viiiuiis at base eJgcd with rosy, the outer lialt' jialo
yellow, tinged with rosy at apex and anal angle.
Head and antennae dark red-lirown ; thorax and ahdiinien dark smoky vinous,
the thorax with coarse shining scales ; anal segment of abdomen pale.
Expanse of wings : 111 mm.
1 c? from ('ougella, Durban, Natal, November 190.5 (G. F. Leigh).
t. Craspedia protuberans spec nov.
Foreiciiitj : chalk-white, witii sparse black dusting ; lirst and second lines grey,
ill-marked; iirst sinuous at one-fourth ; second, median, irregularly dentate, from
beyond middle of costa to middle of inner margin, outcurved abave ; outer line
lunulate-dentate at three-fourths, oblinue outwards to vein 6, forming a blacker
double sinus beyond cell and across submediau fold ; submarginal line pale, wavy,
between two distinct dark grey shades, the inner one of which is marked with black
scales on inner margin ; marginal line black, continuous, but swollen between veins ;
fringe whitish ; cell-spot grey.
lliiidtviiKj : more densely speckled ; cell-spot in a grey sinus of median line;
outer line not darkened on the folds.
Underside white, with all the outer lines and shades strongly marked in fore-
wing, less so in hindwing; costa of forewing yellowish.
Upper half of face, outside of palpi and front of forelegs black ; rest of face
and paljn, thorax and abdomen white ; collar grey.
Expanse of wings : 2it mm.
1 ? from Park Rynuie, forty miles above Durban (G. F. Leigh).
The outer margin of forewing is bluntly protuberant below middle, and the apex
slightly subfalcate ; the hindwing i.s toothed at veia 4, and with a smaller tooth at
vein 0 and a sinus between.
8. Somatina fung'ifera spec. nov.
Forewing : cream-colour, semitransparent ; a pale brown line from one-fcmrth
of inner margin oblique to middle of discocellular ; another, thicker and darker, from
one-third rnns parallel to it as far as vein 2, then outwards between 2 and 3 to
three-fourths of wing, then upwards parallel to outer margin to between 3 and 4,
curving inwards to vein •;, where it is again bent, and ends at the origin of
vein 7 ; the space between veins 2 and 4 within tlie line tinged with brown ;
a double outer Hue strongly excurved from two-thirds of costa to inner margin
shortly before anal angle, the outer arm the thicker, followed by an interrupted
submarginal line ; marginal line fine, brown ; two marginal dots below apex ;
fringe concohirous.
IlinihciiKj : with a fine brown median line curved outwards round the sharp
black cell-spot ; the outer lines as in forewing.
Underside cream-colour, without markings.
Head, thorax, abdomen above and below, and legs cream-colour ; face brown ;
abdomen banded with brown.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 c? from Kassai district, Congo Free State (Taymans).
Nearest to <b'. ckalijbcala VVlk. (^Xebcssa).
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Rt-BKAMiLY DEILINIINAE.
0. Chloroctenis conspersa sjiec nov.
Differ.s from tliu t\[)v s|iecies, C. similin Warr. from West Africa, in the uiider-
siile beiug i)ale green iustcad of red ; ou the npperside both wings have the green
surface sparsely sprinkled with brown stri;e, which are wholly absent in similis.
E.\[ianse of wings : 30 mm.
1 ? from Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa.
In. Zamarada dentig'sra spec. nov.
Fwen-ing : hyaline green, witli a few brown dots on the veins ; costa and inner
margin narrowly, outer margin broadly, butf : the inner margin varied with rufons
and with some patches of black scales ; the costa with a few dark speckles ; inner
edge of outer border black, dentate on the veins, with a small sinus above vein '1
and a deej) one between 'i and 4 ; its inner portion below vein 'Z with three black-
brown angnlated streaks ; the border is traversed throughout from costa to anal
angle by acutely angled sagittate marks edged on each side with rufous and blackish
brown ; a rufous marginal line ; fringe pale buff, chequered with brown ; a rather
large round black cell-spot.
Ilindwiiuj : with the buff border broader, embracing half the wing, with a
diffuse brown-black blotch on its inner edge at iuner margin ; the whole inner half,
as in forewing, rufous-speckled ; cell-spot round, black ; inner margin near base
pinkish-buff with dark speckles ; a blackish mark at base.
Underside with the outer half of border buif, the inner half dilfusely black-
brown ; cell-spots large, round and black.
Head and antennae rufous butf ; shoulders and jiatagia pale pearl-grey ;
abdomen rufous ochreous mottled with brown and black, the anal tuft with a broad
black base and jiinkish apex ; venter and legs buff.
Expanse of wings : 32 mm.
1 (?, 1 ? from Lagos, West Africa.
Related to Z. ilaria Swinh. from S. Leone ; but the antennae and the whole
underside different. The ?, which, though without abdomen, is fresher than the J,
shows the cell-spot with raised lustrous scales and the black edge of border lined
with similar scales.
11. Zamarada dilucida spec. nov.
Forewing : very pale hyaline green, with traces of faint slender striae ; costa
pale ochreous ; marginal border pale grey-pink, witli darker speckling and traces of
darker wedge-shaped marks along middle ; inner edge dark brown lined with
yellowish, forming a very small sinus outwards above vein (1, and a large tridentate
sinus between veins ■.; and 4, almost touching margin ; fringe concolonuis.
Ilindwiiig : similar.
Underside with the apical halves of marginal border tilled with brownish scales,
the anal portions less so.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-pink.
Expanse of wings : 24 mm.
1 6 from Lagos, West Africa. 1 have seen examjiles also from iS. Leone,
but have passed them by as Z. ailipomtd Feld. { = iia.-iii.l<i Warr.); but that species
Id larger, with broader marginal border, and a small basal patch.
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12. Zaniarada exquisita spec. nov.
Forewiiig : pearly white, seiiiitrivijfipiii\'iit ; tlie base and costa narrowly, a large
roundish cell-si)ot, and the marginal two-fifths black-brown ; the marginal area is
limited by a black line, lunnlate between the veins and slightly outciirved, but not
forming a sinus. This line is edged outwardly by a similar line of dnll metallic
scales, followed by a baud of olive-brown before the blacker central area, which
again towards outer margin becomes slightly paler ; marginal lino black ; fringe
blackish.
Uin<1wiii(j : with the marginal dark area narrower, especially towards anal
angle, the limiting line forming a shallow sinus between veins 2 and 4 ; inner
margin narrowly black.
Underside with the dark markings velvety brown-black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black; abdomen beneath pale.
Expanse of wings : 3U mm.
1 ¥ from Moyamba, Sierra Leone, May I'Myi ((Jator).
13. Zamarada flavicosta ab. regularis nov.
Diifers from the typical form of //nr /casta Warr. in having the rufous border of
both wings narrower, and its inner edge on fnrewing waved but straight, without
any sinus between veins 2 and 4, only faintly bent outwards below vein 2 ; on the
hindwing this edge is uniformly curved throughout; the hyaline portion of the
wings is yellowish rather than green.
1 ? from Wassaw district, forty-five miles inland from Hekoudi, Gold Coast.
1 have seen 2 6 S from Sierra Leone agreeing with this ?.
Subfamily ABRAXINAE.
14. Nothabraxas conspersa sjiec. nov.
Foreu'iiKj : white, semitranspareut, dotted and in j>arts suffused with fuscous
grey; some larger black spots at base; first line from one-fourth of costa to
one-third of inner margin, starting from a large brown spot, bent outwards on
median vein and ending in a black spot ; a black costal blotch before middle ;
outer line sinuous, from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin,
followed by black dashes on veins and a fuscous grey fascia formed of coalesceut
spots ; a dark marginal blotch from below apex to vein 4 ; a paler oblique streak
from apex ; whole marginal area with coarse grey and black speckling ; fringe
whitish grey ; lower half of discocellnlar black.
llbulwiiKj : whitish, spotted with blackish towards outer margin, forming a
blotch at apex and a submarginal spot beyond cell ; cell-spot blackish.
Underside similar.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white spotted with grey ; antennae dark grey.
Exjianse of wings : 44 mm.
1 i from Taveta, German East Africa.
SriiFAMii.Y BHACCINAE.
!•"). Ereunetea curvifera spec. nov.
Differs from I'., fiihjula Warr. in having the line marking tiie division
between the orange-red basal and the brown apical area of forewing a uniform
curve instead of being liexuous, starting from before the middle of costa and
( lie )
eiidinj; well lioi'ure the anal angle on inner iU!ii';,'iii, tlie dark ai)ie.a! area lieing
therefore much broader.
Uimhri)Kj : with the outer border also broader ; the black discal spot as in
Jalijhhi.
Underside with the apical area of I'orewiug luiicli darker, chocolate-brown,
containing a bronil black shade on its inner edge from vein i> to inner maryiu ;
basal area of forewing orange-yellow, of hindwing jiale grey-brown.
Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-red, tinged with grey.
E.xjiause of wings : 3U mm.
2 ? ? from Moyamba, Sierra Leone (U. ('utor),
M Ereunetea flava spec. nov.
Like E. /al</i(i(i AVarr., but the ground-colnur of both wings aliove and
below is pale yellow, instead of orange-red ; the dividing lino between the two
colours in forewing is not fle.xuons, but evenly curved from middle of costa to
anal angle.
Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow.
Expanse of vfings : 30 mm.
1 S from Sekondi, Gold Coast (N. T. Hamlyn).
IT. Ereunetea semifumida spec. nov.
ForewiiKj : dnll reddish, suffused with smoky grey; a large black spot on
discocellular ; marginal area smoky brown, its inner edge running out from costa
at two-thirds beyond cell, recurved to touch the lower end of cell-spot, to two-
thirds of inner margin ; fringe smoky brown.
Ilhiihriiiij : bright orange, with a broad smoky brown outer border ; the
submedian fold smoky grey.
Underside like upper, but the basal areas of both wings deej) orange-red.
Head wanting ; thorax and dorsum smoky fuscous ; abdomen beneath and
at sides dull orange.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
1 ? from Luebo, Kassai River (P. Landbeck).
Nothypsa gen. nov.
Differs from I'ittlica AVlk. only in part of the ueuration of forewing. In
Pittlwa the discocellular is vertical and short— both the subcostal and uicdiau
veins converging at their extremities— and the lower radial rises from its middle ;
in the present genus the ui)per portion is obliiiucly curved, the lower and shorter
portion vertical, and the radial rises from the angle between the two, and there-
fore below the middle. Again, in rittltea vein 2 rises beyond the middle of
cell, and rnns parallel to vein 3 throughout ; in Notlii/jis'i, vein ~* rises at
or before the middle, and the two veins converge towards outer margin.
Both genera agree in the peculiar nenration of the costal vein ; 7, 8, U, and
lU, 11 being stalked; but the costal vein is bifid, and 11 anastomoses with the
lower arm, which is thrice as long as the short portion of 11 itself In the
face of this agreement it does not seem justifiable to remove the species agreeing
with Sotlii/iJsa to the Uijjjsidae. Under ViUkm W'lk. 1 would therefore include,
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not nulv Tcriiiit Wlk. and Turchhetmeria Dpwitz, but also tlie genera (iirpn Wile,
IL/lemera Bntler, and Amnemopsi/che Bntler.
Type : Xothypm conjiuens spec. nov.
IS. Nothypsa confluens spec. nov.
Forewuui : white ; the veins grey ; costal streak grey, from which a broad
greyish fnscons bhiut tooth runs obliiinely across the discocelliilar, which is
l)lackpr ; onter margin broadly fnscons, especially below vein 4, where it
approaclics bnt does not tonch the discocellnlar mark.
IlimhviiH/: with greyish fuscous border to outer margin, narrowed liciwepn
veins 3 and 4, where in one instance the white reaches the man,'in.
Under.side similar.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; face and vertex ochreons-tingeil.
Ex])ause of wings : 40 mm.
2 ? ? from Moyamba, Sierra Leone, May 101)2 (D. (Aitor).
19. Nothypsa flaviventer spec. nov.
E.xactly like N. funesta Warr., except in the following points : the dark tints
are not so deeply black ; the onter border of hindwing is continuous to anal
angle, wliereas funesta has two black isolated spots before it ; the tliora.K and
abdomen above appear grej-er ; and the venter is yellow instead of white.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 J from Luebo, Kassai River (P. Landbeck).
20. Nothypsa impleta spec. no\.
fUosely related to X. Iconimi Warr. from Sierra Leone, but the forewing is
narrower with a more acute apex, and the ground-colour of the markings blacker
fnscons. The whole basal half of wing is fnscons, only the end of cell and an
elongate spot obliquely below it, between the bases of veins 2 and 3, being dull
whitish ; the snbapical white blotch as in leoriina.
Uimhinnq : with the white ground running np to onter margin between
veins 3 and 4, interrnjjting the dark border.
Underside with the basal area whitish, as in leonina.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dull grey, the face and collar mixed with fulvous.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 J from Ogniga, Niger.
21. Nothypsa leonina spec nov.
Foirwiiiii : dull wliite, marked with grey at base along s\ibraedian and
median veins; costal streak fnscons grey to middle; from this ]inint the edge
of the white basal area runs out obliiiuely to between veins 2 and 3, is there
bluntly angled, and incurved to inner margin at three-fifths ; space beyond
greyish fnscons, containing an obli(|ue white mark from vein 7 to 4, along
which it forms a jwinted ])rojection ; in the fuscous band |>receding it across
the discocellnlar there is visible a blackish cell-siiot.
IliinlwiiKj : white, with a fuscous grey marginal border from apex to anal
angle, narrowed between veins 3 and 4.
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Underside the same.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dnll grey, the patagia somewhat paler ; foee and
collar with a Inteons tinge ; antennae blackish.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
2 dS from Moyamba, S. Leone, September 1001 and April 101(3 (Cator).
Nearest to JI. remissa W'arr., from the same locality.
22. Nothypsa ossicolor spec. nov.
Like X. jixpilldta Warr., but the wings bone-white, slightly groy-tingr<l
towards onter margins, instead of greyish white ; tlie cell-spots, as in tliat
species, large and black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish ; jiectinations of antennae blackish.
Underside of wings dirty grey.
Expanse of wings : cJ 34 mm. ; ? 30 mm.
2 cJcJ, 1 ? from S. Leone (D. Cator).
23. Pitthea internata spec. nov.
Differs from I'itlhea latifaseln "Wlk. from the C'ongo in the amplification of
the black markings. \\\ the forewing the bar from costa to anal angle is twice
the breadth, its inner edge nniformly cnvved from one-third of costa to three-
fonrths of inner margin : the yellow praeapical blotch does not reach the costa,
which remains black. In the hindwing the inner margin and fringe are black
from base to anal angle.
Exjianse of wings : 44 mm.
1 cJ from Bihe, Angola.
24. Pitthea latifascia.
Terina latifaneia Wlk., ii. p. 4(54.
In the Travsfict/o/is ofthr Entomoloqkal Socirtf/ for 1904, p. TiT?, Tol. Swinhoe
jdaces the genns Terina, of which iKtifiiscin \\'\k. is the type, among the
Orthnstixinnc, sinking to it both niphdmhi Drncc and jninrticorjiux Warr. ; bnt
the type of ptcncticorjixs is certainly not an Orthostixid, having no radial in
the hindwing. If, therefore, the identification is correct, the genns lunst be
transferred to the Britecinac, and not only so, bnt it must sink to Pittht'ii.
I liave not seen the type of ni/ili(iii<l(i Drncc, bnt judging from the descrip-
tion, in which the thorax is called white, and a white spot is placed in the
apical margin of both wings, iiijihaii'lK must dilfcr bofli from lutifaxrin \\'\k.
and pKncticorpua ^\'arr.
25. Pitthea thalassina spei. nov.
Forewim/ : jmle green, semidiaplianons, with a small ilark cell-spot; fringe
pale yellow.
Ilindwixg : like forewing.
Underside the same.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pair dnll green; antennne black.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 c? from Kisilea, western shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza,
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Subfamily BISTONINAE.
26. Hemerophila curta spec. nov.
Forewuig : wood-brown, with line dark specliling in places ; costa with fine
black striations ; lines black ; first from one-third of costa to one-fourth of inner
margin, bluntly angled inwards on subcostal vein and outwards above and below
it ; outer line from four-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, inangled
between fi and 7 and angled outwardly on 6, then sinuously curved inwards with
slight teeth on veins; between the lines a diffuse blackish median shade, obi irpie
inwards at first and parallel in the main to outer line, but almost hidden in the
blackish suffusion which fills the interval between the two lines from inner margin
to middle of cell : submarginal line very obscure, preceded between 4 and (> by
two black streaks and followed by short streaks to margin above 4 ; the marginal
shade slightly deeper hrown ; slight black marginal dots ; fringe brown.
iUiuhvltiy : with the inner line and median shade produced diffusely as
antemediau shades forming a sort of fascia ; outer line black and distinct, from
three-fourths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, notched on vein 7, followed
by a lirown shade ; praesubmargiual shade strong towards inner margin and forming
a black pale-tipped blotch beyond cell ; a small dark cell-spot.
Underside paler, brownish ochreous, with all the markings blackish ; outer
line Idack, not corresponding with line of upperside, where it shows through
on forewing.
Face, palpi, and antennae blackish ; thorax and abdomen wood-brown, the
dorsum tinged with blackish ; foretarsi black, with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
'Z $i from Park Ilynnie 40 miles above Durban (G. F. Leigh).
Subfamily SCOTOPTERYGINAE.
27. Catascia alcides s[iec. nov.
Forewing : fawn-colour, dark-speckled, especially along costa ; lines very
indistinct, dull red-brown, marked by dark vein-dashes ; first at one-fifth, angled
on subcostal vein, then vertical ; outer line at three-fourtlis, parallel to outer
margin, lunulate-dentate ; submarginal line formed of slightly paler Innnles,
emphasized by the marginal area beyond being a little darker, the two between
4 and 0 filled in with reddish, tipped with paler and edged with black externally ;
those on subniedian interval also black-edged ; a reddisli median line sliglitly
before middle, followed liy a broad diffusi^ darker shade enclosing a cell-mark of
jiale ground-colour ; a row of marginal black sjwts, those between 4 and H larger
and followed in the fringe by blackish spots ; fringe concolorous.
HiiKhcing : similar, Imt without inner line; the median shade strong, redilish
fuscous, enclosing a white cell-spof.
Underside jialer, with all the lines marked ; the lunules of submarginal line
between 2 and 4 filled in with black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all fawn-colour.
Exjianse of wings : 4S mm.
1 cf, 1 ? from Lnebo, Kassai River (P. Landbeck).
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Subfamily 8EMI0THIS1NAE.
Plateoplia .i;iii. nov.
Intermediate between Tephrhw ;uid Tephrinopnig. The antennae of the S
have the shaft flattened ont and broad, the segments angnlate, ending laterally in
tubercuhited fiiscicles of cilia. The ])al()i are short and stout, drooping, laterally
flattened, the segments obscnre. The forewiugs show a distinct fovea covered
with scales.
Type : Plateoplia ochriciliata ^V'^arr. ( Teplirinopsis).
Tcpliriiia (icrohflid Wlngrn. from the Transvaal, a closely allied form, ditferiiig
mainly in the nnicolorous fringes, must be referred here.
SuHFAMiLY ENNOMINAE.
28. Aeschropteryx ansorgei ab. fulvitincta nov.
Like the type in coloration, bat with the fulvous areas largely developed.
Forewing : with an oblique fulvous cloud at one-third of inner margin reaching
to median vein, and representing first line ; the whole of the marginal area beyond
the oblique line below vein 4 fulvous, with a darker patch in it on submedian
interval ; a small fulvous mark on costa between outer line and apex.
Ilimhciiig : with the maigioal half beyond central line fulvous, becoming
blackish towards margin, and paler along the portion immediately beyond line,
which portion above middle is yellow.
Underside the same, but duller.
1 i from "Wassaw District, 45 miles inland from Sekondi, Gold Coast.
~0. Chloromiza rufaria spec. nov.
Foreicing : yellowish ochreous washed with fulvous, speckled and striated
with darker fulvous and blackish; crossed by two black lines; the inner from
one-fonrth of costa, angled in cell, then oblique to one-fifth of inner margin, marked
outwardly on both folds with black ; outer line from just before ajjcx to two-thirds
of inner margin, faintly convex outwards, followed by a ])ale line ; cell-spot
blackish ; fringe with inner half deep brown, outer half white.
Iliiidwing : paler, less fulvous-tinged, especially in basal half; a carv<'d dark
postraedian line showing through from the underside.
Underside more reddish ochreous without fulvous tint, speckled with l.liick ;
the outer line black on both wings.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous.
Expanse of wings : Ii3 mm.
2 J (J from (lambo Caquenje, I'ihe, Angola, November I'.tii4 (Dr. Ansorge).
Outer margin of hindwiiig more evenly rounilc(l than in thi' type-species.
30. Epigynopteryx deformis spec. nov.
Vorrwing : pale wood-colour, thickly sjieckled witji blackish ; markings
indefinite; a cnrved inner line at about one-tliird ; a dark blot('li between veins :!
and 4 appears to form jiart of an oblique double line from two-lhirds of inner
margin, the inner arm of whicli is joined by an undefined streak from middle of
costa, and the outer by a dark streak on costa liefore ai>ex ; a dark cloud on
outer margin below apex ; a minute Mack cell-sjiot ; fringe worn.
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Ilindwing : with a tliick dark band from aj>ex to inner margin above anal
angle ; cell-spot black ; some dark speckling at apex.
Underside paler; forewing yellower ; hindwing slightly pinkish; tlie speckling
and markings blacker.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, the abdomen tinged with blackish.
Expanse of wings : 2'2 mm.
1 ? from Dnrban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).
;il. Hyposidra mixtilinea spec. nov.
Fori'/r/'iiff : pale oclireons, speckled with lirownish;- veins and lines brown;
tirst line from one-fonrth of eosta to one-fonrth of inner margin, oliliqne ontwards
above and inwards below the median vein ; median line from a dark Ijrown spot
on middle of costa, oblinne inwards to the brown cell-spot, thence after a sliglit
ontward crook oblique to before middle of inner margin ; a broad brown obliijiie
streak from apex, where it is thickened, to before middle of inner margin ; the
brown speckling is tliickened on each side of a pale, slightly sinuous snbmarginal
band ; fringe (worn) brown.
Jlindwing : with the oblique line continued at one-third from vein 6 to inner
margin ; a fine brown postmedian line from four-fifths of costa to two-thirds of
inner margin ; a brown cell-spot.
Underside with the lines less distinct ; forewing with an additional brown
line from fonr-fifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, partially showing
through on the npperside ; cell-spots distinct.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all ochreoiis ; segments ringed with brown, that
continuing the obli(jne line broader.
Expanse of wings : c? 48 mm. ; ? 50 mm.
1 S from Kassai district, Congo Free State (Taymans) : 1 ? from Wassaw
District, 45 miles inland from Sekondi, Gold ('oast.
Forewing with costa well arched ; apex bluntly produced : outer margin
straight, not incised.
32. Miantochora ochreomacvilata spec. nov.
Forewini) : dull chestnut-brown in the median space ; costal streak fawn-colonr
spotted with blackish ; basal patch externally pale ochreous, witii some brown
speckling, forming a rounded blotch in cell above median and a rounded triangular
blotch from median to inner margin at nearly one-third ; outer line brown,
biconcave outwards, from costa shortly before apex to inner margin at five-sixths,
angled on vein 5, and preceded throughout by a series of black spots on veins ;
an o})scuri'ly darker median shade, ])lainest on inner margin, wiiere it is followed
by a paler patch of mottled ochreous ; the outer line is edged externally with faint
lustrous, interrupted between veins 6 and 7 by a round blotch of ])ale ochreons,
followed by a triangular patch of chestnut-brown ; above this patch the ai)ex is
lilac-grey with coarse black speckling, and below it dull leaden grey with darker
donds ; fringe brown.
Iliiiihriiuj : with basal tlirce-fourlhs dull lirowiiisji fnlvmis, speckled with
fuscous, and paler towards eosta and iriiu'r margin ; a slight anieniedian sliade
across wing before the blaek cell-spot; apical fourth dark lirowii, edged by a
straight ochreous line from apex to above anal angle.
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Underside fawn-coloar, variously tinged with brown and lilac-grey, and dasted
with blackish ; lower i)art of median shade thickly black on both wings ; an
enter series of black spots also on both wings ; the pale spot on forewing between
veins 0 and T present and the brown marginal triangle on both wings.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyisii brown : shoulders lilac-grey, tipped with
black.
Expanse of wiugs : ijU mm.
1 S from Kassai district, Congo Free State (Taymans).
33. Plegapteryx viridis spec. nov.
In shape and markings exactly like P. spfimentfifn Warn, but the whole
forewing deep green, slightly paler and greyer, with slight lustre, beyond cell
and beyond outer line, which is marked by blackish green vein-dashes and edged
by a paler line ; inner line waved, vertical, from one-fourth of costa to one-third
of inner margin ; a thick darker median shade from three-fifths of costa to middle
of inner margin; costal edge pale grey for two-thirds, then ochreous ; cell-spot a
white dot in a dark diffuse ring.
Himlwiny : with basal area deep green ; outer greenish ochreous, with greener
elonds ; costa broadly, and inner margin narrowly, straw-colonr ; cell-spot small,
white.
Underside of forewing yellowish green, deep vellow along costa, pale along
inner margin, with some reddish patches along submedian fold ; outer line and
cell-sjiot darker; hiudwing deep yellow,. freckled with olive and brown, especially
along costa ; a brown spot at ape.x and curved rod-brown median line.
Head, thorax, and dorsum dark green ; palpi, legs, and venter deej) yellow,
like hindwings beneath.
Expanse of wings : 45 mm.
1 S from Durban, Natal, March 1007 (G. F. Leigh).
Genns Vaena AVIk.
■Walker made this genus (cf. T roccedhiys of the Xdlnral Ilistori/ Socieh/ of
Glasgoiv, IST'.t, p. 341) for a species from the Congo which he called eiicleoirles,
the type of which is in the British Museum collection. Hitherto it has not been
possible to ascertain the neuration of the genus ; but lately a single S example of
t'ftdeoidcs has lieen received from Ogruga, Niger, whiili I have been able to examine,
and the neuration is here appended.
Forewing : cell hardly half as long as wing ; discocellular oblique ; vein 2 at
three-fourths of cell, 3 close before 4 ; 5 from above middle of discocellular ; 0 long-
.stalked with 7, 8 from the bend in subcostal ; the stem of 7, S arched and
ajiproximated to that of 9, 10, 11, which are also stalked together, the distal
ends of these three veins very fine and short, like that of VI, and all easily
overlooked ; hindwing, with costal and subcostal aj)proximated for half of cell ;
veins 3 and 7 liotli before angles of cell ; no radial.
Cirojderijx oclnrtita Ibilhiud, F.iilom. Xcirx iv. p. 1 70 ( l.sOli), described from
Ogow^ lliver, is assuredly the same insect. Tlie type of this genus, viridifascia
HoU., I have not seen.
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NEW SPECIES OP THYRiniDAE, rBANIIBAi:, AND
GEOMETBIDA E FROM THE ORIENTAL REGION.
By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S.
Family TIIYRTDTDAE.
1. Pharambara squalida s]iec. nov.
Eesemliles /'//. rariahiliH Pa.i;-. (=f<(Uar Warr. = jiliasianalis Swinli.), but not
quite so large and always dirty brownish ochreons instead of blaekisli fiiscons :
both wings have a small but distinct ronnd black spot at end oi' cell, which is
absent in the larger species.
Family URANIWAE.
Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.
2. Epiplema flavida spec. nov.
Forpwiiifi : pale yellow; a pnrplish grey red-edged patch at base extending
along npper margin of cell to its end; a large pnrplish grey blotch before enter margin,
reaching from below costa to vein 3, its inner edge angled inwards towards end of
basal patch ; a few purplish specks along costal and inner margins ; fringe yellow.
I]iii(licing : with the marginal patch narrower and partially intcrrnjited at
middle; a jmrplish patch at middle of inner margin; a black cell-spot, and some
pnrplish specks along costa; a dark speck below base of lower tooth.
Underside whitish, with the markings very dull purple.
Face, thorax, and dorsum imrplish ; vertex yellow; fillet and antennae white;
abdomen beneath, and legs white.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
1 ? from the Taiping Hills, Malay Peninsula, August 1904.
Quite distinct from any other Epiplema, and recalling somewhat a Phitoiles.
Fam ily (iE OME TR fJjA E.
Subfamily DYSPHANIINAE.
'^. Dysphania flavicorpus spec. nov.
?. Differs from />. imjiciatrix ^Van■. from Isabel Island in having the dorsum
yellow instead of purple, and tlie pale spaces of both wings whiter.
S. Peej) pnrj)le : the whitish spaces of forewing showing only as obscure
]ialer purple or purj)lish white spots ; hindwing wholly purple, the orange band
of the ? much interrupted and variable; in the strongest marked example, which
1 have taken as type, there is an elongated orange blotch from above anal angle to
vein :} as in the 'i', i)nt narrower ; two irregular orange lilotches towards outer margin
between 3 and T), and two contiguous horscshoo-shaped Idotches, one on each side of
vein 6 ; also a separate orange blotch on inner margin, corresponding with the
yellow blotch -in the white area of the 9; in the least-marked and darkest
example there is merely a long thin orange streak on inner margin ,to vein U,
( 1^4)
nnil a sniiill round spot above it between 5 aud fi ; two other examples are
intermediate.
Ex]mnse of wiugs : S 108 mm.; ? 100 mm.
4 <Jcf, 4 ? ? from ("hoisenl Island, Solomons, December 1903 — January 1904
(Meek).
4. Dysphania semifulva spec. nov.
Pilfers from f). fiileiluuta Warr. from New Hanover in liaving the fnlvons
coloration of hindwing confined to the space below the cell, the cell itself remaining
wliite ; tlie concise black streak along inner margin of hindwing, which characterises
ti/naiithina Bntler, is replaced by a diffnse smoky pnrplish dond. In the forewing
tiie series of jinrplish white markings beyond the middle are more developed than
mfnlvilaiita, especially in the ?.
E.xpanse of wings : 90 mm.
2 SS,\ ? from Bougainville, Solomon Islands, April 1904 (Meek).
Subfamily PSE LTDOTERPNINAE.
0. Terpna difFerens spec. nov.
Foreirinq : pinkish white, covered with dense olive-fnscons striae ; lines
black ; first very oblique from one-sixth of costa to just before miildle of inner
margin, outwardly dentate on veins ; basal area darker, containing an obscure
black line marked by a spot at base of costa and an acute angle on submediau
vein ; outer line from three-fourths of costa, curved outwards to vein 4, where
it is acutely angled near before onter margin, then incurved and sharply hinnlate-
dentate to three-fonrths of inner margin ; cell-spot linear, black ; snbmarginal
line obscnre, pinkish, preceded below middle by dark wedge-shaped blotches,
below costa preceded and followed by dark clonds, and swollen into a pinkish
blotch above the angle of outer line ; a row of black marginal Innnles ; fringe
grey with darker mottlings.
Iliialwini/ : paler, speckled along outer margin mainly, beyond a dark
Innnlate-dentate postmedian line; submarginal line obscure, but preceded by
dark blotches.
Underside dull whitish, grey tinged in forewing ; a diffuse dark onter line on
forewing more or less vertical, the margin beyond 'it greyer, with a dark patcli
on costa ; hindwing with a distinct dark curved ])ostmedian line and no grey shade.
Face and )>alpi blackish ; top of face whitisii ; verte.\ and shoulders cream-
coloured ; thorax aud abdomen grey, beneath whitish.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 (J from the Kuln district, N. India (Maries).
Distinguished from all other species by the strongly oblique bliuk basal line of
forewing and the wliite underside without black marginal borders.
Subfamily GROMETRINAE.
0. Anisogamia subfasciata spec. nov.
S very innch like .1. //l/ioci-o.ssn Meyr. from New (iiiinca, but the white
transverse markings more developed; costa narrowly white from base, beyond
first line' more broadly; underside white, forewing green along costal half, with
three deeper green bands from costa to middle.
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J. Forewiiii/ : deoji emcraM given; custa brointly wliilf In'vuinl first line;
first Hue, as in <?, from one-ibnrth of eosta to near midtUe of inner margin, bent
on subcostal vein, angled ontwards on snbmcdian fold and inwards on submedian
vein, white, edged ontwardly with darker green ; outer line from three-fourths of
costa to three-fourths of inner margin, wliite, between veins 0 and 2 rectangnlarly
bent outwards to near outer margin ; the marginal area beyond white, with the
centre occupied by cloudy patches of grey and green scales, interrupted narrowly
between 3 and 4, and more broadly above (i, the space immediately beyond line at
costa and inner margin green ; marginal lunules grey-brown ; fringe white.
Iliiulwiiig : without inner line ; outer line and marginal area as in forewing,
but the central clond narrower and darker, especially at apex and anal angle,
where it forms a blackish blotch.
Underside of forewing bluish white; the cell and costal area to two-thirds
pale grey-brown ; a curved submarginal dark fuscous fascia from costal to inner
margin, with both edges lunate, between two bluisli wliitu fasciae ; marginal lunules
fuscous ; fringe white ; hind wing wholly bluish wiiite, the fascia lilacker and
narrowing towards anal angle.
Face, shoulders, thorax, and base of abdomen green ; vertex, antennae, and
abdomen white ; patagia green with their base white ; palpi and forelegs fuscous.
Expanse of wings : S 30 mm.; ? 40 mm.
1 cJ, 2 ? ? from New Georgia, Solomon Islands, March l'JU4 (Meek).
Males of this species previously received from New Georgia have been hitherto
referred by me to lit/wcrossa as a slightly differing local form ; but the difference
between the ? ? of the two species proves them distinct.
T. Hemistola annuligera spec, no v.
Foreicim/ : binish green, with two very tine wliite lines across the wing ;
the first near liase, outciirved above and below median vein, dentate inwards on
the veins ; outer line dentate-lunulate, approaching first line on submedian fold ;
cell-spot a large white ring ; fringe white.
lliiuhciiiij : without first line.
Underside whitish green ; the costa of forewing yellowish white.
Face, jialpi above, and forelegs in front dull reddish; vertex white; thorax
and abdomen bleached, probably blue-green.
Expanse of wings : 39 mm.
1 <S from Srinagar, Kashmir, TooO ft. (Col. Ward).
The wings of the single example have unfortunately become bleached fmrn
damp ; but the costa of forewing above was probably naturally white. Tlie
outer margin of hiiidwing is rounded, witii an exceedingly faint elbow at vein 4, and
veins 3, 4 of the hindwiug are not stalked.
8. Microloxia nxbripunctata spec. uov.
Forewing : pale yellowish green with a red cell-spot ; fringe green.
llimhdnij : the same.
Underside whitisli green.
Face and pali)i brown-red ; fillet white ; thorax and abdomen pale green.
Expanse of wings : 'I'i mm.
1 S from Kagoshima, Jnly I'-iUO (Jonas).
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.Subfamily STEHRHINAE.
9. Problepsis attenuata spec nov.
Diflers fioiu P. deliaria Giieii. in having the ear-shaped iliscal marking not
dosed and separated from the anuuhis on inner margin, the olive-brown ed^e
running coutiuuonsly ; the portion above median is very much narrower, being,
in tact, only slightly wider than on inner margin, the whole placed much more
obliquely ; some silvery scales appear along inner margin as in deliaria.
The marking of the hindwing resembles tiiat of d-Uarin, but it is also
narrower, and the metallic scales on it are darker ; it runs obliijueiy from
vein 5 to inner margin, continuing tlie obliipie marking of forewing, with some
silvery scales along inner margin to outer line. Tlie abdomen also ditlers in beiuii-
marked on dorsum with dark fuscous, except on basal segment, whereas in diliaria
it is wholly white.
Expanse of wings : 3.") mm.
1 S from Merkara, 8. India, August lil04.
In the continuity of the central markings this species resembles ddphiaria
Guen., which also has the dorsum darker ; but that species has the marking of
forewing broad and rounded, and the antennae clothed with sessile fascicles of long
curled cilia instead of jiedicellate fascicles.
M. Somatina discata spec. nov.
Forewing : dull white, slightly grey-speckled ; markings much as \\\ idijiiasaria,
Wlk., but much paler ; costa, as in that species, dull reddish, more broadly before
ape.x ; celI-sj)ot large, black, and round ; a fine marginal line, preceded by a row of
small dark dots between veins ; a brown shade at anal angle.
Ilimhcimj : whiter, with only the marginal markings distinct ; the cell-spot
black, not so large as in forewing.
Underside white, with the outer lines, cell-spots, and marginal spots black ;
Ibrewiugs speckled slightly with darker, the costa ochreous grev.
Head, palpi, and antennae black ; collar rufous ; thorax and abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 S from Cheng-Mai, Hainan, July 1902.
Smaller and paler than -S. ph/namria ; iu the large dark cell-spot it resembles
Somatinopsis Hi<jridiscata Warr., but the hindtibiae are without spurs.
Srui-AMiLY HYDKIOMENINAE.
11. Epirrhoe subinarginata sjicc. nov.
Foreuiuy : whitish grey, the markings dark olive, the lines blackish; the
baud between basal patch and central fascia partially pale grey, otherwise the
whole wing to outer line is dull olive ; the fascia contains a dark cell-spot and two
or three darker waved lines, forming annuli towards inner margin ; its outer edge is
angled on vein 0 and forms a bilobed projection between 2 and 4 ; it is followed by
a distinct white band with dark middle line, and edged by a dentate-luuulate line ;
marginal area olive, containing a regularly lunulate white submarginal line,
the lunnles edged outwardly with black ; pairs of black marginal spots ut ends
of veins ; fringe olive.
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UimlwiiKj : olive-grey, tUe costal area whitish grey ; a distinct hmnlate whitish
sviljluarginal line : cell-siiot and inargitial spots dark.
Underside whitish, speckled with grey, with the markings darker grey.
Head, thorax, and ahdomen dark grey.
Expanse of wings : 'ix mm.
1 i from Srinagar, Kashmir, TOOU ft., June r.l04 (Col. AVard).
12. Perizoma(?) exang'ulata spec. nov.
Forewing : pale pearly grey, finely dusted with olive-brown ; the central fascia
velvety black-brown, occupying on costa slightly more tlian the middle third, and
only the fourth fifth of inner margin ; its inner edge outcurved, with a slight bulge
above middle ; the outer insinuate beyond cell, and sharply angled outwards below
vein 4, then concave inwards ; its centre above mediau vein paler, containing two
dark lines between which is a black elongated pale-edged cell-mark ; basal patch
rather darker grey, crossed by four parallel brownish lines, outcurved parallel to
inner edge of fascia ; submarginal line whitish, regularly lanulate, the lunules
preceded and followed by darker ones ; marginal area above vein 4 l)rown, obliquely
edged from apex ; a blackish marginal line interrupted by the pale veins ; fringe
pale brown at base, pale grey in onter half, mottled darker beyond veins.
lliiidwing : whitish grey, speckled with darker towards base before a darker
grey jwstmedian line ; marginal line dark brown ; fringe pale grey.
Underside of forewing dark grey, with a whitish postmedian band beyond
the blackish outer line; hiudwing whitish, with dark speckling; a black cell-spot
and three waved lines.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; face and palpi blackish.
Expanse of wings : 4U mm.
1 ? from Srinagar, Kashmir, 70UU ft., June l'J04 (Col. Ward).
Subfamily DEILINIINAE.
Chrostobapta gen. nov.
Dilfers from Rlujncohajita Hmjisn. in having veins 7, 8, '■) only stalked together
instead of 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 and 11 being coincident throughout. The legs are short
and stout instead of being long and slender, the Iiindtibiae swollen, with two
pairs of short strong spurs. The hiudwing is more decidedly angulated at middle
of outer margin.
Type : Chrostobapta ddctaria Moore (Macaria).
In vol. xiv. of the Sodtates Zooloi/wcw, p. 164 (l'."i7j, I described another
species of the genus, dcliidens, from New Guinea, without characterising the genus.
Subfamily BUACCINAE.
13. Bordeta bursadoides spec. nov. and ab. uniannulata nov.
ForeiciiKj : velvety black, with an obliijue deep yellow elongate blotch from
below subcostal vein beyoud middle to below vein 3 ; fringe black.
Hindwiiig : black, with the centre for three-fourths of the wing occujiied by
an elongate deep yellow space, which curves to the inner margin near base ; frinn-e
black.
Underside the same, but the yellow spaces both luupKr.
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Head, tliiinix, lunl tlursiuu lihuk, the sccoud, tliird, :uid t'nurtli sei;raellt^
ln-oadly rii];;i'd with yt'Uow, the anal segment also yellow-niaikinl ; ahdonien
beneath yellow ; legs lilack ; peetils and collar dirty whitish.
Expanse of wings : 4it — 44 mm.
3 (?(?, 5 ? ?, from the Area River, British New Guinea, 40(10— oniiii ft., May
19U5 (Jleek).
The yellow dorsal rings are variable : in some cases all tiie segments show
yellow lines and the basal segments are broadly yellow; in one ? only the second
segment shows a ring — ab. uiiiaiiuulata.
Slbkamily ENNUMINAE.
14. Mimomiza fulvipennis spec. nov.
FoiririiK/ : reddish fulvous, with a few coarse black speckles ; costa paler,
more yellowish, widening to apex ; lines whitish, broad, the lir.it edged outwardly,
the second inwardly, with darker ; tirst slightly waved at one-third ; second,
nearly straight from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; a Mack
cell-spot, an oblique black streak from apex to vein 6, and a Idack blotch between
3 and 4 ; space between lines and before outer margin deeper fulvous ; fringe
fulvous, with a paler line at base.
llindwiiiii : with the line central ; a few black scales forming a spot between
veins 3 and 4.
Underside with the lines hardly showing ; forewing with the black cell-spot,
apical blotch, and spot between 3 and 4 all represented.
Hea^l, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; foce darker.
Exjianse of wings : 40 mm.
1 <S from yrinagar, Kashmir, TUOO ft., June 1904 (Col. \Vard).
15. Patruissa sternaria alj. plagicosta nov. and insulata nov.
After describing the type-form of ateniaria {I'hal. ii. p. o37_), Guenue goes on
to describe what he calls var. A, as follows :
" Lignes des superienres reduites :i nne simple tache evidec, ijui ne depasse i)as
la cellule, et sans annean roud sous la 4."
For this aberration I propose the name lAagicosta.
But there also occurs a form in which both the costal blotch and the ring-
shaped mark below the median vein are represented, wliich may be distinguished
as ab. insulate.
Of this form 1 have seen a S example from Kuching, Borneo, which is in the
Triug Museum.
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TWO REMARKABLE NEW SPECIES OF DIPTERA.
BY ERNEST E. AUSTEN, F.Z.S.
THE two sj)ecies described below are of interest not onlj' on account of their verj'
large size, but also becanse the}' appear to be mimics of particular sjiecies of
Hymeuo[itera. According to the collector, the flies are met with in the same places
and at the same time as the Hymenopteron mentioned in each case, from wliich they
are very difficult to distinguish when on the wing or in the net. The types of botii
species are in the Tring Museum, and I have to thank the Hon. Walter Rothschild
for permitting me to describe them.
PANTUPHTHALMIDAE.
nilAl'IirOliHYNCHUS Wicd.
1. Rhaphiorhynchus rothschildi sp. nov.
cJ.- — Length ('-l specimens) 30 to 41'5 mm.; width of head 9 mm.; width
of thora.K at base of wings 9 mm. ; greatest width of abdomen (second segment)
lU'o mm. ; length of wing 37 to 3S-0 mm.
2i arrow-bodied, elongate species, with suhiduti' untentiae in tlie i ; head, bod//,
and legs deep black, dorsum of thorax tinged with mummy-brown,* with black lonqi-
tadinal stripes ; humeral colli dark brown, with a bujf-coloured streak on upper side,
or a bujf'-coloured spot above, close to apex ; dorsum of abdomen with an elongate
shining median spot or longitudinal streak on each segment; icings dark brown,
extreme base black, veins (including costa) , costal cells, proximal third or rather more
of marginal cell, first basal cell except lower and distal borders, and an irregular
area sometimes extending from near base, across alula, into base of axillary cell,
sometimes including proximal half or less of second basal and anal cells, ockraceous
rufous.
Head : facial "beak" large and thick, dull velvety clove-brown, except extreme
tip, which is shining ; jowls clothed with fine black hair ; eyes a hair's-breadth
apart on front, facets in upjjer half larger than those in lower half, but difference in
size not very noticeable, and no sharp line of demarcation ; antennce clove-brown,
distal extremity of style yellow, first and second joints and base of third joint
clothed above and below with stilf black hairs, second and following annuli of
elongate third joint with a few minute hairs above and below, style also with a few
short hairs, and with a longer recumbent hair above and below, just before middle ;
palpi black, stont, curving outwards, densely clothed with stiff black hair. Thorax
dull, clothed with short and fine black hair ; dorsum witli three approximate and
complete longitudinal black stripes, broader in front and converging posteriorly.
Abdomen tapering from base of second segment to distal extremity, clothed with
short and fine black hair ; dorsum, except elongate median spots, dull, its sides
turned downwards, not sharj) ; « large, roughly semicircular, white spot on earh side
of first segment, close to distal angle, and a small whitish or yellowish fleck in each
* For names and illustrationw of colours, sec Kiilgway, .1 yumcnchihirc of Cohrs for Natarnlhta
^Boston : Little, Brown, & Company, IbStJ).
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distill angle of third se^'iut'iit ; iiu'diiui portion of ventral surface of each sej,'nieiit
shiuiiiii:. Wings : first and second costal cells broad, costa being conspicuously bent
upwards above hiiiueral transverse vein; extreme tip of wing and axillary cell
except extreme base dark brown, remaining cells witliin dark brown area usually
with their centres lighter (more or less ochraceons-rufous) ; second posterior cell
wide open at tip. llaltrres ochraceons-bnff. JA^gs entirely clothed with black hair,
which, though generally inconspicuons and short, is thick and longer on the posterior
tibiae, giving these a furry ajipearance ; all femora shining' ; hind legs very long,
hind femora with a large and conspicuous tooth beneatli, at commencement of distal
third, and with a small and iucouspicnous terminal spine ; first joint of hind tarsi
with longer hair above.
Bolivia and Ecuador, 8. America : type from Bnenavista, Bolivia (J. Stcinback) ;
a second specimen from I<]cuador (Biicklri/) is in the British Museum (Natural
History).
This species, which resembles I'c/isin clecata Fabr., cannot, owing to thi'
sombre coloration of the body, possibly be confused either with h'/i/i/i/i/or/i'/nc/ttis
Ijlaiiirrntris Wied. (the oidy species of the genus already described), or with an
nndescribed species from Brazil represented by two ? specimens in the British
Museum (Natural History), since in both of the latter species the abdomen, except
the lateral margins, is orange-rufous. Although at first sight the unusual shape of
tiie body, in conjunction with the remarkable coloration, might be regarded as
indicating the advisability of founding a new genus for the reception of the sj)ecies
described above, careful consideration of the structural characters shows that there
is notliing to warrant the adoj)tion of such a course.
MYDAIDAE.
MvDAS Fabr.
2. Mydas praegraudis sp. nov.
?. — Length (1 sj)ecimen) 41( mm. ; width of head 8'5 mm. ; length of antenna
15 mm. ; greatest width of abdomen (hind margin of fifth segment) Iit'To mm. :
length of wing 44'() mm.
head, boil I/, and legs deep black; third and fourth joints of antennae burnt-
sieiina-coloured, expanded portion of fourth joint ferruginous ; proximal three-
fourths of wing 1 except hind border, brownish black, opaque, distal fourth of wing
and hind border of irregular width smokg-broicn, with a strong ciol'iccous tinge,
and transparent.
Head: mystax, like hairs on remainder of head, entirely black; proboscis
and first Ivvo joints of antennae black, first and second joints of antennae clothed
willi black hair. Thoi'ax : dorsum almost bare, with an elongate lyrate mark
ofadecjier black than ground-colour, extending from front margin to scutelluin,
and with a narrow median longitudinal stripe; pleurae thinly clothed with black
hair. Abdomen : dorsum clothed above with short ap])ressed black hair, longer
and more conspicuous on first segment ; ba.tnl angles eucli with a tuft of shining
white or gellowish white hair, of greater length. Wings: violaceous tinge of tiji
and hind border esi)ecially conspicuous when wings are viewed at certain angles,
or in certain lights ; alula decji brownish black. Sijuamae with a deep brownish
black fringe. Ilalteres brownish black. Legs entirely clothed with black hair ;
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hind tibiae witb a short spur at ti]i; chiws black, faintly tinged in middle with
chestnnt.
Bnenavista, Bolivia, S. America (./. Stc/itOac/t) ; resembles Pejifiis licros Fabr.
1 have little hesitation in regarding as cousiiecific with the ? described above
two c? specimens from Brazil, in the Mational Collection ; assuming this view to
be correct, the S of Mifdas jiraegrandis may be characterised as follows : —
S. — Length {}l specimens) 47'5 to 4'J mm. ; width of head 8 mm. ; length
of antenna 13 mm. ; greatest width of abdomen (across first segment) 'J'5 mm. ;
length of wing 4U mm.
Colour of head, hodij, nnd Uujn as in ? ; colour of anteniiae as in ? , thoiKjh
third and fourth joints mai/ be darker {chestnut) ; dark area in triny of same shape
and euient as in ? , but much lighter in colour, mum/ni/-ljrotrn, with more or less
distinct, jialcr, raw-sienna-coloured, longitildiiml streaks in central jiart : distal
fourth and hind border of icing as in ? , but paler, and with a scarcelg noticeable
violaceous tinge.
Head : mystax as iu ?, except that it may contain two or three white hairs
on each side ; antennae with a narrow dark band at base of fourth joint. Thorax
and abdomen as in ?, except that longer hair clothing dorsum of first abdominal
segment is dark brown instead of black. Legs : hind femora stouter than in ? ;
hind tibiae with a long curved spine at tip ; chiws longer and more powerfully
developed than in ?. All other details (excejjt shape and width of abdomen)
as in ? .
Brazil: type and one other specimen from Parana, 1006 (E. D. Jones}: in
British Museum (Natural History).
It would seem practically certain that the nndescribed female Mi/das from
Chapada, Brazil, mentioned by Dr. S. W. Williston (Kansas Acad. Sci., ISOT,
ji. 5(i), as, in his belief, "the largest sjiecimen of a dipteron ever recorded,
measuring oU millimetres in length with a spread of wings of over lUO," should
be assigned to this species. .)/. jiraegrandis is also referred to (as " an indeter
minable species of Mgdas from South America "), and figured by Dr. Williston,
in his Manual of Sorth American Dipteva, 3rd Edition (New Haven : James T.
Hathaway, 10u.s), p. 16.
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A NEW AEGERIID.
BY THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD.
Melittia superba sper. nov.
rpHlS very baiidsome sjiecies is nearest to M. magnifica Beutfuiuiillcr.
-L Hend lilarkisli brown, (jal|)i lirown, collar glittering ])ale blue, thorax
metallic oiialesceut silvery with bnfif tinge, centre glossed with jiale metallic blue,
antennae black.
First two segments of abdomen metallic i)ale blue, rest of abdomen deeper
steel blue ; last two segments metallic bronzy greeu.
Underside of thorax oj^alescent silvery white, of abdomen whitish opalescent
yellow.
Forelegs black, tarsi yellowish ; middle legs metallic blue, tarsi somewhat
silvery ; hiodlegs clothed with dense and long hairs ; tibiae above and inside
bright yellow, below and outside black glossed with metallic blue and mixed
with metallic o])alesceiit tufts ; tarsi black mixed with grey hairs.
Forewings above and below brilliant metallic blue, costa and broad outer
margin dull black.
Hindwings sharply divided obliijuely from base to outer margin, npper
three-fifths brilliant metallic blue, lower two-fifths transparent, fringe blackish,
except at abdominal margin, where it is blue.
Length of fore wing, 10 mm.
One c?, Marcapate, E. Peru, :35uu ft. (Garlepp).
SYNONYMICAL NOTE ON XENOFSYLLA PACHYUEO-
MYIDIS Glink.
By THE HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S.
"TTRAU ANNA GLINKEWIC'Z recently described (Sitzbe/: Altad. Wis». IlVew,
-1- cxvi. 1. p. 3<S1. t. ]., lUUT) a flea from Egypt under the above name.
Through the kindness of Professor L. Ganglbauer and Professor K. Grobben uf
Vienna I have been able to examine a pair of cotyi)es of this species. The
insect in question is undoubtedly identical with Locmopaijlla clteojiis Rothsch.
(1903). The genus Xeiiopsijlla was published before Loemopsijlla, the name
jiroposed by Dr. K. Jordan and myself in 1008 for :he group oi' fleas to which
cheopis belongs, and must therefore be retained.
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NEUE ANSICHTEN UBER DIE MORPIIOLOGIE DES FLOH-
KOPFES, SOWIE UBER DIE ONTOGENIE, PHYLOGENIE
UND SYSTEMATIK DER ELOHE.
VON DR. A. C. OUDEMANS (Arnhem, Holland).
(Tafel XII., XIII.)
I. Einleitung.
A LS icb in der Tijdschri/t voor Eiitomolofpe (vol. li., p. 89, 1908) schrieb, dass
-^^ einige Flohe einen ia zwei Teile gegliedeiien Kopf hiitteii, dachte ich wenig
daran, dass diese mid weitere EntdeckuDgeii auf diesem Gebiete solche weitgehende
Folgen haben wi'irden.
Die Tatsache ailein, dass ein Iii.sekt einen gegliederten Kopf besitzt, ist eine
so ansserordentlicUe, dass es sonderbar genannt wei'deu muss, dass sie vor mir
niemand wahrgenommen hat. Vergebens snchte icli danach in der Literatur. Ich
finde nnr einon Passus, welcher anniiberend anf diese Kopfgliedernng hinweist;
die Autoren liaben sie aber offenbar niflit als solche erkannt.
Vor einigen Wochen uiiiulich fand ich zufiillig den folgenden Satz in Jordan
und Rothschild's "Revision of the Sareopsyllidae " {Thompson, Vates cf- Johmton
Laboratories Report vii. p. 19, 1900) :
"The head of the Siplwnaptera is divided by the antennal groove into an
anterior or frontal jiortion and a posterior or occipital portion. Tiie antennal groove
is usually prolonged dorsally as a narrow slit in the S of Sip/ionaptera, the grooves
of the two sides of the head often meeting on the top. There is normally also
an internal incrassation of the skeleton from the groove upwards in both sexes.
This arrangement is well marked in the Sarcopsyllid genus Echiihwphaqa. In
the genera llectopsijlla and Dermatophilus the dorsal prolongation of the antennal
groove and the internal thickening of the chitin are absent in both sexes, the
genera Dermatopliib(s and Ilrctopsi/Ua being in this respect more specialised than
lu-hidnophaya. tSueh a specialisation is not confined to these two genera of Sarco-
psi////(/ae. We meet with it also among the PuUcidne m the genera Chaetopsi/lla
and Verniipsylla."
Jordan nnd Rothschild halien also zuerst wahrgenommen und jiubliciert —
1. Dass bei vielen Mannchen der Suctoria die Antenuengruben sich dorsal-
wiirts als enge Sjialten verlangern, so dass die Gruben der beiden
Kopf'seiten sich am Scheitel begegnen ;
2. Dass bei vielen Flilhen, und danu in beiden Geschlechtern, sich eine
inwendige Verdickung des Skelettes vou den Antennengruben aufwarts
befiudet {Ecliidiiojiliaga und die meisten I'ulicidoe) ;
3. Dass bei anderen Fbdien die obeu erwiilinten spaltfijrmigen Fortsetznngen
der Antennengruben in beiden Geschlechtern fehlen (I/ectopsi/lla, JJer-
matophilus, Ckaetopsijlla, und Vermipsylla).
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Unabhangig vou den genanuten Antoren bemerkte idi iin Anfang des vorigeii
Jalires (1908) diesel6e Chitinverdicknng bei einigen Flohgattnngen iind das Fehleii
derselbeii bei andereu. Aiulere Tatsaclieu wnrdeii dagegeii znerst vou mir wahr-
geiiommen, iind icli jmlilicierte sie in der genannten 'njiliichrifl.
Es scbeint mir notwendig zu sein bier kur^ zu wii'derhiilen, was icb dcrt.
gesagt habe.
" Die meisten FlOhe besitzen einen gewohulichen ungegliederteu Kopf {caput
inteqrnm'). Es gii'bt aber Fli'be mit einem bnchstiiblich in zwei Tcile gcglicdorten
Kopfe, niimlicli in einen Vorderkojif {pars (inti'rior) nnd einen Hinterkojit' (piir.t
postenor). Hierzn gehoren nnr die IxchnopsijUidae. Die Teile sind selbst beweglich
mit.einander verbnndeu. Die Beweglichkeit ist nicht gross nnd besteht darin, dass
sie nicbt nnr ein wenig seitwiirts, sondern anoh ein wenig anf nnd nieder gesobeben
kann, nnd zwar nm einen Gelenkbr]cker(fo//f/y///.s), weleber sieb niigefiibrim Zentrnni
des Kopl'es befindet nnd stark chitinisirt ist. Die Folge der veutralen Flexion ist,
dass der freie Hinterraad (collare) der pits anterior sioh von der pars posterior
abliebt (Fig. I^), nnd dass der dorsale Teil der Antennengrube sicb erweitert, wiibrend
umgekebrt der ventrale Teil derselben sicb verengt. Ini entgegengesetzeu Falle
schliesst sich das collare geuan an die pars posterior an, verengt sicb der dorsale
Teil der Antennengrube, nnd erweitert sich der ventrale Teil derselben. ISolcb
einen Kopf nenne ich ein caput fractum.
" Die purs antt'rior eines solcben gegliederten Kopfes besitzt, wie die purs
posterior, die Thorax-Segoiente und die Abdominal-Tergite, einen breiten, phitten
Hiuterrand oder Krageu {collare), welcber iiber der purs posterior liegt, wiibrend
diese wie alle biuter ihr folgenden Thoracal- nnd Abdominal-Tergite vorn ein
Stosskissen (/Jor////;/.?) besitzt, welches in eine Ffanne (^/o^-.sa noduli) ih'r pars uiitcriur
passt.
" Die jx/rs anterior gleicht nun einem echten Kopfe ; die pars posterior ist
znm Verwechseln einem Pronotum iiliulich.
" Was uoeh sonderbarer ist : an dor pars anterior befinden sieii die rnilimentUren
Angen nnd die Mnndwerkzeiige, wiibrend an der purs posterior die Antennen
befestigt sind.
" Was nnn die Ki'ipfe der 7/itegriripitu betrifFt, so zeigen ancb diese mancbe
Eigenti'unliclikeiten. I>ei alien Surtoria treffen wir jenen centralen, stark ibitiiii-
sirten ILicker {tuber centrale) mehr oder weniger 'entwickelt an ; die Bedentnng
dieses IliJckers war nns bei einem caput frurt urn klar, ist nns aber bei einem ruput
integrum nnverstiindlieb.
"Bei vielen Fliihen nebmen wir nocli eine andere inweiidige Cbitinisirnng
wabr. In der Kopfhohle betindet sieli niimlicli, dein Kopfibube anliegeiid, eine
sichelformige Cbitinisirnng { fu/.e), welche sicb von der einen Antennengrube nach
der anderen hienziebt. Wozn diese ful.r dient, ist mir niclit dentlieh ; gewiss
nicbt znr Anheftung von Mnskein, denn diese sind am Koprdaehe selbst, sowohl
vor wie hinter der fal.r befestigt."
In der Tidjscliiift {I.e.) sind noch andere Fimkte erwiibnt, welche ich iibergehe,
da sie bei der gegenwiirtigen Besprcchnng nicbt in Betracht kommen.
Als ich obenerwiilmfe Entdecknngen (das Vorhandensein eines tuher eentrule,
das Feblen oder V'orhandensein einer yf//.c nnd der KojifgHeilernng) pnblicierte,
hatte ich nnr die folgenden Floharten vergliclien :
Ceratoplii/lliis sciurorum (Scbrank) nnd faseiutus f Bosc), Ctenoeephalus canis
(^Curtis) wad J'elis (Bonche), Are/iueopsi/llu eriiiacei (Boiiche), J'ulex irrita/is h-,
( i:55 )
CJiaefopsijlla globicep» (Tasch.), Eckidnophaga (jnUiiutceus (Westw.), Tscknopsyllus
elonyatus (t.tartis), hexacteiius (Koleu.), aimple.r (Rothsch.), und Xi/cteridopsi/lla
pentacteims (Kolen.).
Ich teilte die Flohe ein in Inteyricipita (mit den ersten sechs Gattnngen) uiid
Fracttdpitu (mit den letzten zwei), und war der Meinnng, die Intcgriripitd scien
primitive!' als die anderen.
AI)Pr da fund icli vergangenen November anf einer Mans einige Ctenophthalmus
segtiis (Scbunlierr). Zn meiuem Erstauuen hatte diese Art audi ein caput fract am,
wahrend ich (siehe oben) der Ansicht war, dass nnr die anf Fledermiiusen schmarot-
zenden T.*rliiiop,v/Ui(hii' einen solplien batten. Diese nene Entdecknng iiberraschte
mich so, dass ich den Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, Prof. Dr. K. M. F. Kraepelin,
Prof Dr. Otto Taschenberg, Dr. G. Enderlein, Prof. Dr. Jul. Wagner nnd andere
sofort bat, niir AVeibehen der Typen oder Cotypen aller mir unbekannten Genera
zur Untersnchung zuznsenden. Meine Absicht dabei war zn entscheiden, welclie
Genera zu den Vructici piUi nnd weh-lie zu den Infi'gricipita gehurten. was ieb ans
den Beschreibnugen und Abbildungeu der verschiedenen Antoren unmoglich erkennen
konnte.
Inzwischen land ich bei uieineu eigeuen Exemplaren von Cfenocepliahis caiiis
(Curtis) nnd Ct. felis (Bonche) die Spur einer Naht, welche Uber die inwendige
falx liiuft. Diese Entdecknng war fiir mich eine gauz besondere, denu nun waren
mir der tuber centrale und die faljc nicht mehr unerkliirlich. Ja noch mehr, die
Fiacticipita scheinen mir jetzt die primitivsten unter den jetzt lebenden Flohen
zu seiu, die Integricij/ita dagegen leiclit von den erstgenannten abznleiten.
Die obengennanten Herren beantworteten meiue Bitte rait der Znsendnng von
Weibchen aller Gattnngstypen, welche sie besassen, speziell stellte mir the
Hon. N. (!. Rothschild reiches Material zur Verfiigung, nnd ich kann diesen
hervorrageuden Flohlbrschern nicht dankbar genug dafiir sein.
Von den folgendeu Genera konnte ich die Typen nicht nntersnchen :
Anomiopsi/lliis Baker 1004 (Tyj)e : vwlatiis Baker) ; ist nach Baker mit Ti/pldo-
ps>/Ua (jetzt Spalacojisijlla Oudemans ItlOO) verwandt. Ich werde die Gattnng
ancli als so betrachten, ol)wohl man mit sogenannter " Verwandtschaft "' vorsichtig
sein muss.
] >asi/psyllns Baker 1905 (Ty'pe : pcfpinnatns Baker) ist ein sonderbares Tier,
das vielleicbt gar nicht mit Ccratoiiln/llus verwandt ist, wie von Baker augenommen
winl. Ich werde es trotzdem in die Niibe von Ccnitopln/llus sctzen.
/Ioji/iips>///u.i Baker 19or) (Type : anonmhts I'aker). Ich konnte //. glacialis
nntersnchen, zwelfle aber sehr an der Verwandtschaft dieser Arten, denn die
abgebildete Antenna von anomulus ist zu verscbiedeu.
Odoiitojisi/Uus Baker 19(1.") (Type : iiiiiltiKpiiionKii Baker) ist vermutlicli sehr
entferut mit Ccnitopln/llus verwandt ; voriaufig setze ich die Gattnng in die Niihe
der jetztern.
Illiopalopsj/Uus Baker 1905 (Tyjie : hit:i Baker). Ich konnte nnr clroplwntig
Rotbscb. nntersnchen, welche von Rothschild jedoch als iinsserst nabe verwandt
mit ////.,-/ betracb(et wird.
Stc/ilKiiwcircuti Sknse 1890 (Type: (ln.v/uri Sknse). Ich hatte nur Gelegenheit
'S'. nitiiKdiii Rothsch. zn nntersucbeu. Die Sfep/iaiiocircus-Arten sind aber so nabe
miteinauder verwandt, dass es mir wobi nicht iibelgedeutet werdeii kann, wenn ich
handle als hiitte ich die typiscbe Art selbst gesehen.
Vermipsi/Ua Scbimk. (Type : alucurt Schimk.) ist mir nnr ans den exacten
( 13fi )
Beschreibungen nnd Abbildnngen Wagners bekannt. AusserJem keiino icli die
Verm, hyaenae Kolen., so dass ich gewiss nicht fehlgreife, wenn ich sie in dio
Verwandtschaft von Chaetopsylla Kohant 1003 bringe, woranf ancli ncnordings
Dampf liinweist {Schrift. Plit/si/i. Oeliov. Ges. Konitjsli. \. Pr., vol. -10, ji. ','01).
Das Hesnltftt mcinov Unfersnolinngen lego ich iinn in den t'nlgcnden Zeilen
nieder ; —
II. Morphologischer Teil.
Den sonderbarsten Kojif bat woLl Macropaylla kercules Rothscb. (Taf. XII,
Fig. 1). Er ist nicht allein ein caput fractum, weil er ans zwei beweglicben Teilen
besteht, sondera zeigt in der para posterior eine schwere falx posterior. Diese
erstreckt sich vou der einen Kopfseite, dem Schildeldache angedriickt, nach der
anderen nnd ist in der Mitte gewaltig dick. In der Fignr ist nur dieses grosse tuber
postccrticale gezeichnet (= optischer Dnrchschnitt dnrch den dicksteu Teil Aax falx
posterior). Bs scheint ans einer Verwachsung von zwei Lappen einer tiefen Falte
der Kopfdecke entstanden zu sein. Der Ranin der Falte ist mit einer hellen
Chitinmasse vOllig ansgefiillt. Scheiubar nnter der /«/./-, in Wirkliehkeit aber der
linken nnd rechten Kopfwand anliegend, setzen sich die beiden Horner der/«/.r fort
(in der Figur sind nnr die Grenzen mit Strichelchen angegeben). Zwisclien diesen
beiden SichelhOrnern liegt ein Teil des Gehirns nnd verliinf't der Oesophagns. Weiter
nach vorn sieht man die ebenfalls tiefe Klnft zwischen don zwei beweglicben
Kopfteilen, das starke Stosskissen {iwduius) der pars posterior, und die damit
iibereiustimmende Pfanne (J'o.ssa noduli) der pars anterior, beide stark chitinisiert.
Die Klnft am Vertex ist tief, reicht aber vertikal nicht weiter als die Stelle, wo
der vorJerste Teil des Stosskissens sich befindet nnd setzt sich an den Seiten des
Kopfes bis an die Antennengrnbe fort. Das breite collare deckt einen Teill der
Antennengrube.
Einen zweiten Kopftypns besitzt Step/tanocircus sim.wm Rothsch. (Taf. XII,
Fig. 'Z). (Ich konnte den Typns der Gattnng, du.vjnri Shuse, nicht nnter.sncheii.)
Ancb bier befindet sich in der Mitte der pars posterior eine schwere ^/.t posterior
mit gewaltigem tuber postverticale, woriiber eine dentlich sicbtbare Nalit verliinft.
Die beiden ILirner der y«/.r liegen der linken und rechten Kopfwand an nnd sind
nicht in der Fignr angegeben. Zwischen ihuen liegt ein Teil des Gehirns nnd
verliiuft der Oesophagns. Am tuber postrertirale kann man nicht mit Sicherheit
selien, ob er dnrch die Ausfiillnng einer Falte der Kopfdecke entstanden ist;
wahrscheinlich ist dies aber der Fall.
Weiter nach vorn sieht man die dentliche, schmale, nii'ht tiefe Klnft zwischen
den zwei beweglichen Kopfteilen, das starke Stosskissen {mdulu.s) A&r pars posterior
und die darauf passende Pfanne {/ossa noduli) der pars anterior, beide stark
chitinisiert. Die verticale Klnft reicht nicht tiefer als die Stelle, wo der vorderste
Teil des Stosskissens sich befindet, setzt sich aber an den Seiten des Kopfes bi:
an die Antennengrnbe fort. Die Fortsetznug des scbmalen collare deckt znm Teil
die Antennengrnbe.
Am Kopfe der I.telnwpsyllus elongatus (Curtis) (abgebildet ist /. Ite.ractemis,
weil meiue Exemplarc von /. elongatus nicht so gut das collare sehon lassen,
Taf. XII, Fig. 3) und an den folgendcn zu beschreibenden Kuj)fen ist keine Spar
einer /<(/j; posterior zu bemerken. Die Gliederung zwischen den beiden Kopfteilen
ist dagegeu sehr deutlich. Die verticale Klnft is schief nach vorne gerichtet, reicht
aber nicht tiefer als die Stelle, wo sich der vorderste Teil des nodulus der pars
s
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posterior befindet. An den Seitcn des Knpfes setzt sioh jednch die Kluft bis an
die Antennengrnbe fort. Da die Kluft so schief nach vorn verliinft, hat sich bier
am llinterrandc der pars anterior ein breiter Krageu (collare) gebildet, welcher
liber die pars posterior greift. Der Kragen bedeckt aiich die Vorderseite der
jiroxinKden Hiilfte der Antennengrnbe. Die Ahulichkeit der pars jiosterior rait
einem Pronotnm ist iiberrascbend. Vor der Antennengrnbe sieiit man den Gelenk-
hocker oder das tuber centrale. Dber diesem nnd imter der verticalen Khift verliinft
der Oesopbagns nnd zwar zwischen den Antennengrnben nnd anch zwiscben den
chitiiiisierten Riindern der Hintorseite der pars anterior, nnd cbenfolls zwiscben
den cbitiuisierten Riindern der Vorderseite der pars posterior. Selir weit nach
vorn, gerade vor der Vorderspitze des Kopfes, beraerkt man ein dreieekiges
Anhiingselchen, einen miicro.
Am Kopfe von Cteriophthalmus segnis (Scbiinb.) (Taf. XII, Fig. 4) ist die
Gliedernng der beiden Kopfteile nocb dentlicli, obwohl die verticale Khift nicht
tief ist ; sie reicht nicbt welter als die Stelle, wo sicb der nodtdtis befindet. Das
collare ist aucb dentlich nnd bedeckt, obwobl schmal, nocb dem vorderea Tell der
Antennengrnbe. Die KInf't setzt sich bis an die Antennengrnbe fort. Die llfinder
der binteren Seito der pjars anterior nnd der vorderen Seite der ywr.v posterior
siud gnt ebitinisiert. Zwiscben diesen lliindern verliinft der Oesopbagns (nicht
mltgezeicbnet). Das tuljer centrale (in dieser Art biuter der Antennengrnbe) ist
sebr dentlich.
Der Kopf der Palaeopsi/lla ffrwilis (Tasch.) (Taf. XII, Fig. 5) zeigt uns eine
nocb dentliche Gliedernng. Die Beweglichkeit mnss aber eine geringe sein, denn die
verticale Klnl't ist sebr seicbt ; ja, ich glanbe, dass, wenn icb znfiillig ein E.xemplav
nntersncht biitte, bei dem das collare nicht anfgeboben war, die Feststellung der
Gliedernng nicht ganz leiclit gewesen wiire. Bei genaner Untersncbnng zeigt sich
jedoch, dass die C'hitindecken der beiden Kopfteile nic/<t ineinander iibergehen.
Die Klnft setzt sich an den Seiten bis an die Antennengrnben fort, und gebt
eigentlich nocli viel welter ; o;ler mit anderen Worten, das collare ist an den
Seiten sebr breit und bedeckt einen grossen vorderen Tell der Antennengrnbe.
Der Rand der Hinterseite der pars anterior ist bier nicht gnt zu sehen, der der
Vorderseite der pars posterior dagegen gnt nnd breit ebitinisiert. Welter nach
vorne bemerkt man einen iuwendigen Hocker, das tnher frontale, das anssen in
einer Vertiel'nng eine kleine dreieckige Spitze, einen nim-ro, triigt.
Die weiter zu beschreibeiiden Kopfe sind ungegliedert.
Der Kopf des Ctenocephalus canis (Curt.) (Taf. XII, Fig. 6) bietet nns ein
Beispiel von einem sehr kriiftigen tuber verticale, das wnuderbarerweise anssieht
wle das tuber postrerticale der Macropsjflla hercules Rothscb. ; d. h. es scheint
entstanden zn sein ans einer verticalen Falte, welche mit einer leichtgetarbten
Chitinmasse ansgefiillt ist. Das Exemplar ist von Herrn Edw. Jacobson in seiner
AVobnung in Semarang (Java) erbentet worden. Ich besitze noch zwei andere
Exerai)lare, und zwar ans Wien nnd aus Paris, aber keius von beiden zeigt das
tuber so deutlich als eine Falte. Von diesem tuber ans verlanfen zwei inwcndige,
deu Kopfseiten angedriickte Chitinleisten nach unteu, nnd zwar vor nnd biuter
der Antennengrnbe. Gerade tiber letzterer sieht man eine kanm bemerkbare Nabt,
welche als eine Verliingerung der scharfen Hinterkante des dnrcbscheincuden
Lappens erscheint, welcher die Vordcrhiilfte der Antennengrnbe bedeckt.
Weniger gross und fast kreisruud ist das tuber certicale (= der optische
Dnrchschnitt durcb den dicksteu Tell der J'alx verticalis') bei Palex irrifans L,
( 138)
(Taf. XII, Fig. T). Hier ist kiiiie Aiidentniig vorliaiulen, dass es ans eiiier
ansgefiillteii Falte eutstaiuleii ist. An deii Kopfseiteii befiuden sich die allmiihlicli
diiimer werdender 8icbelboruer, welcbe sicb vor niid biiiter den Aiitenueiignibeu
spalten. Uber der falx verbtnft deiitlicb eiiie Naht, weli^he deu Aiisclieiii bat,
als wiiie sie eiiie otwas iiacb vonie verscbobeiR' Verliingeruiig der scbarfen
Hiuteriiaute des dnrcbscbeiiieiideii Lappeus, welcber die X'orderbalfe der Antennen-
gnibe bedeckt.
Beiui Kopfe von Mtilnro/isi/lld (irflxsireiitrix Weyeuli. (Taf. XII, Fig. 8) ist das
tuber rertirale kleiner, lialbkreisflinuig. Die Sichelhorner sind breit, dnnkel, mid
an del- Antenneugrnbe gespalten. Uher Aer fal.i- verbiiift eine sebr dentliobe Nabt,
die aussiebt als ob sie eine etwas nacb binteu verscbobene ^'erlangeruiig der scbarfen
Hinterkante des durchscheinenden Lappens ware, welcber den vorderen Teil der
Antennengrnbe bedeckt.
Als icli den Kopf von Pardjjxi/ll/ia loiiyironds Enderl. abbilden wollte, fand
ich, dass dieser Typiis von mir eben dem Herrn Dr. Enderlein zuriickgesandt war.
So behalf ich mich mit einer Skizze des Kopfes einer anderen I'anij>xi/ll>is-ATt ans
der Sammliing des Herrn N. C. Rothschild (Fig. A, S. lo8), /'. aitsfral/aciis. Die
/alx rertical/s ist deullieh, aber nicht schwer chitinisiert. Das tiifjef rerticnlc
(= der optische Dnrcbschnitt durcb den dicksten Teil der J'a I. r) ist nocb kleiuer
als bei der vorbergebenden Art. Hier scheiut keine die Antennengrnbe deckende
Platte vorhanden zn sein. Weit nacb vorn, fast an der vordersten Ko]ifspitze,
befindet sich ein inwendiges tuhev frontule, welches aussen, in einer Vertiefnng, ein
sonderbar geformtes Liippchen trjigt, einen macro.
Keine Spnr von tiihfr verficale zeigt der Kojif von Dolichopi^ylla sti/losfis Baker
(Taf. XIII, Fig. 9). Aber es ist iiberraschend, dass er einen bellen, wenig
chitinisierten, Streifen besitzt, welchen ich als ein Kndiment einer Grube oder
Falte oder Naht ansebe. Der Streifen, welcher von jeder Antennengrnbe nacb
dem Vertex verliinft, erreicht diesen oflPenbar nicht ; sonst wiire dort wobl eine
Unterbrechnng der chitiniisen Kopfdecke zn selien. Die scbnpjiige Chitinzeichnnng
ist vor diesem Streifen naeh liinten uiid oben gerichtet, hinter demselben dagegen
nach voru und oben, wie in der Fignr angegeben ist. Ein Teil der vorderen Hiilfte
der Antennengrnbe ist von einem dnrcbsichtigen, schmalen Lappen bedeckt. Weit
naeh vorn, fast an der vordersten Spitze des Kojifes, bildet die ('hitindecke einen
Winkel, der nacb nnten (nacb vorn) gerichtet ist. Bei anderen Floharten ist
dieser Winkel biiher am Kopfe angoliracht, und wcist dann nacli oben (nacb
binten). Es ist ein Mittelding zwisehen einem wiicm nnd einem /irotectum (siebe
Tijdsrlirifl, loe. cit.), denn es ist kein Dreieckcben, wie Fig. 3 zeigt, ancb keiii
Scbnt/.diicbiein, das nuter sich einen IJanm besitzt, wie in der folgenden Fignr
angegel)en.
Keine Spnr, weder einer /(//,<•, nocb eines tuber rcrtieali', nocb einer Nabt ist
am Kopfe des Cerrito/i/i>/ll/is liirundiniH Cnrt. zn finden. (Da das mir vorliegende
Exem]ilar vim (''eratOjilii/lluK hiruiidiiiix f'nrt. b.'schiidigt war, bohelfe ich mich bier
mit einer Abbibhing einer iinsserst nahevcrwandten Art, rolumbur, Taf. XllI,
Fig. in). Selbst die scbnppige Obitinzeichnnng verliinft schrilg fiber den Antenneu-
grnben nach binten. Man bemerkt aber weit nacli vorn ein waiires jirotrctum,
das wie ein Sciint/.diiiOdein einen kleinen Kanni birgt ; es erinnert uns an ein
follarc ; es ist aber nacb nnten (nach vorn) gerichtet. Ks gil)t iiides Flobarten,
bei denen das protfrtiuii hiiber am Kopfe stebt, iu wclcheni l''iilie es nach oben
(nach binten) gekebrt ist {protectum iitrersunt), so dass es einem wabren collare
( 139 )
iihnelt. Ill bfiJeu FiiUea liinft der Rand des 8chutzdiichleins ein wenig links
imd reclits fiber den Kopf bin, wie in der Fignr angegebeii ist.
Derauacb haben eiuen gegliederteii Kopt (ca/j/it fractum) :
Chiropteropxylla ueyijptins (Rotbsch.), Ctenoplithalmus xei/iiis (ScbOiili.), //y-
sfr/('/tojjx'/l/(i tidjKte ((Iiirt.), Ixclniopsi/lliis i'/oi/(/afiis ((Jurt.), Macrnpsi/lla hercules
Rothsch., Nycti'ri(lopsf/Uu priitactenus (Kolen.), Palaeopaiilla yracilis (Tasch.),
Stejihanocirciis dasipiri SJjuse, Thaumopsylla Itrericeps Rothsch., T'/phloceras
poppei Wagn.
Von diesen besitzeu ein tuher jWittrertinile die zwei folgendeu :
Macropaylla hercules Rothsch. nnd Stephanocircus dasyuri Sknse.
Vou den Gattnngstypen mit caput itite.yrum nennen wir die folgonden, welche
ein tuber rerticale besitzeu, das aus einer Falte, welche wieder ausgefiillt ist,
entstanden zn sein srheint. Zngleioh haben sie eine sehwere /«/,j" :
Ctenocephalus canin (Cnrt.) nud Moeopsylla sjoestedti Rothsch.
Eine schwere/aZ.r mit einem massiven tuber verticale haben die folgenden :
Arckaeopsylla erinacei (Bonche), Iloplopsyllus anomalus Baker, }rnlacopsylla
grossive/itrix Weyenb., Xeopsyl/a bidentatifoimis (Wagn.), Parapsyllua lonyicornis
Enderl., I'ulex irritans L., Wiopalopsyllus lutzi Baker, Spilopsyllus leporis (Curt.).
Die folgenden Arteu besitzeu ein schwaches tuber certicale und eine schwache
falx oder eine Spnr davon, nnd zwar in alien denkbaren Graden vou Dentlichkeit :
Anomiopsyllus uudcitus Baker (?), Echidnophaya ambulaus Olliff, Goiiiop.vjlhis
Itergueleiisis {T&ich.), Lycopsyllii nofus Rothsch., Odoidopsyllun mutti.y>ino.si/x Baker,
Ornithopiylla laetitiae Rothsch., Pariodontis riggenbaehi Rothsch., Pyyiopsylla hilli
(Rothsch.), Spalacopsylla bisoctodentatus (Kolen.).
Eine deutliche Naht verliinft iiber die /«/.<■ bei :
Goniojisyllus /terqut'leusis (Tascli.) nnd Seoptsylhi bidentotiformis (Wagn.).
Eine zum Teil deutliche Naht ist vorhanden bei :
Anomiopsyllus nudatus Baker, Ctenocephalus canis ((,'nrt.), Iloplopsyllus
anomalus Baker, Malacopsi/lla qrossieentris Weyenl)., Pulcx irritant L., Rhopalo-
2JSyllus lutzi Baker, Spalacopsylla bisoctoderdatus (Kolen.).
Nur eine Naht finden wir bei :
Dolichopsylla stylosus Baker.
Keiup Spuren von tuber rerticale, falx, nnd Naht sind zu bemerken bei :
Ceratophyllus hirundirds Curt., Cerat. fasciatus (Bosc), Cerat. sciurorum
(Schrauk), Cerat. pcnicilliyer (Grube), Chaetopsylla globieejis (Tasch.), Coptopsylla
lamellifer (^Vagn.), iMsypsyllus perpinnatus Baker, Dermutophilus penetrans (L.),
IJectopsylla psittuci Frauenf',, lAstropsiilla dolosus Rothsch., Loemnpsj/lla chaeopis
Rothsch., Ilectopsylla pulex (Haller), I'rojisylla tusmaiiicus Rothsch., Vcrmipsylla
alacurt Schirak.
Wir treffen ein tuber fronfnlc, m\t ndor ohne mncro oder lisfrou (sclianfi'ii'onuiges
Liijipchen) an bei :
Chaetopsylla glohiceps (Tascli.), IJatrojisylla dolosus Rothscli., Seopsylla
bidentdtiformis (Wagn.), Parapsijllus loiK/icoruis Enderl., I'hopulopst/llus lutzi
Baker. ' ^ ' •
Bei den foln-enden Artcn fiiidet sich oin protectum oder eiu protectum iiliuliches
Gebilde :
Ceratophyllus hirundi/iis Curt., Cerat. fa.^ciafus (Bosc), Cerat. sciurorum
(Schrank), ( 'erat. penicilliqer (Grnlie), Pasypsyllus perpinnatus Baker, Dolichopsylla
stylosus Baker, Lycopsylla novus Rothsch., Odontopsylltis multispinosus Baker.
( H" )
Nur fin Genus zcigt ein protrctum uirersxm, niimlich Mocopsylla .yoestci/ti
Rothscli.
Ebeiifalls ist nur cin Genus mil einem frontulon bufeiseufurmigen Eindrnoke
versehen, und zwar :
J>i'r)»iito///i/I/is jM' /Iff I'll ii.s (h.).
III. Outog-enetischer Tell.
Wie die Nebelfleckc, die NebcJsternc, die weissen, gelben, roten, einige
veriinderlicben und die verschwundenen odor dnnkelen Sterne nns die AVenbings-
geschicbte der HimmelskOrper erzilblen, so belebren uns die oben abgebildeten und
beschriebenen Flohkopfe iiber die Ontogenie dieses Korperabscbnittes.
Betracbten wir die Figur 1, so kiinnen wir uns des Gedankons nicht erwehren,
dass dieser Koi)f bei der Larve dreiteilig, d.b. mit zwei Einkerbungen verscben
war. Die biiitere derselben muss wiihrend des Pnjipenstadiums stark chitinose
Riinder bekommen und sicb darauf mit Obitinmasse ausgefiillt baben, wiibrend die
vordere als Gelenk bestehen blieb.
Was die zweite Figur anbetriffr, so lebrt sic uns, dnss die Larve ebenfalls cinen
dreiteiligen Kojit' batte, mit zwei ticfen Einkerbungen, wovou die vordere stark
cbitinose Riinder bekam und als Gelenk blieb, wiibrend die hintere ebenso stark
cbitiniise Riinder erbielt, sicb aber bald mit (!hitinmasse so ausfiillte, das von einer
Einkcrbung keine Spur iibrigblieb, sondern eine gewaltige inwendige Sicbel gebiblet
wnrde. Ein feiner auswendiger Scblitz verrilt aber dcren Ursprunj;'.
Fig. 3. zeigt uns den typiscben /gc/i/)o/isi/lli/s-Koi>f. Hier kiuinen wir uns
vorstellen, dass die Larve ebenfalls vor den Autennen eine Gliederung aufweist.
Aber wir sebcn am vordersten Kopfvorsprunge cin dreieckiges Gobilde, einen mnrvo.
Es siebt ans, als ob es aui'geklebt ist, nud in der Tat, bei eiuigen E.xemplaren kann
es abbrecben oder abfallen. Die Stella, wo dieser angebeftet war, ist dann in den
meisten Fiillen angedeutet, sei es dass sicb dort eine sebr oberflilcblicbe Einbncb-
tnng befindet, oder eine kleine, geradc Strecke in der gebogenen FrontalHnie zn
sehen ist, oder aber ein "Wolkcbeu von coaguliertem Eiweiss die Stelle verrat
(siebe Tijdscliri/t roor Ent. vol. li. p. 94). Was ist die Bedeutung dieses m/icro?
Das wissen wir nicht ; vermntlich ist er ein Sinnesorgan. Woraus entsteht er ; was
war er bei der Larve? Audi das ist ein Riitsel, denn die iKrlnwpsi/Uiden-lAvven
sind nocb nicbt bekanut. Vielleicbt lebren nns die folgoiiden KOpf'e etwas Niilieres.
An Figur 4 seben wir nur eine ciozige Gliederung und sebliessen daraus, dass
die Larve dieselbe Gliederung aufweisen muss.
Figur .5 zeigt uns, ausgeiiommen die Gliederung, welcbe sicber audi bei der
Larve anwesend war, einen schrmeu kastanienfVirmigen mucro, welchcr in einer
seicbten Vertiefnng steht.(die icb bisweilen auch bei Ischnop!ii/Ui<l<P fand — siebe
oben). Da die Kopfdeeko an dieser Stelle nicht diinner ist, ala vor und hinter dem
mucro, so spriiigt sie inwendig etwas bervor, als vcollte sie ein kleiiies tidwr frontak
bilden. Der Zusammeubang des mucvo mit dcm tnher J'rontale ist deutlich. Da
die Larve uns unbekannt ist, so kiinnen wir nicbts Niiheres iiber den Ursprnng
dieses Gebildes mitteilen.
Der Kopf des Hundeflohs, Figur 0, ist sebr interessant, da er uns ein tuber
rerlicale zcigt, welches dcm tuber jioxtvertiaile des Miirrfl/i.it/lla //erciites Rothscb.
(Figur 1) so ausscrordentlicb gleicbt, dass wir unwilikiiriicii den Scbluss zieben,
die beiden ticbera seien gleichen Ursprnngs. Da nun das tuber certicale des
( 141)
Hundeflohs gerado an der Stelle angetroflfen wird, wo die vorhergcnanuten Arten
eine Kopfgliederung aufweiseu, so schliessen wir, dass es fri'iher, bei der Larve,
eine Gliederiing war, die aus gewisseii Griiaden verloren ging. Die llilnder, der
Vorder- nnd Hinterfliiche der Falte wurden stark chitinisiert, die Falte selbst fiillte
sicli mit einer (Jliitiumasse aus, aber ein Teil der scharft'U Ivragenkante blieb als
Nalit liber der Anteimengrnbe sichtljar. 1st diesc Betrachtuiig riclitig, dann muss
das tuber postverticale von Macropsijlla kercuks Rothscb. ebenfalls eine rudimeutilre
Gliederung sein.
Fulex irritans L. (Fignr 7) besitzt einen Kopf, bei dem das tuber certkale
keine Spur von Falte anf'weist. Doch gluulje irli, dass es, wie beini Ilnndefloh,
urspriuiglicla, also bei der Larve, eine Falte war, welche ihrerseits cine rndLiiient;ire
Gliederung sein muss. Bei genauer Untersnchung unterscheidet man noch eine
Nalit iiber der Anteunengrnbe, als Rudiment einer Kragenkante.
Der Fig. 8 abgebildete KopC bat ein starkes, obwolil relativ niedriges tuber
verficalc nnd eine h\-ii\tQ faU , woriiber eine deutliche Nalit von der einen Antennen-
grube znr andercn verliinft. Die Larve balte bier gewiss eine Gliederung, welcbe
aber nicbt sebr beweglich war, also eine solche wie sie die ausgebildeten Flobe
Fig. 4 and 5 zeigen. Die Falte fiillte sieb ganz aus.
Sebr lehri-eicb ist der in Fig. A {^. lo.S) wiedorgegebene Kopf. Erstens liaben
wir bier ein grosses tuber front ale, mit einer tiefen Einsenkung, worin ein liinglich-
viereckiges Liippebeu stebt. Eriniiert das Gebilde nicbt an Figur. 5 ? 1st es
nicbt ein Ubergang zwisoben deiu kleinen tuber froiitale Aex Palaeop.viUa gracilis
(Tascb.), Fig. 5, und dem grossen ChaetOjisylla (jlohiccps Tasch. ? Zweitens ist das
tuber certicale der vorliegenden Art sebr klein ; aber dadurcli gleicbt es ungemein
dem tubei- frontale von anderen Suctoria, speziell von Chaetopsylla globiceps, da
diese uur eine seichte Vertiefung, keinen muero oder Ustrori (wie Listropsi/lla),
oder andersgef<>rmtes Liippcben triigt. Darum glaube icb, dass ein tuber frontale,
mit oder ohne mucro, listron, oder andersgefOrmtem Liippcben, ein Kudiment einer
Falte nnd diese wieder eine rudimentiire Gliederung darstellt.
So muss icb wobl aunebmen, dass bei der Larve zwei Kopfifalten nacbzuweisen
sind, eine vor den Antennen, die andere nicbt weit iiber den Mundteilen gelegen.
Vielleicbt ist die erste Falte selbst sebr tief, so dass sie beinahe eine Gliedernng
darstellt ; denn woher soil sonst die breite \iYsxmefalx herriihren ?
Ebenfalls lebrreicb ist Figur 9, welcbe den Kopf von DoUchop.v/lla stylosus
Baker darstellt. Dicser besitzt iiber der Antennengrube einen bellen sebmalen
Streifen, welcber offenbar eine weniger cbitinisierte Stelle ist, wie oben bescbrieben.
Dieser Streifen muss wobl eine seicbte Falte bei der Larve sein. Eine zweite
Eigentiimlicbkeit ist ganz vorn am Kopfe wabrzunebmen. Dort ist die Kopfdecke
wie gekniekt und wir diirl'cn vermnten, dass bei der Larve der Teil, welcber sicb
unter diesem Knicke befindet, in den ilariiber gelegenen Teil eingescboben war oder
werdcn konnte, m\t anderen W'orten, dass bei der Larve sicb bier eine Gliedernng
befindet. Also gerade dort, wo bei den Larven eine Gliederung vorbanden ist,
bildet sicb ein tuber frontale, oder ein mucro etc.? Ja, und icb glaube audi, dass
dieser Knick nnd der macro und das tuber frontale gleicben LTrsprungs siiid.
Figur 10 stellt deii Kopf des Ceratoplujllus coluinbae Stepb. vor. Icb liiltte
ebensogut den Kopf einer anderen Ceratophylliis-kxi abbilden kiinnen, denn die
Kiipfe sind einander aussergewOlinlicb alinlicb. Die eiiizige Mcrkwiirdigkeit an
diesem Kopfe ist das Scbutzdacblein (/jrotectum)- Siebt es niclit aus wie der
Kuick am vorigeu Kopfe ? Gewiss, aber es birgt einen kleinen Ranm nnter sicb ;
( H2 )
es liat eine sclmrfe Kiuitc, welche sicli iiocli eiii wciiij; zii beiiU'ii Sciteii des Ko|)fes
erstreckt. Dieses prottxtum ist gaiiz gcwiss cine rutliiuentiire Falte der Larve,
Oder eiiie rndimeutitre Gliedernug, was dasselbe ist. Es aliiielt audi, obscliou
umgekehrt, eiuem collare (Kragen, Hinterraud jedes Leibessegiueuts der Fliibe).
Nun besitse icb eine Larve von i'enitophi/Uits ftiiiijilhw (Walk.). AVer
best-lireil)t meine Errcgung als diese lueiue Vermutnngeu bestatigte ! Wie deutlich
die tiefe Falte, oder Gliedernug, sicb iiber den Mundteilcu hin/.ieht! Uiid gcrade
dort, wo bei der Imago das jirotcrtum hervorsiiringt I Nocli niebr 1 Gerade vor deu
Auteunen erstreckt sich ebeufalls eine Falte (hier uur eine balbe Gliederung), also
gerade dort, wo bei dor Imago von J tolichoi'-v/lla der weisse Streiien verlanft, bei
andereu FlOheu die Nabt, diey«7i- oder die Gliederung sieli befindet ! !
Absolut sicber steht die Tatsaebe, dass die supra-antcnnale Gliederung, faU,
Nabt, Streifeu, etc., gemeinsameu Ursprnngs, bomolog sind.
Ist dasselbe mit dem tuber jWstrerticale der beiden erstgenaiinten Fluligat-
tuni'en der Fall? Diese Frage ist entschieden zu bejahen, denn bei beiden Arten
befindet sicb das tuber in der Mitte der pars poatcrior, zwisclien den zwei " augen-
iihnlicbcn Organen."
Und wie steht es mit dem tuber frontah', dem mucro, etc. ? Icb glanbe, dass
wir mit Vertrauen annehmen konuen, dass alle diese Gebilde gemeinsamen
Ursprungs, also homolog sind. In den meistcn Fallen befiuden sie sich zwischen
dem ersten nnd zweiten " angeufiirmigen Organe" (von der Stirnkantc ab gereclinet).
Es ,"-iebt zwei Ausnahmeu : der mucro der hchiiopnijllulai: ist gerade vor oder selbst
unter dem ersten " angenfOrmigen Organe" gclcgeu ; aber wenn man bedenkt, dass
die Stellnng dieser Urgane kleiuen Schwankungeu ansgesetzt ist, dann niiumt
man es nicht so genau daniit. MoeopsijUa s/oextedti Rothsch. besitzt eiu sehr liocli,
werade vor dem Vertex, gelegenes protwtum ii<i:rrxum. Ich erinnere mich nicht,
wie dieses sich gegeniiber den "augeni'Ormigen Organen" verhalt ; denn ich maclite
dariiber keine Notizen ; ich glanbe aber, dass es ohue Bedenkeu als homolog mit
den anderen genannten Frontalorganen angesehen werden kann.
IV. Phylogenetisch-Biologischer Teil.
Bevor ich nun zn dem iibergehe, was mich das Stndinm der Flobkiipfe gelehrt
hat, muss ich noch einige Grnndsatze erwahnen.
Sowohl das Stndinm der Acari, als das der Suctoria hat mir in erster Linic
gezeigt, dass die Weibchen die primitive Organisation fast immer weit besser
bewabrt baben als die mehr spezialisirtcn Miinnchen. Darum sind z. B. die ? ?
der Gattungen Ccratophi/llus nnd /»r/iiiops;/llua so schwer voneiuander zu unter-
scheiden. Ans diesem Grunde basiren sich meine Betrachtungen und Klassifikatiun
nnr auf die Weibchen.
Was die Artkennzeicben betrifft, so ist es bekaunt, dass bei schwer zu untcr-
scheidenen Arten nnr die bintcrsten Teile (Gonapophysen, etc.) benntzt werden
knnnon. Es ist darum logisch, dass man fiir die Uuterschcidung von hiihcren
Gruppen : Genera, Familia, Superfamilia, wenn muglich Unterschiedc in mehr
nach vorn gclegenen Teilen ins Auge fasst.
Wenn wir nun zn dem eigentlichen Gegeustaude nnseres Studinms (ibergehen,
somlissen wir zunjichst fragen, welche Eigcnscliaften die FlOheallnuihlich bekonimen
oder verloren haben in Verbindung mit ihrer Lebeusweise oder besser als Folge
derselben.
( 143 )
A. l)ic LiiiHji'. — Wahrsclieiiilicli wareii die VurtUluvii ilcr jetztlebenden Fliihe
Parasiten dcr ersten, kleinen, nervuseii mid diilier sehr bewegliclien Siingetiere,
niimlicli der Allot/tcria, Monotrcmata, Mdisn iiidlia^ fiisecticora uud Chiroiitera init
sehr dicliter Beluwriing. Die Tierchen miissen wohl eiiie laiige, scbmale Form
geliabt Laben niid aiisserst gewaiidt geWL'seii sciu, nm durch das Uickicht vdu
Haareii eileu und dem Gekratze der \\'irte eutflieheu :^ii kouneu. Ich nelie darmu
in langgestreckten Floheu primitive Formen.
Wabrsolieinlicli durcli fortgesetzten Parasitismus anf griisseren, ruiiigereu
Siiugetiereu, wnrdeu die Fluhe selbst, da sie weuiger beniirubigt warden, aiich
allmablich weniger beweglicb, weniger scbbiuk.
Aiich ist es denkbar, dass eiuige Floharten der scbou kiirzeren Formen sich
gewohnteD, sich an gewissen blutreicben Stelleu der Wivte f'estznsaugeu und dann
dort zii verbarren. Wird soldi ein eiuziger 8ticb ausgelibt, wilhrend der Wirt
scbliit't oder fliiubtet oder i'risst, dimn ist der Parasit fast ganz sicber nicbt gesturt
zu warden, kaim sitzeii bleibeu und wird im Laiile des Zeiteu stets kiirzcr und
iettreicber.
Lange FlOhe sind z. B. : Ischnopsijllus, Cteiiophthalmns, lli/atriclwjisi/Ua ;
knrze: Piilcv, xirchaeoj/si/lla, Cteiiocephalus; sehrkurze: L>crnvUoi>hilus, Echidiw-
phaga, llectopsylla.
B. Die Beweglichkcit und die Sprunijifahigkeit. — Wir kOnnen uns vorstelleu,
dass die ersten Fbihe gewiibnlicbe Gangbeine batten und gar keine SjirungfUbigkeit
besassen. Es ist leicbt zu bcgreifen, dass sie diese Fabigkeit alluuiblicb erwarbeu,
nm dem Gekratz zn eutgehen, oder besser, um nacb dem Absterben des Wirtes so
bald wie moglicb einen anderen Wirt erreicben zn kOnnen. Urspri'iugliche FlObe
miissen daber sprnngnnfahige Beine baben, oder nur sebr kleine .Spriinge macben
konnen. Chiropteroitsi/lla, I»-/t//ojis;/ll/'s, Xi/cteridopni/lla und T//ai///iajj.v/lla kiinneu
bier genannt werden. AVir konnen aucb annebmen, dass die Flobe der i^ledermiiuse
sekundiir scblecbte Springer geworden sind, weil ibre wirte Lufttiere und ziemlicb
bilflos sind. Viel bessere, ja gewaltige Sjiriinge macben gerade die mittellangeii
Flobe wie Arckaeopsi/Ua, Cteiiocephalus und Pulcx. Uud selbstverstiindlieb
macben die Fellbocker, wie man die sonderbar spezialisierten Dermatophilas,
Echidiwpliaga uml Hectopsijlla nennen kann, gar keine Spriinge mehr, vielleicht
abgeseben von den Weibcben, ebe sie sicb festgesetzt baben, und den Miinncben.
(.'. l>ie Bchauriiiig und Bcborsfang. — Mir kommt es vor, als ob die nrsjiriing-
licbeu Flobe dicbt bebaart oder besser beborstet waren, oder wurdeii. Deun waren
die Vorfahrcn scbon beborstet, dann war eine nene Beborstnng nicht nOtig. ^Varen
sie aber stark bebaart, so musste sicb wobl die Behaarung allmiiblicb in eine
Beborstnng umwandeln, d.li. jedes Haar wurde steifer. >Steil'e Ilaare oder Borsten
sind gewiss solchen zwiscben Haaren lebenden und fortwahrend bennrubigteu
Tieren vorteilbai't; sie setzen den Besitzer instand besser fortzugleiten. Uijs-
trichopsijUa, Macrojisglla, JJolicho/jsi/lla, (ioiiiopsi/llus, Listropsylla, Seoiisijlla,
Odoiitoi/si/llns (?), I'arapsi/lbis, sind alle dicht oder ziciulieb dicbt beborstet.
Die Beborstnng gebt allmablicb verloren, wenii die Tiere weniger beweglicb
werden, d. b. weniger zwiscben den Haaren der Wirte forteilen. Die Mebrzabl der
Flobe ist denn aucb wenig beborstet, d. b. jedes Tergit oder Sternit tnigt etwa zwei
oder nur eine Querreibe von Borsteii.
Und endlicb sind die Fellbocker : Dermafophiln.i, Eehidnophaqn und Ueclo-
psglla, fast unbeborstet, kabl.
1>. JJie Bedornuny der Beine. — Je beweglicber die Flobe auf Jhreu Wirten
( H4 )
siud, je schwerer siud dif Beiue bedoriit nnd desto melir ist die Sohlfliiche des
5. Tarsalgliedes feinbeliaart. Mit Uorueu bezeicbae ich dornfOrmige Haare, also
bewegliche Gebilde.
a. Dif I'rocoxae. — Thmmapsylla, Ctenophthalmus, ni/»trirhoji>ii/ll(i sind Bei-
spiele voa Flohen mit polystichen (vielreihig behaarten) Procoxae. Mcrkwiirdiger-
weise auch Defmafophiltis. Mesostich sind die Procoxae z. B. von An-linrflpsijlla,
Farapsi/lliis und Spilopsj/llus. Wenig beborstet (oligostich) ist z. B, die Procoxa
bei ChaetopsiiUa, Malacopsi/lla nnd VcrmipsijUa. Fast kaljl ist die Procoxa von
Kckidit iphaga nnd Li/copsjlla.
b. Die Tibiae.— Ewe geschlossene Reibe von Borston findet man an den Pro-,
Meso- nud Motatibiae der Chiropteropsi/lla nud Ctenophthalmus, au den Pro- und
Mesotibiae von Thauinaps>)lla, an der distalen Hiilfte der Protibia der Hystricho-
psylla nnd an der distalen Hiilfte der Metatibiae der Thattmaps>/lla. Dies sind alle
ziemlich primitive FlOhc. Einen Ubergang zn den " gewOhnlicheu FlObeu " bildet
Stephanocirctis. Dieser Floh bat eine Protibia mit 6 Einschaitten, welche 2, resp.
•„!, 3, 3, 3 nnd 7 Borsten tragen, eine Meso- nnd eine Metatibia mit 7 Einschnitten,
welche 2, resp. 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 und 7 Borsten tragen, sodass es scheint, als ob die
Tibien mit eiuer gescblossenen Reibe von Borsten versehen wiiren. Auch Marro-
l>i<)jlla ist hierin primitiv. Die Protibia hat 'J Einschnitte und Heihen von 3 und 4
Borsten, die Mesotibia 13 Einschnitte nnd Borstenpaare, und die Metatibia 14
Einschnitte, in denen abwechselnd zwei und drei Borsten stehen. In der Regel
jedocb haben die Tibien nur 6 bis 10 Einschnitte, welche mit Borstenpaaren versehen
sind. Wenig Einschnitte und wenig Borsten kcnnzeichDen spezialisierte Flohe.
So besitzen die folgenden FlOhe die danebeu angegebene Zahl Einschnitte an drei
Tibien : —
Ornithopsijlla laetitiae Rothsch.
ArchaeopsijUa eriiiacei (Bonche)
Loemopsylla cheopis (Rothsch.)
Hectopstjlla psittaci Frauenf.
Malacopsylla grossiventrin Weyenb.
Pari Off otitis fiygenbachi Rothsch. .
JJermatophiliis penetrans (L.)
Moeopsylla sjoestedti Rothsch.
Echidnophaya ambulans Ollifif
c. Das fiivfte Tarsenglied.— Dieses ist ebenfalls ein lehrreiches Objekt. Es
kann an seiner Plantavfliicbe laterale, subbasale, subapicale nnd plantare Borsten
Oder Haare tragen. Je melir von jeder Sorte, je primitiver die Art. Weim die
l)lantaren in grosser Zahl vorhanden sind, so sind es immer sehr I'eine Hiirchen,
womit die gauze Sohle oder nur die distale Hiilfte derselbeu besetzt ist. Sie dienen
gewiss dazu, das Ansgleiten zn verhinderu. Ganz unbehaart ist die Sohle (abge-
sehen von den 1 oder 2 snbapicalon Borsten) bei den folgenden Arten, welche
entwedcr wenig oder gar nicht bevveglic.h sinil :
Dermatophilus penetrans (L.), Krhidnophnga ambalam Ulliff, lledopsyUa
psittaci Frauenf., Lyropsylhi nonts Rotliscli., Malacopsylla gr.'ssirentris Weyeub.,
Ornithopsi/lla laefitiae Rothsch.
E. Der Besitz von Ctenidia.—Uit Ctenidia bezcichne ich uur die nnbeweg-
lichen, meist dunkel gefiirbteu Zinken, welche die Riinder von Kopf, Thoracal-
oder Abdominalsegmenten ziereu. Also sind die platteu, schwarzen Borsten
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am Vorclerkopfe des Cfenophthalmus ■•icguis (Schnnh.) und am 7. Tergite Jcr
yycteridopsi/lla pentactenus (Kolen.) Pseudocteniclien.
Die Ur-Suctoria konneu keiae Cteaidien gehabt baben. Diese mlissea allraahlich
an deu nach biuteii gericbteten Kopf-, Tborax- nnd Abdomiualriindern entstanden
sein, imd zwar sebr wabrscbeinbcb aus deusolben Griiuden, waruni die urspriing-
liche Behaarung sicb in eiue Beborstaiig uiuwandelte, uiimlicb nm dem Insekt zn
gestatten, scbneller zwischen deu Haareu der Wirte I'ortzueilen.
Wenn diese Meinung ricbtig ist, dann miissen wir bei den ersten FlObeu eine
Steigermig der Cteuidienzabl, oder der Ziiikenzabl in bomoK>gen (!teuidiea anfweisen
kounen. Wir kOniien aucb begreifeu, dass mit der Abnabme der Beweglicbkeit der
Parasiten, die Zabl der Ctenidien, oder der Zinken in homologen Ctenidien, sicb
wieder vermiiiderte. Ist diese Meinung riebtig, dann ist scbwer zu entscbeiden,
ob eine geringe Zabl von Ctenidien, oder von Zinken in bomologeu Ctenidieu, ein
primitives oder ein secundiires Merkmal ist. In solcben Filllen mlisseu audere
Kennzeicben mitbelfeu, z. B. die Liiuge, die Beborstung, etc.
Die folgenden Flohe tragen keine Ctenidien : —
* Chaetopsi/lla globiceps (Tascb.), Copfopsi/lla /amelli/cr~Wa,gn., Mkrinatopliilns
penetrans (L.), ! Erhidnophaga amhtdans Olliff, Goniopsglliis kerguelensis (Tascb.),
! Ikclopsglla psittaci Frauenf., Loemopsylla cheopis Rotbscb., Lgcopsi/lla novus
Kotbscb., *Malacopsi/lla grossiventris Weyenb., Moeopsi/lla sjoestedti Rotbscb.,
Ornithopsglla laetitiae Rotbscb., Parapsgllus longkornis Enderl., Pariodontis rig-
genbachi Rotbscb., Pidcx irritans L., Rhopalopsijllm lidzi Baker, *Vennips>jlla
alacurt Scbimk.
Zum Teil sind es spezialisirte, zuin Teil sebr spezialisirte Flohe. Keine Art
kann jirimitiv genannt wcrdeu. Die mit einem * bezeicbneten sind im Begriff
Eiersiicke zu werden ; die mit einem ! gekennzeiebneten sind es schon.
F. Die compiimierte Lcdjesform. — Diese Leibesform ist entscbieden die best
geeignete zum schnellen Forteilen zwischen den Haaren des Wirtes. Ur-Suctoria
waren wabrscheinlich cylindrisch oder etwas abgeflacbt (wie die meisten freiiebenden
Insekten). Die Mehrzabl der jetztlebenden Suctoria besitzt eine comprimierte
Leibesform. Mebr spezialisierte Fluhe, wie z. B. Pidex irritans L., sind, wenn
pregnant, scbon "etwas dick" zu nennen. Noeb mehr ist dies der Fall bei
Chaetopsi/lla globiceps (Tascb.), uud besonders bei dem weuig beweglicben Weibchen
von Vermipsi/lla alacurt Scbimk. und Malacopsi/lla grossicentris Weyenb. Miss-
gestaltet kOnnen die Weibchen der Fellbocker Dc.rmatophilm penetrans (L ),
Echidnophaga ambulans Olliff und llectopsylla psittaci Frauenf. genannt werden.
Die Monstrositat erreicht den Gipfel in der Kugelgestalt von Demiatophilus caecata
Enderl.
G'. Die Chitinisierung. — Sulcbe zwischen Haaren lebeude und forteilende,
fortwilbrend beunrnbigte, und dem Kratzen von Seiten des Wirts ansgesetzte
Qiiiilgeister miissen naturlich stark chitinisiert sein. Weiche Hautpartien sind
bei Flohen gefahrlicb. Aber sobald FlObe sicb gewobnten, an gewissen blutreichen
Stelleu stille zu verbarren, oder auf Tioren zu leben, die uicht kratzen kOnnen,
wie die L'ngidata, war die Mugliclikeit vorhauden, dass die Chitiiiplatten des
Abdomens weicber, und die Hant zwischen diesen Flatten dehnbarer wnrde. Solche
Fbibe sind z. B. C/iaetopsglh globiceps (Tasch.), Vermipsylla alacurt (Scbimk.)
und Malacopsglla grossicentris AVeyenb. Die (Chitinisierung ist verh;lltiiism;issi"
am meistou reduzie'-t, die Delitibarkeit daber am grijssten, bei den Fellhockern und
erreicht ihren Hiihepunkt in Denmlophilas caecata Euderlein, bei welchem das
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ganz weiche nnd dehnbare Abdomen sich riiigsum liber Thorax, Beiue und Kopf
iiach voru umbiegt, sodass diese Telle ganz eingeschlosseu werden.
II. Die Vergrosseiuny der frontalen Region. — 'Wir kOnnen uns leicht vorstellen,
dass die vor den Autenueu gelegeue Partie, das Vorderhauj)t oder die frons, sich
als bohreiides, das Dickicht vou Haareii dnrchdriiigeudes Orgau stark entwickelte.
Ich sehe denn anch in solch einer stark nach voru gericbteteuy/o/(6- eineu primitiven
Ziistaud. 8iehe z. B. Fignren, X!, 3 und 4. Das will jedoch nicht sagen, dass
ich die Ischnopsi/Uidae fiir die primitivsten der Jetztlebenden Flohe halte. Denn
andere FlOhe kuimen in vieleii audereu Punkten noch viel priraitiver sein. Je
mehr sich die Scbuelligkeit der Fortbewegung zwischen den Haaren der VVirte
verminderte, desto mehr uahm &\e frons wieder in der Entwickeluug ab. Hiervon
sind die Figureu 1, 5 und 6 gute Beispiele. Dieser Znriickgang ist am meisteu
bei den Fcllhockera zu bemerken. Vou diesen kann man wohl sagen, dass sie
keine so typisch vorausstrebeudey)-o//« haben, wie die anderen Fliihe.
I. iJie liichtung der Antennen. — Antenuen kimnen als (Tefiihls-Gliedmassen
nur uach vorn gerichtet gedacht werden. So bald aber die Vorfahreu der Fluhe
nicht mehr frei lebten, sondern filr immer auf Silugetieren schmarotzteu, konnteu
sie ihre Antenuen nicht mehr nack vorn gerichtet halten, ohne sie zu verletzen.
Die Folge war, dass sie sich augewuhnteu, diese Gliedmassen stets uach hinten
und unten zu halten, wobei zugleich die Bedeutnng der Antenuen als GefUhlsorgane
verloreu giug. Alle jetzt lebeudeu Flohe halten ihre Antenuen nach hinten und
unteu.
J. Die Stelle der Antennen. — So bald die Antennen ihre Bedentung als
Gefiihlsorgaue einbiissten, war ihre Stellung am vordersten Teile des Kopfes auch
keine unbedingt notweudige mehr. Sowohl aus diesem Grunde als anch durch die
enorme Entwickeluug der frons, wurden sie sozusagen uach hinten verschoben,
welt hinter die Mundteile, nicht immer hinter die Ocellen (siehe u. a. Figureu
2, 3, 4 und 10). Diese einmal eingenommene Stelle hat sich bei deu jetztlebenden
Flohen erhalten.
K. Die Bildarig der Antennengruhe. — Wenn Blntgefiisse fest gegeu Knochen
lagern, bilden sich in diesen bisweilen tiefe Gruben. So kann man sich auch
vorstellen, dass die Haltnug der Antennen nach hinteu und unten imd zugleich
fest gegeu die Seiteu des Kojifes und der Propleuren die einzige Ursache der
Entstehuug vou Autennengruben war. Diese scheinen sich also zur Zeit gebildet
zu haben, als die Sucloria noch keine besonders harte Cliitindecke hattcn.
L. Die VerkHrzang der Antennen. — Sobald die Antennen ihre Bedeutnng ais
GefUhlsorgane veloreu hatten, war ihre urspriingliche Liinge nicht mehr unbedingt
nutig und begaunen sie sich zu verkiirzen. Ob die Antennen schou ziemlich kurz
wareu, als die Vorfahreu der Stictoria zum Parasitismus auf Siingetieren iibergiugen,
ist unmoglich nachzuweisen. Jedenfalls sind die liingsten Antennen der jetzt-
lebenden Fliihe kurz zu nennen. In der Ruhe reichen sie nicht waiter als ungefiihr
bis zur Jlitte der Propleuieu, auf die sie sich, wie man es ausdriickt, " fortsetzen."
In 'Wahrheit betrachte ich gerade diese Fortsetzung als ein primitives Vcrhalten,
und das Kiirzerwcrdeu der Antennen, zugleich mit dem Verschwiuden dieser
Fortsetzung der Grube als ein secuudiires Merkmal. Merkwiirdigerweise haben
die Mehrzahl der Miinuchen in den liuigen Antennen priuiitivero Kennzeichen als
die Weibchen (Fig. 12). Es sind wuhl kuiuc Gefiihlsorgaue, soudern ausgezcichnete
Riechorgane, auf denen hunderte von zierlicheu, spatclfurmigeu Riechhilrchen stehen.
Die Miluucheu sind im Stande ihre Autenueu aufzuhebeu, sodass diese als Ohrchen
( 147 )
atifrecbt stehen. In dieser Haltnng sind die Antennen in fortwiibrcnder zitternder
Bewegnng.
Im Vergleich zn den MilnncUen besitzen die Weibcben die kiirzeren Antennen.
Da die Antennen wobl bei alien Sactoria dieselbe pbysiologiscbe und biologiscbe
Bedentnng und ausserdem alle Suctoria wobl so ziemlich dieselbe Lebensweise
baben, so sollte man ineinen, dass die Antennen bei alien S/icforia dieselbe nnver-
ilnderlicbe Gestalt aufwiesen, wie sie bei keiner anderen Tiergmppe wiederznfinden
ist. Im grossen iind ganzen ist dieses auch der Fall. Die Flobantenne ist sebr
characteristiscb. ISie bestebt : (1) ans einem umgekehrt kegelformigen, an der
Basis etwas ansgeboblten scapm; (2) ans einem in dieser Ausbiiblnng liegenden
napf- oder becherfOrmigen pedici'llus, und (3) aus einem im Boden desselben an-
gebefteten zebngliederigen \itu.\&nii:n-va.\gQ\i funiculus. Das erste Glied des/uiiiculus
ist in seiner proximalen Hiilfte immer sebr diinn. Icb werde es in der Folge das
Stielcben oder den pctiolus nennen, wilhrend icb die nenu iibrigen Glieder des
funiculus znsammen als Kenle, clava bezeiebnen will. In der subon mehrmals
genannten Tijdscbrift beschrieb icb die Antennen als elfgliederig. Bei einem
sebr gUnstig conservirten Objekte, dass icb Horrn Alfons Dampf in Kiiiiigsberg i.
Pr. verdanke, konnte icb feststellen, dass der pctiolus ein Glied ist, das bis jetzt
iibersebeu wurde (Fig. 12).
AVarum ist der pctiolus als Glied iibersehen worden ? Erstens well bei
Antennen in der Rube die Lage des Stielchens fiir eine exacts Beobacbtung
ungiinstig ist, und zweitens weil bei den meisten Antennen der pctiolus im
zweiten Gliede Clq^ funiculus eingesenkt ist, also selbst iu giinstiger Lage scliwer
zu sehen ist.
Wenn nun von dieser Einfiirraigkeit der Antennen eine " Ausnabme "
stattfindet, so miissen wir wobl annehmen, dass diese Abweicbung ein gutes
Merkmal fiir natiirlicbe Grnppon ist. In der Tat, die claca weisst zwei typiscbe
Formen bei den Weibcben der FlObe auf.
Die erste Form ist eine etwas liinglicb ovale oder elliptische (Fig. 13, 14, 19).
Icb betracbte sie als die primitivere, denn ersteus ist sie liinger als die zweite
Form, zweitens baben die MiUinclicn dieser Weibchen nocli lilngere clacac, und
drittens sind die nenu (Jlieder der clara ziemlicb gleichgestaltet, uicbt besonders
spezialisiert.
Die zweite Form ist eine mebr ruude (Fig. 15-18): sie ist zweifellos die
mebr spezialisierte, weil sie nocb kiirzer ist als die erste ; die Miinncben dieser
Gruppe keiue liingeren clavnc baben als die Weibcben ; und weil der freie Teil des
ersten Gliedes, oft aucb eins oder der zwei folgendea Glieder mandolinenfOrmig
gestaltet ist. Phylogenetiscb gesprocbeu ist diese clava jiinger als die vorige.
AJ. Die Verwaclisung einiger Antcnnciiglicder. — Mit der Verkiirznng geht
Hand in Hand das Breiterwerdeu der Glieder und ibrer Ansatzfliicben. In der
Tijdschrift coor Entomologic, vol. li., p. 97 (1008) teilte icb mit, dass icb die
" Stielcben " der verscbiedenen Glieder gefunden biUte.
Icb muss meine Mitteilungeu daiiiber leider verbessern. Nur der Pctiolus ist
in seiner proximalen Hiiltte diuui ; alle anderen (tliedcr sind mit breitcr Basis am
vorbergebendeu Gliede bei'estigt. Xur Ijei den Miinncben gewisser Gattungen,
z. B. Ccratoplii/ilus, kiinnte man sagen, dass aucb das letzte Fiiblerglied mit diinner
Basis angebel'tet sci. Nimmt man nun an, dass ein Antennenglied nur als solcbes
bezeicbnet werdeu kann, weun es mit enger Basis am vorliergcbenden (iliede
bei'estigt ist, dann best-ebeu die Antennen der Suctoria aus uur zwei resp. bijcbstens
( 148 )
(Irei Gliedern. Das erste Glied ist daun /soipi/g uud jicdicellus znsammengenommcn,
das zwt'ite Atvfnnk'tdus. Niir bei deu Milunchen der Ccrafojj/ti/lliig-GiTaii\>e kaun
man das letzte Antenneuglied als drittes bezeichueu.
Wenn dahor die Mehrzahl der Eutomologea iiocU auuehinou, dass die Aiitennc
der Suctoria nur ans drei Gliedeni besteht, niimlicb ans scapus, pedicellu.'s und
funiculus, so baiulelii sie inconsecineiit. Dean erstens sind aucb scapus und
peiliccllus breit mitciiiauder verbtiudeu, mid zweitens werden docb liei andereii
Insekten, die breit miteiuauder verbuadeneu Glieder als solcbe anerkaiint, z. B.
bei der grossen Kiit'erabteilnug der Clavicornia luid audercii.
Nim kanu man mir eiuweifen, dass in der genaunten Tijdsclui/t gesagt ist,
dass ieb die '' Stielcben" der ueuu Glieder der clava gesebeu liabe und sie abbilde.
Ich antworte bieranf, dass die Gebilde, welche ich fiir " Stielcben " augeseben, in
Wirklicbkeit vorbanden sind, aber dass icb mich damals in der Deutung derselben
geirrt babe. Yielleicbt sind es Sinnesorgane, welcbe sicb an den Vorder- und
Hiuterseiteu der scbeibcnfOrmigen Antenncnglieder befinden, wo sie am besten
gegen jede Verletzung gescbiitzt sind.
Icb sagte oben, die Anteunen bestiindeu aus bucbstens zwolf Gliedern. Anderer-
Beita giebt es Anteunen, welcbe weniger als zwOlf Glieder entbalten. Scbon die
Antennen von Macropsi/l/a und Stcpliaiweircus zeigeu eiue Tendeuz, das erste Glied
der ovalen claca zu verlieren. Es ist kleiuer als die iibrigen Glieder (Fig. 1, 2).
Die Antenne von Ilectopsijlla (Fig. 19) besteht aus vier Gliedern, niimlicb dem
scapus, dem pa/krllus, dem petiolus, nnd den znsammengewacbseneu Gliedern der
ovalen claca. Diese selbst zeigt nur sieben Einschnitte zwiscben aclit Liippcben,
was auf acbt urspriinglicbe Glieder binweisst ; also ist ein Glied spurlos ver-
schwunden. Frage : Welches Glied ? Antwort : Das ist vorliiufig nicbt fest-
zustellen ; " Ubergangsformen " kennen wir noch nicht.
Die Antenne von Ctcnoccphalus (Fig. 10) bat neun Glieder, niimlicb deu scapus,
deu pedicellus, den petiolus, ein aus vier urspriinglicben Gliedern verwachsenes
Glied, uud die fiinf distalen IVeien Glieder der rundeu claca.
Bei Pulex treffen wiv (Fig. 17) eine Antenne von zebu Gliedern, bestebend aus
dem scapus, dem pedicellas, dem petiolus, fiinf freien Gliedern und eiuem aus deu
drei distalen Gliedern der rnudeu claca verwacbsenen Gliedern. \\"\t miissen noch
binzuf'iigen, dass das dritte Glied der clava im Begriff ist sicb riiekzubilden ; es ist
bisweilen schwer zu seben.
Fast unverkenubar ist die VerwacUsnng bei der Antenne der Kchidnophaga
(jallinaceus (Westw.) (Fig. IS). Hier sind zu unterscbeideu : scapus, pcdicellus,
petiolus, ein vermutlicli aus zwei urspriinglicben Gliedern verwachsenes Glied,
und ein aus vermutlicli sieben urspriuiglicben Gliedern verwachsenes Glied, also
znsammeu fiinf Segmente. Ziiblt man die Furchen an der Hiuterseite der Antenne
(in der Figur getiipfelt), danu kommt man auf sieben Glieder. Ich bin mir nicht
ganz im Klaren hieriiber.
W'ie man aus den Figuren 12 bis 10 und ans dem oben Gesagten erseheu
kann, ist die Verminderuug der Gliederzabl, sowolil durch Verwachsung als durch
Verschwindeu, bei beiden F'ormen von Antennen luoglicb, und icb glaube, dass wir
es hier mit einer C'ouvergenz-Erscheinung, nicht mit Vcrwandtschalt zii Inn habeii,
dass also Ilcctopsylla nicbt mit Kchidnophaga verwandt ist.
N. Das Fehlen con zusamnwnijesctzten Augcn. — Es kann uns uicht verwundern,
dass die Facetten-Angen, angcnommeii sie sind je vorbanden gewesen, spurlos
verscbwunden sind. Was sollten Insekten, die das freie Leben aufgegebeu haben,
( 149)
nocli mit znsammengesetzteu Angen machen, die ja befiihigen, uach vorschieilenen
Richtungeii hin gut zu seheii ?
(>. Die liedaction der cinfachen Atigrn. — Xnrdie ciufaclien Augen, Dniikclangen
oiler Ocellen, sind i'lliriggeblieben nnd zwar audi nnr bci denjenignn Siictoria,
welelie nocli oft geniig dns Tageslielit ('l)en selien krmneii, x. B. beim Hniidcfloh,
Meiischeiiflob, ja selbst Ix'i alien FelUioekeni. Aber bei den Parasitcn von in
Hiihlen oder holilen Biiuraen lebenden Siiugetieren sind selbst die Dnnkelangen
rndiiuentilr geworden oder fehleu ganz, z. B. bei den Flohen von Manlwiirfen und
Fledennilnsen. Hierans ersehen wir, dass der Besitz oder die Abweseuheit von
Dnnkelangen oder Ocellen abhiingig ist von der Lebensweise der Wirte, dass sie
also keine Kennzeichen von liOheren Grnjipen, sondern hOcbstens von Genera
oder Species sein konnen.
/-". Die T'ichfitnq der Minidteile. — Als Folge der Lebensweise, ein fortwahrendes
Schiessen dnrch ein Dickiclit von Haaren, richteten sich die Mnndteile naeli liinten,
wnrden zwischen die Vorderbeine aufgenommen. Dadnrch wnrden sie vollkorainen
gegen Verletzung geschiitzt. Dnrch die Entwickelung ditrj'rons nach vorn rilckten
anch die Mnndteile scheinbar, oder ancli in Wirklichkeit, nacb hinten (vergl. z. B.
Fig. 3). Aber je raehr die Scbnelligkeit der Bewegung in dem Haargebiisch
abnahm, desto mehr verminderte sich die Entwickelnng der from, desto mehr
scboben sich die Mnndteile wieder nach vorn,ja verilnderten auch ihre Richtnng.
Sie nahmen wieder allmiiblich eine nrspriinglichere Lage an. So findet man z. B.
bei Pulex die Mnndteile fast senkrecbt anf der Kopfacbse stehen. Und bei den
Fellhockern, die jede Bewegnng anfgegeben haben, sind die Mnndteile ftist ganz
vorn am Kopfe gelegen und auch fast gerade nach vorn gerichtet. Jordan und
Rothschild haben schon {Revis. of Sarcops. ji. 23, 1906) hierauf hingewiesen.
Q. Die Beschaffenheit der Mnndteile. — Diese sind, wie bekannt, sogenannte
stechende nnd saugende, da die Flohe sich anpassten, von Silngetier-, spilter anch
von Vogelblut zu leben. Es ist die Frage berechtigt, ob die Mnndteile schon
stechend nnd sangend waren, als die XiT-Suctoria zum Parasitismus anf Sangetieren
iibergingen. Die Frage ist vielleicht erst sicher zu beantworten, wenn wir etwas
mehr von der Verwandtschaft der Suctoria wisscn. Aber bis jetzt scheineu die
Ansichten dariiber auseinander zn gelien nnd scheiuen mir immer dnnklcr zu
werden. Alls jetztlebenden Suctoria haben im grossen und ganzen die verschiedeiien
Mnndteile gloichgestaltet. Vom Tjabrnra ist noch zu wenig bekannt, nm sich
dariiber zu verbreiten. Die Epijiliar) iix oder der sogenannte Stechaj)parat ist bei
alien Suctoria vollkoinraen gleicligestaltet, besitzt nur bei der einen Gattnng
zahlreichere nach vorn gerichtcte Siunesorgane in der Gestalt von winzigen HOcker-
chen in der distalen Hillfte als bei der andcreu. Da, wie nnten erortert werden
soil, die Mandibeln die eigentlichen die Haut dnrchbohrenden Organe sind, so ist die
Epiphar^'nx distal auch nicht spitz, wie die Stecliorgane von Miicken, .Steclifliegen,
Wespen nnd Bienen, sondern stnmpf abgerundet. Die Epipharyux besifzt hinten
eine offene Rinr.e, wirkt daher cajiillariscli, wie die Mandibel der Myrnieleontiden-
Larven. Die Capillaritiit in solchen di'unien Rinnen oder Riihreu betriigt mehrere
('entimeter. Es ist daher nicht ni'itig anznnehmen, dass die E|iipharynx uiul die
Mandibeln znsammen eine Saugruhre darstellen. Die Eiuffirmigkeit der Epipluirynx
in der ganzen Ordnung zeigt, dass sie keinen systematischen Wert hat.
Die Mandibeln dienen erstens als Schcide fiir die E])ipharynx, denn diese muss
in erster Linie unverletzbar sein. Zweitens sind sie die eigentlichen die Ilant
durchbohrendcn Organe, denn sie sind siigefiirmig, sind also besser Siige- als
( 150 )
Stechapparat za ueniieo. Dienen sie mir zniu Dnrclisiigen der Hant, so krmnpn
(lie Ziihne klein nnd fein nnd die Mandibel selbst zicmlich schwach nnd durch-
sichtig sein. Dienen sie dagegen ancli zur Befestignug, danu miissen die Ziihne
grob nnd stark sein, wie bei den Ixodidae. In diesem Falle sind die Mandibclii
selbst lang, stark nnd brann chitinisiert {SiiilopxiiUus nnd die Fellliocker). Diese
Bescliaffenheit der Mandibel ist also eiue Folge der Lebeiisweise, kaiiii daher anf
Verwandtsehaf't weisen, oder aber mag anch eine Convergenz-Evscbeinnng sein.
Die Slaxillen sind bei alien Huctoria ziemlich gleicb gestaltet. Sie besteben
ans fiinf Gliederu. Das erste Glied, das aus einer Verwachsung von cardo, stipes
nnd malae entstanden gedaobt werden kann, bat von dor Seite geseben eine
ziemlich dreieckige Form. Wir nenueu die Seiten : die obere, die vordere nnd die
bintere, und finden zwei Entwickelnngsextreme. Entweder ist die obere Seite
die kiirzeste, sodass die vordere nnd bintere zusammen eine scharfe, uacb nnteu
gerichtete Spitze bilden ; oder die bintere ist die kiirzeste, sodass diese eine nacli
binten gerichtete Basis darstellt. Im erstcren Falle ist die Basis, im zweiten Falle
die Spitze nnter dem Rande der Gena versteckt. Woven ist diese Gestaltung
ahhiingig? Darauf bleibe ich die Antwort schnldig; aber es ist merkwiirdig, dass
die ziemlich jirimitiven Tschii{ips;/llidfie nnd die selir spezialisirteu Fellhocker beide
Maxillen besitzen, welche mit knrzer Basis nacb hinten gericbtet sind, sodass in
den Bescbreibnngen von stumpi'en Maxillen die Rede ist; wiibrend die mittleren
Suctoria spitze Maxillen baben. Es scheiut also, dass die stnmpfen Maxillen die
primitiveren sind. Die Maxillarpalpen sind in der ganzen Ordnnng gleicbgestaltet,
mijgen sie kiirzer oder liinger sein.
Das Labinm bestebt ans einem einfachen Mentnm nnd zwei I'alpeu. Diese
Labialpalpen dienen hauptsiichlicli als Scheide fiir die Mandibeln. Darnm sind die
Labialpalpen vorn nnd hinten ziemlich stark chitinisiert nnd svmmetrisch, wenn die
Mandibeln ziemlich weich sind (primitives Merkmal). Sie siud dagegen nnr vorn
chitinisiert nnd hinten liautig, also asymmetriscb, wenn die Mandibeln starker sind
(secuudares Merkmal). Und eudlicb ganz hiiutig, wenn die Mandibeln gewaltig
stark sind (iinsserste Spezialisiernng), wie bei Sjjilopsi/llus nud den Fellhockern.
Die Labialjialpen sind gegliedert. Die Zahl der Glieder variiert. Es scheint,
dass eiue gnissere Zahl Glieder ant jiriniitivere Znstiiiule hinweist : die primitive
Macrops'jlla hat dereu 12 ; obwohl anch spezialisierte Flohe eine grosse Zabl
anfweisen kOnnen. Vermipsijlla besitzt deren 11 — 14 ; dagegen die nocb melir
sjiezialisierten Fellhocker nnd Spilopsylbis nnr 2.
Wagner (in Ilor. Soc. F.nt. Ross. vol. xxiii. p. 202, 1889) nieint, dass zwischen
der Dicke der Hant (Epidermis) der Tiere, anf denen der Floh lebt, nnd der Zabl
der Tasterglieder der Unterlippe angenscheinlich eine Beziebuug bestebt. Als
Wagner dies schrieb, kannte er nnr eine Art mit vielen Labial]ialpengliederu.
Jetzt, nun er mehrere Arten kennt, wird er wohl seine Ansicht dariiber iiudern,
denn erstens lebt Macropsylla, mit 12 Labialpalpengliedern, &i\i Mtis relutinus, und
zweitens giebt es Suctoria mit sehr laugeu Mandibeln nnd Labialpalpen, die aus
nicht mehr als 5 Gliedern besteben, wiibrend die Fellhocker, mit gewaltigen
Mandibeln, nnr zweigliederige Labialpalpen besitzen. Die Gliederzahl ist iibrigens
sehr gut systematisch zii verwerten, nnd wie zuerst l{othscbild gezeigt hat, audi
die Symmetrie oder die Asymmetrie der Labialj)al])eu.
R. Die KopfylicderuiHj und BUdanij der Fuhlergrahenderhr. — Es scheint, dass
der sehr lange Kopf der Vorfahrcn der Suctoria sich aus acht Segmeuten znsam-
mensetzte, uiimlieh (1) cincm priioralen, (2) einem antennalen, (3) einem labralen
( 151 )
(4) eincm epijiliar) ngealeu, (5J eiaem luaudibnlaren, (0) einem maxillaren, (7j oinem
h}i)oj)har}ngealeu, unci (8) einem labialen. Von diesen Segmenten ist das siebente
spnrlos verscliwniiden.
Es scheiut, dass die Mundteile sich b;ild dicbt bei eiiiaiider liiiiiften, dass die
frons sich darauf stark cntwickcdtc, uiid dass darauf ,die AntL'iiiR'ii weit nach
hiuteu riickten.
Es scbeint ferner, dass nachdem dies alles gescbelien war, der Kojif — ich babe
diese Vermutung ancb in der 'njdschrift ausgesprochen — uoch sebr lang war, zn
lang i'iir die Besitzer, um bequem durch das Haarkleid ibrer Wirte zn scbiessen.
Es kommt hinzn, dass durch die nach vorn gerichtete Entwickelung der frons der
Kopf nocli liinger wurde als er schon war. Dieses Liingerwerden war nicht gerade
vorteilliaf't i'iir die Schleieh- oder Schlnpfliewegnng dieser Tierchen. Es war darnm
vorteilbafter, wenu der Kopf ebenso gegliedert war wie der Thorax nnd das Abdomen.
Und so gliederte der Kopf sich anch wie es scheiut in vier Segmeute. Diese
Glieder sind aber Fsendosegmente, welche nicbts mit der ursprilnglichen Segmen-
tation zn tun haben. Offenbar sind sie anch entstanden, nachdem die Antennen
schon Jiingst weit nach hinten verschoben waren, weit hinter die Mundteile. Denn
die hauptsiichlichste Gliedernng, welche an einigen noch jetzt lebenden Floheu
bestehen geblieben ist, die mittlere, beflndet sich hinter den Mundteilen und den
Ooellen und vor den Antennen. Wenn man nun fragt, wie diese Gliederungeu zu
Stande gekommen ist, so kOnnen wir nur inbezng auf die mittlere Segmentiernng
eine Antwort geben.
Hier kamen niimlich die Autennengrnben zu HiUfe. An dieser Stelle war der
Kopf sehr eingeschnilrt, biegsam ; die Antennengruben wurden nicht allein tiefer,
sondern an dem proximalen Tell derselbeu formte sich eine Verlangerung derselben,
welche endlich in die der Gegenseite iibergiug, sodass der Kopf wirklich
" gebrochen " ward.
Aber wie die vorderste Gliederung zu Stande kam, wovon das tuber frontale,
der Mucro etc., Doch die Zeugen sind, und auf welche Weise die hinterste entstand,
welche zum Tcil r.och dentlich an AJacropsylla und Stephanocircus (Fig. 1 und 'Z)
zu sehen ist, davon babe ich keine Ahnung. Jedenfalls scbeint es mir notweudig
anznnehiuen, dass die KOpfe damals noch nicht gut chitinisiert waren. Es ist
nndenkbar, dass ein stark chitinisierter Koi)f, anch wenu er lang ist, diirch
Beugnng, oder durch seitlichen Druck, in vier Telle bricht, und dass die auf diese
Weise gebrochenen Kopfe erblich geworden sind.
Jede der vier Kopfabteilungen musste, den Lebensgewohnheiten entsprechend,
hinten mit einem Kragen {c-oUare) iiber den niichsteu Teil greifen. Yom Krageu
des ersten Abschnitts sind nur Spuren iibriggeblieben, speziell in einem protccttim
inversum, welches bei Moeopsylla sjoestedti Kothsch. vorkommt. Die Gliederung
zwischen dem zweiten und dritten Abschnitt ist noch bei einigen jetztlebcndeu
Suctoriu erhalten. Bei den meisteu hat sie aber als solche aufgehiirt zu existieren.
Aber die starken inwendigen chitinosen Riinder sind s,\s, J'alx und als tuber verticale
noch anwesend ; die Kluft ist als Naht iiber der /alx in vielen Fiillen noch an-
gedeutet ; der conJi/lus ist als tuber centrale bei einigen Arten erhalten geblieben;
ja ich betrachte selbst die chitin(i?e Lamelle oder Platte, welche als Fiihlergrnben-
decke gedentet werden kaun, und welche mehr oder weniger entwickelt bei alien
hitegricijiita vorkommt, als einen uuzweifelhaften Rest des collare. Icb bitte den
Leser, die Fignren 1 bis 10 miteinander zu vergleichen, und zweifle nicht daran,
dass er zugebeu wird, dass viel fiir meine Ansicht spricht.
{ 152 )
Yon tier dritteii Gliedernng siiul nu/.weideutigc llcste bei Mucropsi/U'i nnd
Steplianocirem nachznweisen, nilmlich als titber postvertieale nnd als falx posterior.
r>ie Vr-S'ir/or/d mit. vicr Kiiiifalisclinitten waren offeiibar lange Tiorclieii mit
laugem Ko]ifo, nnd mit srlilankeni, biegsaniem, beweglicliem Leibe. S:)bald sioli
die 8clinelligkeit, womit sie sich zwischeu dem llaardickiclite liindurdiarbeiteton,
verminderte, konzentrierten sich die Kniifabteilungon, wnrden kiirzcr. Die zwei
vordersteu Abteihingen verwucbsen alliuiililich, nud ancb die zwei bintersten.
So sind die jetztlebenden Suctoria entstanden. Ant' S. 130 gab ich eine Liste
der Genera, welche einen in zwei Teile gegliederten Kopf baben. Ich vereinige
diese in eineni Subordo Fracticipita.
Bei fortwiihrender Vermindernng der Beweglichkeit der Individnen wnrde anch
die Kopfglicdernug iiberfliissig, sodass anch die zwei iibriggebliebeneu Absclmitte
gchon anf die Hiiifte ihrer nrspriinglicbeu Lilnge rednciert nud miteinander
verwachsen sind, wodarch das caput integrum (also secnndilr !) entstand. Da nacb
meiner Meinnng alle jetzt lebenden Suctoria, die eiu caput integrum baben,
miteinander verwandt, gemeiiisamen, monophyletiscben Ursprnngs sind, so vereinige
ich sie in einen Snbordo Integricipita. Driickt man ein caput iittn/rum zwisclien
zwei Gliiscben, so berstet er immer fiber den Antennengrnben entzwei, wcnn fiber
den Antennengrnben eine fal.i' oder eino Naht oder selbst nnr Sjnircn davon
iibrig sind.
Die Spnren der Verwachsung der beiden Kopfabschnitte nabmen von nun
an in den zwei Unterabteilnngeu der Integricipita nnabhilngig voneinander
allmiihlich ab, sodass wir in diesen Uuterabteihingen parallele Keihon zn selien
baben.
S. Die Verbindung des Kopjes mit dcm Ih-uMdbschiiitt. — Der Kopf ist mit
seiner ganzen Hinterfliiche mit der VorderfJiiche des Prothorax verbnnden, wie
bei den meisten Orthopteren nnd Colcopteren. Aber statt im Prothorax teilwcise
eingesenkt zu sein, ist seine Hinterfliiche gri^sser als die Vorderfliichc des Pronotnms
nnd greift selbst mit eineni breiten Kragcn {collare) anf den ersten Brnstabschnitt
\ibcr, eiu einzig in der Insektenwelt darstehendes verhalteu, welches ofTeubar
wicdcr in Verbindung mit der Lelensweise steht (nicht direkt die Folge ist) nnd
nnbedingt niitig ist fiir Insekten, ■wck-he durch ein Haanb'ckicht dringen.
Wenn nun die Beweglichkeit abiiiinmt, so wird auch das col/are schmiiler.
Und wenn die Beweglichkeit ganz anfhort, so ist das collare anch nicht mehr niitig,
nnd ist entweder iiusserst schmal, oder verschwiudet selbst, z. B. in Vermipsi/lla
und den Fellhockern.
7'. Die VerkUrziing der Tlioracalsegmente. — Hand in Hand mit der Ver-
kiirznng des ganzen Leibes (siehe oben, S. 143) geht die der Thoracalsegmente,
aber in stiirkerem Masse. Bei den langen Flohen ist die Liinge des Kopfes und
des Thorax zusammengenommen oft grosser als die des Abdomens. Bei kiirzeren
riiihen, z. B. Fuleu-, ist der Thorax nicht liiuger als der etwas grosse Kopf Bei
den sich gar nicht mehr bewegenden " Sarcopsyllidae " ist er sogar kiirzer als das
erste Abdominaltergit. Bei Echidnophaga ist das Metanotum am Riicken fast
nnterdriickt, bei Dermatopldlus dort selbst rait dem Mesonotum verwachsen.
U. Die Verbindinig der Thoracal- und Abdomitialsegmerttc. — iSelbstverstiindlich
betitzen alle Thoracalsegmente deuselbcu Kragcn wie die Koj)fabschnitte. Anch
diese Erscheinung ist einzig unter den Insekten. Aber die iibcrgrcifenden Riiuder
der Abdominalabschiiitte finden sich anch lei anderen schnell sich bewegenden
Intekten. Duss diese Kragen in Verbindung stehen mit der schnellen Bewegung
( 153 )
zwischen Haaren, beweisst aneh das fast vollkommcne Fehlea derselben bei den
FelUiockera, bei denen anch kein Grnud fiir ihre Existenz melir vorhanden ist.
r. Die Ziild di'r Aiitepi/yitUalborstcn. — Nai'h raeiner Meiuuiig siiul Ante-
pygidialborsten spezialisierte Borsteii. Letztere stehen in (jnerreilipn, welciie eine
ziemlich grosse Zabl Borsten entbalten. Mitbin ist der Besitz von mehreren
Antepygidialliorsten, wie bei Ki/cterldops'/lla nnd Ctciiophthulmxs, cin ]iriuiitiveres
Merkmal als die Anwesenbeit von nur einer dieser Borsten, wie bei den nieisten
Fbihen. Und die Abwesenbeit dieser Borsten, wie bei Vermipsylla nnd Chaeto-
p.v/Ha, bedentet starke Spezialisierung.
W. Die An- und Abwesenheit der cerci. — Nacb den Untersuchungen von
Lass baben sicb die cerci der Weibchen wahrsciieinlicb ans den Nachscbiebern
der Larve entwickelt. Ist dies der Fall, dann sind die cerci primitive Organe
nnd ist die Abwesenbeit derselbeu eia secnndiires Merkmal, eiu phylogenetisch
jnnger Cbaracter. Dieser Gedankengang wird durch die Tatsacbe bestjitigt, dass
fast alle FlOhe cerci besitzen nnd die Abwesenbeit derselben nnr bei spezialisierten
Formen vorkommt.
A'. Das doppelte Receptaculum seminis. — Wagner (in Zool. Anz. vol. xxi.
p. 148, 19U3) hat znerst nacbgewieseu, dass Hyatrichopsylla ein doppeltes Recep-
tacnlnm seminis besitzt, oder besser : zwei Receptacnia. In 1905 (in Xor. Zool.
vol. xii. p. 486) bescbrieb Rotbscbild eine zweite Gattnng, MacropsyUa, welcbe
ebenfalls zwei Receptacnia seminis bat. Derselbe Autor meldete 19i)8 (in
Pai-asifoloifj/ vol. i. pp. 5 nnd 91) eine dritte Gattnng, Cojitopsylla, mit zwei
Receptacnia. Icb selbst publicierte einen vierten Fall (in J'J/if. Berichten vol. ii.,
1909). Ich fand niimlicb anch bei Ti/jMoccras zwei Receptacnia seminis.
Da die drei erstgenannten Flube primitive Formen sind, so mnss man wohl
annehmen, dass der Besitz von zwei Receptacnia seminis auf primitive Verhiiltnisse
binweist. Ti/pldocerag, obwohl selbst keine so primitive Form, hat also doch in
ihren zwei Receptacnia etwas Primitives bewabrt.
}'. Allgemcine Bctrachtungen. — Die Grnppe der Suctoria scheint mir eine
dnrch Parasitismns in Degenerierung begriffene, sehr primitive Grnppe zn sein.
Die Litnge des Kopfes nnd der Besitz von zwei Receptacnia seminis, welcbe keine
andere Insektenordnnng anfweisen kann, denten anf eine uralte Abzweignng von
dem Insektensfamme. Mit welcben anderen In.sekten sie verwandt sind, scbeiut
immer riitselbafter zu werden. Das Durchmachen einer Metamorphose, oder eines
Larvenstndinms, selbst eines, das denen der Diptera gleicht, braucht nocb keine
V^erwaudtschaft mit den letztern anzndenten ; denu die secnndiir erworbene Larve,
als Folge einer besonderen Lebeusweise der jnngen Fbihe, kann bei den Suctoria
nnabbiingig von den anderen Insektenordnnngen ent.standen sein. Anch das
Pnppenstadium ist kein Beweis von Verwandtscbaft. Es kann ebenfalls nnabbiingig
von den anderen Insekten in den Lebenscyclns der Suctoria eingescualtet sein.
Kommt ja doch ein Pnppenstadinm auch bei den Miinncben der ('occiden, einer
Abteilung der Rhynchoten, vor, bei denen ein Pnppenstadinm etwas ganz Fremdes
ist!
V. Systematisclier Teil.
Eine grosse Anzabl der jetztlebenden Suctoria zeigen ncch die scblanke
Gcstalt nnd den gliederten Kopf der L'r-Suctoria, also sebr primitive Merkmale.
Ihre Antennen sind zwulfgliederig ; die der Miiunchen sind lang, iiberragen in der
Rnhe oft den Kopfrand, scdass der distale Teil in eine in den Proplenren ein-
gesenkte Grube zu liegen koramt, oder, wie es mehrfacb ansgedriickt wordeu, die
( 154 )
Antenuongriibe sich aiif die Propleuren fortsetzt. Alio diese Formeu bildeu, meiiies
Erachtens, einen einlieitlichen primitiven Siibordo, welcheu ich Fracticipita (ia
Tijd. V. Eld. vol. li. p. 92; (i Mai 19n8, significatio emendata) genannt babe.
Hierzn geboi-en die anf S. 139 geuauuten Gattungeii.
Unter diesen bildco Macrops>/lla nnd Step/tanocircus gewiss eine illtere Grnppe,
gckenuzeichnet diirch ihrea tuber postvcrticak. Daher neiine ich sie Posttubi'rata
(nova Supeit'aiuilia). Sie stebt den auderea jiiageren Fractici/jita gegeniiber, welche
gar keiiien taber luelir aufweisen, nud die zusammeu die iiova Soperfamiiia der
Iiituberata bilden.
Alle andereii Gattiingen geb(ireu zu dein Subordo der Integricipita (ebenda :
signifioatio emendata), die ein caput iiitet/rum, einen Kopf aus einem Stiick, liesit/.en,
welcber abev ein ganz auderes caput integrum ist, als es andore Insekten haben,
denn er ist, wie ich oben betont habe, secnndar eutstanden. Der monophyletische
Ursprung dieser Grnppe ist, obwohl nicht nnanfechtbar, doch sehr wahrscheinlicb.
Sie schliesst sich jedenfalls den Fracticipita an, und zwar wahrscheiulich diirch
die Gattiingen Xeopsi/Ua und Spalacopsglla an die Gattung Palaeopsijlla der
Fracticipita.
Unter den Integricipita besitzen viele Gattungen eine lange, ovale, oder
elliptische Fiihlerkeule (Fig. 13, 14, 19). Sie bilden offenbar eine einheitlichc
Grnppe, welche ich Snperfamilia Loiigiclavata neiincu will.
Die iiljrigen Gattungen haben Antennen mit knrzer, runder clava (Fig. 15 — IS).
Die claca zeigt noch eine andere Besonderheit ; das freie Ende des ersten Gliedes
ist mehr oder weniger mandolinenfurmig. Diese Gattungen sind offenbar mitein-
ander verwandt, und bilden Snperfamilia Brericlacata.
Welche (iattung der lirevidaeata am niichsten mit irgend einer Gattnng der
Loiigiclavata verwandt ist, kann ich nicht eutscbeiden. HofFen wir, dass noch
einmal Ubergangsformen gefnndeu werden. Ich sehe keine Verwandtschaft
zwischen Fulcc und Cteuocephalus einerseits und SpilopsyUus auderseit.s.
Sowohl bei den Loiigirhirata als bei den Breeiclarata linden wir Formen, die
dnrcb die (iewohnheit sich festzusangeu, Fellhocker gewordeu sind, das heisst,
ausserst knrze Floiie mit einer Fiihlerkeule, in der die nieisten Glieder miteinander
verwachsen sind, mit iinsscrst kurzem Thorax, nnd mit sehr ansdehnbarem Abdomen
der Weibchen.
Die langen Formen nnter den Loigiclavata, mit langem Thorax, vereinige ich
als Dolichothoracica (nova Sectio) ; wiihrend zu den Brack gthoracica (nova Sectio)
nur die Fellhocker, mit kurzem Thorax, gehuren. Diese schliessen sich meines
Erachtens am licsten an SjjilopsgUus an.
Die Snjierl'amilia der Breciclacata wird ebenfalls eingcteilt in lange Formen,
mit langem Thorax, und in kurze Formen, mit kurzem Thorax, oder in die Solito-
thoracica (in Kntom. Bericht. vol. ii. p. 252, Jnli 1908, significatio emendata) und
Bretithoracica (ebenda : significatio emendata). Wie diese sich auschliessen an
die Solitothoracica ist nicht dentlich ; vielleicht an /'«/<'j;-!ihnliche Formen. Neue
Funde briugen hofl'entlich mehr Licht.
Selbstverstiindlich sind mit dieser nenen Einteilang einige Familien aafgehoben ;
andere Familien habe ich vereinigen miisseu ; fur neue Familien wahlte ich neue
Namen. So viel wie moglich behielt ich schon bekanute Nameu bei, obwohl oft
mit " significatio emendata."
Ich gebc liicr cine Ubersicht, welche zugleich als Bcstimmnngstabelle dienen
kann,
( 155 )
Klassification der Suctoria.
A. Langc Flohe, mit gegliedertein Kupfe, mit Cteiiidien sowoLl am Kojife als
am Thorax, mit lang-ovaler, freigliederiger clava. Sulwrilo Fracticipita
Oudemans 1908.
B. In der ])ars pusterior des KojjCes ist iioeh deiitlicb eine Simr eiiier friilicren
Gliederung dieses Abscliuittes iibriggeblieben und zwar in der Form
eines tnber postverticale mit, falx posterior. Kein Auge. SuperAimilia
Posttuberata Oudemans 11)09 (nova). Enthillt nnr eine Familie :
Macropsi/Uk/ac Ondemans 1909 (nova).
C. Snbfrontale, genale iind anteantennale Ctenidien bilden keinen Helm.
Macropsylla Rothsch. 1905.
C(!. Snbfrontale und anteantennale Ctenidien bilden einen Helm. Ste-
jjhanocircus Skuse 1890.
BB. In der pars posterior des Koi)fes ist keine Spur eines tnber postverticale
mehr wahrzunehmen. Superfamilia Intuberata Ondemans 1909 (nova).
(). Mit genaleu oder anteantennalen Ctenidien. Maxillen spitz. Labial-
palpen 5-gliederig, symmetrisch. Ange scblecht entwickelt oder
abwesend. Familia Hystrichopsyllidae (-/^af) Tiraboschi 1904 (-r/ae
Baker 1905). ( 'rrirlwjisi/llidae Ti raboscLi 1 904), ( CtenoptiijUi'kie Bak er
1905).
D. Nur Protibia distal mit gescblossener Borstenreihe. Ili/striclmpsyUa
Tasch. 1880.
DD. AlJe Tibien mit gescblossener Borstenreibe. Ctenophthalmus
Kolen. 1856.
DDD. Tibien nur mit Kerben nnd Doppelborsten. Kojjf mit tnber
frontale, mit oder oline niucro. PalaeopaijUa AVagner 1903.
(•C. Nnr (2 X ) 2 subfrontale Ctenidien. Maxillen stnmpf bis spitz.
Labialpalpen 5-gliederig, symnietriscb. Angen rndimentar oder
abwesend. Fatnilia Ischnopsyllidae Wablgren 1907. {Typhlo-
]>xyllinae Tiraboscbi 19l(4). {Ccmtopsi/llhhie Baker 1905).
D. Fro- und Mesotibien ganz, Metatibia nur distal mit gescblossener
Borstenreibe. Maxillen spitz. Thaumapsylla Rothscb. 1907.
DD. Alle Tibien mit Kerben nnd Doppelborsten. Maxillen mebr oder
weniger stumjif.
E. Vielfc Antejiygidialhorsten, oinem Ctenidium iibnlicb. Ni/cterido-
psijlla Ondemans 1900.
EE. Nur eine Antepygidialborste.
F. Metepimernm obue (Jtenidinm. Isi'Iniopsijlbig Westwood 1833.
FF. Metepimernm mit Ctenidinm. Chiropteropiiijllu Ondemans
1908.
CCC. Mit genalem Ctenidium. Maxillen spitz. Labialjialpen asymme-
triscb (binten biintig). Auge anwesend. Familia Typhloceratidae
Ondemans 1909 (nova).
AA. Kojjf ungegliedert, d. b. aus zvvei oder mebr Glit-dern verwacbseu, wovon
oft uocb Spuren vorbanden sind nnd zwar in der Form eines tuber
verticale, einer falx, einer Nabt. Subordo Integricipita Oudemans
1908.
B Clava lang, oval. Superfamilia Longiclavata Ondemans 19()9 (nova).
( 156)
C. Fliihe fast immer lang. Clava freigliederig. Tliorax nicht kiirzer als
der Kopf, liinger als das erste Tergit. Sectio Dolichothoracica Oode-
maiis 1009 (nova).
1). K(ii)f (Geua) uud Pronotum niit f'tenidinin. Familia NeopsylUdae
OiuU'iuans l'.l(i9 (nova).
E. Lalii;i]i)aljieu 4- oder 5-gliedei'ig, .symnu'tiisch. Snbfamilia ITeo-
psyllinae Oudemans 1909 (nova).
F. Mit tnbcr vcrticale, schwerer fal.x, tuber froiitale, mncro oder
listron. Labialpalpeu u-gliederig. Xeojiiti/Un Wagner 1903.
FF. Mit leichter falx. Labialpalpen 5-gliedeng. Spalacojisi/lla
Ondemans 1900.
FFF. Keine Spnr vou falx. Tuber frontale mit Grube, worin
listron oder protectnm. Mit Ange. Listropsylla Rothsch.
1907.
EE. Labialpalpen 2-gliederig, durcbsiclitig, hiintig. Subfamilia
Spilopsyllinae Ondemans 1909 (nova). Mit unr einem Genns :
Siiiloptt'iUits Baker 1905.
DD. Kopf ohne, Pronotum mit Ctenidium. Familia Dolichopsyllidae
Baker 1905.
E. Labialpalpeu 5-gliederig, symmetrisch. Sabfamilia Dolichopsyl-
linae Baker 1905.
F. Mit falx. Mit protcctum. Mit Ange. Innenseite der Meta-
coxa mit DOrnchen. (Jdontopi'/Uus Baker 1905.
FF. Mit falx. Mit protectnm. Mit Ange. Innenseite der
Metacoxa ohne Dornclien. I )(isi/ps>jUii» Baker 1905.
FFF. Mit schwacher falx. Ohne protcctum. Mit Ange. Pi/yio-
psijUa Rotbscb. 1900.
FFFF. Mit weisser Nabt. Mit ]irotectum. Ohne Ange. DoUdio-
]i.vjllits Baker 1905.
FFFFF. Knr mit protcctum nnd Auge. Cfratopln/Uas f'urtis
1829.
EE. Labialpalpen 4- oder 5-i;licderig, asymmctrisch (binten hiintig),
distal sjiitz, Subfamilia Hoplopsyllinae Ondemans 1909 (nova).
Mit einem Genus : Iloplopi<iillnH Baker 19ti5.
DDD. Kopf nnd Pronotum ohne Ctenidium. Familia Anomiopsyllidae
Ondemans 1909 (nova).
E. Labialimlpen 5- oder G-gliedcrig, symmetrisch. Subfamilia Ano-
miopsyllinae Baker 1905. {Li/roiifti/Uidac Baker 19i.i5 ; Muhico-
psijllidae Baker 1905 : Meijupsyliidne Baker 1898).
F. Mit starker falx. Mit tuber frontale und protectnm inversura.
Mit Auge. Parapai/llus Euderl, 1903.
FF. Mit starker falx. Mit Ange. Mnlwop.^iiUa Wesmth. If^xX.
FFF. Mit Spur eines tuber verticale. Mit Naht. Mit Ange.
Goniopsyllus Baker 1905.
FFFF. Mit schwacher Sjmr von falx (brauncr Anflng iiber der
Fiihlergrube). Mit mncro oder i)rotectum hoch am Kojjfe.
Lycopsi/lla Rothsch. 1904.
FFFFF. Mit tnbcr frontale. Mit Ange. C/iaetopsi/lla Kohant
1903.
( 157 )
FFFFFF. Mit Ange. Gena mit knrzem, breitem, stumpfem
Anhang. Coptopsylla Jordan nud llotbscli. 1908.
FFFFFFF. KeiuAnge. Wenig Behaarmig. Anomiojjsi/llus Baker
19U4.
EE. Labialpalpen 7- bis 14-gliederig, symmetrisch. Snbfamilia
VermipsyUinae Wagner 18S9 {-da 'Wagner ; -e/ae Baker 1905 ;
-nae Baker 1905). Mit einem Genus : VermipsijUa Schimk.
1885.
UC. Fluhe sehr knrz. Clava vcrwacbsengliederig. Thorax viel kiirzer
als dor Kopf und als das erste Tergit. Sectio Brachythoracica
Oademans 1909 (nova). Mit nur einer Familia : Hectopsyllidae
Baker 1904. {Sarcopsyllidae Tasch. 1880 ; Rhi/nchoprioiii<lni' Baker
1906 ; llfctoi-ojisylUdae Oademans 1906 ; Dermatopliilidnc Ondemans
190G.)
D. Clava verwachsen 8-gliederig. Maxillen stuiupf. Ilectopsylla
Frauenf. 1860.
DL). (!lava verwachsen 7-gIiederig. Maxillen spitz. Rhijnckopsijlla
Haller I.^SO.
1)DD. Clava verwachsen 6-gliederig. Maxillen stnmpf. Frons mit
hufeisenfurmiger Rinne iiber dem nasenfOrmigeu Vorsprnng.
Dermatophilus Guerin 1838.
BB. Clava kurz, rund; freier Teil des ersten Gliedes der Clava mandolineu-
fOrmig. Fluhe gedrnngen. Snperfamilia Breviclavata Oademans 1909
(nova).
C. Thorax nicht kiirzer als der Kopf, liinger als das erste Tergit. Clava
frei- oder teilweise verwachseugliederig. Sectio Solitothoracica
Oademans 1908.
1). Kopf nnd Pronotnm mit Ctenidium. Labialpalpen asymmetrisch
(immer ?). Familia Arcliaeopsyllidae Ondemans 1909 (nova).
E. Mit subfroutalem (4), genalem (4), und augularem (1) Cteuidiam.
Ctenocephalits Kolen. 1857.
EE. Mit genalem (a — 3) nud angularen (1) Ctenidium. Archacopsylla
Dampf 1908.
DD. Kopf ohne, Pronotnm mit Ctenidium. Labialpalpen symmetrisch
(immer?). Familia Uropsyllidae Oademans 1909 (nova). Mit
Genus Uropsi/lla Rothsch. 1905.
UDD. Kopf und Pronotnm ohne Ctenidium. Familia Falicidae Tasch.
1880.
E. Labialpalpen symmetrisch. Snbfamilia Rhopalopsyllinae Onde-
maus 1909 (nova). Mit Genus Rhopalopsi/Utis Baker 1905.
EE. Labialpalpen asymmetrisch (hiuten htiutig). Snbfamilia Puli-
cinae Tirab. 1904.
F. Mesosternit schmal, ohne inwendige stabformiger Chitinisatioa
von der Insertion der Coxa anfwiirts. Pulex L. 1758.
FF. Mesosternit breit, mit inweudiger stabfurmige Chitisination
von der Insertion der Coxa aufwiirts.
G. Mit falx. Mit protoctum inversum. (iona mit dreieckigem
Liippcheu wie bci deu llcctopsjUidac. Mit Auge. Moco-
psylla Rothsch. 1908.
( 158 )
GG. Mit dentJicher Spur von falx. Mit Ange. Clava freiglied-
erig. Ornithopsi/Ua Rothsch. 19ii8.
GGG. Mit Andentung oiner falx. Mit Ange. Gona mit drei-
eckigem, scbarfem Anbaiig. Fariodontis Jord. nnd Kotbsch.
19U8.
GGGG. Nnr mit Ange. Lormop.v/lla Jord. nnd Rothsch. 1908.
CC. Thorax viel kiirzer als der Kopf und als das erste Tergit. Sectio
Brevithoracica Ondemaiis 1908. Mit nnr cincr Faniilio : Echidnopha-
gidae Undemaus 1909 (nova). Mit nnr ciner Gattnng : Kchidnophaya
Olliti' 1886.
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CAGES
1. NOTES suit LES OISEAUX DE LA liE-
PUBUQUE ARGENTINE (Plates II., ITT.) K. Ifm-teH and S. Vmturl l.JO— 207
2. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICAN
ARCTIADAE Wahe.r Unthschild . . 268—299
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Nil DAE) Karl .Jordnn . . .300—306
4. NEW SOUTH INDIAN ASrHRIIilDAK . Karl .hrd,,,, . . . 307—308
i>. ON AFRICAN LONGICOENS DESCRIBED
BY HOPE AND WESTWOOD . . . Karl .lordan . . . 309—312
0. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW APTEROUS
EARWIG, APPARENTLY PARASITIC
ON A BAT (Plates XVL, XVII., XVIIT.) Karl ./ordan . . . 313—326
7. NOTES ON THE ANATOMY OF J/EMI-
MERUS TALPOIDES (Plate XVIII.) . Karl Jm-dan . . . 327—330
8. NOTE ON THE LARVA OF SOMA-
JiRACHY.'S Karl .Tordan . . . 331—332
9. SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES ON FLEAS
DEALT WITH IN PREVIOUS PAPEKS .WCIuirle^ Rothschild . 332
10. NASUA VITTATA TSCH (Plate I.) . . Waller Rothschild . . 333
n. ON SOME RECENTLY DISCOVERED
AFRICAN BIRDS (Plates XIV., XV.) . ErnM J/artert . . 333
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
Vol. XVI. DEC!EMBER, 1909. No. 2.
NOTES SUR LES OISEAUX DE LA REPUBLIQUE
ARGENTINE.
Par E. HARTERT et S. VENTURI.
(Planches II. et III.)
[The i'ollowiug notes ou the Birds of the Argentine Repnblie are based on a
manuscript by Mr. 8. Venturi, of Buenos Aires, on the nidification, eggs, and
habits of Argentine Ijirds, As long ago as 1900 Mr. Rothschild bought from
Mr. Venturi a valuable eollcction of eggs and bird-skins from the Argentine
Republic. Together with the collection l\Ir. Venturi sent us the manuscript men-
tioned above, which we proaiised to publish in some way or other. The manuscript
was a French translation of the original article, which had been written in Spanish.
The great value of Mr. Venturi's notes was evident and indisputable, but we could
not very well publish them in the form they were before us. Having in oar hands
the material ou which they were based, and many specimens not mentioned in the
manuscript, and seeing that not only some species were wrongly identified, but that
a number of new forms were among them, it became necessary carefully to compare
every skin and to add considerably to the work. Moreover, the French was not
i|nite tit for publication, and as 1 (a born German domiciled in Englandj iiad never
written an article for priut in French before, and was no more competent than
Mr. Venturi (an Italian domiciled in the Argentine Republic), the editing of our
notes involved some difficulty. I am greatly obliged to my friend Mr. ( '. E.
Hellmayr and to Miss Michaelis for looking over the manuscripts and proofs, and
I trust that by their kind help a work has been produced whii'h even French-
men will be able to read without too great a horror over the violation of their
language.
I decided to make use of this excellent opportunity, not only to enumerate the
localities of the specimens of birds collected by Jlr. Venturi, but also to mention
what we had received from the Argentine Republic from other collectors. Not
to mention some odd specimens, they were :
1. 135 skins from the Estancia S. Martino, Jloute, province of Buenos Aires,
collected in 1890 and 1807 by Mr. Paul Neumann, of Berlin.
2. Several hundred birds collected at La Soledad, Entre Rios, by Mr. C. B.
Brittaiu, of Tring (now of Stony Stratfonlj.
3. Some skins, mostly from Cosquin, a village in the mountains west of
the city of Cordova, collected by E. W. White. (Cf Proc. Zoo/. Sor.
London, 1S82, p. 591, 188:i, pp. 37 and 432.)
4. Some of the skins collected by Mr. (i. A. Baer, of Paris, near Tucnman.
(Cf. Oi-His, xii. 11. 2U9, 1904.)
11
( 160 )
."). Over 40(1 skins cdUected liy that rx(^elli'ut collector Mr. L. Oinelli in the
provincps of Tucnniaii find Salta. Purchased from Mr. Rosenberg in
London and Mr. I'aer in Paris. (('!'. P)iM'h'j)soli, (h/i/'.i, xiv. [PfOi:
CnM/resa, Londcnt], ]i. -54 T.)
'5. Over I MO skins, mostly colh'oted in the jprovincc of Salta, by Jose
fSteinbaoh, the well-known collector of natural history specimens in the
Argentine TJepnblio, Bolivia, ami South Algeria.
7. Eighty-one skins collected in Patagonia by Julius Koslowsky. Bought.
from Mr. Uosenberg in London.
The collection we purchased from Mr. Ventnri consists of 1115 beautifully
prepared and well-labelled skins and several thousand eggs ; it is a very important
one, inasmuch as it has been brought together during a number of years and in
various parts of the Rejiublic. Most of the specimens are, however, from Barracas
al Sud (province of Bnenos Aires), from Mocovi in the Chaco, Ocampo near the
Rio Parana, on the edge of the Ohaco, and near Tncuman.
I have not attempted to make a list of all the birds known to occur in the
Argentine Hepubjic, bnt have only enumerated those of which s])ecimens exist
at Tring— as far as I came across them — and those mentioned in Mr. Venturi's
manuscript. Nevertheless, there cannot, be very many Argentine birds left unnoticed
in this article, as I mention fluQ forms ; while Messrs. Sclater and Hudson's
celebrated work, Aiu/entinc Ornithology (1888-0), contains only 434- species!
The share of the two authors is much the same as in Messrs. Sclater and
Hudson's work. I have critically examined the skins, and am finally responsible
for their nomenclature, and all the nomenclatorial and systematic notes are by me ;
while 1 have also sometimes added fuller descriptions and measurements of eggs
wiiere it seemed important, and when these were rather short and cursorv in
Mr. Venturi's notes. All the notes on niditication, habits, etc., and most of the
descriptions of the eggs and theii' measurements, are by Mr. Ventnri. His notes are
enclosed in inverted commas and signed " (S. V.)." Mr. Ventnri has, of conrse, also
snp))lied the local names {noins vtilgaires), and added references to Mr. Xelirkorn's
Kdtalofi der Eiersammlxn;/ (LS99) and to Dr. von Ihering's valuable article on
the nests and eggs of the birds of Brazil, " Catalogo critico-comparativo dos
ninlios e ovos das avcs do Brasil," in Rerista do Muscu Paiilista, iv. i)p. l!)l-:iii(i.
There are hardly any countries on the surface of the earth that can excei>d tjio
Argentine Uepublic in the variation of natural conditions and landscape. The
territories of the Rejiublic extend from the cold and bleak shores of Tierra del Fuego
and Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) under o.5 southern latitude, where birds
lielonging to the Antarctic regions are met with, to the hot Chaco, reaching as far
as TZ — i.e. just into the tropics — and in the east to the province of Misiones,
between the rivers Parana and Uruguay, as far as 'Zah .
We have thus the fauna of the sea-shores, of the vast prairies, of the extensive
forests, swamps, and mountains, rising to above oOno and even (JiiuO m. (Mount
Aconquija, near Tucnman, in Atacama, Salta, Jujuy). The ornis of the mountains
of Jujny and Salta is naturally more that of Bolivia than that of Argentina proper,
and many sjiecies therefore occur in those regions which are not elsewhere found
in the Argentine Republic.
It is clear that such diti'erent countries are inhabited by different species and
representative forms. An interesting fact is, that the ornis of the territory of
Misione» is i[uit(t ilili'eient IVoai that of the central provinces (Buenos Aires, Eutre
( 161 )
Rios, etc.), and that it agrees with that of Soutiieni Brazil and I'araguay. I do
not know exactly where the line of deiuareation between the fauna of Misiones and
that of — zoogeogi'aphically sj)eaking — Argentina proper lies.
J cannot conclude these remarks witiiout thanking Mr. Carl E. Helluiayr and
Count Berlepsch for much help and trouble they took in b'uding me sjiecimens and
giving good counsel about certain species.
This article would have appeared long ago if I had not been exceptionally
busy since I began to edit it ; many other occupations, new buildings and
rearranging of collections and library, and my long trips to Algeria in 1908 and
190ft with Mr. Rothschild, necessitated lengthy interruptions of the work.
Ernst Hartert.]
TUHDIDAE.
1. Turdus amaurochalinus < 'ah.
Turdus leiicomelus aiict. (cf. Hellmayr, Jonni. f. Oni. lyOJ. p. i>S) ; Xelirkoni, p. M ; Ihering,
p. 197.
Nom vulgaire : Zorzal bianco.
cJ ad. Tucnman, 450 m., 21. i.x. 1900 (No. 118).
J vix ad. Paoheco, Province Buenos Aires, 7. x. 1900 (No. 114).
? ad. I'arraeas al Sud, jirov. Bnenos Aires, 17. vii. 19()0 (No. 115).
c? juv. Ocampo, 15. xii. 1905 (No. 1093).
" Le nid de cette esp^ce differe de celui de T. ruficeutris en ce iju'il u'y a de boue
ni a I'interienr ni au bord superieur. La femello pond 3 oeufs, dout la coloration
ressemlile ii celle des autres merles. lis sont d'un bleuAtre tres piVle, converts de
taches roussatres plus nombreuses autour du gros bout et de raouchetures d'un lila
grisiltre pale. Les dimensions sont : 24-5 — 30 x 18-6- — 21-4 ram." (S. V.)
Ventnri a pris des cents a Barracas al Sud le 13, 2fi. xi, 4. xii. 190(i, 13. xi.
1902, it Mocovi le 11. xi. 1903, k Ocampo le 28. x. 1905.
2. Turdus rufiventris \'ieill.
Nchrkorn, p. ?u ; Ihering, \k 19'.i.
Jc?? Barracas ;il Sud, aunt, decembre. — Au musee de Tring il y a anssi des
exemplaires de La Solcdad (( '. 1!. Brittain), de ( 'oncepciou (Misiones, E. W . White),
et de Tucnman (Uinelli coll.). Ventnri a pris des ceufs a Barracas al 8ud, en
novembre, ii Ocampo en Janvier, octobre, et decembre et a Heruandarias en decembre.
'■ A la bonne description d'Euler, Rer. Mas. Pcudista, t. iv. p. 9, il fandra
ajouter i|ue cet oiseau nidifie aussi dans des trous uaturcls de tmncs d'arbres. J'ai,
de plus, tronve un nid dans le four du Farnarias i-u/as qu'on avait en partie detrnit
ponr en oter les ceufs. (juand on ote les ueufs de T. riijiceritris avant la punte
definitive cjui se compose de 4 ceufs, I'oiseau continue a pondre au meme endroit
jnsque par trois Ibis successives, mats les derniers ceufs ne sont plus serablables anx
premiers ; la coquille devient ruguense, la coloration geuerale de I'cenf est d'un
vert cendre tres clair et conserve des traces de taclies ferruginenses tres j)eu visibles.
Cet oisean est aussi commun ii Buenos Aires (jii'au Chaco."
" Les mesures des oeufs, comnje leur coloration, sont tres variables, et il est
difficile de tronver denx ])ontes egales ; parfois meme les ceufs du meme nid ne sont
pas parfaitemeiit ligaux. Dim. : 25 — 82 x 19-5 — 22 mm. lis sont tout ii fait
semblables ii ceux de 7'. amaiiroc/iati/iifs." (S. V.)
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:i. Turdus magellanicus magellanicus King.
Nehrkoni, p. 'M.
Ventnri a tne nrie femelle iidnltc ii l{oca (Rio Negro) le IT), xi. 1S99, et il a
pris (les aMifs i'l Fnifillar ]o 'Hi. \i. Is'iO. Diniciisions :!ii x 21-5 (Venturi) et
ai X 22-i-) (llarfcrt).
4. Turdus fuscater amoenus Hclliu. (Pi. II. Fif;. :i, 4).
Turilii!' fu^mter nmdciiiis Hellmayr, Joiirii. f. Orii. 190'.!, p. t'i8 (Mendoza).
Tiinliis/iisialir auct. — Mons. Hellmavr a demoatre i|ue le nom Aefnxraler de d'Orbigny et Laf resnaye
se rapportait .'c la forme bolivienne du groupe d''sign^ par les anteiirs sous le nom de Tunln.i
ifuia.-:. (Voir Bull. li.O.C. xvi. pp. '.H, •)■_'.)
11 y a a Triug quatre exemplaires, tues a Tucumau par MM. Diiielli et
Venturi. Monsieur Lonis Dinelli, oliservateur scrupuleux et preparateur z^l^ de
Tncnman, en jijus dVnvoyer de jirecieux vnaterianx ;i Venturi, a aussi reiuis des
notes sur la nidiHcation de plnsienrs especes rares et intercssantes nn'il a observees.
11 dit " que le iiid de ce merle est tr^s volnmineux et place entre des arbastes tr^s
toutt'ns. ( 'et oiseau ne descend pas do la region des Alisiers et atteint la region des
(iMieniis, jirofitant anssi de ces arbnstes pour y ]ilacer j)arfois son nid. La polite est
de '.' on 3 o-nfs. An temps de rincnliatiou il est tres difficile de i'aire I'oisean
abandonner son nid. On tronve les rents aux mois de decembro, Janvier et
fevrier. Deux cenfs, recneillis par Monsieur Dinelli a La Hoyada (Tucuman) k une
altitude de 1500 m., le 10. xii. 1901 sent semblables ii ceux de '/'i/iy/i/.i fuficextris.
Dimensions : 31 x 21 mm. Nom. vnlg. ' vinda.'" (S. V.)
^. Turdus nigriceps ( 'ab.
Nom Tulgaire : Isma. (J La Hoyada, 1300 m. (Dinelli) ; r? ? Tafi Viejo, .'iOO m. CVenturi).
Monsieur Dinelli a trouv6 des asufs de cette espece a la Cnmbrc del Hayo
(Tncuman) il 2300 m. d'altitnde Colorafinn corame celle des es|)ecps jirecedentes.
Dimensions : 29 x 19'T, 2y'7 x I'i'S mm.
Monsieur Diuidli ecrit "tuie cet oiseau ]irefere les alisiers, et met son nid assez
bant et sur des brancbes saillantes, mais il est moins volnmineux ijne celni des
autres merles. La jionte est generalement de :i leufs." (S. V.)
Ii. Mimus saturninus modulator ((ionld).
Orpheux modiilafijv Gould, P.Z.S. IS.'JB. p. 6 (appeared 9. iv. WM]).
Urjjlieii.i calamliia D'Orb. & Lafresn., Syn. Av. in .!/«.(/. Zeal. vii. cl. ii. p. 17 (ls.'?7).
Nom. vulgaire : Calandria. — Nehrkorn, p. 4'J ; Ihering, p. 201.
11 y a il Tring des jieaux de Tncnmaii, ISan Vicente (Buenos Aires), et de
Barracas al 8ud. Monsienr Ventnri ii recneilli des lenfs ii Ocampo (7. xi. 1905),
Hernandarias (28. x. 1902) et Esperanza (28. x. lOOiij. Par lenr coloration, les
oeufs ressemblent ii ceux des merles de la repnliliiine Argentine, lis mesurent
28'0 X 21, 29 x 21, 27 x 20-5, 27 x 29 mm.
7. Mimus triurus (Vieill.).
Nom vulgaire: Calandria. — Nehrkorn, \i, 4'.i ; Ihering, p. "iOl.
" Cette espece est commune et nidifie dans tout le nord de la republiqne
Argentine. La coloration des lenfs ressemble ii celle de I'espece precedente.
Dimensions: 25—28 x 18— 20-5 mm." (S. V.)
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8. Mimus patagonicus (Lafr. ef, fl'Orli.).
Nous en avoiis deux feruelles tuees k Tiicumau, eu juiii IDul, p!i,r Moiisi(Mir
Dinelli, a 450 m. d'altitnde sur mar. Mousieur Hellmayr a compare ces <lcux
peaux an type an musee de Paris, et il les Ini a t.rouvees tout a fait ideutiijues.
;•. Mimus dorsalis (d'Orb. & Lafr.).
MM. Uiuelli et Budiu eu out [iris des exemplaires aux mois de juillet ot
novemlire. Uii male et uae femelle en sout preserve'es au Mnsee de Muuicli
(Hellmayr iu litt.). Cette espece est uouvelle pour la rrpnblique Ari,fentine.
111. Polioptila dutnicola (Vieill.)(PI. II, Fig. 7).
Nelirkorn, p. 27 ; Ihering, p. 202.
Nous eu avons a Tring des echautillons de : B irracas al tSud (Veuturi coll.,
F. M. Rodriguez coll.), de Tucumau, Laguuas de Malviaas (Diuelli coll.), de C!ordova
(E. W. White coll.), de La Soledad (<;. B. Brittaiu coll.), de Samaipatii,, Bolivie
(Gustav Garlepp coll.), et de Paraguay (Bohls coll.).
" Le uid se tronve de preference sur les arbres isoles au I)ord des bois ; il est
geueralemeut place sur une fourche dout uue brauclie moute perpeudiculaireineut ;
il mesure exterieurement 55 mm. de hauteur pour 5U mu. do diametre ; sou entree
est un peu phis etroite, ne mesnrant (|ue 30 mm. La ponte est de trois wufs d'un
blenatre pule, ([uelquefois presque blauc, couvcM'ts de petites taches brunes. lis
mesureut 14o — 10 x 11 — 12 mm." (S. V.)
TROGLODYTIDAE.
11. Cistothorus platensis tucumanus subsp. uov.
Cette forme nouvelie differe de ('. /jl'itf/is/s pl'deiisis notamraent par ce ipie
I'uropyginm est d'nn fauve brnniitre uuiforme sans stries noiratres ou blanches ;
toute la coloration est plus pale; les baudes traasversalfs uoiratres des sus-caudii,les
sont moins nettes, et les taches blanches apicales qui sout si bien marijuees cliez
la forme typique y mauijnent completement ; le bee est sensiblement plus long.
C. p. gramiincola Tacz. du Perou et de la Bolivie septentrionale est d'une
teinte beauconp plus roussatre et plus vive sur les parties superieuves ainsi que
sur les flancs, et les stries au sommet de la tete sont moins prononcees ; jiour la
coloration du pileum et des rectrices, la forme de Tueuuian s'accorde parfaitement
avec les C. p. platensis et C p. graminicola, tandis ([ue C. p. polyglottus (Vieill.)
s'en distingue aisement jiar la conlenr presque uuiforme du pileum, et jiarce que les
rectrices, sauf la paire mediane, out la barbe interne d'un noinUre uuiforme excepts
a la pointe. Ailes 47— 48, queue 4s — 4U, culmeii 14 mm. (Deux feuielles adnltes
de Tucuman.)
Type ?, No. l;i(), Tucuman, oH. x. 1891) (S. Veiiluri coll.).
" Iris brun cafe."
C.fasciolatiis Burm. de Mendoza, dout Monsieur Hellmayr a examine les types,
appartenant au mus^e de Halle, se rai)porte a la forme typiqne, C p. platensis.
V-l. Cistothorus platensis platensis (Lath.). (PI. IL Figs. 1, 2, 5, li.)
Nom vulgaire : Raton.
Ventnri a tu6 des males adnltes k Bahia Blanca (li). x. 1899) et a Barracas al
Sud (14. vii. 1908), pres de Buenos Aires.
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Ija temelle pond 4 on o cenl's (riim^ cuiiloiir blanche. IrgiMX'ment teintes de
conleur de rose, et converts de nonihrenses taches rougeatres qni, dans nuelqucs
exeuiplaires, forment une petite conniiiiK' an gros bout. lis mesureut 15 — 17
X l'^ — 14 mm. Ventnri a troiive les leuf's an.\ mois d'octobre et dccembre.
];'■■ Trog-lodytes musculus hornensis (Less.).
Cf, Oberholser, /';.«•. I.'.S. \,il. .1/h.s-. .xxvii. p. L'l« (li)iM) ; Ilienng, p. l'.i'.1.
Nom vulgaire : Tacuarita ou Ratona.
Nons en avons une scrie de Barracas al iSud. \'entiiri y a anssi tiie uue I'eiuelle
dont les parties snperieures sont d'une conleur d'isalielle, le bas ilu dos (ruue nuance
plus fonece. "La femelle pond ;> cents, eganx k ceux de Cix/nfliorn.i /i!tifp/hv's
platensia. Taut ii Buenos Aires cjn"an Ciuxco, cet oisean commence a nidilier an
iriois de septembre et il finit an mois de mars."' CS. V.)
14. Troglodytes solstitialis auricularis ''ab.
Omis daus V.ln/i/ilhir <lriiilli<il<,t/i/.
2 ? ¥ S. Pablo, Tncumau, 12imi m., 21,». viii., 3. i.\. I'.iul ( L. Dinelli).
l-"i. Cinclus schulzi Cali.
2 cJJ 2 ? ? Aufama, Tucnman, ImiO m., T, s, U, 11. vi. l'.M»(i (L. Dinelli, Nos.
40(i2, 41170, 4072, 40S0).
MOTACILLIDAE.
Hi. Anthus correndera Vieill. (I'l. IL Fig.s. 17, IS, 10.)
Xom vulgaire : rachirl:i.
Une belle serie an njusee de Tring :
Barracas al 8ud, 7. i. 1902, 17. iv. lOol, 10. v. I'.luo, 13. .\i. 1^'J^ (vS. Veutnri
coll.) ; Barracas al Sud, Is, 21. v. I'Jiiy (F. M. Rodrigueii coll.) ; Concepcion, Chile,
24, 2». V. 1903 (Charles S. Reed coll.) ; Chile (ex Bartlett coll.) ; San Sebastiao,
Sao Paulo, Brasil, jnin, juillet 1901 (Hempel coll.).
Veutnri a trouve les nids avec 3 ou 4 (cnfs a Barracas al Snd anx mois de
novemVire et decembre. Le.s ceufs sont d'nn blanc grisatre avec des taches cendrees
et brnues, ijui quekinefois forment une cnnronne an gros liont.
Dimensions: 19o x 13-3, 21-7 x 14-3 ii 20 x 151 mm.
K. Anthus liitescens lutescens Less. (PI. II. Figs. 8 — 12.)
Cf. Hellmayr, Xm; Zml. xiii. p. 307, 1906.
S ? Barracas al Sud, 19. xi, 17. xii. 190l (Nos. 1008, lU09, lolii) (S. Ventnri
coll.j ; Tucnman, 450 m. alt. 12, 16, 20. vi. 1901 (L. Dinelli coll.).
" Cette espece est commune a Barracas al Sud jires des marais, an bord
desquels il niditie au printemps et en etc. Elle profile des empreintes (ormees jiar
les animanx dans le terrain mon, au innd desquelles elle construit son nid avec des
tiges de graminecs. Parfois cet oiscau le place daus les paijnets d'herbes arraches
par les animanx. La petite onverture dn nid est presqne invisible, comme le nid
lui-merae, du reste. La femelle pond 4 reufs, qui sont d'une conlenr blanchatre,
qnelquefois teintes de conleur de creme on jaunatre, tachetes de brun et grisatre ;
parfois ils sont presqne uniforme, et sonvent on trouve des lignes fines d'une couleur
noire." (S. V.) lis sont un pen plus ])etits que ceux de Y Anthus rorrendera et
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A. hellmaijri. lis mesnrrnf. He IS-fi x 14 et, 18-8 x 14 ii in-6 x 1-i-o, 20 x lo-6
et20-4 X 15-3 mm.
is. Anthus furcatus furcatus LatV. &, d'Orb. (PI. II. Figs. 13—16.)
Nom vulgaire : Cachirla.
(?? Barracas al Sud, IT. viii. 1903, 20. i.\. 1801), 31. xii. I'.iOii, 7. i. I'.Mrj, (N'os.
1003, 100.-), KMIG, lOOT) (S. Veutnri coll.).
i ? Barvacas al Snd, mai, juin 1903 (F. M. RodrijjiK^z cdll.).
Ad., Valle Oraiido, Rnlivio, 8. vi. 1890 ffinstav Gar]o|ip coll.).
" Ijp.s oenfs sunt d'nii 1)laiic salp, oonverf- de t.aches lirnnes et grisatres qui se
reiinissent parfois ])onr former nne couninne de iioir vers le pole obtus on vers le
milieu. Quelqiies exem[ilaires out des points on des raies uoirs. lis mesureiit
:iO— 21 X 14— 1,-)-6 mm." (S. V.)
10. Anthus hellmayri "om. nov.
Aiilliiix rliii auctorum. nee Vieillot !
C'est ii tort qn'on a employe le nom de r///V ponr designer I'espece qni a la
rectrice nltime d'un fnme brnnatre, et la ]iennltime noinVtre, avec senlemeut nne
tres petite tacbe blancliatre a la pointe. Vieillot (your. Diet. iTHist. Sat.,
2" ddit., vol. .xxvi. ]i. 490) a deiiommi' " le chii " d'Azara (jni est dit avoir "la peiine
exterieure blanche et nne Iwrdnre de la meme conlenr h la seconde penue," et etre
pins petit (pie rorri'inlcrri. Evidemment cette description ne se rapporte pas a
Tesjieee uommee cliii jiar les autenrs, mais s'appli((ne plutut an petit .1. Iufcscciis,
ce (|ui est cependaut trop iucertain qn'on puisse accepter le nom de cliii pour ce
dernier.
Je dedie cet Anthus a mon ami Monsieur ('. E. Helimayr, qui m"a beanconp
assiste ii r&Hger ces notes snr les Oiseanx Argentins.
l\-\v irAiiflniH hdlmnijri : cj ad. Tncuman, 450 m., 12. vi. 1904. No. 3120,
(t. Uinelli coll. (Mnsee de Triug). II y a a Tring deux autres exeraplaires dc
Tncuman, S. Ventnri coll., J 17. vi. 1004, et G. Dinelli coll. "Iris mavron ; pieds
blanch;\tres ; bee en dessus noinUre, en (lessons blanchiVtre."
(-!'est evidemment res])(>ce (!'nnm(''r(5e sons le nom i}C Anfhus iHujoti'iiMs par Lillo,
Annalea Miis. Nar. Buenos Aires, s(jr. iii. vol. i. p. 173, 1902.
Tableau synoptique des especes du genre Aiithii.s trouvees en Arg'entine,
) Rectrice nltime d'un fnmt' brunatre, la jnlninUiine iioinitre avec nne tr6s
petite tache blanchatre a la pointe . . . . .A. Imllmaifr).
Rectrice nltime en jiartie blanebe . . . . .2
.) fAile 1)1 -(i(i, on m(i'me (is mm. ....... -1. hdcsuens.
[Aile plus long (pie 72 mm. ...... 3
Plumes interscapulaire.s avec des iaches blancbatres on conlenr de creme
snr la barbe interne, formant une strie longitndiuale claire le long
des epanles ; bee grele et allong(5, ongle du ponce long, |)resqne
droit . . . . . . . . . . .4. rorreiidera.
Plumes interscapulaires sans tacbes blanchatres, liec court et (ipais, ongle
dn pouce beanconp plus court, conrbe .... A. furcatus.
3.
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MNIOTILTIDAE.
2ii. Parula pitiayumi pitiayumi (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. SS ; Ihering, p. -M'.i.
\^euturi a trouve deux tsnh ii Mocovi ])rL-s d'UcamjMi, lo ;i. xii. r,»iK!, iiui suut
bliincs avec de tres petites monchetiires roussAtres, snrtout au gros bout.
Dimensions: If! x 12-]. 150 x 12 ram. Espece commune.
21. Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 'JO : Ihering, p. 2il.i.
<SSi ad. Barracas al Sud, 14. x. I'.iiiii, 27. iii. lunl. " Ii-is gris."
"Espece commune taht a Bueuos Aires (|u"au Cliaco. Les ceufs sont blancs
avec des taclies ronges on brnn-noiratre, et avec des taches primaires * d"un
grisatre pale; (jnelques exeraplaires sont presque blancs, d'antres entiirement
converts de points ct de taches rougeatres." (S. V.) lis mesurent is x 13-5,
17-4 X l;5-6, 17-2 X 136, 170 x l:VO, 19 x 14-S, IS-o x 14-2, 10 o x 14, 19-3 x 13-8,
•.-'0-7 X 14-0 mm.
22. Setophaga brunniceps Lafr. ^- d'Oib.
Setophaga bfumiicepx Lafr. et d'Orb., Syn. Av. I. in Maff. Zuul. 18.S7 CI. ii. p. 50 (Yungas, ISolivia).
Setiipli'tfid rirearenx Burtaeister, Journ.f. Oni. 1860, p. 251 (Tucuman !).
II n'y a pas de differences constantes entre les exemplaires de la Bolivie et
ceux de Tucuman. Le nom de Burmeister (omis dans le " Cat. B. x.") devient
done un synonyrae.
MM. L. Diuelli et Venlnri en onl [iris unc serie a Tncniuan, anx mois
d'octobre et novembre.
23. Basileuterus auricapillus auricapillus (Swains.).
Xehrkorn, p. 00 ; Ihering, p. 203.
C'est un oiseau rare a Buenos Aires et dans le Chaco.
S ? Barracas al Snd, 28. vi. lOUU, h). viii. 1002 (S. Ventnri).
t? Ocampo, 27. x. 190.5 (S. Ventnri).
c? Quebrada de los Piedros, Tncniuan. Is. viii. I'.inl (Diuelli).
24. Basileuterus leucoblepharus leucoblepharus (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. '.lO : Ihering, p. 20'A.
Une serie de Mocovi, S. Vicente et Ocampo, ('baco (S. Ventnri).
" L'ette espece est tres commune au Chaco. EUe se trouve aussi bieu dans les
bois des niarais dn Rio Parana que dans les forets de Finterieur, et vit gen(5rale-
ment snr le scd on snr les branches pen ejevees. Elle nidifie sons les troncs des
arbres aliattns el dans les bruussailles de 'caraquata' et de I'ongeres. S. Venturi a
trouve le nid avec trois ceufs a Ocampo (Chaco) le Is, xi. 100.5. Les ceufs sont
blancs avec de nombreuses taches rougeatres, pins denses au gros bout oil elles
forment, plus on moins, unc sorte de couronnc. Dimensidns : 20 x lo*3, 20 x ]^4,
20. T x 1.55 mm." (S. V.)
" L'observation de M. Jean Lima est bien exacte. Ouand on tue un des
individus dn couple, il est tres facile, soit par la main soit an moyen dMrne
• " Taches primaiies" : .Sfhalfiijlfr': en allrin.in 1. •' un'lerlying spits " en anglais.— E. H.
( Ifi- )
badiiip, fif s'cmparer rle J'autre. Dailleurs Vciihiri fait remarniier cjne le iiid iIr
cettc esprce est tres difficile a retronver. surtont ijnaiid il est i>lac(- dans le
' caraquatal.' " (S. V.)
Cette espece, quoiqiie nmise daus Ip livre de Sriater et Hudson, avait itO dejii
sijrnal('e. dans la province de Corrientes par JIM. Lafresnaye et d'Orbigny {S'/lria
leucoblfp/iara, Syn. Av. I., Mng. Zonl. 1837, |). 211).
25. Basileuterus bivittatus bivittatus (LatV. it d'Orb.).
3 J(? ad., 3 ¥ ? ad. Ledesraa, Jnjuv, o2U ni., jniilet 1006 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 41-,'4,
4209, 4213, 424(5, 4247, 4272).
(? ad. Rio Bermejo, province de Salta, 35(J m., 27. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbaeli, 154).
Pas encore signale en Arg-t-ntine.
V1HE()X1DAE.
2'i. Vireo chivi (Vieill.j.
Xehrkoru. |, 7.i : Ihering. p 204.
■' Tri's aliondant ;t Bnenos Aires jiendant IVtr. II uidifie duns les bois de
sanies, a des hautenrs ijui ne depassent pas 1 ni. 50 ciu. An Chaco, au coutraire,
il niche entre les feuilles et les brancbettes dn liant des arbres tres touffus et
liunts ; rarcmeut on y trouve des nids a des hauteurs moindres de 4 metres.
Les cenfs sont blancs avec des points et des taches uoires, quelqnefois tirant au
rougeatre. Dimensions: 19—20-4 x 14—16 mm." (8. V.)
27. Cyclorhis ochrocephala Tsch.
Xehrkorn, p 74 : Iheiiiijj, )i. 20.o.
Nom vulgaire : Virgilio.
i% Barracas al Sud, 15. vii. I'.ioO, 27. .\. lUOii (Venturi).
"Cette espece abonde a Barracas al Sud jiendaut le printemps et I'ete."
(S.V.)
28. Cyclorhis viridis viridis ^Vieill.) (PI. II. Fig. 20).
C. allirostrls Salvin, Ihin 1880 p. 352.
Comme I'a demontre le comte de Berlejisch (//j/'s 1.^83, p. 89), c'est a I'espece
avec nne tache ardoisee vers la base de la raandibnle inferieure, qu'il taut con-
server le noni de ('. ciriilis (Vieill.) etabli sur I'oisean dn Paraguay.
Venturi a recueilii di^s cxemjilaires a !\Iocovi et a Ocampo (Chaco), ainsi que
pres de Tncuraan.
Les oeufs sont blanc Inisant avec des taches d"uu noir de jais et avec des
monchetures primaires d'un gris ccndre. lis mesnrent : 217 x 16-3, 22 x 16,
22-3 X 16 3, 22-8 x l6-], 22-8 x lfi-3 mm. " Les nids sont places aux fourchettes
d'arbrps, a 4 on 5 tuetres du sol." (S. V.)
HIKUNDIXIDAE.
29. Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Bodd.
Nehrkorn, p. 8,5 ; Ihering, p. 20»i.
" Esjiece tres commune au printemps et eu etc aux environs d'Ocampo. Elle
t'requcnte les lagnnes, reposant souvcnt sur les joncs au milieu de I'eau. Par les
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jours de vent tort elle s"a]i|irn(lio diivaiitat'p des liords, alnrs dlr est jdns facile a
tirer an vol. An jirintemps, quand les oiseaiix arriveut, les longnes rectrices sont
toutes tromindes : senlement apres la raue. an mois de decembre, ou trouve des
exemjilaires corajilets. ( 'es liirondelles nichent anx jStats-Unis." (S. V.)
3<i. Progne chalybea domestica Vieill.
Xehrkorn, p. 8(1 ; Ihering, p. 'iOlJ.
Xom vulgaire : Golondrina.
(? ? Barracas al Snd, 2:^. ii. 1'.m)2, 11. xi. lN9(i.
" Tant ii Bnenos Aires (pi'an Cliaco, elle nidifie sons les toits et dans les trous
de nim's des maisons. J'ai vn nne enorme colonie de cette espece k Pneito Borghi,
an nord de Rosario ; c'est dans les trons (jni se prodnisaient lorscpi'on sortit les
echafaudages d'nn grand ninr de sontieu de la berge snr Ic Rio Parana, ijne ces
hirondelles avaient nidifie, et il ent ete relativement facile d'en retirer unelqnes
milliers d'oenfs."' (S. V.)
Les cenfs sont blancs. Uu lenf tronvi' a Esperaiiza le (i. xii. 18'.i'.i mesure
25-4 X 16-5 mm.
31. Progue tapera (L.).
Nehrkorn. p. W : Iliering. p. 20G.
Nom vulgaire : Golondrina.
2 (J(? 1 ? Barracas al Snd, Oct., Nov. (S. Ventnri).
~ dS Tiicumau, Nov., Dec. (L. Dinellij.
" t'ette hirondelle se sert generalement des nids abandonnes de /'i/i/zfir/i/.s
ru/'/is, des vieux nids des piverts, et des trons natnrels de troncs. Pour en iircudre
jiossession elle attend ]iatiemmeut 'jne les jennes FurKni-inx abandonnent Icur
habitation. J'ai egalemeut rencontre des cenfs de cette hiroudelle en compagnie
des petits dn Funmrius ni/'ux, dans le meme nid. Une fois, le 20. xi. 19n5, en
decouvrant nu nid de Faniarinx ra/us, je trouvai le I'roqiia topfra en train de conver
en presence du proprietaire du nid." (S. V.)
Les oenfs sont d'nn blanc pen luisaiit saus taches.
Dimensions de 'ify tent's de 2:.'''.i x 1() ii 2o'2 x 17 mm.
:V2. Petrochelidou pyrrhouota N'ieill.
Nuhrkiiiu, p. 8" : Ihering, p. 207.
Xom vulgaire : GoloDdrina.
" ('ommnne a Bnenos Aires pendant I'ete." (S. V.)
La Plata (Province Bnenos Aires), 28. ii. ISQfi.
Barracas al Sud, 27. ii. 1'.MJ2.
'■V■^■ Tachycineta leucorrhoa (Vieill.).
Xohrkorri, p. 8.") ; Ihering, p. I'l;.
Nom x'ulgaire : Golondrina.
S ? ad. Barracas al Sud, .i. vi I'.iii:^, 22. vii. 1903 (F. W. Rodriguez coll.).
SS ad. Barracas al Snd, 4. vi. lOnl, 7. vii. 19u3 (8. Ventnri cnll.j.
S ad. La Soledad, 12. xi. 19U1 (C. B. Brittain coll.).
<?$ .juv. Estancia S. Martino, Monte, province de Bnenos Aires, Janvier 1897
(Paul Neumann coll.).
Les descriptions de M. iSharpe dans le " Catalogue of Birds " et dans la
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iiKinoei-apliip (les liiroudpUes sonr iiicurapletes. Les taolies lirnnes an croii]iioii iiP
sout point (Ifi caractiTes (In plumage des jeiines, luais an contraire elles se troiiveiit
sur tons les exemplaires adnltes eQ plumage frais que j'ai devaiit moi. Les jeuiies
ont les parties superienres beaucoup plus mattes, d'un brun sombre a i)eine avec des
reflets vert-liouteille.
Ventnria trouve les uids de cette hiroudelle dans les troiics d'arbres et dans les
nids de Farnariiis rnfi/fi.
" Cette esp6ce dorange les piverts, notamnieMt les Deiidrocnpuft m/:,-t/(/< en
remplissant lenrs nids de plumes. II faut reviser jusqu'au fond les nids de cette
espeoe, jiavre (pie c'est la ([n'on trouve sonvent des oeufs des proprietaires
ongmaires. II en est de mC-me pour ceii.x de /'roff/ifi fapera, de -.V/Va/Zs pelzdni,
de MyioiliinaiiU'ti soUtariax et des Myiarcliii.s, en nn mot de totltes les especes
qui s'emparent des nids litrangers. Une seule fois j'ai txwwk les ceufs de cette
liirondelle dans un nid de Fitnnyus holirkiiim" (S. V.)
:^4. Atticora patagonica (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
Uinuiiln iiutiiiiniiini Lafresnaye & (3'Orbigny, Syu. Av. i., in .l/<«/, Zn,,!. 18.^7, CI. ii. p. 69
f " Patagonif.'' Type au Muse'e de Paris examine par Mons. Hellmayr).
Atlieurii liemi/ji/ifii Biirmeister, /iV/.sc La PInhi SI. ii. p. 47'.l (1861 -Men(3oza).
II y a certainement deux formes de cette birondelle a distinguer, quoique leur
distribution geographique ne soit pas encore tout a fait ('■claircie.
Atticora ci/anoleuca (Vieill.), (Hablie sur la description d'Azara, ex Paragua}-, a
les sons-candale^ tout entieres noires, les axillaires et couvertures inf('rieures des
ailes d'un brun fuligineux fonc(>, les ailes giMK'ralement un pen plus courtes, et la
queue un peu moins fourcbue. Le musi'e de Tring en possede des (^-chantillons
provenant du Costa Hica, de Merida et du ( 'umana ( V(.^n(''zu(''Ia), du Roraima rtiuiane),
de I'Equateur occidentale, des environs de Rio (P(;'troi)olis), et enfiu de la Sierr.i do
Mar (Parana). En pins, j'ai devaut moi un male adulte tue pres de Santo Domingo,
province de Marcapata, P(.^rou, qni s'accorde sous tons les rapports avec la serie que
je viens d'ljnumerer. L'autre forme, .1. patagonica. est caract(5ris(!'e par les ailes
g('neraleraent un peu plus longues, la (jueue nn pen plus fourcbue, et par les
couvertures inf(erienres des ailes plus pales, et par ce que les sous-caudales sout
blanches sauf les plus longues, qui sont noiratres avec plus on moins de blauc vers
la base. Le mus('e de Tring en possede les exemplaires snivants :
<S ad. Barracas al Sud, 21. ix. 1902 ; ? ? ad. Babia Blanca, In. x. 1S90, lo. .x.
19U2 (S. Ventnri) ; 3 juv. f'erme de S. Martiuo Monte, i)rovince de Buenos Air(js,
26. .xii. 1800, 4. i. 1897 (Paul Neumann) ; 1 ad., 1 juv. Nanta, P('tou (E. Bartlett
coll.); (? juv. Ynrimaguas, Haut Ama/.one, 16. iv. 1S66 (E. Bartlett coll.);
5 c?? Cosnijiata, Perou sud-oriental, d(.'partemeut de Cuzco (H. Wbitely coll.).
Un individu adulte de ('olombie (de la pn-paration dite de Bogota) est un
Jien interm(5diaire entre les deux formes, mais se raii[irocbe davantage de la forme
mc'ridionale (.1. jKitafioiiica).
Nom vnlgaire : Golondrina.
Nebrkorn, p. s6 ; Ibering, p. 2oT.
" J'ai cliassi^ cette espece a partir de Baliia Blanca vers le nord. Dans des
talus sablonneux Monsieur Dinelli a trouve des nids construits d'abondantes pailles
et de plumes dans des trnus peu profonds. Dans la province de Tucuman, pendant
les mois de tevrier et mars, elle pond 3 ceufs blancs, nn peu pins gros que cenx de
y Atticora J'ucafa."' (S. V.)
C 17" )
^•1. Atticora fucata (^Temm.).
Ibering, p. 207.
(? ad. Piiide (Chiicii), 2(i. x. I'.IOS (S. Veuturi).
6 ? Tiicumun, 1n90 (S. Venturi).
6 6 Tacinuaii, I'.tnl, lli04 (Dinelli).
S Saiito Tome, Corrieiites, 16. v. l.s.sl (K. \V. White).
" J'ai trouve lenrs iiids dans les trous delaisses par Ceri/lr (imer/i-iiiKi. IHuelli
les ii observes daus les j)iiits aliaiidoiiiu's, avec on sans eau, et dans des torrents
sees qui ne sont jamais fri'cjneutes par Cfn/le americdiin in par Hv^co Mrintijtectus.
II a observe cette Lirondelle en creusaut son nid, et a vu que le ti-avail s'efFectue
plus avec les pattes qu'avec le bee. Le meme observateur dit qu'elle pourrait
a peine se servir du nid de Bwxo stiiatijjevtus ii cause de la grande quantito
de di'tritns et d'excrenients que laissent les petits de cette dernii-re espece en
quittaut le nid. Beancoup de nids se trouvent les uns pres des autres, et tons les
trous sont tres propres, bleu qu'on tronve an fond queliiucs pailles et plumes. Les
(eufs sont blancs, et mesnrent de IT x 12'5 et 17'3 x 13 ii 188 x 1',', ]'.» x 13
et r.1-.i X 13-9 mm." (S.V.)
Les leufs out rte trouves aux raois de septembre et d'octobre.
TANAGRIDAE.
36. Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris LaiV. & d'Orb.
Eiqthonia seri-ii-)slrix Lafr. ct d'Urb. Syn. Av. i. in Mmj. Zonl. 1837. 01. ii. p. iiO (Giiarayos,
Santa Cruz, Bolivia).
MM. L. Dinelli et Venturi nous ont euvoye une serie de males de Tmuman
et une femelle de 8alta. Monsieur Hellmayr a compare les deux .sexes aux types
du mnsee de Paris, et les lenr a trouves identiqnes.
37. Euphonia chlorotica isubsp. ?).
Ue S. Vicente Monsieur S. Venturi nous a euvoye uu male qui se distingue de
ceux de Tucuman par nne teinte beancoup pins foncee des parties inferieures et par
une taille moins forte. II est tout k fait semblable k divers ecliantillons provenant
de Goyaz et de Baliia, mais il est impossible d'indii|ner le nom e.xact de cette forme
sans en connaitre la femelle.
3n. Euphonia nigricollis nigricoUis Vieili.*
S. Venturi a tn(' nn inMJe typi(|ne de cette espece ii Tucuman le 6. ix. I'.JiMi.
3'.i. Pipridea melanonota melanonota V'ieilL).
5 ad. B:irracas al Sml, 23. v. I'.»iil (S. Venturi).
4i). Pipridea melanonota venezueleusis Sd.
6 ad. <'erro de Tncnman, Tim ni., ~T. x. I'.iiiii (.S. Venturi).
Tucuman, une serie ]iar Monsieur L. Hinelli :
Cette forme bien caracterisee a les ])arties inferieures beaucoup plus pales et la
region iuterscapulaire plus foncee. 1! faudra eiudier la repartition geographique
de ces formes avec plus de soin.
* Le nom (le Pijn-a cyanocejiluila Vieillot (.\imr. IHct. xix. p. IBS) cite comme sjnou.vmc par .Monsieur
Solater {Cut. R. %\. p. 61) m: peut pa.s .■.'iipplniuer a oittc e.sp6.:e, parce que Tauteur ne menticuine pas le
frunt orangr
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41. Stephanophorus leucocephalus (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 95 ; Ihering, p. 209.
Nom vulgaire : Catdenal azul.
S ? arl. Barraoas al Snd, 2S. v., ir,. viii. Km mi iR. Ventviri).
Ventnri a tnmve 1p iiid h 4 — 5 mi'tres de hantenr siir les arbres fruitiers des
vprger.s de Barracas. Ijes reuf's, variables oomme ceux de Tnnagra bonarieiisis,
mesurenr, 25 — 2(i-5 x 16 — 17-n mm. " C'ette espece assez rare, taut ii Buenos Aires
qu'aii Chaoo, est r.ejiendant. tres abondaiite h Godog, snr les rives de Rio de la Plata,
environ 35 kilometres an snd de Buenos Aires. Au printeuips elle se tient jiar
bandes, qui produisent de considerables degats en mangeant les verdures dans les
vergers." (8. V.)
42. Tauagra sayaca sayaca L.
Nehrkoru, p. 9ij ; Ihering, p. 1^09.
Nom vulgaire : Aculejo.
"Assez commune kOcampo et a Buenos Aires. Dans le uid on observe presque
toujours des troncs d'nne plante crjptogarae qui croit sur les vieux trones de la
foret. Ijes :! a'ufs sont tres variables en grandeur et en coloration. Dimensions :
22—25 X 1(1— 18 mm." (S. V.)
Dans le ('iif(ilo(/iic of Bin/s in flw Brit. Af/i><., vol. xi. pp. 15(S, 151), Monsieur
Sclater a encore conlbndu les Ta/iaffra cyanoptcm et 7'. sai/aca. La descrijttion
qn'il donne pour la femelle de T. cyanoptera et les specimens n. ii w, c'est-a-dire
tons les echantillons de TArgeutiue et de la Bolivie, se rapportent au T. saijaca, qui
a toujours les epaules d'un vert lileuatre [lale dans les deux sexes. Le T. cyanoptera,
d'antre jiart, se reconnait au premier coup d'leil jiar une large tache bleu-ontremer
luisant snr les epaules. < 'ette derniere espece ne se trouve jamais en Argentine ;
son air de dispersion est confine dans les provinces sud-orientales du Bresil de
Baliiii jus(|ii';i Hid Grande do Sul.
4:i. Tanagra bonariensis (Gm.).
Nehrknrn, p. 9('i ; Iliering, p. ■_'II9.
Nom vulgaire : Siete colores on Naranjero,
•' II abonde j)endant riiiver et cansc des degats asse/. considerables aux oraugers,
niiiis 11 se retire au niois d'aout "" (S. Ventnri). Les leufs ressemblent a ceux de
TtiiKKira .ffitiitra et de ^tfpliti ndphoviin IcticofpplialHH.
44. Piranga azarae d"<)rb.
Nom vulgaire ; Fuegiiera.
cJ ad. Tucnman, 17. viii. ISUy («. Ventnri).
S med. Tucuraan, 10. vii. 1898(8. Veuturij.
? ad. Tucnman, T. viii. 1!:miii(S. Ventnri).
? ad. Tapia, Tucnman (alt. TDU m.), 27. ix. 19(i2(L. Dinelli).
" A la saisou d'amonr j"ai toujours vu cet oiseau sauter eiitre les branches les
plus elevees des arbres tres hants et tres gros converts de ' barba del monte.'
(.'omnie il ne se tient ])as dans les rameaux superieurs aux antres epoques <le
I'aunee, je supjiose ((u'il doit nidifier lii-liaut." (S. V.)
45. Thlypopsis sordida (LalV. \ il'Orli.).
i ad. S. Vicente (Chaco), 6. x. 11)05 (fS. Ventnri).
i ? Tali Viejo (Cerro de Tucnman, In, 2(1, .\, VMw ( L. Dinelli).
( l"a )
S<S Tafi Viejo (Cerro de Tucnmaii), Hi. x. I'.MH), a xi. 10iiii|rL. Dinelli).
"II nVst [las rare mix alentonrs ir()('aiiiiio. Le 27. xi. liH).! jc chassai uii
coiiiile (liiiit la t'einellc avait nii n'lit' di^ja t'oiiiii' dans I'ovidnote, et il iHait rocon-
nai8salil<' iiirdlc en ;ivait pcmdii d'antrcs, niais jc lie ]ins pas trouvei' le iiid."
(S. v.,
4ii. Thlypopsis ruficeps (LalV. .\: <rOrl].).
d" ad. ( 'niiilirf dc iloyadii (('luiilin' de liaeo), Tmauuaii, :{ii. xii. lOn], ]. i. IKO,',
air, t^loii m. (L. Diiiidli, S. Vf-ntiiri).
47. Chlorospingus fulvigularis Berl.
2 c?c?, 2 ?? Ledesiua, Jiijny, 50U m., vii. 1906 i L. Dinelli; Xos. 41s4,
4185,4219, 42ulj.
d Metaii, Salta, S.")(i lu., 14. vi. 190;"( (L. Dinelli, No. 3597).
Pas encore sij^nale en Argentine.
4^. Pyrrhocoma ruficeps iStrickl.).
c? ad. Santa Ana (Jlisioiies), S. ii. 190] (S. ^'entnri). Espei'e nonvelle pnnr
]'Arf<entine.
49. Buarremon citrinellus Cab. (I'l. 11. Fig. 2:?).
<? ad. Malamala, Cerro Tucuraan, (i. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi).
<J ad. Taf'i viejo, Tncnman, 12iin m., 23. ii. 1902 (S. Ventnri).
3 cJcJ, 1 ? Villa Nonges, S. Pablo, Tiieuman, 1200 m. (Dinelli).
2 d (S Lagunita, Tncnman, Janvier, fevrier 1903, 300n m. (J. A. Baer).
" Mousienr Paul Girard a tronve les nids sur des arbnstes oleves. L'tenf est
blanc avec des taches de couleur cafe rougeatre, et des taches primaires d'nn brnn
rougeatre pale, jilns nombrenses an piMe obtns. Les cent's mesnrent 22 x K! et
24-7 X 17 :)."' (S. V.)
50. Arremou flavirostris poliouotus l>p. (Pi. II. Fig. 24).
Ilioiing, [1. 211.
5 Jc?, 1 ? Ocampo, septerabre, octobro, decembre 1905(8. Venturi).
" (Je l>el oisean est abondant dans les forets d'Ocampo, oil il vit constaiuiuont
comme I'espece suivaiite. 11 chante plus on uioins coiuiue le Baxili'Kti^nix h'lico-
blfplianis, luais phis fort ; il vit comme lui, et nidifie tonjonrs sons ((uelijne tronc
ponrri <jni jonclie le sol. Le nid, tres ditlicilc a voir, est constrnit avec de nervures
des feuilles de mimosas et de fines tiges de gramin^es ; il ne contient qne 2 ceufs
blancs converts de nombrenses taches rougefttres, parmi lesqnelles on aper(;oit
j)arsemeeH i|uelques mouclietnres primaires d'nn cendre lila. Us mesnrent
24 X 17 mm." (S. V.)
51. Arremon flavirostris d'orbignii Scl.
5 Vipos (Tncnman J, (ion m., 6. xi. I,s99 (8. Ventnri i.
V Tucuman, 14. xii. 1899(8. Ventnri).
d San Pablo, Villa Nances, Tncnman, 1200 m., 2. ix. 19iil (L. Dinelli).
6 Norco, Tncnman, l20n m., 19. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli).
? Metau, Salta, «50 lu., lo. vi. 1901 (L. Dinelli).
S ? Ledesma, Jnjny, 52ii m., 22, 2^ vii. 19o(j (L. Dinellij.
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52. Tachyphoniis rufa {Boild).
{T. nuildlnicns auctorura).
Nehrkorn, p. 97 : Iherin<;, p. '.I7.
" Es|)ece fivs coiuiiiniic ilaiis Ics foivts <\\\ ('lia(M). Pcpiibiiit I'liivrr oes oiseaiix
se reiinisNcnt par baiules ijarfois de T)!! indiviiliis et jiliis, et s"a]i]irocheiit dcs hameanx
(les travailleiirs dc la tnrer jiour manner Ics restps des re|ias. Je ii'ai pas obtenn le
uid." (S. V.)
53. Tachyphonus coronatus (Vieill.).
IJue femellc tiiee ii Ygna/.u (Misinnesj Ic IT. ii. I'.iDl (S. Veutnri).
Pas encore signale en Argentine, comma I'espece prec^deute. Cependant il
est. probable que I'oiseau mentionne par White de Misiones, sons le noiu de Tachy-
phonus ci-istatns, se rapporte k cette espece.
54. Trichothraupis melanops melanops (Vieill.).
Tiicliolliniiij/is (jiiinhiriilor auct. (Voyez Hellmayr, Herisiou der Si>i:r^clii>ii Tiipni. p. Ii73, lyOtl.)
cJ ad. Posadas (Misiones), 7. viii. 1900 (8. Ventnri).
" ( 'I'tte espece ne se troiive pas dans les provinces de Buenos Aires et de Santa
Fe. .le Tai tn6e ii Misiones, D'apres les descriptions qn'on en doune, on a parfois
fiinfondn les a-nfs de 7'. iiu'Ianoiis avec eenx de F.mhfri.zoiile.'i plutt'iisisy fS. V.)
55. Saltator similis Lafr. & d'Orb. CPl. II. Fifrs, -.'1, -J.').
Ihering, p. 211. (Nom vulgaire : Juan Chivivo.)
6 ad. Posadas (Misiones), 9. iii. 1897 (S. Veutnri).
5 ad. Ocampo, 20. ix. 1905 (S. Ventnri).
"Celle-ci et les deux especes suivautes uiditient a. Ocampo, plus on moins de
la nieme maniere. Peut-etre est-ce le .5. caerulescens i{\\[ niche le plus haut, car j'eu
ai trouve des nids jusqu'a 5 metres de hanteur. Les leufs de ces trois especes
de Saltator sont fort semblables entre enx. lis sont d'uii bleu ]);il(', avec des points,
de ]ietites taclies et des traits fins noirs entourant le gros bout. lis mesnrent
21-5— •,'7-5 X 18— 19-5 mm."
5(1 Saltator caerulescens caerulesceus \'ieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 9S : Ihering, p. 'Jl I.
Nom vulgaire ; Juan Chivivo : pepitero.
" Les teul's ressemblent ii cenx de S'. similis, mais on tronve plus souvent des
echantillons tres allonges. Dimensions: 2<j-5 — 18.5 x 185 — •,'o-5 mm." (S. V.)
Ventnri Pa chasse k Ocampn, Mocovi, et Tncuman.
57. Saltator aurantiirostris Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 'J8.
Nom vulgaire : Juan Chivivo.
i ad. Mercedes (dorrientes), 16. ix. I.s98 (!^. Ventnri).
6 ad. Tncuman, 29. ix. 1899 (S. Ventnri).
? Mocovi, 5. xi. 1903 (S. Venturij.
? S. Vicente, 19. ix. 1905 (S. Venturi).
" ("est le vrai Juan (_1iivivi), oar c'est ainsi (|n"il chante. Le chant de 5. .simitis
differe de celui des antres especes de •Saltator, et ressemble davantajj'e a celui
des 'l\inniira. Les oeut's mesnrent 24-5 — 30 x IS — 2o, et les jilns allonjje.s
33-5 X 18 mm." (S. V.)
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FRINGILLIDAE.
1)8. Pheucticus aureiventris (Lafr. A- d'Orb.).
Xom viilgaire : Reina mora, Saclia lora.
({ cJ ad. Tuciiman, Dinelli et Veotiiri coll.
" Dinoili a tronve des nids de cette ospi'-cc ])res di- Tiiniman dans la ii'ijioii iIcs
ali.siers. ("est tant snr les grosses branches (^ne dans les fourcliettes voisines du
trono de ces arbre.s qn'on tronve le nid pas tri'S volumineux et assez difficile k voir.
La ponte a lien anx mois de decembre et Janvier. L'oenf est d'uu bleu clair
sanpondrr de taclies marron, phis denses et pins grandes vers le jiole olitns.
Dimensions : 28 x 20 mm." fS. V.)
59. Guiraca cyanea argentina Sharpe. (Pi. II. Fig. 30.)
Xom vulgaire : Celestino.
d ad. ? ad. <S fere ad. Tucuman, v. lyo2, vi. 1899 (S. Ventnri).
3 J 1 ? Tncuraan, 450 ni., 1901 (L. Dinelli).
" Monsienr Dinelli a tronve les (pnfs de cette espece snr des arbres pen eleves.
Le nid, forme de branchettes conrtes et de crins h Tinterieur, contient 3 ceufs, qni
sent tres variables en grandenr et en coloration. lis sout generalement, snr nn
fund lihinchafre on blanc- hleniUrc, (Miitvci-fs de pales taches roux caiinelle et
(jnehjnes taches primaires d'nn ronx lileiuUre. lis mesnreiit de 22 x 15 h
24 X 10 mm." (S. V.)
00. Guiraca glaucocaerulea (Lafr. et d'Orh.). (PI. 11. Figs. 25, 29.)
Pi/nliiihi glnurocfiernUa Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, Syn. Av. in Mug. Zool. 1837 CI. ii. p. Kt,
(" Maldonado, rep. Oriental ") (Uruguay).
i ad. Salto (jrande, Hio Paranapanema, hitate of S. Panlo, Bresil. (Hempel
coll.)
(?¥ Barracas al Snd, 3. xii. lOiiu. 30. viii. 1901 (S. Ventnri coll.).
".T'ai tronvr plnsienrs nids de cette espece ii Barracas al Snd. ("est ]ires des
bords des bois de sanies et de ' ceibo ' ipi'dle fait son nid snr de jietits arbustes, anx
mois de novembre et decembre. Le nid est simple, tissn en dehors de tiges de
plantes grimpantes et en dedans de fines racines." (S. V.)
La femelle jiond 3 lenfs d'nn vert blenatre clair, snn])ondre de ta<lies primaires
c.endre violace et de taches rougeatres superficielles ; certains lenfs jiortent de
nomlireuses taches, tandis qne snr d'antres il nV en a i|ne tres pen. Les mesnres
varient entre 18 — 21 x 14 — 15 mm.
lil. Spermophila ruficollis (Cab.). (PI. IL Fig. 27.)
fijii'iiijy/iilii nifii-iillis Cabanis, -!/'(». Hiui. i. p. l.jll(lH61 — Montevideo) (Description d'un jeune
male).
SpermopltiUi plmitheirrps Salvadori, Ba/I. .\/ti>t. Torino x. No. 208, p. 5 (Tucuman) (Descr. d'un
male adulte).
S/Hirophilii riifi'-nUi^ Hellmayr, Verh. t. /.-. rjmil.-bol. Ges. Wieii, 1904, p. 523.
II y en a nne belle s6rie an mus6e de Tring de :
Tncnmau, 450 m., L. Dinelli et iS. Ventnri coll.
Mocovi (( 'hacoj, Ventnri et Rodriguez coll.
Ocampo, S. Venturi coll.
Selvo (Sgo. Estero), S. Ventnri coll.
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" C'ette especc est tres oomimuu' diiiis tout Ic iiord de la province de Santa Fe.
Elle nidifie snr de jietits arbustes (' chauarcillos ') qni se trouvent par-ci par-lu
dans las chamjis idevt'-s et sees. Le nid, constrnit coiuine eelni des autres especes
dii genre Spermopkila, est snspendu entre deux branchettes ou ijuelques fenilles.
La femelle pond 3 teufs d'un lilanc bleuatre, sau]>oudre notainment a la partie
post^rieure, de nombreux jioints et taclies uoirutres et brun-rougeatre superficielles,
et de taches jirimaires d'nn violace pale. Dimensions: hi — 17 x 1 1*4 — 13
(17 X l'J-7, 16-G X 11-4. Ki x 13, 15-4 x 13, IT) x 12-5) mm." (S. V.)
•52. Spermophila hypoxantha (Call.) (PI. II. Figs. 31, 32.)
Une serie de Mocovi et d'( )campo.
" II niche parmi les ])etites herbes cpii se trouvent sur les grands tbui'miliers
des marais (' tacnnis '). La femelle pond 3 oeul's de couleur blanc bleuatre tres
piile, avec des taches primaires d'nn brnn rougeatre pale, et avee des taches et raies
noiratres formant nne couronne au gros bout." (S. V.) Dimensions: 14'3 x 12,
14-4 X 12, 16 X 12-5, Uo x 12o mm.
03. Spermophila melanocephala melanocephala (Vieill.). (Pi. II. Figs. 33, 34.)
Veuturi en a euvoye une belle serie de Mocovi ((Jhaco) et de Barracas al Sud.
" C'ette espece et Sperm, hi/poxant.ha, an lieu de vivre comme S. ruJicoUis dans
lea champs elev^s, preterent les vallees et lieux marecageux converts de ' pajales.'
Les nids que j'ai tronves, tant a Barracas al Sud qn'an (Jhaco, sont semblables a
cenx des autres esfieces de Spermophila. lis sont suspendus aux branchettes de
petits arbnstes qn'on rencontre parmi lesjoncs." (S. V.)
La femelle pond 3 oenfs d'un fond bleu-verdatre pale, convert de taches
primaires cendre-violace piile, et d'autres presque noires, et quelqnefois de raies
fines. Dimensions : H\:i x 120—17 x 13 et 18"2 x 13 mm.
04. Spermophila leucoptera leucoptera (Vieill.).
Cf. Hellmayr, Verh. k. k. s^uoL-ljut. Gen. Wien, 1904 p. 637.
Ventnri a tue un jemie male a Ocampo, le 27. x. 19U5.
65. Spermophila caerulescens (Vieill.).
PyrrJiiila raeritlpsi-ciis Vieillot, Tahl. line. Milli. iii. p. 1023 (1823 — " Bri'sil," coll DelalanJe, type
de Rio Janeiro, au musi'e de Paris, e.\amiDe par E. C. Hellmayr).
(Cf. Nehrkorn, p. 105 ; Iheriag, p. 213.)
La variation geographique de cette espece n'est pas suffisamment connue.
" C''est la plus abondante des Spermopkila et celle qui jiond griii!ralemeut des
oeufs plus volumineux et tres variables dans leur coloration."
Dimensions: 16'5 — 20 x 12-5 — 13mm.
00. Spermophila lineola (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. lOtJ ; Iliering, p. 213.
Trois males tivs typiques d'Ocamjio, et nne femelle (S. Venturij.
La distribution geographiiiue de la forme i()«(Vv)///'/«^|de Lesson = /<,'.<,•*<;«/ Finsch
1870 = triiii/x/i.-i Sharpe IsSf^ = amaznnica Sharpe 188<s (!) sans blauc au somraet
de la tete est fort singuliere ; il est fort invraisemblable que cette forme soit speci-
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fiqnement distincte dn vrai liueohi (aveo nne large l>aiKl(> blanche lo long du luilien
dn dessns de la tetei, rnais ce qui ni't'inpeche de tiaiter ces denx oiseanx en
sons-esp6ces c'est qn'on les tronve ensemlile dans iilnsienrs localites (lac de V'alencia
an Venezuela, snr les bords dn Eio Negro snperienr, Gnyaue anglaise, etc.). 11 est
cnrieux qne Sharpe ait appele "a fine series" les luateiian.x an nins6e britanniqne
en 1S8N (C«/. B. xii. p. 133), et malgre cela ait ledecrit le boiirronidi'g sons denx
nonveanx noms.
" Cette espcce, conime le Sperm, caeruleseens, niche sur les arbres, soit snr le
liord (les bois, soit dans les metairies, ii des hantenrs qui depassent ])res(|ne tonjoni's
2 metres. Le nid, comjiose de racincs tines et transj)arent coiume celni des
e.sjii'ces voisines, eontient trois cenfs, qui ressemblent, par lenrs coloration et
dimensions, a cenx de S. caeruleaeens, mais souvent ils sont nn [len pins petits
et qnelqnefois plus blenfitres. Elle est tres commnne a Ocatnpo an jjrintemps et
pendant Fete." (8. V.)
Trois (enfs d'Ocamp<i {^i. xii. 1905) mesnrent \.y\ x 12, lfi-4 x 12,
10" X 12 mm.
07. Spermophila analis analis (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
Mendoza, <? ad. Weisshanpt coll., c? jnv. S. Ventnri coll.
Tucnman, L. Dinelli coll., G. A. Baer coll.
OS. Volatinia jacarina jacarina (L).
Nehrkorn, p. 106 : Ihering, p. 213.
Ocampo, Tucnman (Ventnri, Dinelli).
'' Commun an I'haco. Le male se reconnait facilement par sa conleur et la
particnlarite de chanter en santant, ce qne fait d'aillenrs aussi la femelle. Le nid
est suspendu parfois k la tige des pailles dnres et ])arfois place a la bifurcation des
branches de petits arbnstes ; 11 est ii Om. 30 — Om. To dn sol. C'onstruit de racines
fines, et transparent, il eontient 3 oenfs." (S. V.) Les rent's sont d'nn verdiitre tres
pale avec des taches ronsses, et qnelques taches primaires d'nn violace pale qui
formeut conronne an pole obtns. Dimensions de 0 < enfs: 100 x 13-.j, 16-8 x 11-8,
16-9 X 13-4,17 X 12, 17 x 13-5, 17-5 x 12 mm.
" Le 2. xii. 1905 j'obtins un nid avec 3 oenfs a 3 metres de distance de la
fenetre de mou laboratoire a Ocampo ; il etait suspendu a la tige d'une 'radicheta'
en fleur." (kS. V.)
'i9. Carduelis icterica icterica (Licht,).
Nehrkorn, p. 107 ; Ihering, p. 21.S.
Noni vulgaire : Cabecita negro.
Barracas al Snd, Mocovi, Tucnman (S. Ventnri).
" La description dn nid donni''P par le Dr. Ihering est exacte, comme anssi celle
donnee des a'ufs par Monsieur Nehrkorn, La ponte est de 5 ceufs. La coulenr est
blanc-bleoatre avec de petites taches et points ronssfttres. Dimensions : 15-5 —
10-5 x 12-5— 13-5 mm." (S. V.)
70. Carduelis atratus Lafr. & d'Orb.
6 ad. Lara (Tucnman), 4000 m., 9. ii. 1903 (.S. Ventnri).
V ad. f'erro Mufios (Tncuman), 24. ii. 19(i6 (L. Dinelli).
S ad. Angosta Pardieta, Jnjiii norte, 2550 m., 3. xi. 1905 (L. Dinelli).
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Tl. Sicalis pelzelni Sol.
Nehrkorn, p. 110 ; Ihering, p. 214.
Nom vulgaire : Jilguero. mixto cimaiTi'jn.
:5 c?t? 2 ? ? Barracas al Sud, in. iii. 1S07, Ki ix. ISUO, 14. viii. 1900, 1. vii.
U»01, 14. xii. 1902, Nos. 315, 309, 31o, 311, Tlis (S. Ventnri).
Tncnman, 1. i. 1001 (L. Dinelli).
" J'ai oliservf? que cette espeoe est tres commniie taiif a Barracas iin'an C'liaco
pendant le printemps; il ya tonjnnrs '■'> iiulividns (un male et dcnx femolles) qni
so r6nnissent ))onr nidifier. ( !c fait, est difficile ii observer pendant I'ete, parce que
les jennes de la premiere pont.e se tiennent avee lenrs parents tandis que eenx-oi
iiicnlient de nouveaii, lis occupent generaleraent les uids des Furimrius et des
Piverts, mais nidifient aussi dans des trons d'arbres, de mnrs, etc. Dans les
jardins de Barracas al Sud, les enfants ont coutume de doner an haut des raurs
de lenrs maisons de boites en fer-blanc onvertes d'nn cute, afin que eet oisean y
niditie. Les rents, tres bien decrits par le Dr. Ihering, mesnreut 17-5 — 21
X 12— 14'5 mm." (S. V.)
72. Sicalis arvensis arvensis (Kittl.).
Nehrkorn, p. Ill ; Ihering, p. 214.
Nom vulgaire ; Mixto.
Barracas al Sud (S. Ventnri, F. M. Rodignezi, Tncnman (L. Dinelli).
" La grandeur et la coloration des 5 nenfs qne pond ce ' mixto ' sont tellement
variables qne les descriptions de Nehrkorn, Hudson, Dalgleisli et Ihering, qnelqne
coutradictoires qn'elles soient, peuvent etre bien exactes. L'espece est tres commune
a Buenos Aires, moins an Cliaco. Dimensions: 1.5-5 — 19x12-5 — 14 mm." (S. V.)
73. Brachyspiza capensis capensis (P. L. S. Miiller).
{Zonotrichiii pili'fitii anctorum).
Nehrkorn, p. 114 ; Ihering, 214 (Zmiotrn-hia piliula).
Nom vulgaire : Chingolo.
" II niche anssi bien sur le sol qn'u -l on 4 metres de iiautenr, et occupe parfois
les nids de Furnaiius. J'ai observr que les nids ^taient tjuijours construits plus on
moins de la meme maniere, et consistaient, comme chez d'autres especes, en materiaux
(pie I'oisean avait i\ sa portee. IJa nid commence anx premiers jours du di'^cembre
1905 snr une vigne presqne sons le corridor de ma maison a Ocampo fnt fini en
5 jours ; il etait tres volnminenx et fort, I'oisean ayant employe des tiges de Inzerue
i|u'on avait recemment coupee. Les uenfs sont variables pour leur coloration, et
mesiireiit 10-5 — 22'5 x 14 — 16 mm." (S. V.)
T4. Brachyspiza canicapilla (Gould). (PI. II. Fig. 35.)
? ( 'achi, province de Salta, 2500 m. (J. Steiubach).
S ? San Juan, 23. vii. 1902, 10. iii. 1902 (S. Ventnri).
" Un nid avec 4 cunfs ([ue j'ai tronv6 ii Santa Urnz le 10. i. 189^^ etait place
entre les branches inferienres d'nn ' calat'ato." " (S. V.)
Les oenfs d'un fond vert-bleuatre clair sont converts de petits points et des
taches rongeatres ]dns denses k la partie posterieure, et de qnclqnes taches primaires
d'un cendn' lilcnatre tres pale. Dimensions de 4 u'ufs : 21'(i x lli, 21'7 x l(i-4,
21-9 X 10-2, 22 X l(i-5 mm.
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75. Haemophila whitii (Sliaijie).
Zonolrichiii .rhilli Sharpo, Cnl. B. Bril. .Uns. xii. p. Gn8 ( lH8H_Cosquin, Cordova).
Veiitnri u tur ili's exciiiiiL-iircs prO.< ile Tiicumiiu et daii.s la province de Sultii.
TO. Poospiza nigrorufa (LalV. & irOrb.).
Ihering, p. 214 : Ririxla Mux, J'uhI. v. p. 211:^.
Nom vulgaire : Sietc vestiilos.
Les femelles soiit striees snr le.s i)arties iufV'rieiires.
c? ad. Barracas al Slid, 2. ix. 1901 (No. 273, S. Ventari).
6 ad. Bariacas al Snd, 7. x. isgS) (No. 272, S. Ventnri).
? ? Barracas al Sud, 7. x. 1899, 24. viii. 1902 (Nos. 274, 731, S. Veiituri).
La Soledad (Brittain coll.).
Veiituri a trouvo les uids aa (,'liaco. " Le Dr. Iheriug a donue line bonne
description des ujuf's. lis sont d'un blanc bleuiltre trtjs pale, quelijuefois teinte de
g-risatre oil de rongeutre pale, avec des tacUes et des raies uoiratres et des taclies
jiriixiaires d'un ceudre pale. Pins que trente specimens mesurent 18'5 — 22'5 x 14
—16-0 mm." (S. V.)
77. Poospiza whitii Scl.
(J Tapia, Tncnman, 7imi m. (L. Dinelli).
S Ticndio, Tiicuman, 750 m. (L. Dinelli).
c? Los Vasquez, (Jerra de Tucuman, 445 m. (L. Dinelli).
S Cerra de Tucnraau, 17UU m. (G. A. Baer).
' c?c? Tucuman, 10. x. 1899, 11. vii. 190i) (S. Venturi).
"Monsieur Dinelli a tronve le nid de cette Poospiza au mois de mars snr uii
jietit arbuste ; il etait solide, hemisiihi^rique, et forme de brancliettes reunies par
de petites fibres herbacees. Les oeufs d'un blanc blenatre out de petites taclies
marrou tr&s pale. Dimensions 19 x 14 mm." (S. V.)
La feiuelle est plus pale que le male, poiirtant sans stries snr les parties
interieures.
78. Poospiza erythrophrys Scl.
S Quelirada de las ]iiedras (Tucuman), nuO ni. (No. 277, S. Venturi).
? d Tati viejo (Tiieiimaii), 7im) m. (Nos. 551, 749, S. Ventnri).
79. Poospiza torquata (Lafr. & d'Orb.). (PI. 11. Fig. 37.)
Ad. Bolivia (Bridges coll.).
Ad. Mendoza (Weisshaupt coll.).
(? ad. Pa. de vSantiago del Estero, 330 m., 20. viii. 19(i4 (L. Dinelli coll.).
S ? ad. Arenal, Pa. de Salta, 750 m. 27. x. 1903 (L. Dinelli coll., S. Venturi).
S ¥ jnv. pres de Tncnman (Dinelli et Venturi).
Les oiseaux jeuues out la gorge teiut^e de jaiiiie souffre, la bande jugnlaire lavee
de brun, et les parties superieures oliviUres.
" Monsieur Dinelli a troiive le nid pres de Tucuman, au mois de decenibre.
11 etait place snr nii urlmste en terrain sablonneux et aride. II est spherique et
transparent, tonne de criii vegetal et k rinterienr avec de la pelouse de flenrs. Les
ceufs sont blancs avec quelqnes taclies cafe obscnr. Dimensions: 175 — 18'3
X 13 — 13-8 mm. La ponte est de 3 oMifs.'" (S. V.)
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SO. Poospiza melanoleuca melanoleuca (LatV. & d'OrU).
Nehrkorn, p. 115.
2 ? ? Mocovi (Cbaco) (8. Venturi).
(? ? Tucumau (S. Veuturi).
cJ (? Tncuman, -ioU m. (L. Dinelli).
" Commun an Chaco. II niche an bord des bois sur de.s arbivs pen elev(''s.
Lu nid en dehors tissu de la ' barba del raoute ' et en dedans de fibres tres fines de
fleurs de graraiuees, coutient :5 itnif's ; il uiesure interieurement 30 cm. de haiit
sur 45 cm. de diametre; exterieurement il varie suivaut la t[uantite de 'barba'
eiDploye, mais gdneralemeut sou epaisseur ne depasse pas 2 cm." (S. V.) La
conlenr des wufs est blanche bleuatre avec des taches et des points noirs et avec
(|uelqnes taches primaires d'uu cendre pale a la partie posterieure. Dimensions :
17-2— 20 X 131 — 15-5 mm.
■"^1. Poospiza lateralis assimilis Cab.
d Tigre (Bneuos Aires), I. xii. 1U02 (No. 763, S. Ventnri).
? Barracas al Sud, 7. xii. 1901 (No. 292, S. Venturi).
82. Poospiza hypochondriaca aiBnis Berl.
Berlepsch, Bull. B. 0. C. xvi. p. 97 (iy06J ; Ornis xiv. {Proc. Congr.) p. 352 (Tucuman).
? ad. Cachi, province de Salta, 2500 m. (J. Steinliach).
3 c?c? juv., 1 ? juv., Norco, Tucumau, 1200 m., viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli).
? juv., Aufama, Tucuman, 1800 m., 8. vi. 1900 (L. Dinelli).
83. Myospiza manimbe (Licht.).
Xehrkorn, p. 116 ; Ihering, p. 'l\b (AniiniKlronuis manimbe).
Nom vulgaire ; Cachirlito.
" La figure et la description donnees par Ihering du nid de cet oiseau sont trt's
bonnes. Le ' cachirlito ' est tres commnu dans les champs depuis Buenos Aires
vers le nord. II pond 3 a-ufs, blanc luisant sans taches. Dimensions : 18 — 21
X 14— 15'5 mm." (S. V.)
84. Embernagra platensis (Gm.). (PI. II. Fig. 40.)
XehrkcirD, p. 118 ; Ihering. p. '2]'> (la description de Xehrkorn est errunee).
Xom vulgaire : Verdon.
r? juv. Ocampo, 28. xi. 1905 (S. Veuturi).
(J ? ad. Barracas al Sud (S. Venturi).
" Dans les champs eleves il place son nid a peu de distance du sol entre les
paquets d'herbes, dans les marecages enire les pailles hautes et 6paisses h, J a
1 m. de hauteur." (S. V.) La f'emelle pond 3 — 4 leufs blancs, quelquefois
legerement teintes de creme, avec des taches on des ligues et raies rougeatres on
brun rougeatre fence, presque noires : parfois les taches et lignes sont nombrenses,
parfois rares et presque nulles ; dans quelques exemplaires elles sont distribuees sur
toute la surface, dans d'autres limitees an gros bout oil les ligues sont (^onflnantes.
Dimensions: 23 x 19, 24 x 18, 25 x 175, 20 x 18-5, 28 x 18, 28-9 x 19 mm.
Les jeunes iT Embernagra platensis sont ussez diflerents des adnltes ; les
rectrices sont un peu pointues et portent une bande claire ii I'extr^mite ; le bee est
brun foiled ; la coloration dn jilnmage est bien de^crite daus le Catalogue of Birds,
xii. p. 759, par Monsieur Sharpe.
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85. Embernagra olivascens Lafr. A; il'Urb.
Xom Tulgaire : Pepitero.
S ? Tncnman, »i. xi. 1^90, 6. vi. 19u2.
86. Emberizoides macroura herbicola Vieill.).
(J ? Mocovi (Chaco), 24. ix., xii. I'.i03 (Nos. ,sl5, 815a, S. Veiitnri).
S Ocampo, 27. xi, 1005.
d Posadas (Misioiiesj, Ki. iii. 1897 (No. 3i)4, S. Venturi).
"Cet oiseau vit dans les chaiujis eleves et on verts, et caclie tres bien son nid
dans les herbes. Ponr nidifier il eiuploie dc la ])aille et la tapisse iutdrieurement de
lilies herbes ; il pond 3 tenfs, qui tout en ressemhlant Ji cenx Cl Embernagra platensii,
soiit, en general, nn pen pins ])etits. Dimensions: 23'5 x 18-7, 24 x 18'5, 24'3 x 18'8,
25-4 X 18-8, 24-3 X 18-6 a 25(5 xlSo, 24-9 x 18-6, 24 x 19-3, 25 x 18 mm." (S. V.)
87. Coryphosphiza melanotis (Temm.).
3 c?tJ, 1 ? Mocovi (Cliaco) (Nos. s57, 810, 841, 947, S. Venturi).
" II est tres difficile d'obtenir les femelles de cette espece si commune au Uhaco.
Le 26. xii. 1905 je tronvai un nid pr6s d'Ocampo ; il 6tait construit de tiges de
gramiuees, et place au milieu d'une tonffe d'lierbes a 15 cm. dn sol." (S. V.)
N8. Donacospiza albifrons (Vieill). (PI. 11. Fig. 36.)
'iii 2 ? ? Barracas al Sud, aout, octobre, decembre (Nos. 269, 27ii, 271,
271a, 786).
" Espece commune dans les fourres d'herbes a Barracas al Snd et au Chaco.
C'est lii qn'on trouve le nid fait avec des tiges de ces herbes ; I'iutdrieur est
tapisse du merae materiel, mais luieux cboisi. Le nid mesure 10 cm. de diametre
sur 7 cm. de hant ext^rienrement. En dedans il a 5 cm. de protbudeur pour
5 era. de diametre. Les 4 oeufs sont blancs avec des taches et des jmints brun
fouce ou rongeiitres ; quelques-uns en out beauconp, d'autres que jieu. Dimensions :
18—20 X 14—14-5 mm." (S. V.)
89. Phrygilus caniceps (Burm.j.
<? Ushuaia, Tierra del Fnego, 3. iii. 1898 (No. 42, S. Venturi).
? Santa Cruz, Patagonia, 14. iii. 1898 (No. 282, S. Venturi).
" J'obtins nn nid de cette espece sur les bords du fleuve Santa Cruz en jauvier
1898. Les oeufs concordent avec la description que doune Nehrkorn pour ceux de
'P.y«y/."' (S.V.)
'•"I. Phrygilus alaudinus ventiirii snbsp. nov.
Subsjieciei Phrjgilas alo.adthai alaudtn '.'..■< dictae similis sed major, alls
caudaque longioribus, colore pectoris schistaceo magis ad ventrem producto :
snbspcciei P. aliudinm njicehiis dictae simillimus, sed rostro validiore, colore
schistaceo pectoris j)allidiorc distinguendus.
Hab. Tucuman. Typus : S ad. Lagnnita, Tncnman, 3000 m., 31. i. 1903
(G. A. Baer coll., No. i352).
Si Tati del Valle, Tncnman, 20U0 m., 19. ii. 1905 (G. Diuelli, Nos.
3459, 3458).
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(? Las Ciena.iras, Tiieiiinan, 2oii0 m., 10. ii. I'jiiS (G. Diiielli, No. 1055).
6 fere ad. Las Cieuagas, Tncniuan, 16. ii. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 936).
? Lagunita, Tucumau, 3o0o m., 4. ii. 19U3 (G. A. Baer, No. 1378).
? Las Cienagas, Tucnman, 1. ii. 19ii3 (S. Ventnri, No. 937).
Cette t'orme iioiivelle diftere de /^. al. alaudinns an premier conp d'ceil par ses
dimensions pins fortes et jiar la conlenr ardoisee des parties inferienres pins
etendue et moins nettement deiitnitee, passant gradnellement au blanc du ventre.
Quant au Ph. alaiidiimsexcelsus Berl. {Proc. IV. Int. CoiKjr. p. 351, 1997j nons
I'avons refu de Tirapata, Carabaya, Pei'ou snd-oriental, 12,700 pieds anglais, oil
G. Ockenden a tue un male et line femelle.
'11. Phrygilus unicolor unicolor (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
S ad. Las Cienagas, Tucnman, 260U m., 23. ii. 1903 (S. Veaturi).
" A une altitude de 3000 ra. Monsieur Dinelli a troiive, snr les barges des
flenves, des nids dans des trous abandonnes i)iir d'autres espfeces d'oiseaux. Les
nids etaieiit pen profonds et faciles h observer."
" Le nid, constrnit avec qnelques branchettes et racines seches, du crin, de la
paille et des plumes, contient 2 ou 3 ceufs bleuatres, saupoudres de matron. La
ponte se fait aux mois de Janvier, fevrier et mars. Dimensions des oeufs :
22 X 15 mm." (S. V.)
92. Phrygilus atriceps (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
Dinelli en a envore une serie tuee ix une altitude de 2470 h 2550 m. des
environs de Tucnman (Nos. 3782, 3820, 3825, 3874, 3875).
93. Phrygilus erythronota (Philippi & Landb.).
(J ad. Uerro Muuos, Tucnman, 4000 m., 1. vi. 1906 (No. 4049, Dinelli).
(?(? ad. Laguna alta, Tucumau, 4500 m., 8. ii. 1903 (Nos. 884, 939, Ventnri).
94. Phrygilus fruticeti (Kittl.).
S ad. Hoca (Rio Negro), 13. xi. Ibi99 (No. 283, Ventnri).
'••5. Phrygilus carbonaria (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
<S ad. Koca (Rio Negro), 14. xi. Isno -No. 285, Ventnri).
96. Pseudochloris aureiventris mendozae Sharpe.
Piindwhloris m.?/idosae Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Max. xii. p. 778 (1888 -Mendoza, Argentina),
c? Cerro Mnflos, Tucumau, 4100 m., 23. ii. 1905 (No. 3469, L. Dinelli).
S Angosta Perchela, 25.50 m., 8. xii. 1905 (No. 3908, L. Dinelli).
5 Est. Tilcara, 2470 m., 25. xi. 1005 (No. 3810, L. Dinelli).
97. Pseudochloris uropygialis (Lafr. A: d'Orb.).
is Cerro Munos, Tncuman. 4i"iOri m.. 2':'. v.. 1. vi, 1906 (Nos. 4022, 4047,
L. Dinelli).
OS. Coryphospingus cucullata (P. L. S. Miill.).
(CnryphnnpiiigHx cristatus auct. aotiqu. ; cf. Xoi\ Zoul. I'.IOti p. 278.)
Nuhrkorn, p. 119; Ihering, p. 216.
c? ad. Mocovl (Chaco), 25. xi. 19o3 (No. 948, S. Ventnri).
6 ad. Tncnman, 2. ix. 1898 (No. 207, S. Ventnri).
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? ad. Tncuman, 2. x. 1898 (No. 268, S. Veuturi).
Les oeufs tronves a Tncuman par Dinelli et a Ocampo par Ventnri soiit blancs
avec une teinte bleiuUre a peine visible. Dimensions : lOfi x 14 mm.
W. Lophospingus pusilla (Burm.).
cJc? Tapia iTncnmaii), 4oii nj., IT, -J.'i. i.x. I'.m-,' (Nos. Tol, TT'J, S. Ventm-i).
M'l. Paroaria cucullata (Lath.).
Nehrkorn. p. Il'.i : Ihering. p. '210.
Xom vulgaire ; Cardenal.
Les ojufs Viirient de vcrdatre piile k biiiUiVtre obscur, ut soiit couverU de
taches brunes. lis mesurent de 1U5 x loo (exceptionnellement) et 20-4 x 16'4 k
26 X 18 et meme 26-5 x 18 mm.
ML Paroaria capitata (Lafr. & d'Orb.). (PI. IIL Fig. 10.)
Ihering, p. 216.
Nom vulgaire : Cardenal.
<?c? ? Ocampo, 14, 16, 27. xi. 1905 (S. Ventnri).
J ? Mocovi (Chaco), 1. x. 1903 (S. Venturi).
? San Lorenzo (Santa F6), 25. xi. 1902 (S. Venturi).
" Ce cardinal niche sur le bord des bois a proximite de I'eaii. Le nid, fait avec
de la paille et des herbes fines, est gene'ralemeut place sur une fourchette a o'o — 4 m.
du sol. J'en ai tronve plasieurs a Ocampo, oil elle est tres commune." (S. V.)
Les 3 ceufs de la ponte sont blanc sale, completement saupoudres d'nne
conleur bran verdiitre, et de quelqnes taches primaires grisatres. Dimensions :
19-7 — 20-6 X 13— 1.5-5 mm.
lo2. Gubernatrix cristata I'Vieill.l
Nehrkorn, p. 119 ; Ihering, p. 216.
Nom vulgaire : Cardenal amarilla.
<S ad. Tncuman, 7. x. 1899 (L. Dinelli).
? Barriicas al Sud 5. xi. 1900 (S. Venturi).
"A Entre Rios j'ai obtenu des cenfs de cette espece." (S. V.)
Par leur <-oloration ils ressemblent de tr^s prfes a cenx de Saltator, mais sont
pins arruudis et moins alloniies. Dimensions : 23 — 25 x 18 mm. Cette espece
me parait etre plutot iin Saltator hupji^ nu'nn cardinal cette affinite ^tant indiqn^e
par la forme du bee anssi bien qnc par la cohiration des oeufs.
Iii3. Passer domestica domestica 'L.).
Nom vulgaire : Gorridn.
" Cette espece acclimatee niche non seulement pres des peuples et des villes,
mais aussi en plein bois, comrae j'ai pn le voir le 18. x. 1901." i S. V.)
104. Carduelis carduelis (L.;.
•■ 11 n'est pah difficile de trouver des nids de cette espiice europdenne dans les
jardius de Barracas al Sud." (S. V.)
L'exemplaire que Monsieur Venturi a envoye est une feraelle d'assez petite
taille et d'nii brun tres fouce sur les parties superienres. 11 serait tres interessaut
a savoir de quel pays de rEuiopc ccs oiseaux furent introduits.
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ICTERIDAE.
105. Archiplanus chrysopterus iVieill.).
Cassirifs nlhirontris auctoi'Um, nee Cct^'sirn^ allnro^tr'tn (Ij.) !
Xehrkorn, p. 00 ; Ihering, p. 218.
Num vulgaire : Boyero.
Une serie de Tncaman par Dinelli et Venturi.
" Cette espi'i'e n'est pas rare ii Tncumaii et tres commune an Hhaco, et niche
tant dans les forets vierges de I'interienr que sur les iles du Parana. Dans le
premier cas le nid, gen(5ralement suspendu a une petite branche de ' Guayacan '
(Caesalpi/iia melanocrirpa), est de conleur noire ; dans I'autre, le nid est snspendu
a nn jietit ramean de quelque gros arbre, et sa coloration varie dn rouge an
violet obscnr. Plnsieurs auteurs diseut que le nid noir est compose de fibres
decortiquees de ' barba del monte ' ; s"ii en etait ainsi il devrait parfois arriver
que I'oiseau laissat quelque ' barba ' sans eu sortir completement I'ecorce, et
qu'on put ainsi voir quelque pen de vert, ce qui pourtaiit ne se fait jamais. Les
Indiens que j'eus a mon service m'ont montre a plnsienrs reprises une tibre tres
mince et noire qni monte dn sol et enveloppe le tronc d'nn arbre tres utile — ^^je
dis ' utile ' parce qn'avec ses fenilles on prepare un the tres bon — qu'on appelle
' fiangapiry ' ; ils me dirent que le boyero fait son nid avec cette fibre, et pendant
les annees que j'ai passees dans les forets du Chaco, j'ai pu m'assurer de la realite
de ce fait. Les uids de conleur violacee qu'on trouve snr les iles du Parana (Chaoo)
sent faits avec de la racine tres line d'nne plante grimpante qui croit dans les
sables deposes par les ernes, mais qui sont ensnite enleves par le vent et les eanx,
de maniere que ces racines restent ii d^convert. Les uids de ccmlenr rouge, enfin,
dont on y trouve aussi, sont construits avec de I'ecorce des racines d'un arbre
appele ' Iguahay,' dont le fruit jaune est gros et comestible. Qnand on ote les
oeufs d'nn nid tout en laissant celni-ci intact, le boyero commence imm^diatement a
en tisser un autre en erapliiyant les mat^riaux du premier, mais le second nid est
tonjours moins volnmineux et mal constrnit. La longueur des uids varie beaucoup :
j'en ai pris depuis 48 cm. jusqn'ii TSU m."
" Les oeufs sont geiieralement 4 — 5 par nid, mais le 1. xii. IOU.5 je retirai d'un
nid du boyero S teufs tons frais." (S. V.)
La coloration et les dimensions des leuf's correspondent pariaitemeiil ;i celles
qu'en ont donnees les auteurs.
1ij6. Amblycercus solitarius solitarius (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 09 ; Iheriug, p. 219
Nom vulgaire : Boyero.
Une serie de Barracas al Sud, S. Vicente et Ocampo (S, Ventnri).
" 11 freqnente, de preference, les forets voisines dn Parana on de ses affluents.
Les nids sont suspendns a 3 on 4 metres et meme pins haut, soit sur des arbres soit
snr des ' picanillas ' ou des ' tacuaras." Ils sont faits avec des fibres fines et longues
de fenilles de graminees ; ils sotit tr^s voluminenx et quelques-unes des fibres sont
appendues au nid et flottent k I'air. Les materianx employes a la constrnetion du
nid sont anssi varies qne chez I'esp^ce pr^cedente. Cenx qui sont faits d'doorces
des racines d' ' Ignahay ' ont une coulenr rougeatre et sont mienx tissus ; d'autres
sont construits avec des fibres tres fines de matiere vegetale qui conserve sa conleur
verdatre meme etant seche, et ceux-ci n'out que quelques fibres d'ecorce d'arbre
f 184 )
entrelac^s. La loDgucur dn uiil ili'iieixl ilii luati'riel eruplcivi', mais elle ogcille
toujonrs entre oO et 80 cm. (,'e soiit ct'iix fails avei: ile la jiaille qui atteignent
le maximum de longuenr." (S. V.)
La ponte est de S — 4 anifs d'uri Maiic legi-remeut teinte de lilenatre avec des
taches, points et des raies tines dont la eouleur varie dc marron rongeatre ii noiratre
on rougeatie ju'ile. Les diuiensious varieiit entre "^til) x 19, Ii:.' x 10 et 33-7 x I'J
on 3:i X "-ill! mm.
1117. Dolichonyx oryzivora (L.).
Xehrkorn, p 'J'.l : Ihering, p. L'lO.
"Cest pendant le mois de novembre ijue cet oisean commence a ])asser par
Ocarapo en se dirigeant vers le sud ; il va toujonrs par bandes de 20 et ])lns
d'individns. Le o. i. 19o<> ils passerent en (juantites enormes, la dernicre troupe
s'est montr^e vers les 3 henres de Taprfes-midi et tit halte snr un mon^eau de
' carrizal ' dont I'extonsion 6tait d'environ 3 hectares. Par le nombre d'oiseanx
renin's snr les diverses toutfes d'lierbes je jugeai que cette bande se composait de
l)lns de 5000 individns. Je ne coiinais pas la limite sud de leur migration." (S. V.)
los. Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis ^(iiu.).
Xehrkorn, p. 100 : Ihering, p. 'J'iO.
Nom vulgaire : tordo.
" Au Chaco, cet oiscau pond des anifs tachetes, bleuiitres on rougeatres, et
parfois, mais plus rareraent, aussi des tent's blancs sans taches. Les oeufs colorieg
sent assez constants dans leurs dimensions, tandis que les blancs varient de 22 x 17
a 25 X 21 mm. ; en general, cejiendant, les tent's blancs sont plus petits que les
antres. La t'emelle ])ond dans le niil d'autres esp6ces presque anssitnt qn'il est fini,
et ce sont les jeunes tie Molothrus ho/XTn'e/isis qui sortent les premiers. Comme ils
sont tres voraces, ils otent du bee de ses parents adoptifs la nourriture destinee a ses
puines, ceux-ci mourant parfois de faim. Aussitot qu'il sait voler, il ponrsuit I'nn
on I'autre de ses j)arents d'adoption pour leur exiger iraperieusement un aliment
qn'il leur est souvent ditiicile it tronver."'
" Le nombre des tent's de ce ' tortlo ' que j'ai tronves dans un nid varie de 1 k 5 ;
il jette parfois les n-ufs des antres pour y mettre les siens. Ainsi j'ai vu un nid de
r/reo i-hiri dont 3 teufs etaient brises snr le sol et it leur jdace il y en avail 5 de
.1/. hoiiarifiisi)i, el une aulre t'ois le nid d'un Aiitluis avec 4 teufs dc celni-ci et
o dn 'tordo.'" (S. V.)
loi). Molothrus brevirostris (Lafr. et d'Orb.).
Xehrkorn, p. 100 ; Ihyriug, p. 'i'io.
Xom vulgaire : Tordo.
<i i'i Tncuman (Nos. 322, 710. 720, S. Venturij.
" 11 est tres difficile de determiner les oenfs de cette espece, parce iju'elle
est parasite du Molothrus badius, et que les ceufs du raaitre du nid soul variables
en coloration et grandeur. Je crois tout de meme qne ceux de M. brevirostris
sont les filns resistants dans leur coqnille, et qu'ils ont, au Cbaco. iine coloration
rosee ; c'est en les trouant qu'ou observe la meme rdsistance qu'otfrent les oenfs de
M. bonariensis, tandis qne la coque de I'oeuf de M. badius est mince et facile il trouer.
Mon ami Dinelli attribue ii cette espece plutot des teufs petits, mais forts, de conleur
cendr^e ; moi, je n'ai pas trouve cette variete k Ocamjio. J'ai tentt- ii plusieurs
reprises de r^soudre ce problemc en luant des femelles de M. brevirostris pendant
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r^poqne ele la ponte, es])i'Tatit de troiiver dans son corps Tfeut' deja forme, mais je
ii'v ai pas en de succes. Les amfs ceiidres mie j'ai re(;ns de Tiicnmau, ainsi que les
roses i^ue j'ai trouves moi-meme a Ocampo, raesnrent 'Z\ — 24 x 17 rum." (IS. V.)
110. Molothrus badius (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 1(10 ; Ihering, p. ■220.
Nom vulgaire : Tordo bayo.
Si Bueuus Aires et Catamarca (E. W. Wiiitej.
cf ? La Soledad, Entre Rios, 12. x. 1901 (0. B. Brittaiii, Nos. .50, 61).
S Barracas al Sad, 14. ix. 1896 (S. Venturi, No. 323).
S Los Vasquez, Tucuman, 17. iii. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2743).
? juv. Tapia, Tucuman, 700 m., 12. xi. 1901 (L, Diuelli, No. 1.503).
" Espece excessivement commune ii Ocampo. Au printemps, alors que les uids
de Phacellodomus et Si/nallaxis sent occupes par leurs proprietaires, il se contente
d'y ouvrir une cavite dans la partie superieure, en mettant de cote des branchettes.
A la seconde poute il pond egalement les leufs dans les uids de ces especes, mais il
s'approprie aussi ceux de Fumarius et A' Amblijcercus. A Ocampo je n'ai jamais
trouve de nids faits par le M. badius Ini-meme ni de pontes de 10 oenfs, mais
seulement de 5 ou 6. Les oeufs sent variables en coloration et dimensions ; ils
mesurent 21-5 — 255 x 16-5— 18-5 mm." (S. V.)
111. Agelaius thilius chrysocarpus (Vig.).
Nehrkorn, p. 100 ; Ihering, p. 221.
(J San Lorenzo, Prov. Hio Grande do >Sul, 14. x. 1885 (Dr. H. von Iheriug).
(? La Soledad, Argentine, 13. iii. 1002 (C. B. Brittaiu).
3 Est. IS. Martino, Monte, Frov. Buenos Aires, 15. i. 1897 (Paul Neamann).
S ad., i juv. La Plata et Flores, Prov. Buenos Aires, 1881, 1882 (E. W.
White).
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 20, 28. iii. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
c?<? ? Barracas al Sud, 4. vii. 1897, 14. viii. 1898, 23. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi;.
Venturi a recueilli plusieurs uids k Barracas al Sud. La description et les
mesures des teufs donnees par Nehrkorn sout exactes.
112. Agelaius cyanopus Vieill.
3 i S ad. S. Vicente (Chaco), 21. xi., xii. 1903 (8. Venturi).
1 c? juv., 2 ? ? Mocovi (Chaco), 7. x., 7. xi., 8. xii. 1903 (S. Venturi).
1 (? juv. Barracas al Sud, 7. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi).
(Quoique dotermiui'-s par Venturi comme .4. /?«(;(««, ces oiseaux sc rapportent
incoutestablemeut ii VA. rijaiiojius.)
" II abonde daus les marais du Chaco. Le nid se trouve dans les touti'es cpaisses
de paille on dans les joucs environ 10 ou 20 cm. au-dessus de I'eau." (S.V.) Les
feufs sont bleuatre pale avec des taches ou des raies noiratres on bran t'once et des
taches primaires gris bleuatre pale Dimensions; 21'7 x 16-3, 227 x 1(3 1 — 24'3
X 162, 267 x 17, 24 x l/'O mm.
113. Agelaius ruficapillus ruficapillus Vieill.
Ihering, p. 221.
Barracas al Sud (Venturi); Tucuman (Dinelli).
" Ou voit jiarfois de veritables bandes de cette espece. EUe niche dans les
joucs sur les bords des grundes laguues et des ' aguadas,' et daus les immeuses
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marais de rint^rienr. Les 4 cenfs soiit identiqnes, comme coloration, a ceux de
A. cyanopus, leur grandeur etant gen^ralement nn pen raoindre. A Tncnman,
suivant M. Dinelli, cette espece est des pins jmnrsnivies jiar le .1/. bonnjiensis, i|ni
depose jusqu'a 8, 0 et 10 tents dans ehaiine nid d'.-l. rujicapillus. Les nids etant
ainsi remplis avec surabondauce, les (enf's sont abandonnes et restent sans etre
incubes." (S. V.)
114. Leistes militaris superciliaris i,Bp.j.
(C'f. .V'jc. Z,n,l. xiii. p. 21.)
Ihering, p. 221.
Barracas al Sud (Ventnri) ; Est. S. Martino, Monte, Prov. Hueuos Aires (Paul
Nenmann) ; La Soledad (Brittain).
" Le nid de cette espece est nn des plus difficiles k tronver, ii cause de la
coutume de la femelle de marcher (|ueli|ue distance avant de j}rendre le vol." (S. V.)
Les oeufs sont tres variables. lis sout d'un verdatre clair et converts, en tout
on en partie, de taches brnn-rongeatre, on d'nn sale blanihatre avec de taches
rougeatre tres piile. Dimensions : 22 — 25 x 16-5 — 18 mm.
115. Amblyrhamplius holosericeus (Scop.).
Ihering, p. 221.
Xom vulgaire : Federal.
" 11 niclie dans les tonffes de pailles tri's hautes, en reliant eutre elles 5 on 6
f'enilles d' ' espadana ' on de joucs a I'aide de ijuelques larges rnbans de paille ; le
nil! solidement tissu se tronve a plus d'nn uu'tre an-dessns de I'ean ; an printemps,
il est facile a tronver, car le niiile a la coutume de se reposer tout ;i jiro.ximite. La
femelle poud 3 cenfs, (jni sont bleuatres avec qnelques points noirs i'l la partie
posterienre. Dimensions : 25 — 26 x 18 — 18-5 mm." (S. V.)
110. Pseudoleistes guirahuro (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 101 ; Iheriag, p. 221.
Nom vulgaire ; Pecho amarillo ; Guirahuro.
J J ? San Vicente (('hacoj, Ui. xi., 13. xii. 19U3 (Nos. 92(1, 921, 974, S. Ventnri j.
c? ? Ocampo, 9. xi. 19U5 (S. Ventnri).
" Espoce assez commune an (Jliacii. Kile nichi' dans les hautes jiailles des
lies dn Parana et des marais de Tiuterienr. Comme le Pseudoleistes firescens, elle
fait son nid generalement an milieu d'une epaisse touffe de paille ii 50 cm. dn sol.
Une foisi j'en trouvai nn snr une fourchette d'un arbuste sur le bord d'nn marais
a I'Tii m. de I'eau. La ponte est de 3 on 4 neufs. Les cenfs sont variables :
blancs avec de taches roussatres et qnelqnes taches jjrimaires d'un gris violace,
on blanc rougeatre avec nn grand iiombre de taches rouges ipii convrent tonte la
surface. Les dimensions raoyennes des oeufs de P. guiro,huro sont de 27 x l!' miii .
done un pen plus grandes que ceux de P. mrescens, ce qui corresjmnd liinn aiix
proportious des oiseanx." (S. V.)
11". Pseudoleistes virescens (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 101 ; Ihering, p. 221.
Xom vulgaire : Pecho amarillo ; Guirahuro.
i ? Est. S. Martino, Monte, Prov. Buenos Aires, 8. xii. lMi6, 4. i. 1897 (Paul
Neumann).
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(? ? La Soledatl, 18, 26. xii. 189S (Brittain cell.).
(? ? Ooampo (Chaco), 9. xi. 19i).") (S. Veiitnrij.
(?(?? I'.arracas al Snd, 14. vii. 1800, .">, 18. x. Is9ii (Niis. ;53s, :i:5'.i, :i4(»,
S. Venturi).
"J'ai tronve les iiids tant h, Buenos Aires qn'a Eiitre Rlos et an (!haeo. Comme
I'espece precMente, oelle-ci niche dans les tonftes ejiaisses de paille ' cortadera.'
La femelle pond 5 u'ufs, dont la roloration est la meme (|ne chez P. qidrahuro
et. dont les dimension.s snnt en general de 23 — 2(i x 1 7 mm. Cependant j'en ai
quelqnes-nus qni mesurent 28 x 19 mm. Les oenfs de Pseudoleistes .sont pins
on moins Inisants." (S. V.)
118. Curaeus curaeus (MoL).
Xehrkorn, p. 101.
(? Lapataia (Tierra del Fnego), lo. ii. 1n98 (No. 35, R. Venturi).
Denx cenfs Ushnaia, 13. xi. 1902. Les aMifs scut blenatre piile (comme des
cenfs pales de Turrhts musicux auct.) avec des taches et des raies noires an gros bont.
119. Trupialis militaris militaris (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. 101 ; Ihering, p. 221.
Nom vulgaire : Pecho Colorado.
(? Bahia Blanca, 19. x. 1899 (No. 341, S. Venturi).
120. Trupialis militaris defilippii Bp.
Nehrkorn, p. 101 ; Ihering, p. 221.
Nom vulgaire : Pecho Colorado.
S ad. Bahia Blanca, 13. x. 1899 (No. 342, S. Venturi). II serait singnlier
que ces deux formes vivent cute-^-cote dans la meme localite; s'il n'y a pas d'erreur
Si cet egard, roccurrence en Patagonie de T. m. deJiUjjpii est silrement exceptionnelle.
i ? Barracas al Snd, 13, 23. ix. 1899 (Nos. 342, 344, S. Venturi).
" Les (enfs de ces deux formes {T. m. militaris et T. m. (hjilippii) sent com-
pletement semblables, bien qne cenx de militaris soient uu pen pins gros, mesurant
jnsqu'a 22 mm. de diametre. Le T. m. militaris se trouve an sud et a I'ouest de la
vt'publique Argentine et le (Irjilippii abonde dans les provinces de Bneuos Aires et
de Santa Fe, mais je ne I'ai jamais cliasse an Cliaco." (S. V.)
121. Xanthornus pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 101 : Ihering, p. 'itl.
? Barracas al Snd, 12. x. 1899 (No. 247, S. Venturi).
"A Barracas al Snd j"ai trouve les nids de cet Icteride suspendns anx branches
basses des saules et des osiers, et fails avec des lanieres fines de I'ecorce de cette
derniere plante. AOcainpo les nombreux nids que j'ai recneillis etaient suspendus
a d'epais fourres de plantes grimpantes, a des hauteurs toujours superieures a
3 metres, et ils etaient tissus de fines lanieres de paille ' oortadera ' et tapisses en
dedans de i[nel(|nes crins de vache. Fia femelle pond 3 oenfs." (S. V.). Les ceufs
soiit blaiic lileuatre avec des tac^lies rougciUres, brunes on iioiratres, et des taches
primaires d"nn ceiidrr bleniUre. Dimensions de 24 x 17'1 et '2•^ x 17 a 2(i'0
X 16'6 mm.
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r,'-'. Aaptus chopi i Vieill.).
[.l////.,A«s .7„y,; anct. Cf. Riobmcind. Pn«: ir.nl. Sue. II'ii.A/h^/.w xv. (I»92), p. Nfj.]
Iherini;. p. L'Jii.
Xom vulgaire : Chopi.
" Le chopi est tres commnii a Ocampo. Jl uic.he dans les nids delaisses par
les gros pics fiiits dans les ' ombns ' (Pircuiiia dioiea) (jni se rencontrent isoles an
bord des bois. Le nid, coiistmit avee des fenilles et dn fourrage, conticnt 4 a H
(enfs. Le 2. xi. 190.") j'en ai tronvt' nn dans nn ' nmbn ' environ 0 metres de
hantenr : il contenait 4 ivnfs qne jVm])ortai. Je revins l."i jonrs apres, ft je fns
bien snrpris de voir le cliii]ii a la porte ilii iiiil : je uaniitai de nonvean, et j'en
retirai 0 oenfs I'rais, observant cii nn'-iue tenijis (|ne le nid avait ete (jnejiiue pen
relait." (S. V.)
Les cenfs sont blenatres avec des lignes tines brnnes on noires reiinies en forme
de couronne a la partie posterienre, mais il y en a aussi quelqaes-uns qui ont
senlement t ou 3 taches de conlenr caf(5 obscnr. Dimensions: 26 — 27 x 18 — 20 mm.
CORVIDAE.
123. Cyanocorax chrysops tucumanus Cab.
Cijuumurax tiiriniiauiix Cabani.'s, Jourii. f. Orii. 1883 p. lill'i (Tucuman).
5 S Pri-s de Tncnman, 700 et 1200 m. (L. Dinelli).
(J ? Tucnman, 29. x., 3. xi. 1899 (Nos. 350, 351, S. Ventnri).
La race de Tncuman est senlement un pen plus grande qne le Ci/anocorax
c/in/sopa cAri/sojtg de Famgaay et du Bresi! meridional. Cabanis, dans la descrip-
tion originale, dit qne les derniers sont blancs en dessous ; mais c'est nne errenr,
parce qn'ils sont jannatres en dessous, tout comme la race tucumanus.
124. Cyanocorax chrysops chrysops Vieill.
Ihering, p. 22.3.
Xom vulgaire : Urraca,
? Mocovi (Chaco), 29. x. 1903 (No. 908, 8. Ventnri).
" C'est nn dangcreux destrnctenr d'oMit's et de jeunes oiseanx : il rejiasse les
arbres avec soiu depnis le tronc jnsqn'ii Textremite ponr y cherclier les nids
d'autrni. A Ocamj)0, il niche an mois de novembre, et c'est deja dans la seconde
(|nin7.aine de decenibre que s'envolent les petits. II salt tres bien cacher son nid,
car je n'ai jamais pu en tronver, mais d'apres le nombre des jeniies on pent conclure
qne la ponte doit etre de (i a 8 oenfs. Les Correntiiis, qui, dans lenr jirovince,
chercheut les jeunes pour les elever et les vendre ensnite, m'ont assure qne le
nid de I'Urraca ainsi que des wnfs ressemblaient u ceux de C. ci/anomelnn. II se
pourrait tres bien (jne les descriptions qn'en donne H. Enler ne se rapportent pas
a I'espece dont nons ])arlons." fS.V.)
125. Cyanocorax cyanomelas fVieill.i. (PL IIL Pig. 4.)
Xom vulgaire : Caht- ou Urraca azul.
6 S Mocovi ((Jhaco), 11. x., 29. xi. 1903 (Nos. 840, 949, S. Venturi).
" Le • cahe ' niche dans les forets epaisses sur des arbres bas converts de plantes
grimpantes. Le nid place environ 3 metres du sol est construit avec des
branchettes de plantes grimpantes et tapisse de lenrs memes fenilles. An Chaco
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il niche en novembre ef jiond 5—6 cent's, II nbanddnuo le nid anssitot qn'on s'en
approche, ineuie sans y toncher." (8. V.)
Un (imf tronve it S. .lavier, province de Misiones, le IT. xi. Il)(i2, est d'lni
vordatre clair, avec de norahrenses taches bnnies et qnelqnes petites taches d'nn
leiidrr- jtiile. II ressemble anx cent's de Pica picn. Dimensions: 32-7 x 24 mm.
TYKANNIDAE.
120. Agriornis striatus striatus Gonld.
S ad. Tncninan, 4511 m., 20. v. lUUl (L. Dinelli, Xo. 1175).
(Jt? ad. Tncnman, 1'.), 2«. vi. ISOfl (S. Ventnri, Nos. 352, 711).
? ad, Tncnman, Is. vii. 18'.ni (S. Ventnri, No. 353).
127, Agriornis livida fortis Berl.
Agrloriih liritln fur/i.i Berlep.'ich, Proc. /I'. (Jni. Coiif/r. (Ornis xiv. p. 352).
3 cf (? Chnbut, Valle del Lago Blanco, Patagonie, Jnillet lOoij (t^-pes de la
description) (Jnlins Koslowsky).
128. Agriornis maritima maritima fD'Orb, \- Lafr.).
c? Jnjny norte, 2470 m., 29. xi. 1005 (L. Dinelli, No. 3834).
? ad. Lara (Tncnman), 14. ii. 1903 (Baer, No. 1).
c? Las Oienagas (Tncnman), 2500 m. (S. Ventnri, No. 886).
129. Myiotheretes rufiventris (Vieill.).
c?? Barracas al Snd, 13. viii. Is99, 18. iv. 1902 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 354, 607).
130. Myiotheretes striaticollis pallidas Berl.
Berlepscb, Uvll. B.O.C. xvi. p. 98(Ma\- UIOCi) ; Proc, iv. [nl. (Jni. Congress, p. .353 (19n7) (Xorco !
province de Tucuman),
(J ¥ Norco, prov. de Tncnman, 12iiO m., 13, 14. viii. 1004 (Terra typical)
(L. Dinelli, Nos. 3305, 3314).
cJ? Tapia, Tncnman, 7oO m., 23. v., 14. ix. I9i(2 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 308, 781).
131. Taenioptera cinerea (Vieill.). (PI. IL Fig. 38.)
(Taeiiiiipleni /leiit/itn auct. — Cf. Berlcpsch, I'roc iv. /i/l. C'Dir/r. p. 4li7).
<?¥ La Soledad, 4, xi. 1901 ((', !'.. lirittain, Nos. 73, 74. " Iris brigld red;
feet black ; bill dark Imrn-colonr.")
£?(?¥ Mocovi (Uhaco), 24. ix., 11. xi. I9ir3 (S. Ventnri).
? San Lorenzo (Santa Fe), 24. 11, 19o2 (S. Ventnri).
" Cette espi-ce vit plntOt dans les places et jardins pnbliqnes des petites
villes. A Ocampo il niditie sur les palmiers et orangers des jardins." (8. V.)
La femelle pond trois cenfs d'nn blanc rosatre avec de grandes taches
rongeatres et ijnelqnes taches grisatre pale. Dimensions : 28 — 31 x 20 mm.
132. Taenioptera coronatus (Vieill. j. (Pi. III. Fig. 7.)
S San Vicente, 15. ix. 19ii5 ( S. Veuturij.
c??? Tncnman, 8. v. 1899, 1. v. 19nl, 29. v. 19ii2 (s. Ventmi, Nos. 355,
350, 712.
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(Jc? TiKMiiuiui, 4r.(i 111.. 21. V. I'.iiil (L. DiiK'lli. Xds. 1177, 1182).
•'II iiliomlc en hiver dans Ics liois ties alcntonrs d'Ocampo, et s'cn retire an
printemps. Jolitius senlenienr nn nid de ."> (tnfs, le 20. i.x. liiii.")." (.S. V.)
Les rents sont lilaiic jnir avec quelques petites taclies roageat.res et des
lignes eu zigzag de la lueme coulenr. lis mesnrent : 2(1 x I'.i, 2<;-4 — 10. 2(i-l x I'.i
27 X lf)-i, 28 X 19-7 ram.
13;i. Taenioptera dominicanus (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. \'M ; Ihering, p. 224.
c? Barracas al Rnd, 2'.i. v. lOul (S. Yenturi, No. 357).
" Dans la niesnre des .enfs que, donne Monsienr Xehrliorn il y a nne (ante
d'impression : il doit lire 24 x Lso mm." (S. V.)
134. Taenioptera irupero Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. l.'itj ; Ihering, p. 223.
Nom vulgaire : Viadita.
S ? Paragnay, 14, 15. .xi. 1893 (Dr. Bohls),
c? ? La Soledad, Entre Rios, Argentina, 4. i. Ks90, l!s. xii. I'.Hil (('. B.
Brittain).
(? ? Tncnman, 450 m. (L. Diuelli, Nos. 439, 781).
c? ? ? Tncnman, 21. vii. 1898, 12. v. 1899, 19. iii. 1902 (H. Ventnri, Nos. 358,
359, 713).
"II preferu les nids enormes CCAiuimbiua, sans t.ontei'ois mepriser cenx de
Furnarius et de Phacellodomus. Les 3 on 4 cenfs qn'elle jjond sont d'un blanc
jauniltre avec pen de taches d'nn ronge bninatre fonce. Dimensions : 22 — 25 x 17 —
18 mm." (S. V.)
135. Taenioptera pyrope (Kittl.).
c? Lago Nahnel Huapi (Hnavi), Patagonia, 20. v. 19m2 (8. Ventnri, No. 198).
cJ? riinhnt, Valle del Lago Blanco. Patagonia, 1, 21. x. 19(il (.Tnlins
Koslowsky).
136. Taenioptera rubetra Bnrm.
? Baliia Blanca, 21. x. 1899 (S. Ventnri, No. 303).
137. Taenioptera murina Scl.
Tncnman. 45i) m., nne s^rie de L. Dinelli et de 8. Ventnri.
? ? Valle de Lerma, 1200 m., province de Salta, 9, 15. vi. 1905 (.lose Steinbach,
No.s. 117, 130).
"Iris brown; bill blackish grey, base of mandible pale ; feet black. Food
small coleoptera. Searches for food on the gronnd."
13S. Ochthoeca leucophrys tucumana Berl.
Hull. B.U.C. xvi, p. H8 (July IHOIJ) ; Pror. IV. I„l. Uni. Cnmjre^s. p. 35.S (1907-Norco, Tucuman).
4 6 Norcd, Tncnnnui, ,\ngnst I0ii4 ( L. Dinelli, Nos. 3248, :1297, 331.5, 3324).
(Terra typica \)
6 ? La (.'ienajiu, Tncnman, 27o(i m,, 25. ix. 1902 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 886, 887).
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139. Sayornis cineracea (LatV.).
? Vipos (liiu), Tacnmiui, 8U0 m., ■^O. viii. lOO.J (8. Veutiiri, No. lOT",').
? La Hoyada, j)roviuce de Tncumaii, 1300 m., ;^7. xii. I '.ml (L. Dinelli,
No. 1560).
"All mois d'octobre Monsieur Dinelli a tronve, pivs de Tucniuan, lui nid fait
avec des branchettes, de fines racines et de la bone, et jilacr dans nne ijetite
depres.sion d'nne berge. II etait tapisse interienretuent de pinnies el, de crins,
et conteuait 3 u?ufs blanus d'nue foriiie ovale." (S. V.)
140. Fluvicola albiveiiter (Spix).
Nehrkoi'D, p. 137 ; Ihering, p. 224.
Barracas al Snd, Mocovi (C'haco), Ocaiupo (S. Ventnri).
Lagunas de Malvinas, 380 m. (L. Dinelli).
" Le nid presijue transparent, en forme d'nne petite pocbe, est place contre
nne branclie verticale de qnelrpie arbnste qni croit an bord de I'eau ; il est fait avec
des nervnres de fenilles, entrelacees avec quelques fibres de fourrage et de toiles
d'araignees. L'entree dn nid est onverte d'lin cote en ayant la moitie snperienre
environ 6 cm. de diametre. Les 3 ceufs sont blancs avec des taches et points d'nn
ronge brnniitre. Les dimensions sont tres variables : 17-5 — 21 x 12-5 — l.j uim.
Dates : Ocainpo, 15. xi. 1905; Mocovi, T. xi. 1903."
"L'espece est commnne an bord des rnisseanx de Barracas al Snd et an Cbaeo."
(8. V.)
141. Alectrurus risoria (Vieill.).
Ihering, p. 225.
Noms vulgaires : Vijereta, Yetapu.
(? ad. Selva, Sgo. Estero, 13. i. 19U0 (S. Ventnri).
cJ ad. Ceres (Santa Fe), 1". i. 1900 (S. Ventnri).
5 ad. Ocampo, 1. xi. 1905 (S. Ventnri, No. 1030).
2 dS ad., 4 ? ? ad. Mocovi, C'haco (S. Ventnri et Rodrignez coll.).
6 ad., c? jnv. La Soledad (Entre Kius), 3. ii. Ls'.j'.j, ^4. j. j(,(|v; ((>_ J3_ Brittain
coll.;.
"Cette espfece est commnne dans les immenses champs du Nord de Santa Fe.
Elle fait son nid an milien dn fourrage conrt, les males demenrant parfois a de
grandes distances des herbes hautes. Le nid est tres ditiicile a tronver. II est placS
snr le sol an pied d'nne toiiffe de graminees, et il est constrnit avec de petites tiges
et racines de fonrrage ; interieurement il est revetu de plnmes." (S. V.)
Les 3 ueufs sont d'un janne blancbatre ou de coulenr de creme sans des taches.
lis mesnrent 23 x 16 s, 23 x 16-4 et 225 x 165 mm.
142. Gubernetes yetapa (Vieill.)
c? ad. Posadas (Misiones), 17. iii. l-^OT (8. Ventnri, No. 3(iT).
143. Sisopygis icterophrys (Vieill.).
Nyliikorn, p. 137 ; Ihering, p. 22.').
cJ ad. La Soledad, Entre Uios, 13. xi. 19ol (C. B. T.rittain coll.).
c? ad. Barracas al Sud, 26. v. 1903 (F. M. Bodrignez).
cJ ? Bai-raeas al Snd, 27. ix. 1899, 18. x. 190(1 (8. Ventnri, Nos. 370, 371).
cJ La Criolhi, Tncnnian, loOO m., 3. i. 1903 (G. A. Baer).
13
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" Cette espece est tri's coiniuiuu'. Ln descrii)tiou dos <i'nfs cdiiviout bieu Ji
colle donnee par Monsieur Nehrkorn, mais les dimensioiis sont nn jiou variables,
dnpnis 10 X 14jnsqn'-i2] x Ifi mm." rS. V.)
144. Xenopsaris albinucha (I^nrni.)-
3 c?f? Tucnmaii, 4.")(l m., (lecemlne luno (L. Dinelli, Nos. 3921, :3iJ2."), :Ui20).
(? llhas Tigre (Buenos Aires), 4. i. 1003 (S. Veiitiiri, No. 991;.
c? ad., cj jnv. (tcampo (Chaco), 2;"). xii. 10(i5 (S. Venturi, No lliJT).
" ( 'et oisean, nui uidifie an Chain, y est assez commuu vers la fin de d(5cemlire et
en Janvier. Monsieur Dinelli I'a ^galement observe a Tucnman. II place son uid sur
c|iielqn"nne des plus liantes liit'nrcations des arbres. Pour sa construction il emploie
les fleurs seches des irramin<''es et de tines fibres de paille d'oii resulte nn nid
transparent et peu solide. Les dimensions e.'vterues sont: diametre U-06 m.,
jirofondeur 0'035 m. Dinelli a trouve des pontes de 3 oeufs, qui sont d'un blanc
bleuiltre avec de petits points brnn piile les nns et brun ferrngineux les autres.
Dimensions 17 x 12 mm. Le nid de Xt'no/jsarix iil/j/ititc/ia n'est pas difticile a
trouver, parce que le male, en chantant, se tient de lu'ef'erenee a proximite de sa
demeure." (8. V.)
145. Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus (Lafr. \- d'Orli.).
(Cf. Berlepsch, Proceed. IV. Int. Orii. Congrenn, p. 471)
Due serie de Tucnman, par S. Venturi, L. Dinelli, G. A. Baer.
" Aux mois d'octobre et novembre. Monsieur Dinelli a trouvi' les nids de eette
espece dans les petites berges de misseanx formes par les pluies. Pour le placer,
cet oiseau profite de n'importe quel trou, mais specialement de ceux qui se pro-
duisent par la chute de quelque pierre. Le uid se compose de quelques brauchettes
et crins. La ponte est de 2 on 3 ceufs blancs, jiarfois converts de (juelqnes taches
roniles de cunlenr cafe-obscur : leur forme est ovale courte. Dimensions : 2M — 21
X l(i — IT mm. Tja mere se laisse ]ires(pie tonjonrs surprcndre snr le nid." (S. V.)
1411. Knipolegus cyanirostris (Vicill.).
Ihoring, p. 225.
c^ ad., S juv., ? Barracas al Sud, decembre lOiiO et 19ii2 (S. Venturi).
" S" S. Vicente (('hacoi, 17. ix. lOii.) (iS. Venturi, No. 1028).
Monsieur Venturi a trouve nn lenf a Ocamjio ie 20. xii. loor), et deux a
Barracas al Sud le 7. xii. 1904. Les deux oMifs de Barracas sont blanc ])ur, celni
d'Ocampo teiute de creme, et on y aperi^oit deux on frois grandes taches coulenv
de bnis de noyer, quelques points noiratres et peu de taches i)rimaires grisatre pale.
Dimensions: 20o x 15-7,21'."> x Ui'n, 22 x lo-6 mm.
147. Knipolegus cabanisi iSchulz. (PI. 111. Fig. l.;
cJ ad. Tafi viejo (1000 m.), Tucnman, 20. viii. 1902 (8. Venturi, No. 747).
3 ad. Qnebrada de las Piedras, Tucnman, sfiO uj., lo. viii. lOiil (8. Venturi,
No. 376).
<J ad. Cnmbre de Kaco, 2100 m., Tucuman, 4. i. 1902 (L. Dinelli, No. 1594).
6 ad. Villa Nougues, 8. Pablo, Tucnman, 18. ix. 19i>l (Dinelli, No. 134.")).
? ad, Cumbrc de Kaco, Tucnman, 31. xii. lOitl i Diuelli, No. 1572).
(?) inini. Lorlesma. .Tniuy, 28. vii, 19o(i (Dinelli coll.. No. 4220).
( n'3 )
"J'ai rec'ii di- mon ami Diiielli, dr Tiu-niuaii, uii ceiif de cette espi'ce recneilH
le s i. 1902 an Cerro de Raco (Tncnmauj. Monsieur Dinelli m'ecrit qne le nid se
tronve aussi bien snr de petits arbnstes que sur de gros troncs d'alisiers. II est fait
avec de la jiaille et des crins, et plaee a una petite distance dii sol. Les 3 cenfs
qn'il contient sont blancs avec des taclies coulcur cafe ivpaiulues an piMe obtns.
Dimensions: -'l-."i— 22 x l(i-5 — 17 mm." (S. V.j
148. Knipolegus striaticeps (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
Knipiitetius dneretia auct.— Cf. Xm:. Znul. iguG pp. ^18, iVd.
i Vipos, Tucuman, 500 m., 10. xi. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 377).
S Tapia, Tncuman, 20. x. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 710).
i Tapia, Tucuman, 700 m., 23. ix. 1902 (L. Dinelli, No. 1906).
5 Prov. Santiago del Estero, 21. vii. 19(i4 (L, Dinelli, No. 3222).
? Tapia, Tncuman, 12. xii. 1902 (G. A. Baer coll.). (C'omparf^ an type par
Monsieur Hellma3r.)
149. Lessonia nigra nigra (Bold.).
" CcntriUs nitjer " auctorum.
(?(??? Barracas al Snd (S. Venturi, Nos. 185, 382, 384, 389).
150. Lichenops perspicillata perspicillata (Gm.).
Xehrkorn, p. 137 ; Ihering, p. 225.
Nom vulgaire : Pico de Plata.
6 ? Barracas al Snd, 31. i. 1898, 8. xi. 1900 (S. Venturi, Nos. 378, 379).
(J ? La S.dedad, Entre Rio.s, 1902 (C. B. Brittain).
" Les descriptions des (I'ufs donnees par Messieurs Hudson et Nelirkorn sont
bonnes, seulement on pent ajonter que ([uelques exemplaires ont une taclie
rougeatre j)eu apparente et qn'ils sont tres luisants. Dimensions : 20 — 22 x I5-3
— I'i ram. Au < 'liaco j'ai tronve les nids avec des neufs a la fin de mars." (S. V.)
151. Muscisaxicola flavinucha Lafr.
S ? Valle del Lago Blanco, (Jliubnt, Patagonic, 2. x. 191.11 (Julius Koslowsky
coll.).
S Valle flel Lago Blanco, C'luibut, Patagouie, 20. ix. 1901 (.Inlins Koslowsky
coll.).
"Irisbruno. Largo total i 195, 197, ¥ 194 ; ala S 141, 145, ? 134; cola
(? 81,83, ¥ 79 mm."
(? Lara, Tncuman, 40iiii m., 26. ii. 19U3 (G. A. Baer coll.).
Le comte Berlepscli m'ecrit qne les exemplaires de la Bojivie et de Perou
ue different en Hen des oiseaux de Chubut. (Jn doit admettre qne quelqnes individus
sont plus piiles, mais d'autres sont plus fonces, et s'accordent bien avec ceux de
Chubut. Comme nos exemplaires de Clinbut et le male de Tncuman sont en
plumage use, il .serait desirable de comparer des specimens en [jlumage frais.
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152. (?) Muscisaxicola capistrata (Riirra.).
Uerlepsch, /'ir/c. /I'. lutein. Oiii. Co/ii/r. (Oruis xivj, p. 40H.
^d jiiv. Cuinbre de Mala mala, 3300 m., uear Tucumaii, (i. iv. 1'.mi4. " Iris,
pattes, bcc iioirs" (L. Diaelli, Nos. 3010, 3013).
(Vs exemplaires ditllTeut de plusieurs oiseanx adnltes de la Bolivie occidentalc
jiar Itnir coloration jiliis ]iiile, leiir gorge nn pen tachetee, ft par les ailes et la ijueuo
till pen |ilns courtes.
(Jette espece est tres rare daus les eollectious, quoiqu'elle ait etc trouvee ii
beaucoup de localites : Ohili (Plate), Patagonie (Scott), Mendoza (Biirmeister, type),
Tnenman, Sajama en Bolivie occidentalc (Garlepj)), Pniio en Perou (Kalinowski).
153. Muscisaxicola frontalis frontalis Burm.
Cf. Berlepsch, Proc. IV. Int. Oni. Congrcfx, p. 4(!8 (liHlT).
3 S3, 1 ? Cerro Munos, Tucumau, 4000 m., 24, 2G. v. l'JOU(L. Ihnelii,
Nos. 3993, 4000, 4005, 4024).
La difference entre ]\[. finntdUx uigrifroitu et M. f. froiit'tliH n'est pas bien
etablie. Les mules sont plus grauds ipie les femclles, et notre seule I'emelle de
Tuciiman est plus petite que I'excmplaire de Chili dans notre mnsee ; les bordures
rongeiltres dcs plumes au sommet de hi tete ne sont pas visililcs dnns la fcnielle.
Berlepsch n'avait ipi'un senl exemj)le de ( 'bile a comjiarer I
154. Muscisaxicola macloviaua meutalis D'Orb. it LalV.
S Chubut, Valle del Lago Blanco, 2. x. 1001 (Koslowsky coll.).
¥ Ushnaia, Tierra del Fnego, 8. ii. 180S (S. Ventnri, No. 38).
155. Muscisaxicola maculirostris maculirostris LatV. k d'Urb.
9 Lara, Tucuman, 4000 m., 11. ii. 1903 (G. Baer, No. 1431).
? Angosta Perchela, Jujuy, fs. xii. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3905).
'i S <S , 1 ? Cachi, province de Salta, 2500 m., iii., iv. 1905 (J. Steiiibach,
Nos. T, 22, 51, 00).
Mon ami le comte Berlepsch a compare ces exemplaires ii d'antres proveniuit
de la Bolivie et du Perou meridional.
150. Muscisaxicola rufivertex rufivertex Lafr. & d'Orb.
S ad. Cerro Munos, Tucuman, 3. vi. 1906 (L. Dinelli, No. 4058).
^ Cachi — j)ampa, province de 8alta, 3000 m., 22. iv. 1905 (J. Steinliach,
No. 70. — " Steigt vou eiuem Stranche kerzeugerade bis lO m. hoch in die Lul't
und btiirzt daun, sich seitwilrts tiberschlagend zum Boden herab.")
157. Machetornis rixosus (Vieiil.).
Nehrkorn, p. \'il \ Iheriug, p. 2'2('i.
Nom vulgaire : Mataduia.
c? ? Barracas al Sud (S. Ventnri); La Soledad (( '. B. Brilt<in); Tucuman
(L. Dinelli).
"Commuii ii Buenos Aires et an Ciia(H). La dcscriiition dcs (enis dontiee \)Ar
Nehrkoru est correc.te, mais les dimensions sont 21 — 20 x 10'5 — IS mm." (iS. V.)
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158. Rhynchocyclus sulphurescens sulphurescens (Spix).
Le mnsoe de Munich a reini de Monsieur Dinelli nne femelle tiu'e i'l. •Tiijny
le 13. vii. 1900. ((!. E. Hellmayr in lift.)
Pas encore signale en Argentine.
159. Euscarthmus margaritaceiventer margaritaceiventer (O'Orli. iV l-atV.).
Nehrkorn, p. 13.0 ; Ihering, p. 228.
S. Viccntp, Ocampo, Mocovi ((!liaco), et Tiicnman (S. Ventnri at L. Dinolli).
" Ottc psjK'cc vit, dans les forets epaisses et y niche. Elle n'est pas rare a
Ocampo. Le nid, suspendii a des hauteurs variant depnis 1-50 jasqn'a 3 metres,
est fait en forme de poche, correspondant parfaitement anx figures qu'en donne le
Dr. Ihering jiour les autres especes dn meiue genre. Exterienrement il a toujonrs
plusieurs morceaux d'ecorce d'arbre, qui sent parfois retenus par des fibres de
' barba del moiite,' d'antres fois par des racines tres fines et aussi par des baades
etroites de feuilles d'herbes; interieurement il est tapisse par du dnvet. An-dessns
de I'eutree du nid il y a nn petit toit. Les denx roufs sout couleur chair avec
de petites taclies rougeatres nn i>eu effacees qui s'eteudent generalemeut sur tout
I'teuf lis ressemblent anx teufs de E. (itdarisviridiceps, ma.\& les taches sont moins
nombreuses et moius foncees. Dimensions: l.S-5— 19 x 12-5 — 13 mm." (S. V.)
100. Euscarthmus gularis viridiceps Salvad.
3 tJ(^, 2 ? ? Ledesma, Jnjuy, 520 m., juillet I'.IOO (L. Dinelli, No.s. 4157, 41S0,
4207, 4254, 42(i5).
Monsieur Hellmayr a compare les sj)i''cimens de Jujuy au type du Musee
de Turin.
101. Phylloscartes ventralis angustirostris (Lafr. & d"Orb.).
Cf. Hellmayr. Nm: Zool. xiii. 1900, p. .321.
SS Tafi vicjo, Tncnman, 7G0 m., octobre 1900 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 872, 930).
S Tafi viejo, Tucumau, 700 m., 21. x. I'JoO (S. Venturi, No. 760).
<? Quebrada de las Piedras, Tncumaa, 800 m., 28. ix. 1902 (G. A. Baer).
(?? Villa ^.Nougues, S. Pablo, Tncuman, 1200 m., 5. ix. 1901 fL. Dinelli,
Nos. 1278, 1285).
102. Hapalocercus dinellianus (Lillo).
(Cf. Berlepsch, Prm; IV. I ,,1. Om. Conijmx, p. 487.)
Les stries au sommet de la tete ne sont pas noinUrcs, comme ehez Hnjuilocrm/s
schteri, mfiis brunes, avec des bordures fauves.
5 SS de Tiicuraan, 450 m., recoltes par S. Venturi et L. Dinelli.
103. Hapalocercus acutipennis (Scl. & Salvin).
cJ(? La t'riolla, Tucuman, ]5oo m., Janvier 1003 (G. A. Baer).
? Lagunita, Tucuman, 3000 m., fevrier 1903 (G. A. Baer).
(? ? ? Cumbre [de Raco et Tafi del Valle, Tneuraan, 2100 ni., Janvier 1902
(L. Dinelli).
? Tafi del Valle, Tucuman, 2000 m., I. ii. I0o3 (S. Ventnri).
104. Hapalocercus meloryphus meloryphus (W'ied).
iS ad. Areiial, Prov. de Salta, 75o ni., 11. .\i. l'.i()3 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 1075,2939).
( 1!)6
Km. Hapalocercus flaviventris < iViirb. A LiitV.). (PI. 11. Fig. 28.)
Iheriug iv. p, 221' ; v. p. 'Jl'T-
Nom vulgaire : Tapuy.
Dne s6rie de Barracas al Snd, jiar Veiituri e( Rodriguez.
" Espece commune u Barracas al Sail, mais se tronvant aussi an Ohaco."
(S. V.) Les ceiifs sent conlenr creme, sans taches. lis mesureut : 16-5 — ITox 12
— 13 mm.
166. Hapalocercus sclateri (Onst.). (PI. II. Fig. 2(1.)'
Une belle scrie d'Ocampo, de Mocovi, et du Rio Amores (Chaco), ])ar
S. Ventnri. Tons les exemi)laires ont Otv tn(''s anx mois de uovembre et dccembre.
" Iris cafe." (Cf. Hellmayr, Xor. Zool. xiii. 19u0, p. 32U.)
" J'ai tronve quelques nids de cette espece, soit avec des ibuf's .soil avec des
petits. On les tronve dans les marais converts de Lautes et epaisses pailles'cor-
taderas,' oil les oiseanx se tieunent de pri^ference ; le nid est place environ 0-5ii m. de
I'ean, entre o on 6 f'enilles de paille, oh il reste empri.sonue sans etre entrelace.
L'oiseau emploie, pour sa construction, des t'euilles et des tiges de graminc'-es tendres
et de nombrenx cocons d'araignees. Int^rieuremeut le nid n'a aucun revetemeut.
Sa partie superienre u'est pas ii un meme niveau, car le bord par oil est suspendu le
nid et oil les feuilles sont plus uombreiises, et par oil le petit oiseau ne pourrait
passer, se trouve ii 2 cm. plas hant (jne le bord oppose. La hauteur du nid est de
0-05 m. par devant et (J-OTo par derriere ; le diametre interne est de i)'03, I'epaisseur
du nid O'OOS, et la jirofondenr moyenne 004 m. Place comme un coin au milieu
des feuilles, le nid contient 3 reufs blanc-jaunatre qui mesnrent 15 x Ho mm.
11 est difficile d'ohtenir les oiseanx, mais encore pins difficile d'en obtenir les nids."
(S. V.) Les deux oenfs que nous avons reius ;i Tring mesureut 15'.5 x 11'9 et
15-8 X 12 mm.
KIT. Habrura pectoralis minima ((Touldi.
6 ad., t^ jnv. Babia Blauca, 14. x. 19tin, 10. .\i. 1899 (S. Venturi, Nos. 392,
393).
c?(?? La Soledad, Eutre Rios, 20. xii. 1898, 4. x. llMjl, 6. ii. 1902 (C. B.
Brittain).
(Jette sous-espece, malgre sou nom, est un pen plus graude que Yllabnira
pectoralis jtectoralis.
16S. Culicivora stenura (Temm.).
S ? Mocovi (Chaco), 2. xii. 19n3 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 958, 959).
S Ocampo (Chaco), 1. xi. lOii.") (S. Venturi, No. lOS.i).
" ('et oiseau vit d:uis les champs hants et ouverts du ( 'hacu. 11 uichc sur do
])etits arbustes et specialement outre les raineaux fietiris de I'extrcmitc do certains
chardons qui croissent isolos par la campagno. Le petit nid est des plus solidement
constrnits, concourant a sa foiiuation des fleurs de graminees et du duvet, le tout
tres bien agenco; il est tajjisso en dedans par du duvet. Les dimensions extorienres
sont : hauteur 0'07 m., diametre DOo m. ; interieurement il mesuro : profondenr
0-04, diametre 0-025 — 0-03 m. La ponte est de 3 oenfs blanc-jaunatre qui mesnrent
14—15 X 11 — 12 mm." (S. V.)
( U»7 )
I •>'■'. Stigmatura budytoides flavocinerea ( liiirm.).
cf ? Tiicuuiau (Tapiii), '■). vi. 181t9, 13. ix. 1902 (S. Veaturi, Nos. 752, 894).
(? ? ? Motaii (Salta), 850 m., 4, 9. vi. 19u5 (L. Uinolli, Nos. 3555, 3572, 3573).
? Santiago del E.stero, 19. viii. 19o4 (L. Diiielli, No. 3286).
" Pour ce qui est de sa maiiit'-re de iiidifier, cette espfece ressemlile, d'apres
Diuelli, a Sublei/atu/i brerii-ostris brearoMris (Lafr. & D'Orb.). Au mois de
novembre on decembre la f't'iuelle ])ond deii.x oeafs d'uu blanc rougeatre avec des
taches roux cauiielle clair, et d'autres plus petites brunes, plus epaisses au pole
obtus, formaat couroune. Dimeusions : 17 x 12 mtu." (S. V.)
170. Serpophaga subcristata (Meill.).
Nelirkorn. p. 1.S8 ; Ihering, p. 'I'l'.K
Nom vulgaire : Piojito.
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 2(). v., H). vii. ]'.io3 (F. M. Rodriguez),
c? ? ? Barracas al 8nd, Id. vii., 28. xii. I90l (S. Veuturi, Nos. 395, 39(i, 397).
SS Ucampo, 29. x. 19n5, 19. i. 1906 (S. Vinitnri, Nos. 10.5ii, 1050a).
c?c? ? La 8oledad, Entre Rios, 12. i., 2. ii. |899, 10. xii. 191)1 {(\ B. Brittaiii).
" La poute fst bieii des Ibis de 3 luul's. Les diiueusioiis des cents sout
15—18-5 X 11-5— 12-5 mm." (S. V.)
171. Serpophaga munda Beil. (PI. 11. Fig. 39.)
Serjmj>ha(/u iiuiiiihi Berlepsoh, Oni. Mnimi^la i\ i. p. 12 {W^^ — Bolivie !).
Si Rio Seco et Valle de Lerme, jirov. de Salta, 350 et 1200 m. (J. Steiubac-h,
Nos. 83, 1 75).
1 ad. Sau Lorenzo, prov. de Jujuy, 13. viii. 1905 (J. SteinbacL, No. 139).
S ad. Ocami)o (Ohaco), 17. ix. 1905 (S. Venturi, No. In31).
? ad. Los Vasquez, Tueuman, 445 m., 18. viii. 1902 (L. Diuelli, No. 8892).
" II vit daus les ' tuscales ' des bords des raarais et nicbe ilaus les ' tuscas '
meme. Le nid est couvert et construit de ' barba del monte.' L'eutree en est
situee sur uu cote. Le aid est generalement plac6 sur une assez grosse branche.
L'oiseau pond 3 ceuf's d'ua blanc jaunatre avec d'assez grandes taches, disposees
en forme de couroune au [lole obtus. Les 5 leufs que j'ai recueillis mesurent
15 X 12 mm." (S. V.)
172. Serpophaga nigricans (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 138 ; Ihering, p. 229.
S ad., ? ad., c? juv. Barracas al Sud, I'.iOo, 1901 (S. Veuturi, Nos. 39s, 399,
400).
S ? ad. Barracas al Sud, 1 903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
dun. La Soledad, Entre Rios, 26. xii. PJOl. "Iris brown; feet libiek ; Ijill
biacii ; gape deep yellow " (C. B. Brittain).
(?(??? Cosquin, Cordova, 1882 (E. W. White).
? Est. S. Martino, Monte, province de Buenos Aires, 13. i. 1 807 (Paul
Neumann).
" La eouleur des leufs est jaune, mais d'une teinte i)his foncee que ciiez
les especes ]iree^dentes, Dinieusinns ; 15— 18-5 x 12 — 13nini," (S. V.)
( 198)
173. Anaeretes flavirostris Sd. & Salvin.
? Tncunian, 22. ix. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 401).
S2 2 Tncnmaii, ■450—445 m., 31. v, 1004, 14. vi. 1901, 17. vii. 1903 (L. Dinelli,
Nos. 1194,2745,3970).
(? Cosqnin, Cordova, 22. vi. 1882 (E. W. White).
174. Anaeretes parulus parulus (Kittl.).
? Ushnaia (Tierni del Fuego), 18. ii. 1898 (S. Veutnri, No. 45).
175. Ornithion obsoleta obsoleta (Temiu.).
Miiscica/M. iihanhlii Temminck, PI. Col. 275, fig. 1 (1824— Bre'sil, e.\ Nattercr MS. !).
c? ad. Arcual (Salta), 750 m., 25. x. 1903 (S. Veutnri, No. 1074).
(? ad. S. Vicente (Uiiaco), 14. ix. 1905 (S. Ventnri, No. 1029).
£?(??? Ocampo, 1905 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 1042, 1042a, 1057, 1(107).
? Tapia, Tncnman, 9. xi. 1901 (L. Dinelli, No. 1484).
" Cette espece est rare ii Ocampo ; ellc lialiite les Lords du Parana ainsi qno
les forets de rinterieur. Le nid, en forme d'nne petite poche, est constrnit soit
(Parana) avec des fenilles seclaes, du fourrage, des morceanx de raciues ct des
feuilles de ' camalotes,' le tont bien relie ensemble ])ar des toiles d'ariiignees ; soit
(C'haco) avec de la ' barba del monte,' et a ])arfois nn appondice de 40 a 50 cm.
de long. L'entree, qui se trouve k la moitie snperienre, a un petit toit saillant et
son diametre tient 0025 m. La partie inferienre du nid est tres solide et r^sistante.
La grandeur du nid sans I'appendice est de 11 — 12 cm. de bant snr 6 de diametre ;
intericnrement il est tapisse par uu duvet tres fin. La ponte est de 2 tenfs d'un
blanc jaunatre, converts, dans la partie posterieure, de jietits points ronges (jui,
dans qnelqnes exemplaires, forment nne sorte de conronne. Dimensions : IG— 17
X 12 mm." (S. V.)
170. Elaenia parvirostris Pelz.
Cf. Berlepsch, Pror. IV. Int. Orii. Congress (Ornis xiv.), p. 412.
4 (?c?, 2 ? ? Flores, Buenos Aires, Janvier, mars, ddcembre (E. W. White).
1 c?, 1 ? La Snledad, xii. 1901, i. 1902 (Brittain coll.).
2 t?c?, 1 ? Los Vasques, Tapia, Tncnman, novembre, ddcembre (Dinelli coll.).
5 ? Ocampo, 17. xi., 27. xi. 1900 (S. Venturi coll.).
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 27. x. 1900 (S. Venturi coll.).
1 ? Salta, 1750 m., 11. xi. 1903 (Dinelli coll.).
" Dimensions des oenfs : 18—20 x 13-5—15 mm." (S. V.)
177. Elaenia albiceps albiceps (Lafr. ^t d'Orb.).
Cf. Berlepaoh, Proc. TV. Int. Oiii. Coinjrcss (Ornis .\iv.) p. 403.
•ASS Gatamarca, ix, x. 1880 (E. W. White coll.).
1 S (-'osqnin, Cordova, 13. x. 1882 (E. W. Wliite coll. i.
'2 Si Chnbnt, Patagonie, x. 1901 (Julius Koslowsky coll.).
178. Elaenia strepera Cab.
S ad. Tafi viejo, Tncnman, 700 m., 28. x. 19oO(S. Venturi, No. 410).
S ad. La CrioUa, Tncnman, 1500 m., 23. i. 1903 (G. A. Baer).
S ad., ? La Hoyada, Tncnman, 13(10 m., 24, 25. xii. 1901 (L. Dinelli,
Nos. 1551, 1.555).
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La femelle a les parties supt^rienres olivatres, les bordnres des couvertures
alaires ronssatres, et les parties infdrieures teiat^es de jaune-oliviitre.
" Monsieur Dinelli a recneilli des reufs de cette espece a La Hoj-ada, a 1500 m.
d'altitude, pres de Tiicuman, pendaut le jiriutemps de 1002. Au siijet de ses coutnmes
il m'^crit nn'elle liabite dans les valli^es sombres et hnmides, apparaissant an
printemps et Emigrant en antoinne. Elle place son nid snr les arbres pen
elevt's a I'extr^mit^ des brandies liorizontales snr qnelque fonrchette ; il est
eonstrnit de f(nel(|nes branchettes et tapisse de jilnmes et de crins, rappelant les
constrnetions de tonrterelles. Les (eni's sont blanc-jannatre, aveo. des taches coulenr
caf^ et d'autres d'nn brun obscur disposees en I'orme de eonronni'. Dimensions :
21—22 X 16 mm." (S. V.)
170. Elaenia flavogaster flavogaster (Thnuli.).
[^Elainea parjmia pagana auctorum !).
Plpmfltn-ufjiistrr Thunberg. Mnn. Acad. Si, Pclersliinii-i; viii. (1822) p. 2Hi;. (Typus ex Bro'sil, Mus.
Upsala) ; Lunnberg, Iliis, 11103, p, 241.
ElKe/iiaj/arnr/iixler Berlepsch, Pnn: IV. Intern. Oi-nitli. CniKjrcxx (Oruis xiv.), p. 384.
Ihering, p. 230.
3 ad. Ocampo, 20. x. 1905 (S. Venturi, No. 1052).
" Tres rare au Cliaco. Le couple que j'ai obtenu nidifia entre deux branches d'un
'Ceibo' a, 4-50 ni. de hauteur. Plat et mal eonstrnit, le nid se defit en Fenlevant ;
il etait fait d'herbes, de racines, et de lichens d'arbres. 11 contenait senlement
deux wnfs frais, le 2. xii. 1905, mais la ponte nVtait pas finie." (S. V.) Les oeufs
sont blancs teintes de coulenr creme avec des taches rouges, plus grosses et )>lns
nombrenses au pole obtus. Dimensions : 20-2 x 105 et 21-5 x ISO ram.
I'^O. Elaenia mesoleuca Cab. & Heine.
Cf. Berlepsch, Pro ■. IV. In/. Om. Cuiuirexs (Ornis xiv.), p. 41.5.
Nehrkorn, p. 139 ; Ihering, p. ,3.32.
S ad. Ocampo, 17. xi. 1905. " Iris cafe claro." (S. Venturi, No. 1062.)
" Le 12. xi. 1905 je toai uue femelle pres d'Oeampo, et reeueillis le nid
qui contenait un seul a>uf II est blanc tachete de rougeatre. Dimensions :
19-5 X 14 mm." (8. V.)
181. Elaenia viridicata viridicata (YieilL).
Cf. Berlepsch, Pmr. IV. Int. Om. Cnnf/i: (Ornis xiv.), p. 425.
Kluinea i/riita Cabmis, Jniirn. f. Om. 1883, p. 21G (Tucuman 1).
Ihering, p. 233.
<? ad. Tucuman, 28. xi. 1898. " Iris cafe oscuro." (S. Venturi, No. 411.)
Deux oeufs de Tneuman, pris le 18. xii. 1901, sont tres arrondis, de conleur
blanche, avec des taches et des zigzags rouge-biiin au pule obtus. lis mesnrent :
19-9 X 155 et 19-2 x 155 mm.
182. Elaenia obscura obscura (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
? Villa Nougucs (Tucuman), 1200 m., 12. ix. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 362).
c?c?? Villa Nougucs (Tucuman), 1200 m., viii., ix. 190l (L. Dinelli, Nos. 1253,
1340, 1340).
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" An coiuiiinici'iuciit dii iimis di- junvirr Mdnsicur l)ii]clli a tn)uv(' ilcMix iiids
tic cette esjiL'ce, cliacuii avec deux leufs. Uet Elaenia iipparait tai'd an priiitemjis a
Tiicuiuau, et nidifio aussitot. Tres difficile a trouver, le nid est i)lacc'' sur iiue grossc
brauche liorizontale asse/, t'levee ; il ii'est pas tres volnuiiuenx et trOs plat, n'ayant
presque pas de lit, de inaniiTc {[no los (fiifs tonclient de ])res I'ccorce de la braiu^tie.
Sa constructiiin consiste a rextri'ieur en liclieus, et eu ([iielijiies erins et plumes
il riiit^rieur. Exterienrement il luesure U'n9 de diaiuetre et 0U3 de lianteur.
" La coiileur des ceufs blanc rosace avec uue couronne de petites tacLes roiix
canuelle pale au pule obtns. Dimeusious : 21 — 24 x 15'5 — 16-o mm." (S. V.J
1^3. Elaenia caniceps (Swains.).
'i i $ Ledesma, proviuce de Jujuy, 13, IS, 22. vii. lllOti (L. Diiielli, Nos. 4171,
421(1, 4230).
\^\. Suiriri siiiriri (Vieill.).
Ocampo, Baliia Ijlaiica S. Veiituri); Tucumaii, 45n m. (L. Diiielli).
Les jeuiies oiseaux out rabdomen janiiatre tri's ])ale (au lieu de lilaiic), ies
parties supi'Tieures bruu obsciir iiianinees de petites taclies trianjjiilaires d"uii l)hiiic
janiiatre.
" Cette espfece, que j'ai aussi chassee a Babia Blauca, u'est pas rare a Ocamjio, oil
elFe niche anx mois d'octobre a decerabre. Le nid, c<>mme ceux des esperes d' EJuiniti,
contient 3 teufs jannatres avec qnelques grosses taclies rouges plus pales aux bords
qui forment couronne au pole obtns. Dimensions : 20-5 x 14 mm. Le 1. xii. I'JOS
je tuai 3 petits dejii liien di'velop])es, ainsi cpie lenrs parents." (S. V.)
185. Siiblegatus brevirostris brevirostris (Ijafr. ^ d'Orb.) (PL III. Fig. 0).
S. Vicente, Ocampo, Mocovf (S. Ventnri).
" (Jet oisean est commun jiendant toute I'aniiee aux aleutonrs d'Ocampo. II
vit dans les ' tuscales ' des bords des marais. En septembre, 11 se met a niditier.
Le nid, place ordinairement a Tangle divergent de deux grosses branches de 'tusca'
a 1 on 2 m. du sol, est compose de lichens et de nervnres de feuilles de ' tusca,' et tres
difficile il apercevoir. Sou fond est constitue par I'ecorce meme de la braiicbe
oil il repose ; c'est ii jieine si le bord circulaire a iin centimetre de hauteur, et le
diametre de la petite cavite qui en resnlte ne depasse pas 4 cm. La jionte, quelque-
fois d'un senl teuf, n'est jamais supcrieure ii deux. Les leut's ressemblent ii ceux
de Pyroceplnilus r. ruhinuii, mais s'en distingiient par ce que toute la surface est
couverte de grandes taches noiriitres et de ])etits points et taches violaces et iirun
obscur. Dimensions: l(Jo — ITo x 13 — 14mm." (S. V.)
Is(l. Mionectes rufiventris (Licht.).
^6 Ignazii I'Misioues), M, l."i. xi. I'.inl (S. Venturi, Nos. 4ii.^, 4(Hi).
Oette espece est nonvelle jiour la fanne de la republiipie Argentine.
l.sT. Phyllomyias sclateri Berl.
Phyllomyias sclateri Berlepsoh, ./. /. 0. 1301 p. 90 (Bolivia).
Xnnthomiikis nelateri Berlepsch. Ornin xiv. p. 4fn.
? ad. Jujuy, 2T. x. IDofi, Dinelli coll. (An iniiseede Munich, Helliuiiyr In litt.)
Pas encore sij;nale en Argentine.
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188. Cyanotis rubigastra I'libigastra (Viei
Nehrkoin, p. 139 ; Ihering, p. 281 1.
Nom vulgaire : Siete colores.
<?(? ? Barracas al Slid (S. Ventiiri, Nos. 4ii-^, 40:i, 4U4;.
" Ce petit oiseaii, si coiniunu dans les jonos dn .Snd, est extremement rare an
(!baco. La fignre dii nid et la description de Tctaf donuees par le Dr. Ihering
sont hien exactes. Dimensions des oeiifs : ITro — IS x 12 — 13 mm." (S. V.)
189. Pitangus sulfuratus bolivianus (Lafr.).
Nehrkorn, p. 140 : Ihering, p. 234.
Nom vulgaire : Piloqui' ou Bien te veo.
Ocampo, Barracas al Snd (S. Veut.urij ; Tiicnman, 4.jO m. (L. Uinelii).
La Soledad (Brittain).
" Les dimensions des wni's de cette esjiece sont L'/— 33 x is-o— STo mm."
(S. V.)
1'"' Myiodynastes solitarius (N'ielll.j.
Iheiing, p. 235.
? ad. Mocovi (('bacDj, .5. .\i. lUOo. •' Iris marron." (S. Veiitnri, No. '.Ui).)
2 dd ad. Tncniuan, 12. xi. I.s98 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 41ii, 417).
J ad. La Soledad (('. B. Brittain colL, No. 13(i).
'• ('et oiseau uiditie de preference dans les Irons natna-ls de vieux troiics
d'arbres, mais se sert anssi des nids des grands piverts et qnelqnefois de Fiiriun-ias.
Le nid, composd de racines et d'berbes, coutient qnatre u-ufs d'un blanc
rongeatre, converts de stries longitndinales et de tacbes ronge fonce, et des taches
primaires d'un gris violace. Les stries et taches forment sonvent line couronne
an pole obtus. Dimensions : 24 — 27'5 x 16 5 — 18 o mm." (S. V.)
IKI. Hirundinea bellicosus (Vieill.).
Tyramms bdlkusm Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hisl. Xat. xx.\v. p. 74 (1819— ex Azara. Hab. ; Paraguay)
Nehrkorn, p. 141 ; Ihering, p. 235.
(? ¥ ¥ Catamarca, aout, septembre 1880 (E. W. White coll.j.
c? juv. Tapia, Tiicuman, 600 m., 2. xi. 1901 (L. Dinelli).
c?? Tucnman, 23. v., 23. vi. 1002 (S. Ventnri, Nos. TiKi, 746).
Le jenne est pins piile que les adnltes.
"A. Ocampo je u'ai vn qn'nn senl couple de cette espece. II avait erig^ son
nid dans un trou de la cheminee d'nne distillerie abandonnee." (S. V.)
192. Myiobius fasciata fasciata (P. L. S. Miill.).
Mi(x,-irti/,ii famnia P. L. 8. Mvillcr, Xaltii-<i/fl. Siq,/,!, p. 172 (1776— ex D.aubentoii. Hab.:
Cayenne).
{.Mil'nili'nis iincriiir^ iiuctorum.)
Xehrkoni, p. 141 : Ihering, p. 23lj.
6 ? Flores, Buenos Aires ; Janvier, fevrier (E. W. Whyte cull.).
c? Oran, Salta, 9. xi. ISSlt (E. W. Whyte coll.),
i La Soledad, lu. i. 1902 (C. B. Brittain coll., No. 144).
2 Jc? Tucnman, 4.50 m., .5. x., 23. vi. 1904 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 3398, 3411).
2 jj J 1 S Barracas al Snd (S. Ventnri, Nos. 418, 419, 420).
" A la tres hnnni' description que dnnne le Dr. Ihering j'ajnnteriii qn'u Bnrraras
( 202 )
al 8nd tons Ii's uids i|ne j'ai truuvi's avaient niie longne qnene forim'e ties raeiues
matriiaux (|ue le uid liii-meme, parfois d'uiie longaenr de pins de :50 cm.; dans
les forC'ts d'Ocami)0, les uids ue preseiiteut pas cette particularity. Je u'eu ai jamais
tronve qui fusseut tapisses de plumes interieuremeut. Quelques cenfs out pen de
taches. Le 20. x. 1905 je trouvai a Ocampo un uid dout les deux itnfs iHaient
jannes sans tacbes, ce qui me fit i)onser qn'ils pourniient a])parteiiir ii un autre
oiseau, mais le propri6taire du uid fnt tue, et c'litait bieu un M. fasdiita faseiuta
(iHieriiis auct.). En mesurant ]ilns de fiO wufs je lenr tronve les dimensions
suivantes : 14-5 — 20 x 11j— I4mni." (S. V.)
W3. Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus (Hodd.).
.l/usWmyxi ruJ'Hiw Boddaert, '/'uW. /'/. A'«/. p. 42 (17n:!— ex D.iubeiitoa & Uuffon. Hal).: ''Pays
des Amazones ").
Xehrkorn, p. 14t ; Ihering, p. 23G.
Xom vulgaire : Churrinche.
:i c?c? 1 ? r>arracas al Snd, octobre, decembre (S. Venturi, Nos. 421-424).
2 c? (J 3 ? ? pres de Buenos Aires (E. W. White coll.).
1 c? 2 ? ? La Soledad, septembre, decembre 1901 (C. B. Brittain coll.).
"Au sujet du nid je dirai senlement ([ue I'oisean en commence la construc-
tion par employer des morceaux de branchettes seches. II se distingne de celni
de Suhlegatus b. brecirostris par ce qn'il 3' a tonjours des i]lnmes dans I'inte-
rieur. Les 3 oeufs varient en coloration et taille. Dimensious : 15 — 175 x 12 — 14
mm." (S. V.)
194. Empidochanes fuscatus bimaculata (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
iluacipela hhnaadala Lafresnaye & d'Orbigiiy, ilaij. Ziinl. 1837, cl. ii. p. 48 (Yungas, Bolivie).
Cf. Berlepsch & Hellmayr, Jmini f. Orn. 1005, p. 21 ; Nov. Zoo!. 1908, p. 52.
(Pour moi les " Empidochanes " ne sont pas separables du genre Empidonaj- ;
ils ne different que par nn bee plus large, et par les tar.>?es plus conrts, differences
qui me paraissent plntot de valeur specifiqne que gdn^rique.)
Nehrkorn, p. 141 (No. 2000) ; Iliering, p. 236, sous le nom E. fuscatus.
S Ocampo, 25. xi. 1905. " Iris caf(^ " (S. Venturi, m. 1103).
" Je n'ai tronve que deux couples de cette espece ii Ocampo; et j'obtius le nid
de Tun d'eux, qui iressemble a celni d'Elac»ia parcirosfris. La coloration des
(I'ufs correspond a la description donnee par Nehrkorn. Les dimensions sont
23-2 X 15-5 et 22-3 x 10 mm." (S. V.)
195. Empidonax euleri euleri (Cab.).
Cf. Berlepsch, Prnn. IV. Intfni. Orn. Coiif/resa, p. 470.
Ihering, p. 2.SIJ, sous le nom Empidonar himaoilalux.
S Pacheco, provinee de Buenos Aires, 12. x. 1902. " Iri.s castafio" (S. Venturi,
No. 7501.
1 Tafi vicjo, Tuenman (S. Venturi, No. 1102).
"J'ai obtenu cette espece de hi province de Buenos Aires. Un nid que j'ai
pris le 14. xi. 1902 ii Eutre Rios contint deux cenfs coulenr chair avec beaneonp
de taches brunes et de taches priraaires d'un grisiitre pale, plus nombreuses an
jM'ile obtns, les niies rondes et les autres allongees." (8. V.) Dimensions : 20-6
. x 15 et 19 X 14 mm. II est curienx de noter que les fcufs de cette esjx'ce soieut
beaneonp plus petits que ceux de Y Empidochanes fuscatus bimaculatus.
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I'lO. Myiochanes cinereus pileatus (Ridgw.).
? ad. Tucuman, 25. iv. 10u2 (Girard coll.).
Au musee de Munich (E. C. Hellmayr iu litt).
lUT. Horizopus fumigatus brachyrhynchus (Cab.).
S ad. Tafi viejo (Tiicuman) l.S. v. ll)o:i (S. Veutiiri, No. 1073).
cJ ¥ ? Ledesma (Jiijuyj, juillet lUUG (L. Diaelli, Nos. 4139, 4141, 41.j0j.
(Cf. Berlepsch, Oniis xiv. p. 478).
I'.iy. Myiarchus tyrannulus clilorepiscius (Berl. & Lcverk.).
Mijiai-chiiii l//iaiimt!iix {Si. Midi.), subsp. n. rlilnrepisi-ius Berlepsch & Luverkulin, "/7»\ vi. p. lii
(1890— Mattogrosso).
? Oraii, Salta, 1880 (E. W. White coll.).
c?(? Tucuman (Diuelli).
i ? Tncnmari (S. Ventnri, Nos. 420, 707).
¥ Mocovi (Chaco), 13. x. 1903 (S. Veutnri, No. 881).
"Dans Ics forets da Chaco cet, oiseau est anssi aboiidant qne I'espcce suivante
et uiditie de la mcrac maniere dans les troncs trours. Dans beauconp de nids on
trouve les ceiifs deteriores, ce qui tieut, jc crois, au peu de soin qu'il met au
choix des lieux de nidiiication ; generaleiuont c'est une crevasse ouverte par le
haut qui se rcmi)lit naturellement d'eau quand il pleut. La ponte est de 3 renfs,
dont la ;coloratioa est blanc jaunatre ; leur surface est couverte tonte on ea
partie, soit par de grandes taches violacees, soit par des stries longitudinales
de la meme conleur comme les cents de M. ferox ferocior. Dimensions : 22 — 23
X 15—16-5 mm." (t?. V.)
109. Myiarchus ferox ferocior Cab.
Miliaidin.-i fcmi-im- Cabanis, JuiiDi.f. Uni. ISSH, p. 'J14 (Tucuman).
cJ ad. Tucuman, 9. xii. 1900 (S. Ventnri, No. 425).
Barracas al Sud, Ocampo (S. Venturi).
Cette race a ete bien caractt-risee par Cabanis. Elle est bieu distinctc de M./crox
swainsoni Cab. 1859 {M. cantans Pelz. 1868) par ses plus grandes dimensions, les
bordures blanchatres des ailes, et par d'autres caracteres.
"Cette es])ece uidifie non seulenient dans les memes eudroits (pie la jirc'cddente,
mais aussi sous le toit des maisons. La coloration des anifs est toujours c'gale :
jaunatre avec des stries d'ua brun fonce et d'un gris violace. Dimensions : 23 — 24
X 17, mais j'ai trouve un nid dont les ceul's mesurent 21 x 17-5 mm." (S. V.)
200. Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
Nebrkorn, p. It:! ; Iburiug, p. 237.
Mocovi (Chaco), Barracos al Sud, Tncnman (S. Ventnri).
Tncnmau (L. Dinelli).
La Soledad, 16. xi. 1901 (C. B. Brittain).
" La coloration des a'ufs varie depuis blanc pur jusqu'au blanc jaunatre on
rongeatre. Les taches sont ou tres nombreuses on presque nulles, et parfois ils
formont uu marbre rongeatre. Les taches sont l)runes ou brnn rougeatre, et les
taches primaires gris violace pale. Dimensions : 19— 21o x 14—10 mm.
" C'est une espece commune depuis Buenos Aires vers le Nord." (S. V.)
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201. Empidonomus varia (Vieill.).
.)fiisr!ca/i,i niria Vieillot, .Vo»«-. Di.l. d'llisl. .\,it. xxi. p. 45'.i (ex Azara. Ainntl. ii. p, 12')).
Nehrkoin. p. 143 ; Ihering, p. 237.
6 .1(1. Tiiciiraan, 45ii ni., '20. xi. 10(i4 (L. Dinelli, No. :i4iri).
<S !i(l. Tafi viejd, Tiu'iimaii, 24. ii. X'MYZ (S. Veiifuri, No. 4;i2).
"J'ai des sp(5cinions i)rovoi)aiit dn nord d'Eiitre Rios et dii Tncumaii, inai.s
il se tronve aussi au C'baco. (Jn nid (jne j'ai obtenti le 21 xi. VMrl a Honiaiidarias
(Entre Rios) contint 3 reufs conleur chair bien marquee de taches liruiies et
rouges et de taches primaires d'nn gris violacd. Dimensions: 2i>4 x l.")-l,
21-4 X 16-4, et 22-7 x 15-8 mm." (S. V.)
202. Tyrannus melancholicus melancholiciis Vioill.
Xehrkoni, p. 143 ; Ihering, p. '.^37.
Nom vulgaire : Ciriri
6 ? Barracas al Snd, 7. xi. 18i»8, 13. xi. 1809 (S. Yentnri, Nos. 433, 434).
S Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, 18. ii. 1881 (E. \\ . White coll.).
? ¥ La Soledad, 18. xi. 1901, 9. i. 1902 (C. B. Brittain coll.).
" La coloration des anifs est blanc jaunatre on blane rongeatre, avec j)eu on
bfaucoup de taches que Nehrkorn ajipeile, tres a propos, ' Tvrannideufieckon." Les
dimensions de plnsienrs douzaines (rciMil's cjiie j'ai recneillis varient entre 22 — -20
X 16—19 mm." (S. V.)
2o3. Mixscivora tyrannus (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. 143 ; Ihering, p. 237.
Noma vulgaires : Tijereta, Yetapit.
Bahia Blanca, Barracas al Snd (S. Yentnri), Bnenos Aires (E. W. White), Monte,
province de Bnenos Aires (Paul Nenmaun), La 8olcdad (C. B. Brittain).
" Les amfs de cette cspece si commune sont tres variables en coloration et en
faille. Les dimensions sont 20 — 24 x 15 — 17-5 mm. II est facile de confondre
les (fufs des deux dernieres esp^ces. Le 27. sii. 1900 je tronvai ii Barracas al Sud
un nid dont les (vnfs etaient presque nniformement jannatres, de petits jKiiiits fonces
etant a peine visililes." iS. V.) Le I'ond des lent's de Miisrirora ti/raiiniis est
blanc jaunatre. Les taches sont rdnnies a la partie poste'rienre on convrent tonte
la surface de I'uMif; lenr couleur est rouge on rongefltre plus on mnins fonce, et
les taclies primaires sont d'un cendre violace.
COTINGIDAE.
204. Hadrostomus rufa rufa (Vieill.) (//. atricapillus anct.).
Tihim rufa Vieillot, your. D'i,t. (I'l/ht, Xal. (Ed. Nouv.) iii. p. 347 (Paraguay.— e.\ Azara, No. 2U8);
cf. Hellm.ayr, AUi. K. Imii/i'i: Ak. ii. Kl. xxii., iii. .\bt. p. I'lCiO.
Nehrkorn, p. 144 : Ihering, p. 2.5'.l.
c? cJ ? ¥ Ocampo, Mocovi (Chaco) (S. Venturi).
" Dans les iles du Parana le nid est nne enorme agglomeration d'herbes, de
racines, de ' camalotes,' etc., disposes en forme de bonle avec nn dianietre majenr do
0-30 m. Dans les forets de I'interieur il est fait avec la ' barba del monte ' et encore
plus volumineux. L'entr^e se trouve sur le cote. Literieurement il est tapiss^ de
larges fenilles de paille, qui, parfois, font saillie par I'entree. L'oiseau pond 4 ceuls
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diint lii (-onleur varie depnis Ic lilaiic janiuVtre j(is(|iraii Reiiilre bniiuU.re. La {ilni>art
(feux piv'seiitent des taches affaiblies bnines et des taches priiuaires de coulenr
ceiuire, luais il \ en a aussi qui ont tres peu de taches et d'autres qui en ont
beaupimp en forme do couroniie an pole obtus. Dimensions: 23 — 2!) x 17 — IS-.'i mm.
"(Vtte espeee uVst jias rare a Ooampo, et son nid se ti'ouve facilement. Si
I'on ote ies (eufs I'oiseau commence inimudiatement nil autre nid, en employant
les matdriaux da premier et parfois sur le meme arbre. Le 1. xi. lOOo je retiiai
4 cEufs d'un nid, et le T dn meme raois il y avait deja deux lenfs dans un autre nid
place il cote et non encore termine. Le male contiiiuait a porter des materiaux."
(S. V.)
211."). Hadrostomus rufa audax Cab.
Hiitlrnxtnmiis aiiilux Cabanis, Jniini.f. Oni. ]87:i, p. I>8 (Mnnterico, Perou occidental).
Le male de cette sons-espeee rare est un pen jilus grand que les males de
77. r/(/a ritfd, les parties inft^rienres et les sous-alaires sont pins g-risatres. La
femelle est dgalement d'une taille plus forte; le sommot de la tete est d'un gris
cendre, le dos est d'un rouge plus fonce, enfin les parties inferieures sont plus
pales. Ailes: 6 lul— lii;3, ? 100-5 mm.
c? ? I-a Hoyada, Sierra de Tncnman, 24, 3(i. xii. 1901 (L. Dinelli coll.).
(?c? Tncnman, 22, 28. xi. isOS (S. V'enturi, Nos. 442, 443).
S ¥ Las Cnchillas, I Umi m., 2, 4. xii. 19o0 (L. Dinelli coll.).
206. Pachyrhamphus viridis viridis (Vieill.).
Titijra rintUi' Vieillot, Noiir. Dirt. tVUhl, Nut. (Nouv. Ed.) iii. p. 348 (Paraguay — ex Azara,
No. 210).
Nehrkorn, p. 144 ; Ihering, p. 239. (L. )
c? ? S. Vicente (Chaco), 20. ix. I'.iil."); OcMinjio, 2."). xi. I'.IO.") fS. Vonturi,
Nos. ]il27, 100(5).
Ailes : cJ 82, ? 80 mm.
( 'es exemplaires out la meme taille que les oiseanx typiques de Paraguay,
mais cenx de Bahia soiit plus petits : c'est P. r/rirlis t-iiwrii (Swains.).
"Le nid de cette espec'e est bien plus petit que celui de [ladrostomiia rufii, mais
constrnit avec les memcs materianx et de la meiuc! maniere. II est placi' geuerale-
meiit tivs liant, ;i, 15 metres et jdus, et toujours a I'exl reiniti' de (|nel([nes liraiiclies
liori/.oiitaii's. On le trnuve asse/. sonveiil, sur ie inriiic ailirc que celui de lUnl loxtonina
rii/ii. La jionte est de qiiatre lenl's de coulenr cliocolat plus on moins dair, en
partie converts de stries cendre l'onc('' qui, dans (|uel([ues oxemjjlaires, forment une
couroune. Dimensions: 2! — 2:i-5 x 14-5 — loo mm." (S. \^)
2o:. Pachyrhamphus polychropterus polychropterus (Vieill.). (PI. III. Fig. 2.)
Ihering. p. 21-11'.
cJJ ¥ ? Barracas al Sud et Ocamjio (S. Venturi coll.).
" .I'ai recneilli des nids et des ijeufs de cette espece, tant a Barracas al Sud, oil
il n'est pas rare en ete, qn'an (Uiaco. Le premier ressemhle a celui de /'. riri</is :
une boule d'herbes, de racines et de paille ta]iissee interieurement de ]iaille Motora'
on d'autres sortes pareilles. La ponte est de :> icufs rpii ressemblent, pour coloration
et taille, il cciix de I'espece preccdente." (S. V.J
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riPRIDAE.
~'||^. Chiroxiphia caudata (Slitiw).
S ? Piray, Misiones, 9, :^7. iii. Jb'JT ',«. Vcuturi, Nos. 4-iS, 439).
PHYTOTOMIDAE.
^'I'-i. Phytotoma rutila Vieill. (PI. III. Fi- (i.)
<?(? t'osqiiin, Cordova, August and Sept. (E. W. M'liitc).
iS ? Tapia, Tiicnmaii, liiMi m., Janvier, dOcembre (Baer).
Jt? Tapia, Tncnman, (iOO m., mai, octobre (Dinelli).
(?c? ? Barracas al Snd, 3, 15, 24. viii. 1902 (S. Venturi).
"Espece commnne a Bnenos Aires et a Entrc Rios ; j'en ai aussi des unt's de
Tucnman recneillis par Monsieur Dinelli.
" La ponte est de quatre a'ufs d'nu bran olive pins ou moiiis verdatre, aveo des
taches brnn noiratre qni sout parfois pea apparentes, et des taches primaires
grisiitres. Dimensions : 22-5 — 25 x 10-5 — 18 mm." (S. V.)
2lM, Phytotoma rara Jldlina. (PI. 111. Vig. S.)
Nehrkorn, p. I4.'i.
" J'ai recnc'illi den.'c unifs de cette espece i)atagonienne an territoire dn Rio
Negro (iui correspondent bien k la description donnee pai- Nehrkorn." (S. V.)
Lenrs dimensions sont 245 x 18 — 19-5 mm.
DENDROCOLAPTI DAE.
211. Geositta cunicularia cunicularia (Vieill.;.
Nom vulgaire : Catninante.
c?? La Soledad, 5. X. 1901, 24. i. 1902. "Iris dark bruwn ; feet bhicl;; bill
black, lower mandible light grey at base" (C. B. Brittain, Nos. 44, 154).
¥ ad. Bahia Blanca, 14. xi. 1899 (S. Ventari, No. 447).
" Anx alentonrs de Buenos Aires il nidifie pri-s des ' vizcacheras ' (terriers
de Vis^cacha), oil il n'est pas difficile a chasser. A Tucumau il choisit Ics berges
perpendiculaires jwur y creuser un tron tres profond. A la fin dc novembre, Monsieur
Dinelli a trouve le nid avec des petits dejii developpcs, an Cerro de Jujuv, a 24o(» m.
de hauteur." (S. V.)
212. Geositta rufipennis (Burm.).
c? ? Tilcara, province dc Jiijuy, 2470 m., 29. xi. 1905 (L. Dinelli, 3827, 3829).
t? ? Tucuman, 4000 m., 22., 31. v. 1900 (L. Dinelli, 3987, 397s).
" Monsieur Dinelli dit <|ae cet oiseau a les memes habitudes ijue le pri'cedent,
mais qu'il iJretL're les moiitagues couvertes de vegetation et nidifie dans les berges
des torrents formes par les grandes caux. Les uids qu'il a trouvus contenaient des
petits." (8. V.)
21 :i. Geositta teuuirostris (LalV. \- crorb).
Environs de Tiicumun, 25UO a 4oOO m. (L. Dinelli, Baer, Venturi).
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214. Purnarius rufus rufus Mifm.).
Nehrkorn, p. 148 ; Iheriog, p. 241.
Nom vulgaire ; Hornero ou Alonso.
i ¥ Moute, province de Buenos Aires, decembre 1896 (Paul Neumann).
(? ? Barracas al Snd, ix, x, xii. (S. Venturi).
S ? Sta. Ana, Tucuman, 350 m. (L. Uinelli, S. Venturi, G. A. Baer).
$ Mocovi (Chaco), Hi. x. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 144).
$ La Solcdad, noveinbre (('. B. Brittain).
" Les dimensions des cents sont uii peu plus variaiiles que colics indiquees par
les antenrs : 30 x U*, 31 x 21'.), 29 x 2"i'5, 27 x 23 mm. Denx antres mesurent
35 x 21 et 32 x 21 '5 mm. Ces a-ufs nc sont ]ias tons luisants : cenx qui sont
pondns vers la fin de I'ctc sont jiresque toujonrs opacjues et trcs rngneux, quelqnefois
avec quelques petites taclies cendrces. Monsieur Dinelli a pn fairc une singnliere
observation sur cat oiseau. En dccembre 1903 il dctacha un nid de I'arbre qui le
supportait et en prit quatre ceuf's frais ; il replaca le nid dans sa position, et au bout
de sept jours il en recneillit trois anif's de j)lns. Aprcs un iiitervalle de huit jours
d'abord et de dix eusuite, il y trouva trois, resp. deux oeufs : en tout 12 a-ufs pondus
par le meme oiseau ilans I'espace d'nn mois." (iS. V.)
215. Upucerthia validirostris CBurm.).
c?(J ? Cerro Munos, Tucnman, 4000 m., 25, 30. v. I90(j (L. Dinelli, Nos. 4002,
4032, 4033).
$ Tucuman, 4000 m., 8. ii. 1903 (G. A. Baer, No. 1403).
? La Cieuaga, Tncnman, 2700 m., 24. ii. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 1083).
? (.W.Ui, province de Salta, 2500 m., 18. iv. 1905 (J. Steinbacb, No. 48).
21C. Upucerthia dumetaria darwini Scott.
Upucfiihia durirhu Scott, Bull. B.O.C., .x. p. t'i'i (lilOO — Mendoza, Argentine).
C'ette sons-cspece est tres vuisine de la forme type U. dumetaria duinetaria,
mais montre tonjonrs plus de ronssiUre sur les ailes et ii la barbe exterieure de la
rectrice externe.
(? Mendoza, fcvrier 1871 (Weisshanpt).
J (;'()S(juin, t'onlova, 14. viii. 1882 (E. W. White).
i Tucuman, 3. vii. 1900 (S. Venturi).
cJ ¥ ? Tucnman, 450 a 2o00 m. (L. Dinelli).
J cj Cachi, prov. Salta, 11, 10. iv. 1905 (J. Steinbach, Nos. 17, .52).
217. Upucerthia ruficaudus (Meyen).
(Mirinrlijiwlius rtijicawlus Meyen. A'lii-. Art. Ar,iii. Looji. Carol, xvi., .?«y)p?., p. 81, pi. .\i. (1834—
Chili).
Upucerthia montami Lafre-^naye .i d'Orbigny, Si/n. Ar. ii., in .\faff. Zool. 1838, cl. ii. p. 22 (P^rou).
Upucerthia Baerl Oustalet, Bull. .1/«n. ///«/. Xat. Parh x. p. 43 (11)04— Tucuman).
3 rfcJ Cerro Munos, Tncnman, 4000 m.. 24. ii. 1905, 4, 20. v. 1906 (L. Dinelli,
3471, 3998, 4007).
218. Upucerthia certhioides certhioides (Lufr. A d'Orb.).
cJ S. Vicente, 15. ix. 1905 (8. Venturi;.
<J ¥ Mocovi, Chaco, 17. ix., 11. x. 1903 (S. Venturi).
¥ Ocainpo, 24. x. 1905 («. Venturi).
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"Petto psiicop iiiditic dans les croiix des troncR, h des jirofoiidenrs depassant
qneliinotbis 1 m. ."lU. Elle fait sou nid avec des herbes, et pond denx oeuf's Manes
dont la eo(|nille a I'aspect de celle des oeufs de Furnaniis ru/us rufiis, c'est-ii-dire,
qn'elle parait menrtrie. Dans denx des trois nids qne j ai tronve's il y avait des
petits. et le troisifeme deconvert le :l xi. 1905 a Ocampo contenait denx reufs (|ai
niesmvnt '.'.")•.■') x 18-:! et •J4-o x 18-s ram. La ponte complete est de trois oeufs.
Je suppose (jne les cenfs de Upucertluti r/nmetariu ilaneini doiveut etre pins
grrands." (S. V.)
-10. Upucerthia certhioides luscinia (Bnrm.j.
Oi'hetorhji.o-hiis liisriiuii Burmeister, Jouni.f. (Jrn. l«Ol). p. 24'.! (l^Ielldoz.^).
S \'ipos (Tiionman), lo. xi. 1899 (S. Ventnri).
? Tapia, pres de TucnmaD, 70(1 m., 27. x. 1901 (L. Dinelli).
c? Aroual, pres de .Salia, 750 m., V>. xi. 19<t,3(L. Uinelli).
S Catamarca, 7. viii. 1880 (E. W. White).
Cette sous-espece a les parties suiH^rienres moins ronssatres et la queue pins
conrte. Pour le reste, elle s'accorde avec Y L'pn/'i'rthia civtliioides rerthioides, qui
habite le Chaco et les plaine.s des provinces de Corrieutes et de Santa Fe.
'~!2i). Cinclodes patagonica patagonica (Gm.).
Motacilla iiahujonica Gmelin, 6>7. Xai. 1. ii. p. ii.j; (17s;u-e.\ Latham : "in terra ignis'').
" Dixon Cove " et " Grappler Bay," Terre de Feu (John Young),
c? Ushuaia, 11. ii. 1898 (S. Yenturi. No. 37).
221. Cinclodes atacamensis (I'hil.) (?subsi).).
Upncerlhia atarameims Pliilippi. Arclih'f- Nntiiif/.xxm. i. p. 26.^(1857— "An den Ufem de.s Flasses
von S. Pedro de Atacama ").
Chiclotkx LifaHriiitiis .Sclater, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 448 (Bolivie).
cJc? ? ? (!erro Mufios, Tucnman, 400o m. (L. Diiielli).
¥ Tafi, Tucnman, 2300 m. (S. Ventnri).
" Dinelli dit (jne cet oisean vit sur les plateanx arides an nord de .Tnjny, se
tenant sur les hords des rivieres. II creuse des trnus profonds dans les berges
perpendicnluires an fond desquels il place son nid. Monsieur Dinelli a tronvd des
nids avec des petits :i la tin de novemhre." (S. V.)
222. Cinclodes fuscus fuscus (Vieill.).
Anlhii!< fusi-iiH Vieillot, Xonc. Did. d'llht. Xut. x.xvi. p. 4110 (1818— ex Azara, No. 147: Bu^nos-
Ayres, Montevideo et Paraguay)
S ? Cosqnin, Cordova (E. W. ^Vhite).
3 ? Barracas al Sud, 13. vi. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
S ? Barracas al Sud, v., viii., ix. iS. Yenturi).
S Tncuman, 4.50 m., 21. v. liioi) (Dinelli, No. 827).
"Cette espfece est tr6s abondante en Janvier sur le liord des ' rigoles " qui
traversent les prairies de Barracas al Sud. .I'nu ai nussi olitenu dc Bahia Blanca
qui sont lilancs et presque spheriques." (S. \'.) Ces (euCs mesurent : 25-5 x
22-5 mm.
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223. ? Cinclodes fuscus minor (Cab.).
Clllm-nx iiiimir Cabanis, Mim. Hehi. ii. p. 24 (1859 — Aracauna, Chili).
c? Lara, Tucamau, 4000 m., 14. ii. 1903 (G. A. Baer, No. 1452).
(? ? Las Cienagas, 2oOU m., 16. ii. 19U3 (L. Uiuelli, No. 1940).
? ? Cachi, province de 8alta, 2500 m., 18. iv. 1903 (J. Steinlianh, Nos. 9. 39).
Ces i|natre exeiuplaircs different des exeiuplaires de ( 'osqiiin, Barracas al
Slid, at de Tucnman (450 m. !) ]iar la conlenr des parties snperienres beaucnnp pins
roussatre. .)e crois qn'ils appartiennent a la race nomm^e '' Wwor " par f'abanis,
qni est evidemment nne i'ormo des liantes luontagoes. La distribution (comp.
Menegaux et Hellmayr, ,W/«. Snr. i/'/I/st. Xaf. xix. 1900, p. 63) de ces raees n'est
]ias bien i^tablie,
" Monsienr Dinelli a tronve nu nid u une elevation ile 2oi)ii m. 11 etait place
ail fond d'nn tron pen profond crense dans la berge d'une riviere. II eontenait des
petits." (S. V.)
224. Phloeocryptes melanops melanops (Vieill.).
Xehi'korn, p. 148 ; Iheriug. p. 242.
cJ pnll. La Plata, Bnenos Aires, 7. xi. 1882 (E. W. White).
<S ad. La Soledad, 5. i. 1899 (C. B. Brittain coll.).
<S ? Barracas al Snd, 30. v., 26. vi. 1903 (F. M. Rodrignei!).
c? ? Barracas al Snd, 21. ii. 1901 (S. Ventiiri, Nos. 458, 459).
" J"ai trnuvt' les nids de cette espfece dans les marais dn f 'haco. Les dimensions
des jolis amfs blens sont : 18-5 — 21-5 x 14 — 16-5 mm." (S. V.)
225. Aphrastura spinicauda (Gm.).
{Oxyurus sphicanila auct.)
c? ¥ Ushnaia (Tierra del Fuego), 23. ii. 1898 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 43, 44).
226. Leptasthenura platensis Heichenb.
cJ ? Cosqnin, Cordova, 4. vii., 22. viii. Is82 (E. W. White).
c?<? ad., jnv. La Soledad, 1901, 1902 (C. B. Brittainj.
c? Tncnman, 29. vi. 1906 (L. Dinelli, No. 4lo8).
c?cJ Pacheco, province de Bnenos Aires, 2(). vi. 1902 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 694,
'37).
" De cette espece assez rare j'ai obtenn le nid avec deu.x ceufs ainsi ijne des
oiseanx a San Lorenzo an nord ile Rosario de Santa Fe. Les (eut's sont blancs, et
mesnrent : 16-5 x DM et 17'4 x 13:! mm." (S. V.)
227. Leptasthenura fuliginiceps parauensis Scl.
? Gatamarca, 28. vii. 1880 (E. W. White), (('et exemplaire a ete compart
an type de L. jxiraneii.v.% Scl. par Monsienr Hellnnxyr.) Une serie de Tucnman,
recoltee i)ar Messieurs L. Dinelli et S. Ventnri.
? Quebrada Escoipe, province de Salta, lOiKl m. (•!. Steinbach, No. 109:
" Feet yellowish green ; bill brownish black "").
Le jenne est semblable aux adultes.
•' Cette espece vit dans les montagnes an-dessus de la nigion des alisiers, a
C 210 )
2itW m. ir:ilti(uile. An iiiois <ravril Mtm-iienv Diiielli a tronvi'' iiii nid contenaiil
(les ])etits (|ni ^tait \Aiict- dans im trou i-tvoif. (Tense d'uiie berge. (Joiupose dc
liraucliettes lisses ef d'anlres epiiieuses, Ic nid faisait on ])artip saillip an dehors du
troii." (S. V.)
'22S. Leptasthenura aegithaloides berlepschi sulisji. nov.
Les specimeus de Salta, -lujuy, et de la Bolivie ue sont pas " typiques," mais
diff(>rent des L. aegithaloides aegithaloides de C'hili par leur coloration plus pale
et les ailes plus longues. Les parties sup^rienres sent pins rlaires, les stries an
sommet de la tete pins larges et plus claires, I'abdoiuen pins pale et pins fanve.
Le bee est nn jien pins long et pins minci'. Les ailes mesnrent ()4 — 'is mm.
Type : S ad. Angnsto Pericbeli, Juiny, 2.")5i» m. (L. Dinelli coll.).
Nous avons re^u les exemplaires suivants :
$ ad. Angusto Pericbeli, Jnjuy, 2550 m., Nov. 1905 (L. Dinelli coll.).
S ad. Tilcara, Jnjuy nord, 2470 m., Nov. 19n5 (L. Dinelli coll.).
¥ Cacbi, jirovince de Salta, 25ii0 m., 17. iv. 11)05 (J. Steinbach coll.).
c? Lara, Tncnman, 10. ii. 1903, 4000 m (G. A. Baer coll.).
Mon ami le Comte de Berlepsch en poss^de une serie proveuaut de la Bolivie,
ijni s'accorde parfaitemeut avec nos echantillons de Jnjuy et Salta.
Lfj/t. fusccscfiis Allen, de la Bolivie, doit etre tort different de notre nonvelle
forme, car, suivaut la description, ses couleurs sout jilns foucees et les barbes
int^rienres des remiges ronx cannelle.
229. Synallaxis frontalis frontalis Pelz.
Nelirk.iru, ].. 148.
Les ecliantillons argentins nc different (rancnne fai'on de la forme typiqne
bresilienue.
S La Soledad, 9. x. 1901 (C. B. Brittaiu, No. 40). (" Iris brown ; feet light
brown ; bill black.")
S ¥ Sta. Ana, Tncnman, 350 m., Oct., Nov. 1902 ((i. A. Baer).
S Tncnman, 450 ni., 7. vii. 1904 (L. Dinelli).
(^ ¥ S. Vicente (( ihaco), 20. ix. 19(i5 (S. Ventnri).
rT juv. Ocampo, 3. xii. 1905 (S. Ventnri).
¥ ad. Barracas al Snd, 0. viii. 1899 (S. Ventnri).
" ( 'ette esptce commune dans les bois depnis Buenos Aires vers le nord con-
strnit son nid snr de jietits arbres epinenx ii 2 on 3 metres de hantenr. Le niti,
fait avec de ))etites branches, est generalement i)^^^ snr une branche horizontale,
et le tube d'entree est nn pen incline d'en haut vers le bas. La longueur totale
dn nid avec le tube dtSpasse 0-30 m. La poute est de trois teufs d'un blanc
bleuatre qui mesnrent 20 — 21 x 14 5 — 10-5 mm." (S. V.)
230. Synallaxis siiperciliosa Cab.
cJc? Villa Nougues, Tncnman, 120(i m., 7. 11. viii. 1903 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 855,
800).
" J'ai reQU de Monsieur Dinelli des rent's de cette esp6ce commune k Tucnman.
Quelqnes (^chantillons sont blanc pur, d'antres blanc blenatre. Mon ami, dont j'ai
ajipele I'attention h cette difference, me I'epcmdit qn'il avait trouve des leuf's de
ces deux types dans tons les nids examines. Dimensions: 18'5 — 20 x 14 — 10 nun.
( ^11 )
Eu ontre, Monsieur Dinelli me doiiTia les rensei<<iieinents suivants sur la niditicatiou
de S. superciliosa : Le nid est construit avec de petites branches ^pineuses et place
hnrizontalement snr nne branche ; il est trfes volumiuenx, et le tnbe d'entree s'iticline
dii dehors jns(|n'aii foud dii niJ, qni est assez spacieux. Les neufs soiit ]ilaces snr
iin lit de fenilles teudres et duveteuses. La ponte est de 4 ii 0 aunt's." (S. V.)
231. Synallaxis albescens albescens Temm.
Nehrkorn, p. 148 : Ihering, p. 243.
c? ? La Soledad (C. B. Brittain).
c? ? Mocovi (Chaco) (S. Venturi).
232. Synallaxis spixi Scl.
Synallaxis spixi Solater, P.Z.S. 1856, p. 98 (Brfeil)
Si/nall(t.ris spixi notiits Oberholser, Proc. U.S.X. Mfis. 25. p. GO (U'02 — Conchitas, Buenos Aires).
Nehrkorn, p. 148 ; Ihering, p. 243.
(11 n'v a ancnne difference eutre les exemplaires du Bresil et cenx de la
republiqne Argentine. La coalenr des parties sup^rieures est assez variable.)
cJ (? ? ? Barracas al Snd et Punta Lara (B. Aires) (S. Ventnri).
" Cette espece et la precedente ne sont ])as rares dans les bois de Barracas al
Slid et dn Chaco ; dans la premiere de ces localites, le S. spixi fait le lit dii nid avec
de tendres fenilles de cognassier. La description qu'en donne Baler est bien exacte.
La ponte est de 4 cenfs blanc bleuatre dans ces deux especes de Synallaxis, et
leurs dimensions sont 17 — 21 x 13-5 — 15-5 mm." (S. V.)
233. Synallaxis cinnamomea russeola (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 148 ; Ihering, p. 24.S.
(? ? ? S. Vicente et Pindo (Chaco), x., xi., xii. 1903 (S. Venturi).
" Cette espece se trouve depuis Buenos Aires vers le nord an bord des lagunes,
et place son nid sur les ' camalotes ' entre les joncs et les petite arbustes. La
couleur de I'ceuf est egale a celle des especes precedentes de Synallaxis, les
dimensions sont IT'5 — 20'o x 14 — 16 mm. Le Diplopterns na,erius est parasite de
cette espece." (S. V.j
234. Synallaxis phryganophila (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 149.
(J ? Barracas al Sud, 6. ix. 1896 (iS. Venturi).
? Mocovi (Chaco), 3. x. 1903 (S. Venturi).
" II fait son nid avec des branches dpineuses, et le de'pose sur des arbres isoles
a 1-a lisiere des bois. Le tube d'eutree est parfois long de 40 ii 50 cm. et place
horizontalement. La femelle pond 4 cenfs blancs, opaques, dont les dimensions
sont 19—23 X 14-o— IT mm." (S. V:)
235. Synallaxis maximiliani argentina Hellm.
Sj/nnllaxis maxlndiiam (irgentma Hullma>r, Btdl. li.U.C. xix. p. 74 (Avril 1907— De Tucuman au
Chaco ; type de Tucuman).
S Tucuman, 450 m., 26. iv. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3490).
cJ? Norco, Tucuman, 1200 m., 6. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 3243, 3244
[type]).
( ala )
(" Iris cafe oscuro ; piio iie,u:iii[)lomo ; tar.s. pardo claro, blanquecinos,
negrnscos.")
(?c? Tncuiuan, 0. iv., ^^2, vi. 1899 (S. Venturi, Nos. 483, 484).
(?c? Mocovi (Chaco), 17. x., 31. xii. 1903 (S. Ventnri).
" Au Chaco cet oiseau vit eiitre le ' caragiiafa ' qui salit et rend itnpenetralile
les for§ts basses. A Tncimian, Uiiielli I'a observt? daus les ' pajouales ' ej)ais des
luontagnes et de la prairie. II uiditie entre les pailles environ 20 cm. du sol. Le
nid voluiuineiix et spacienx est forme de fenilles de graniiuees et tapisst^ en dedans
de fibres tines des luemes fenilles. En d^cembre Dinelli a tronve nn nid avec
3 (Bufs coiives ; lis etaient blancs avec qnekpies petites taches noires rennies presdu
pole obtus. Pour leur coloration ils ressemblent ii cenx de Pooispiza melanoleuca,
bien quMls soient un pen plus gros." (S. V.)
236. Siptornis striaticeps striaticeps (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
St/nallaxis slrialicep'i Lafresnaye v*c d'Orbigny, Syu. .\\-. i. in Mag. Zuul. 1837, p. i'l (Corrientes et
Bolivie. La locality typique serait la Bolivie ; cf. Berlepsch & Leverk., Omis vi. p. Ti, 1890).
S Arena], pres de Salta, 750 m., 27. x. 1903 (L. Dinelli),
? Metan, pres de Salta, 850 ra., 5. vi. 19U5 (L. Dinelli).
? i Rio San Francisco, province de Jujuy, 400 m. (J. Steinbach, No. 158).
(" Iris brown ; feet blackish grey ; bill black, base pale rose.")
Les rectrices centrales ue sont pas tonjonrs entierement rousses, niais il y a
g^ndralement des taches brnnatre pale vers la fin de la barbe externe. Cette
forme se tronve anssi en Bolivie, mais jamais en Paraguay, comme I'iudique
Monsieur Sclater.
237. Siptornis striaticeps heterocerca (Berl. & Leverk.).
Syiiallaxis heterocerca Berlepsch & Leverkiiho, Ornix vi. p. 22 (1890 — Cosquiii, Cordova).
Nehrkorn. p. 149 (sons le nom de '' Siptornis striaticeps").
? (Josquin, Cordova, 27. vi. 1882 (E. W. White).
c? ? La Soledad, lo. xii. 1901, 24. i. 1902 (C. B. Brittain).
? ? (Jeres, Sta. F^, 10, 21. i. lUOO (S. Venturi).
S ? Mocovi, 1. xi. 1903 (S. Venturi).
? Barracas al Snd, 16. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi).
" Cette espfece grirape, comme les piverts, aux arbres, difftirant en cela de
toutes les antres SijAnrnis et St/nallaxis. Au Chaco et k Santiago del Estero,
elle construit son nid avec de la ' barba del monte" sur les arbres epineux et a
deini sees des bords de bois. Le nid forme une espece de boule de 11 — 12 cm.
diamfetre externe. 11 n'est pas tapisse a I'interieur, et la jjetite ouverture d'entre'e
est sur le cot^ ; celle-ci tient 25 cm. de diametre. La femelle pond 3 ceufs
blancs, lisses et elliptiques, qui mesurent 19 — 20 x 14 — 15 mm." (S. V.)
238. Siptornis sordida affinis Berl.
Siptornis sardidii affinU Berlepsch, Bull. li.O.C. \vi. p. 98 , 190Id) ; id. Proc. /!'. liil. Urn. Cniii/ran
p. .364 (Tucuman).
<J Tucuman, 25, ix. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. 468).
¥ t:hilc(^if,) (lii Hioja), lOO.s m., 4. iv. 1895 (S. Ventnri, No. 469).
<? ¥ $ Tucuman, 450 m., iii., iv. 1900 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 748, 794, 800).
( -^13 )
'^;^!i. Siptornis sordida flavigulai-is ((Tould).
Sijnallaj-ix Jiarirjiilni-ix Goiild, Voy. Beagle, Zuul. iii. p. 78, pi. 24 (Patagonie).
c? ? Valle del Lago Blanco, Chnbut, Patagonie, 25, 31. .\. lOno (.Inlins
Koslowsky coll.).
? Barracas al Siul, 7. i.\. 19ol (S. Ventiin, No. 471).
24IJ. Siptornis baeri Berl.
Siplorms baeri Berlepsch, Bull. B.O.C. xvi. p. 'J9 (UIOl!) ; id. Proc. IV. hit. Oni. Coiir/rexx, p. m3
(Cordova, La 8oledad, Tucuman).
(?c? ? Cosqnin, Cordova, 12, 14, lii. vi. 1882 (E. W. White coll.).
? ? La Soledad, 26. .xi., 1. xii. lOol ((J. B. Brittain, Nos. 94, 103).
c? Hio Santiago (La Plata), 15. v. 1896 (S. Ventnri, No. 47(1).
(J ? Tncuman, 350 m., 4, 22. xi. 1902 (G. A. Baer, Nos. 1084, 1151).
(? Tucuman, 450 m., 3. vii. 190l (L. Diuelli, No. 1215).
6 Salta, 850 m., 9. vi. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3575).
" ? " Valle de Lerma, province de Salta, 1200 ni., 7. vi. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 114).
" Monsieur Dinelli a trouv^ les oeufs de cette espece a Tapia, pres de Tucu-
man, a 700 m. d'altitude. Les deux oeufs, qui sont blancs et lisses, et qui mesurent
21 X 16'6 et 223 x 15'8 mm., ont et^ tronves dans un nid abandonne de (k>r///jkistera
alaudina" (S. V.)
241. Siptornis modestus Mlereti Oust.
\SynaUaxh modestus Eyton, Jardine's Cmilr. Oni. 1851, p. 16'J ('i Bolivia. — Terra typica Chili, teste
Berlepsch).]
Sqitornis Hikreti Oustalet, Bull. 3/«,s. d'Hiit. Nat. Paris, x. p. 44 (1904— Tucuman).
Nehrkorn, p. 149.
t? ad. Lara, Tucuman, 4000 m., fevr. 1903 (G. A. Baer coll.. No. 1401 [co-
type])-
J(5' ? ? Cerro Mufios, Tucuman, 4000 m., v., vi. 1906.
.^'-Monsieur Dinelli a trouve des nids avec des petits ii 4300 m. d'altitude, aux
environs de Tucuman. II parait que cet oiseau cherche ou creuse des trous profonds
an bord de pierres I'l, moitie enterrees." (S.V.)
242. Siptornis d'orbignyi (Rchb.).
(?(?? prfes de Jujuy (Nord), 2470 m., 23, 24, 28. xL 1905 (L. Dinelli,
Nos. 3781, 3793, 3826j, ("Ojos cafe on pardo oscuro ; pico negro: tarso negro
aplomado ").
Jlonsieur Hellmayr a compare ces exemplaires an type au Blusee de Paris.
243. Siptornis steinbachi sp. nov.
? Front bvuu grisatre. Parties supuricures du corps d'un gris roussatre d^licat,
plus grisatre au nuque, supra-caudales rousses. I{^miges noiratres, borddes de roux
vif, secondaires roussatres avei^ nne ligne ujediane noiratre, couvertures des ailes roux
cannelle vif. Kectiices laterales roux cannelle, les six mediaues noiratres, bordees
de roux cannelle. Parties inferieures blanchatres, teintees de grisatre, tiancs, ventre
et sous-caudales roux cannelle, gorge blanche avec les points des plumes noirs.
Sous-alaires roussatres ; iris brun ; bee ct pieds noirs. Ailes 66, queue SI, beu
(culmeu) 14, tarse 22 mm.
( ai4 )
Hab. : Cachi, province de Salta, 2500 m. altitude.
Type : ? tiiee le 17. iv. 190.T par Monsieur Jose Steinbach, No. 45.
Malheureuseiuent Monsieur Steiubach u'arecueilli qu'nne seule femelle de cette
espfece nouvelle. EUe differe de Siptornis humicola par la couleur de la gorge et
des rectrices externes ainsi ipie ])ar Fiibsenoc de la strie sonrciliere blanche. Les
auties esi>eces voisiues, .S. orbiyni/i et .V. areijui/jac, sont encore plus ditfereutes.
'■i-^i. Siptornis sulphurifera (Burm.).
Jt? ? ? Barracas al Sml ( F. M. Hodriguez).
J (J S Barracas al Snd (S. Venturi).
" Cette espece est commune daus les ' pajonalcs ' de Barracas al Sud. Le nid
en forme de boule est fait de paille et contient trois ceufs lisses qni mesurent
lU— 20 X 14— 15-5 mm." (S. V.)
245. Siptornis maluroides (Lafr. et d'Orb.).
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 25. v. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
(?cJ ? Barracas al Sud, x. 1899, i. 1901 (S. Yeuturi).
" Comme Synallaxis cinnamomea rasseola, cette espece vit au bord des lagnnes.
Le nid spheriqne, compose de paille et d'herbes, est placd h, nne faible hauteur
au-dessus de I'eau ; il contient trois u-nfs blauc luisant ijui mesurent 17x14 mm."
(S. V.)
24ii. Siptornis anthoides hudsoni (Scl.).
Xehrkorn, p. 14y.
6i ad., ¥ ? ad., 6 3 juv., Barracas al Sud (S. Venturi).
(? juv.. Est. S. Martino, Monte, province de Buenos Aires, 11. i. 1897 (Paul
Neumann).
Le jeuue oiseau a des taches longitudinales sur la poitrine.
" C'est dans le fourrage ' puna ' que j'ai trouve son nid a Barracas al Sud en
octobre et novembre. Les ceul's blancs et opaques mesurent 21 — 22 x 16 — 16-5
mm." (S. V.j
247. Siptornis anthoides anthoides (King).
4 (Jc? Valle del Lago Blanco, Chubut, Patagonie, iii., viii., ix. 1900, 1901
(Julius Koslowskyj.
248. Siptornis lilloi Oust.
SiptoriiU Lilloi, Oustalet, Bull. Mus. dHist. Xat. Paris, x. p. 44 (1904— Lagunita, Tucuman).
J La Cienaga, Tucuman, 2600 m., 16. ii. 1903 (S. Venturi).
5 Lagunita, Tucuman, 3u00 m., 4. ii. 1903 (G. A. Baer). (Coti/pe.)
c?(? Norco, pres de Tucuman, 1200 m., 16, 18. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli).
C'est une esp6ce tres distincte !
249. Corjrphistera alaudina Burm.
Nehrkorn, p. 149.
? Cosquin, (.'ordova, 19. vi. liS82l(E. W. White).
cJ ? Tajna, Tucuman, 2!S. x. 1901, 600 m. (L. Dinelli).
(J Lagunas de Malvinos (Tucuman), 22. iii. 1902 (L. Dinelli).
( 215 )
? ? Tucuman, 22. vii. 189S(S. Ventiiri).
" A Ocampo j'ai trouve nn enorme aid fait de lii'auehes. Les 5 oenfs blanu
luisant ruesurent 22 — 23"5 x IT — 18 mm."
2.5m, Anumbius anumbi (Vitdll.).
Nehrkorn, p. 149 ; Ibering, p. 'Ho.
Nom vulgaire : Lenatero.
(J Flores, Bueuus Aires, 2s. xi. 1881 (E. W. White).
Si La Soledad, 13, 14. xi. I'JUl (C. B. Brittaiuj. (" Iris chestnut ; I'eet aud
bill light brown.")
(S ? Barracas al Snd, 18. v., 8. vi. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
(S ? Barracas al Sud, 18, 20. ix. 1900 (S. Venturi).
? Tigre (Buenos Aires), 3. viii. 1902 (S. Veuturi).
" Les oenfs de cette espece si commnne, et dont le nid est si caracteristique,
sent blancs, lisses, et quelque pen luisants. Dimensions: 23 — 26 x IT — 10 mm."
(S. V.)
2.51. Limnornis curvirostris Gould.
Ihering, Hevista Miis. Punlista, v. p. '^\}\), pi. .\i., fig. 'J.
? Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, 21. ii. 1881 fE. W. White).
S ? Barracas al Sud, 11. vii. 1903 (F. M Rodrigueu).
5 (? ? Barracas al Snd (S. Veuturi).
Les oenfs de cette espece sont bleu verdatre. lis mesurent de 23'4 x 16"5,
23-9 X 18-5 et 24-8 x 18-3, 249 x 18-4, 24-6 x 19 a 25 x IT-T, 2o-T x lT-8, 20
X lT-7 et 20 X 19 mm.
252. Phacellodomus ruber (Vieill.).
c? ? Mocovi (Chaco), 22. is., 25. x. 1903 (S. Venturi, Nos. 823, 870).
f? Tucuman, 6. iii. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. 498).
SS Tucuman, 450 m., 10. vi., 8. vii. 1904(L. Dinelli, Nos. 3110, 3191).
" Cette espece est extreraement commune au Chaco. Le nid est grand, construit
avec des tiges e'pineuses et susiiendu a I'i'Xtremite d'une branche : I'entre'e en est
situee d'un cote de la partie inferieure. 11 consiste en deux chambres, dans Tune
desquelles la femelle pond 4 — 5 ceufs blancs, opaques, de coquille rugueuse, qui
mesurent 25 — 2T'5 x IT'5— 18'0 mm. Plusieurs echautillons ont quelques petits
points cendres a la partie post^rieure."' (S. V.)
253. Phacellodomus rufifrons sincipitalis Cab.
PhacellodornMS sincipitalis Cabanis, Journ.f. On. 1883, p. 109 (Tucuman).
? ¥ Orau, Salta, 10, 13. xi. 1860 (E. W. White).
¥ Sta. Ana, Tucuman, 350 m., 5. x. 1902 (G. Baer, No. 1096).
(? ? ? Tucuman, 26. vii., 3. viii. 1898 (S. Veuturi, Nos. 492, 493, 494).
$ Valle de Lerma, 1200 ra., province de Salta, 3. vi. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 101).
Cet exemplaire s'accorde bien avec les specimens de Tucuman, et les autres
de Salta.
? Hio seco, 3.5u, provime de Salta, 28. vii. 190.") (.1. Steinbach, No. 16(5).
Cet exemplaire est plus roussatre sur les parties sup^rieures ; il est assez jeune.
( -^Ki )
6 ad. Arenal, Too lu.. proviuce ile Salta, 7. xi. 19o3(L. DiiK'lli, No. -J'.ill).
Get exeinplaire est jilus grisiltre aii-tlessus du corps.
? ? juv. Valle de Lerma, 13i)i) m.. province de Salta, o. vi. I'.to.") (J. SteinlmcL,
No. 108)".
(Jet e.\eiu]ilaire est beaucoup plus •jrisiUre i|ae tons les autres.
" Le nid, plus pntit (jue ceini ile Pliacellodomu.s ruber, est aussi suspeiidii ii
(juelque brauche d'arbre. II contieiit quatre ceufs blancs, moins verruqueux (|ue
ceux de P. ruber et uii pen ]dus i)etits. Diuieiisious : 'Si — 'Z•^ x 16 — 17 miu."
(S. V.)
254. Phacellodomus striaticoUis striaticoUis (L;iir. \ dOrb.).
Anumbius siriaticollis Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, .^[ag. Zonl. 1838, cl. ii. p. IH (Buenos- Ayres).
Nehrkorn, p. 149 ; Iheriiig, p. 245.
? Pacheco, Buenos Aires, 12. iii. 18sl (E. \V. Wliite).
cJ ? La Soledad. 20, 24. xii. 1901 (C. B. Brittain).
S ? Barracas al Sud, 30. v., 16. vi. 1!)03 (F. M. Rodriguez).
S ? Barracas al Sud, 27. x. 1898, 27. ix. 1899 (S. Veuturi).
"Espece commune a Barracas al Sud, tres rare au Chaco. Quelquefois le nid,
semblable a celui de F. ruber, est place sur une branche au lieu d'etre snspendu ii
son extremite. Les oenfs, i|ui se trouvent toojonrs dans la secoude 'chainbre,' sent
blancs, opaques, et mesureut 22-6 — 24 x 16 — 18 mm. Uu leuf niiiformement
blanc mesure 19 x 14 mm. J'ai tronve pen d'esemplaires dout la partie posterieure
fat sanpoudree de points cendres." (S. V.)
255. Phacellodomus striaticoUis maculipectus Cab.
PhacellodoiitK.^ imictil'tperi'is (,'abanis, .Ihhi-h. /'. fjrn. IH83, p. loi) (St. Xavier, montagnes de
Tucuman).
c?? ? Norco, Tucuman, 1200 m., 8, 17. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli, Nos, 32-59, 3261,
3341).
i Villa Nougues, Tucuman, lOOU m., 21. viii. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2«44).
i Villa Nougues, Tucuman, lOOO m., 9. viii. 1903 (S. Veuturi, No. 1081).
Cette forme distiucte de Ph. striaticoUis a les dessus de corps plus I'ouce
et les cotds de la tete, du con et de la poitrine sont bien marques de tacbes
blanchatres.
" Monsieur Dinelli a trouve des nids de cette espece au commencement de
Janvier dans la region des alisiers. Elle suspemi son nid ii pen pres de la merae
maniere que tons les autres Phacellodomus a I'e.'ctremite dune branche. Dinelli
ajoute que le nid a deux chambres superposees, et que la ponte se tait generalement
dans la superienre." (S. V.)
256. Phacellodomus striaticeps (Laf'r. & d'Orb.).
5 .Tujuy Norte, 2470 m., 3o. xi. l'.to5 (L Dinelli, No. 3s38).
6 pres de Tucuman, 2000 m., TZ. v. 1906 (L. Dinelli, No. 3962>
? Norco, pres de Tucuman, 1200 m., 8. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli, No. 3258).
(? pres de Tncnmau, 4ooo m., 12. ii. 1903. (G. A. Bner, No. 1437).
Le male dc Jujuy Norte est plus roussatre que les excmplaires de Tucuman et
represewe peut-etre une race particnli^re,
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257. Phacellodomus sibilatrix Scl.
Phacel/odomis sibilatrix Sclater, P.Z.S. 187'J, [>. 41)1 (ex. Doeriug JIS. — Cordova, rep.
Argentine).
c? La Soledad, 24. i. 1002 (C. B. Brittaiii, Xo. lol). (" Iris pale olive ; bill :
upper mandible blackish, lower pale blue-grey ; feet bine-grey.")
c?? ? Ocampo, 19, 29. xi. 1903, 17. xii. 1905 (S. Venturi, Nos. 1047, Io48,
1105).
c? Mocovi, 15. X. 1904 (S. Venturi, No. 861).
" J'ai obtenu, il y a qnelqnes annees, deux exemplaires de cette ei<pece du iiord
de la province de Buenos Aires, chasses par M. Pierre S^rie, du Musee National,
et je I'ai retrouvee depuis an Chaco. Elle vit exclusivement dans les bois bordant
les grands marais par oil passe quelque cours d'eau. Le nid est suspendu k
rextr^mitd d'nne mince branche de quelque haut arbre, et bien fait de branchettes
e'pineuses ; il est d'nne forme plus definie et d'nne structure pins solide que tons les
nids semblables. La forme varie selou le nombre des cUambres snperposees qu'il
renferme. Quand il y a une senle chambre, les dimensions sont environ les
suivantes : longueur 0-60, hauteur 0'45, et t^paisspnr 0'35 m. La hantenr des nids
composes de 2 on 3 chambres est uatnrellement beaucoup plus considerable, pouvtaat
il est a remarqner que le corridor entre la seconde et troisieme chambre est bien
moins long que celui qui separe les deux ' appartements ' d'en bas. Meme quand
on detrnit en partie le nid pour -en enlever les leufs, I'oisean ne I'abandonne pas,
mais an contraire se met aussitot a le renforcer ou a I'angmenter d'nne autre
chambre sans toucher a celle qui a ete abiinee. Bien des fois la branche oiile nid est
susfiendu n'admet pas une plus grande Edification : alors il recompose et repare les
degats qui ont ete occasioun^s et y revient pour pondre. Cette nouvelle construction
n'a qu'une chambre et un corridor en forme de 'S-' Le 'lit' oil sont places les oeufs
se compose de fourrage et de paille menus. Le 16. xi. 1905 je sortis trois oeufs d'un
nid; le 2. xii. 1905 il fnt deja recompose et contenait deux ceufs que j'enlevai aussi
en ouvrant le nid a coups de hache, comme la premiere fois, d'un cote de la chambre.
Le 8. i. 1906, apres avoir ete parfaiteraent reconstruit, le nid contenait encore
3 ceufs frais. Les mesures de ce nid sont celles qne j'ai donnees plus haut, et son
poids e'tait de 2'700 kg. Un autre nid que j'avats presque completement detruit
au commenceraent de novembre pour en voir la forme interieure, avait diija une
autre chambre construite sur la premiere k la fin du meme mois : j'en sortis 3 ceufs
de la meme maniere que je I'avais fait anjiaravaut de I'autre. L'oiseau coustruisit
alors une troisi&me chambre c|ui contenait encore 2 ci'ufs au bout de 15 jours. Le
diametre du canal d'entree a partout 8 — 9 cm. La ponte est de 3 rents blancs,
lisses et opaques. Dimensions: 19—21 x 145 — 16 ram."" (S. V.)
258. Pseudoseisura lophotes (Rchb.).
Xehrkorn. p. 149.
Nom vulgaire : Coperoie.
(? Cosquin, Cordova, 18. vii. 1882 (E. W. White).
d San Juan, 14. iii. 190L' (S. Venturi, No. 692).
S S La Banda (Santiago), 200 m., 22, 24. iv. 1903 (U. A. Baer, ^os. ioU9,
1519).
(? ? La Soledad, 21. ii. J 899, 14. x. 1901 (C. B. Brittaiu, Nos. 53, 145). (" Iris
yellowish white; liill ; upper mandible dark grey, lower light blue-grey; feet
bluish grey.")
( al8 )
S Province de Santiago, W. vii. 1004 (L. Dinelli, No. 3282).
"Le nid, fait avec des branches dpineuses, est place sur des gros arbres isoles,
k 4 ou 0 m. du sol ; il est vohimineux et conchd horizontalement sur qnelque
grosse brauche. J'ai i)ris des cents dans les Llanos de la Rioja; ils sont blaucs et
mesurent 20 — 3(i x 2(1 — 21 mm." (S. V.)
259. Pseudoseisura gutturalis (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
cJ? Roca (Rio Negro), 14, 17. .\i. 189H (S. Ventnri, Nos. 490, .500).
? ? Cachi, province de Salta, 2o00 m.. 9, 11. iv. 100.3 (J. Steinbach, Nos. Tj, 10).
2fio. Xenicopsis rufosuperciliatus oleagineus (Scl.).
Cf. Menegaux & Hellmayr, .Vim. Soc. d'llisl. Nat. iV Autuii xix. p. 93 (1906).
(? J ? ? pri'S de Tucnman, TOK, SOU, 1200 m. (L. Dinelli).
S Tucnman, 29. .v. 1800 (S. Ventnri, No. .501).
S Ocampo, 17. .\. 1905 (S. Ventnri, No. 1U41).
? Barracas al Sud, 8. .xi. 1001 (S. Ventnri, No. 54;^).
" Cette espece se trouve dans les bois de Barracas al .Sn<l, ainsi (jn'au (Jliaco :
elle uidifie dans les trons de troncs parfois tres jirofouds. L'oiseau occnpe anssi
les nids abandonnes par les jjiverts, specialement ceux de Deiulrocopus mixtus. II
pond deu.\ oeufs d'un blanc jaune-verdatre clair (]ni raesureut 24] x 17'2, 25 x 17
mm."' (S. V.)
Monsieur Ventnri a trouve les cent's le 20. -\. et le 1. xi. 1005.
201. Sittasomus sy Melius chapadensis Hidgw.
SiUasoniiis eliaptuleiish Ridgway, Proc. U.S .\al. .Un<. xiv. p. 5119 (1892^Chapada, Mattogrosso).
? Rio San Franciso, 400 m., province de Jnjnv, 21. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 148).
c? Tucuman, 25. viii. 1898 (S. Ventnri, No. o04).
c? Mocovi (L'liaco), 8. i. 1904 (S. Ventnri, No. 987).
(^ ? ? Ocampo, 1, 20. xii. 1905 (S. Veuturi, Nos. 1094, liiO.5, 1U96).
t?? ? pres de Tucuman, 700—1200 m. (L. Dinelli).
" Assez rare. Niditication comme celle de Tespece jirecedente, mais le ' lit '
dn nid t'urme de mousse. La t'emelle pond quatre leufs blancs, lisses et opaijues,
i|ui mesurent 20 — 2iio x 14o — 15 mm." (8. V.)
262. Sittasomus sylviellus sylviellus (Temm.).
Dendrocolaptes sylviellus Temminck, PI. Col. pi. 72, 1 (Uvr. 12) (1821 — ''Bresil").
Dendrocolaptes Erithacu^ Lichtensteiu, Ahh. Akarl. Whs. Berlin, 1820-21, p. 259, 266, pi. 1, 2
(1822—" in prov. San-Paulo").
? ad. Posadas (Misiones), 8. iii. 1898 (S. Ventnri, No. 506).
26:1 Xiphocolaptes major major (Vieill.).
Dendrocopus major Vieillot. Nouo Did. d Hi^it. .Vat., Nouv. Ed. xxvi. p. 118 (1818 — ex Azara ;
Paraguay).
Ihering, p 249.
(? Tapia, Tucnman, 000 m., 24. x. lOOl (S. Ventnri, No. 699).
? Tncumau, .s vii. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. 507).
4 cj J 1 ? Tapia, Tucnman, 0-700 m. (L. Dinelli, Nos. 141s, 1420, 1421, 1847,
1886).
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c? Onanipo f('ha.'(i). IT. ix. 1905 (S. Venturi, No. Iu30).
" < Vtte esjjc^ee iiiclic dans les creux de troiics on clans les iiids abaiidomi^s
par les grandes pspi^ces de ])iverts. Le iiid est toujonrs eonstruit avec les feuilles
seches d'arlires. La ponte est de deux oenfs blanc ruguenx qui mesurent
34 — 37 X :i5-5 — L'(j mm. Qnand la crevasse du tronc qui sert d'entree au nid est
dtroite ou raboteuse, Toiseau Fagrandit, travail qui decede sa demeure. II s'enteud
que quand 11 emploie le nid d'un pivert, il n'a aucun travail : pour le surprendre
il fant I'epier jiatiemuieiit." (8. V.)
-64. Xiphocolaptes major castaneus TJidgw.
Xijilnjrnhi/jles iiiujiir rantaiieiis Ridgway. J'i;ir. I'.S. \,ii. Mm, xii. |>. 17 (18811— Bolivia).
¥ ad. Rio San Frauoisoo, 4iiii m., province de Jnjny, 21. vii. 1905.
(Jose Steiubacli, No. 15G. " Iris obscure red ; feet dirty green ; liill grey,
tip of upper maudible black. Shot iu high forest.")
Cette sous-esp6ce est bieu distincte de A', major mnjor. La coulenr des parties
supi^rieurps est plus fonc^e, c(dle de la tete plus lirunatrc. La gorge est beauconp
plus brniiatrc et plus foncec.
205. Xiphorhynchus lafresnayanus (d'Orb.).
Pendrorolnplex lafreniiiiiinnua d'Orbigny, \'o;/a/ii\ Oh. p. 'MS, pi. 53, fig. 2 (1847 — Rio Parana et
Bolivie).
Xiphiirhi/iii-liuK I'lifo-ilorxiiirs Chapman, Bull. Amcr. Mils. ii. p. KJO (188'J — Mattogrosso, Corumba).
2 c?c? 3 ? ? Ocampo (Chaco) (S. Venturi, Nos. 927, 1023, 1034, 1061, 1096).
" Cette espece n'est pas rare aux environs d'Ocampo. Son chant, ainsi que
celui de Xip/iocolaptf.i 7Hq/or, est facile ii imiter. Le 24. x. 1905, je tronvai nn
nid dans le tronc creux iVEsp/'/ia coronn a 3'5i) m. de hauteur. II contenait denx
oeufs blancs, lisses, cpii mesnrent 30 x 21 mm. Le lit du nid etait constitU(^ jiar
des herbes et des feuilles de la meme plautc." (S. V.)
260. Sclerurus caudacutus scansor (Menetr.).
Cf. Hellmayr, .Vi.c. Znol. iyU7, p, .58.
Nehrkorn, p. 14'.l ; Ihering. p. 247. ('' -S'. nmlirellu.")
" C'est un oiseau tres connn des ouvriers (|ui travaillent dans les bois,
sp^cialement i)aragnayens et raissioneros. Dans les ' (juebrachales ' du Chaco, il
est rare, bieii (pie je I'y aie vu plnsienrs fois. .Fai obtenu ses cent's a Misiones
(Santa Ana) en decembre 1896 : ils sont il'un lilaiic sale et mesnrent 28 — 29
X 19-5—20 mm." (S. V.)
267. Picolaptes ang^ustirostris (Vieill.).
Xehrkora, p. ISO ; Ihering, p. 247.
(J (J La Soledad 4, 8. xi. 1901 (C. B. Brittain coll., Nos. 70, 77).
(J Barracas al Sud, 10. xii. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 508).
(?cJ ? Mocovi, 12. ix., 21. x., 5. xi. 1903 (S. Venturi, Nos. 220, sl9, 809).
i Tucuman, 26. vii. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 5oi)).
6 ¥ Sta. Ana et Tapia, Tucuman, 350 et 600 m. (G. A. Bacr, Nos. 1064, 1-^U3).
1 Salta, 1200 m., ix. 1903 (J. Steinbach).
¥ Valle lie Leriua, 1200 m., province de Salta, 13. vi. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 12:i).
? Mendoza, fevrier 1871 (Weisshaupt).
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" .T';xi oxaraiiu' boancoti]) (If iiids do cetto especp si ooiumnne an Chaco. Elle
proKto lies trous natnrpls des troiios situus a line iaible distance dn sol. Une seule
fois je I'ai tronvee a 4 in. de hantenr. Comme le Xiphocolaptesi major, I'oiseau
agraudit er. arrondit I'entrde natnrelle de son nid, et si le tron est tr6s profond il
le remplit do morceanx d'ecorce d'arbre qu'Il fait sauter ii coups de bee : jjarfois
le remplissage a nne iiantenr de ii-."iii m, u 1 metre, Le lit est I'galement fait avec
des morceanx dV'corce, seulemeut un \te\\ plus petits. La ponte est de ijuatre cenfs
blaucs et lisses (pii mesurent '^4 — v;T x IT.") — I'.t mm." (S. V)
2fi8. Picolaptes fuscus fuscus (Vieill).
Of. Menegaux et Hellmayr, Mim. Sw. il'llUt. .Xnl. ,r.[,iliiii x\x. p. 113 (liMli).
6 Piray (Misiones), 30. iii. 1897 (S. Ventnri, No. 610).
269. Drymornis bridgesii (Eyt.).
Nehrkorn, p. 150.
1 (!os(|uin, Cordova, 2(1. vi. 1882 (E. W. White).
'■i S i ad. 1 c? jnv. La Soledad (( '. B. Brittain).
2 ? ? Tapia, Tucnman, 600 m., 10. x., 9. xi. 1901 (L. Dinelli).
cj ? Tapia, Tncnman, COO m., 28. x., 9. xi. 1902 (8. Ventnri).
" Cette espece est assez commune i^i Tncuman, ou elle niche daus les arbres en
employaut de petites branches seches." (S. V.)
270. PMlydor rufus rufus (Vieill.).
S ? Ignaqil, Misiones, lO. iii. 1898 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 34, 503).
271. Dendrocolaptes picumnus (Licht.).
S Posadas, Misiones, 20. iii. 1897 (S. Ventnri, No. 506).
272. Dendrocolaptes pallescens Pelz.
cj ad. Jnjuy, 1. xi. 1900 (L. Dinelli;. An uiusee de Mniiioli. (Brucli, Revista
Ah(s. La Plata xi. 1904.)
FORMICARIIDAE.
273. Thamnophilus major major Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 150 ; Ihering, p. 248.
Nom vulgaire : Chororo.
S Mocnvi (Ohaco), 7. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 839)
S ;' Tncnman, 19, 30. vii. 1898 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 511, 512).
t? Los Vascines, Tncnman, 445 m., 10. viii. 1902 (L. Dinelli, No. 1689).
c? San Lorenzo, province de •lujuy, 500 m., 13. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 141).
" Espece fort commune et tre.s donee ; elle visite les tentes et foyers des
campements dan.s les bois. Suspendu a une fonrcliette on entre denx branches, le
nid est compose d'herbes, de paille, de feuilles, et de tiges de plantes grimpantea.
II mesure 0-08 m. de diametre et o-o55 m. de profondenr interienre. Le nid est
epais de 2 — 3cm. La femelle pond trois cenfs ijui mesurent 27 — 28 x 20—21 mm."
(S. V.)
( 221 ;
2'4. Thamnophilus gilvigaster dinellii IVtI. (PI. III. Fig-. 3.)
TluiiKnophilHHdmelli! Berlepsch, Bull. B.O.C. xvi. p. il'J (I'JOO—Tucuman) ; Pra,-. IV. /ill. C'm;/r.
Oi-ii. p. .%8. (" Th. maciilatnx " d'Orb. [nee Such] auc(.)
2 cJ(?, 1 ? 8. Vioeute ((Jhaco), ix. 1905 (S. Ventnri).
cJc? ? pres de Tucumaii, 450—850 m. (L. Diiidli).
5 ? Tapia, Tncnmau, 600 in. (G. A. Baer).
6 ? Tncnmau (S. Ventnri).
cJ(? ¥ ? Mocovi (('haco) (S. Ventnri).
cf Rio San Francisco, province ile Jniny, 4ii(i m., 2n. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbacli,
No. 142).
" Cette espece n'est pas rare an (Jhaco. Son nid est fait des memes mat^rianx
que ceini de T. nificajjillm. Le diametre interne est de 5'5 — 6 cm. et la profondenr
de 3'5 — 4 cm. : I'epaissenr ne depasse pas generalement 1 cm. Les trois cenfs sont
couverts de taches brnn-ronge fonce et de taches primaires cendrees, et non de
stries et de lignes comme cenx de Th. major et Tk. ruficaiiillus. Leuns dimensions
.sont 21 — 22"5 x 10 — 17 mm. J'ai anssi obtenn des cenfs de Tncnman." (S. V.)
2T5. Thamnophilus ruficapillus Vieill.
Ihering, p. 24S.
S ? Barracas al Sud, 23. v., lo. vi. 1003 (F. M. Rodriguez).
c?t? ? Barracas al Snd, 31. viii., 26. ix. \><%9, 18. x. 1901 (S. Ventnri).
" Cette espece aboude dans les bois des bords dn Rio de la Plata ii Barracas la
Sud. Les oeufs sont de la meme couleur que ceux de Tli, major, mais lenrs
dimensions sont moindres : 20 — 22 x 16 — 17 mm." (S. V.)
270. Herpsilochmus atricapillus Pelz.
cJ ad. Rio San Francisco, Jnjny, 400 metr., 20. vii. 1905.
? jr. Jujuy, 620 m. 18. vii. '06. (Dinelli, No. 4206.)
277. Rhinocrypta lanceolata ((ieotfr. A- d'Urb.).
Nom vnlgaire : " (iallito."
(J ? ? Pnivincc de Santiago, 380 m., i., ii., iii. ISor, (L. Dinelli).
d Mendoza, 1. iv. 1901 (S. Ventnri).
278. Rhinocrypta fusca Scl. & Sal v.
i San .Inan, 7. v. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 69.5).
? Cachi, province de Salta, 2500 m., 19. iv. 1905. (J. Steinbach, No. 46 :
"Iris brann; Sclinabel scluvarz, Untersclmabel bleifarben. — Lebt auf dilrren
Campos, lanft schnell, fliegt aber fast niemals. Vulgiirname ' Corre-campo.' ")
TROCHILIDAE.
279. Chlorostilbon aureoventris aureoventris (LatV. A d'Urb.).
Nehrkorn, p. 15'2 ; Ihering, p. 2't'l.
Nom vulgaire : PicaHor.
S3 ad., 1 juv. Barracas al Snd, 8. i. lOOO, 3. ii. 1901, 1. ii. 1903 (S. Ventnri,
Nns. 478, 542, 736).
S ? ad. Tncnman, 0, 14. xi. 1S99 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 543, 544).
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3^1). Colibri serrirostris I'Vi.ill.).
6 ? A'ijKis, Tiiciimiui, "i, T. xi. iMi'.i (S. AVntiiri, Nos. Tr^."), ri-jO).
6 ? Tmnimaii (L. Diiielli).
"281. Colibri iolota ((ionld).
t? 9 Maimani, Jiijiiy, -'•,'. xi. 11111.") i S. Veiituri).
283. Leucippus chionogaster (Tsch.).
i ? Tncnmai), 4. xi. IsOO, 111. iv. IIMI] (S. Ventiiri, No.s. .'j34, W.\n).
" Dans nil lien sombre et prote^i', il fixe son nifl a qnelqne hranohc ])ro)ire, Ic
revetanf de lichens exterienrement et ile coton interienremeiit. Le nid mesnrc ."i cni.
de diaiui'tre snr :}•:") dc liantenr."
2s:',. Patagona gigas (Vii-ili.).
(J? Lara, Tucniuan, 4uiiii m., I ■,'. ii. llMi:i(S. Venturi, Nos. snn, SOI).
<? Jujny Norte, -.MTo m., '-.'4. xi. I1)(1.")(L. Dinelli, No. lofi.s).
d' Fnerte de Aiidalgaba, C'atamarca, 20. ix. 1880 (E. W. White).
284. Leucochloris albicollis (Vieill.).
<J ¥ Posadas, Misiones, 19. ii. 11)02, 2o. iv. 1897 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 5;{(i, 705).
285. Hylocharis ruficoUis ruficollis (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 15.S.
Nom vulgaire ; Picaflor.
cJ c? ? ¥ Barracas al Snd (S. Veutnri).
"C'est I'espece la pins commnne tant a Barracas al Snd qn'a Ocamiio, et il y
niche dans les forets et sons le corridor des chanmit'i'es, le nid etaiit alors snsjieiidn
il (jueiqne ]iaille pendant dn toit. Dans les forets, il y a de petits morceanx de
lichen k I'ext^rieur, et qnaiid ii se fronve anx maisons, de petits morceanx d'dcorce
tres fine de jietits arbnstes. Le nid mesnre : diametre externe 3."), interne 2.^) mm.;
jirofondenr "^."i mm. Les cenfs, semblables a cenx ile Clilorostilboii a. aitreoventris,
mesnrent 13 — 14 x f<-3 — U mm." (S. V.)
28ii. Oreotrochilus leucopleurus sahsp. ?
Nous avons recn nii male adnite fiie prc's de Tncnman le 20. vi. 19on, a nne
altitude de ITtOO m., par Monsieur S. Venturi (No. 71.3 de sa collection). Cet
6chantillon, font en s'accordaiit avec 0. leucopleurus, en diflfere pourtant par la
conlenr des parties snptirienres phis pale et par ses ailes plus conrtes (68 mm.).
Les rectrices laterales out la meme forme que chez Or. leucopleurus. Messienrs
Simon et Hellmayr out bien explique {^Xor. Zool. 1908, p. 4) que VO. bolivianus
Boncard etait tout ii fait different de I'O. stolzmunni Salv., mais comme senl
caractiTe distiiictif iis indiqnent pour le type de Boucard un bee pins long, et
les rectrices laterales plus larges et egalemeut plus longues. Le male de Tucuman,
est-il done line race differente ile letiropleunis et de bolivianus — si toutefois ces
deux sont s^parables ? 11 fant en examiner une s^rie pour decider cette question.
Nous avons aussi revn deux femelles — I'une iiidiquee comme " d " — de Cachi,
( 223 )
province de'Salta, 2.">()() in. aii-dessns de la mer, par Monsieur J. Steiiibach
(Nos. 75,. 77 de sa collection). L'nne de ces femelles a les points arrondis snr la
jjorge bleuiUres, I'autre verdatres. Saus connaitre le male il est impossible de dire
ii quelle espfece elles se rapportent. Ponr leur coloration genfirale, elles ne prdsentent
I)as do difference avec 0. leucopleurus.
287. Lesbia sparganura (Shaw).
(? ? & jnv. pre.s de Tncnman, 7iiii a 120L) m. iS. Ventiiri i-t T;. Dinellil.
S ad. Mendoza, 'Weisshaupt.
" M. Dinelli a trouve un nid de cet oiseau-monohe an raois de mars a nne
altitnde de pres de 2lJ0() metres. 11 etait fait avec de la laine et fix^ a nn cnir Je
montou abandonne sur un tronc. Le nid contenait deux petits ;i demi emplnmes ;
il mesnrait exterienrement (VG cm. de diametre sur 5 de hautenr. On assurait a
M. Dinelli que plnsieurs couples se rennissent dans les grottes des montagiies et y
nidifient tous an meme endroit." (S. V.)
288. Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw).
Nehrkorn, p. 152.
c? ? & juv. Barracas al Sud et Tucumau (S. Venturi).
c? ? pres de Tncuman, 600 m. (L. Dinelli).
" Ces deux especes nichent sur les arbres et [)lacent leurs nids sur les branches
borizoutales ou sur quelque petite fourche. Les cent's de H. furcifer sout un peu
plus allongi^s que ceux de Chlorostilbon aureoventris, et mesurent 14 — -HS x 8'5 —
9 5 mm." (S. V.)
289. Chaetocercus burmeisteri Sol.
Cet oiseau-mouche si beau et si rare a tite tronve a Vipos et k Tapia, pres ile
Tucuman, a des altitudes de 450 et 600 m. par Monsieur Dinelli, et a 1150 m. par
Monsieur Venturi.
CYPSELIDAE.
200. Apus andecolus dinellii Ilait.
Apus amlecoliis diiiellii Hartert, Bull. B.O. C'liih, xxiii. p. i'^ (Dec. 1908 — Jujuy).
Le petit martinet qui habite les montagnes de Juju)' et de Mendoza est bien
distinct de I'espece uommee A/jus anilecolus {L'l/pselu.s andecolus Lafr. & d'Orbign}',
Mag. Zool. vii., cl. ii. Aves, p. 70 — des montagnes de Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia). La forme typique de la Bolivia a les flancs et les couvertures iuf^rieuras
des ailes noiriitres, la gorge blauc pur, et le dos plus noiratre. Chez A. and. dinellii,
il I'encontre, les parties inferieures sont conlenr creme teint^es de grisatre, des
sous-caudalas il n"y a que les plus longues qui sont gris brunatre, les couvertures
inferieures des ailes sont grisatres, et eufin le dos est plus brunatre. Les ailes
mesurent 138 — 144 mm. Cette forme est probablement un representant de IVl.
andecoluis.
Type: No. ;5855. Angosta Perchela (dnjuy), 3. xi. 1905 (Dinelli coll.).
<J Jujny, vii. 1905 (revu de S. Venturi, No. 10ii7).
3 <J J', 2 ? ? Augosta Perchela (Jujny), 2550 m., et Tilcara (Jujuy Norte),
247(1 m. (L. Dinelli, Nos. 3785, 3813, 3855, 3911, 3912).
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-'■•1. Chaetura zonaris zonaris (Sliaw).
c?<? ? Tu.uiiiaii, 4.".(; in., -^4. iii. 1S99 (S. V.iituri, Nos. 283, 545, 540).
tJcJ? ? i)ros (Ir Tucumiiii, 450 id. (L. Uhielli, Nus. T;")',*, TOM, ln^T, lo:^ii).
? jnv. Tuciiinan, 4M in., Ki. ii. lltnn (L. Diuelli, Xo. TOO).
292. Chaetura andrei meridionalis Helliu.
Cliaelnrii fumosii (non Salvin !) Lillo, in ReriMu letras S. Sof. (Buenos Aires, IflOJ).
Cliaeliirn amlrei mn-hJinnalis Hellmayr, Bull. B.O.C. xix. p. 03 (1907 — Argentina ; type : Isca
Yacu, province de Santiago, 380 m., L. Dinelli) ; id., Verh. Urn. Oes. Bui/n-ii, viii. p. 150 (1908 —
Argentina ; Brusil m^ridion.).
'i SS Isca Yacu, prov. de Santiago, 380 lu. (L. Dinelli, Nos. :i9.)0, 3953, 39T0
(Type of subspecies).
(J ? Ocampo, 10. i.\. 1905 (S. Yeuturi, Nos. 990, 997).
(JAPRIMULGIDAE.
293. Nyctibius griseus griseus (Gra.).
(Cf. Hellmayr, Nm: Zool. 190G p. 37.)
Xi/cfibni^ jcmaiiritxift ffrhru-'i Hartert, Tierreich, Lk-f. i. p. 1(5.
Ihering, p. '2b".
Xom vulgaire : Urutau et xacui.
" 11 n'est pas rare au ( Uiaco pemlant le printemps et I'^t^. Comma las antres
engoulevents, il ne fait pas de nid, mais pond dans les grandes fonrches de gros
ai'bres sees en pleine foret vierge." (S. V.)
294. Hydropsalis furcifer (Vieill.). (PI. III. Fig. Is.)
Nehrkorn, p. 157 ; Ihering, p. 250.
Norn vulgaire : dormilon.
Une sdrie de Tucnmau (L. Diuelli et S. Yentnri).
Ocampo (S. Venturi).
La Soledad (C. B. Brittain).
" J'ai recueilli plusieurs ceufs de cette espece ii Ocampo, oil elle n'est pas rare.
Dimensions des tenfs : 27-5 — 3o x 21 — 22-5 mm." (S. V.)
295. Podager nacunda (Vieill.).
Ihering, p. 2.57 ; Nehrkorn. p. 158.
Nnm vulgaire : dormilon.
1 S La Soladad, 1. i. 1902 (C. B. Brittain, No. 130).
Une serie de Tucnmau (L. Dinelli).
" 11 est commuu, surtont dans les ' chacras ' de Buenos Aires et du Chaco. 11
pond deux nmfs. Ceu.\ que j'ai recueillis mesurent 35 x 25 et 355 x 25-5 mm.''
(S. V.)
290. Caprimulgus rufas Bodd.
Nehrkorn, p. 150 ; Ihering, p. 255.
1 i ad. Ocarapo, 10. xi. 1905 (S. Venturi, No. 1004).
Les taclies terrainales des rectrices lat^rales sont Iplns petitos que chez nos
exemjilaires du VdnezuiUa et du Bn'sil. Pent-etre existe-t-il une race speciale dans
rArjrentiiie. II faut examiner une serie.
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" Le 10. xi. 191.1.") j'obtins nn eDuiile et les (init's dans nu hois sitae quatre
lienes ii j'oiiest (l"()«imp(i. Les u'lits sout (rim lilaiic, liiisani--, avec de petites taches
ceudrees et violaoe ]jal(' disst'minees sm- tuute leiir surface, ll.s uiesnrent 33 x 24 et
33-7 X 24 mm." (S. V.)
297. Caprimulgus parvulus Gould. (PI. III. Fig. 19.)
Nehrkorn, p. 156 ; Ihering, p. 2.06.
<? ad. La Soledad, 29. xi. 1901 (C. B. Brittaiu, Nn. l(i(i).
Pull. La Soledad, 7. i. 1902 ((!. B. Brittaiu, No. 139).
ii Barracas al Sud, lU. xi. 1898, 19. xii. 1899 (S. Veuturi, Nos. nOS, 504).
(S ? Ocampo, 23. x., 25. xi. 1995 (S. Veuturi, Nos. Iu85, 1086).
(? Sta. Aua, Tucuman, 350 m., 1. xi. 1902 (G. A. Baer, No. 1072).
" Get engoulevent est anssi commuii que Podayer nacumla dans les localitds
cities. Les teufs, d'un fond jaunutre jiresqne rose, sout parfois couverts de taclics
et de raies, parfois ils n'eu out pas. Dimensions : 25 — 28 x 19 — 2o raiu."
(S. V.)
298. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus (Gm.).
•Si Barracas al Snd, 20, 21. i. 1900 (S. Veuturi, Nos. 560, 561).
299. Eleothreptus anomalus (Gould). (PL IIL Fig. 17.)
Ihering, torn. v. p. 301.
" La description de M. Ihering s'accorde bieu avec les t?chantillons que j'ai
obtenus ii Ocampo, mais les dimensions des «ufs donnees au tome v. p. 301 (pi. xi.
fig. 3;, sout trop grandes, et je crois qu'il y a la une erreur. Les ojufs que j'ai
recueillis mesurent 26'6 — 298 x 20-G — ^2L4 mm." (S. V.j
BUCOONIDAE.
300. Bucco maculatus striatipectus Scl.
Cf. Hellmayr, Nor. Zoni. 1908, p. 86.
Nom vulgaire : Dormilon ou Durmili.
" M. Dinelli a eu I'amabilite de m'envoyer deux auifs de cette espece qu'il avait
pris k Tncnman dans un nid sonterraiu. lis sont d'un blanc luisant. Dimen.sions :
25-3 X 21 et 25-0 x 21 5 mm.
" Cest an bord des rigoles ou des canaux ([ue Ton trouve les nids de cet oiseau.
On voit presque toujonrs une racine ou une brauclie a I'entree de la longne
excavation, et Ton comprend qu'elle Ini a servi d'appui jiour commencer son
travail. Parfois les galeries se tordent tout a cou[) k cause d'une racine on d'une
pierre qui se i)resentait eu travers. Quelqnes aids etaient creuses dans des endroits
trfes obscurs et etroits, de luauiere qu'en entrant i'oiseau interceptait le pen de
Inmlere qui pdn^trait a. I'inti^rieur et que les j)etits restaient dans une obscurite
absolne.
" Pres de la pointe du bee, cet oiseau possede nn crochet acumin^ que perd le
mule ii repo(jne de la nidification. M. Dinelli en dAInit que c'est le male qui
travaille ii creuser le nid. (_'omme la femelle n'use que tres pen la jjointe du bee,
il paraitrait que celle-ci aidiit son compagnou senlement pour arroudir et 61argir la
vdute finali' oil se trouve le nid proprement dit. Uomine le corps de ces oiseaux est
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plat, dans Ic sens qne le stprnum est has et la poitrino plane, il en r^snlte qne
IVntree de la galene n'est pas roiule siimn ijne le diaiuefre horizontal eu est ])his
grand i[ue le dianii'tre vertical.
" Le fond dn nid est forme par ime grande quantity de fragments de feuilles
si'clies. Pour exanjiner les nids de ces oiseanx il couvieiit ])arf<)is de creiiser depuis
le hant en faisant tomber beanconp de terre. Bien (]ne I'entree dn nid reste ouverte.
la mire, qui couve les a'ufs, ne bonge pas, et se laisse prendre avec les mains. Uue
fois prise, elle releve les plumes, lian.sse le eorps, onvre le bee et ferme presqne les
yenx sans se disposer k fuir. II parait qu'elle vent doriuir, d'oii le uom vnlgaire de
f/in-mili-f/wmi/i." (>S. V.)
Nons en avons, dans la cnllpctinn de Tring, les peanx suivantcs :
cJ? Tucnman, 4.")i) m., Is. vi. Isyy, ^'^l. viii. 18'Jn (L. Dinclli — coll. Venturi,
Nos. 53, 54 1.
3 cfcJ 1 ? Tucnman, 450 m. (L. Dinelli, Nos. 4(11, lOnT, 114'.), 1150).
? ad. V'alle de Lerma, province de Salta, 12i)i) m., 3. vi. ]'.)()o (J. Steinbacli,
No. 103j. (," Norn vnlgaire : lley de los pajaros on Dormilio.")
PIOIDAE.
301. Colaptes agricola (Malb.).
Xehrkorn, p. 1G4 ; Ihering, p. \i[)S.
Xom vulgaire : Carpintero.
cJ ? La Soledad, IT. x. 1901 (C. B. Brittain, Nos. 58, 59).
d ? Mocovi (Chaco), 4, 29. ix. 1903 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 4, 827).
? Coronel Dorrego (Buenos Aires), 19. x. 1899 (S. Ventnri, No. 580).
" II creuse son nid soit dans les grands fonrmiliers des ' cannadas ' (tacun'is),
soit dans les murs des maisons abandonn^es dont les briqnes sont ernes on euites,
on dans des arbres, comrae I'Ombie, le Quebracho Colorado, etc. La femelle pond
4 u'ufs blancs, qui mesnrent 2s — 31-.") x 22 — 23 mm." (S. V.).
302. Colaptes rupicola d'Urb.
3 (JcJ 2 ? ? La Cienega (Cienaga), Tucnnjan, 2."'iOO— 2siMi ni. (L. Dinelli).
J Tucnman, 2',M10 m. (S. Ventnri).
? Pres de Tucnman, 3300 m. (L. Dinelli).
11 fant meutionner qn'un male (No. 3037 de M. Dinelli, pris u hi Cienega,
2500 m.) a snr la nuque nne tache de plumes rouges. (I'est tres intt^ressant, ])arco
que cette tache rouge se tronve re'gnlierement chez Coltiptes puna dn Peron.
(t'omparez Journ.f. <>rn. 1883 p. 98, et Cat. B. Brit. Afic.s. xviii. p. 26, note.)
" M. Dinelli a trouve le nid de cette espece, an mois de mars, sur des berges
sablonueuses, a 2500 m. d'el^vation ; c'^tait dans des trons tres profonds et dont
I'entree etait ouverte ; an fond, snr dn sable projire, il y avait 4 o'ufs. Les nids
sout geueralement places dans des parages iuaccessibles, et la ponte commence an
mois de decembre." (S. V.)
3ii;!. Chrysoptilus cristatus (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. 105 ; Ihering, p. 2.'jH,
2 SS Tapia, Tucumau, (ioo ni. (L. Dinelli),
? Tucnman, 5. xi. 1899 (S. Ventnri).
¥ ? Valle de Lerma, 1200 m,, 2, 1(J. vi. r.Mt5 (J. Steinbach, Nos. 97, 131).
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? Mooovi (Chaco), 9. ix. 1903 (Rodriguez).
c? Tigre (Buenos Aires), 1. xii. 1902 (S. Veuturi).
6' ? La Soledad, 17. i. 1898, 1901 (C. B. Brittaiii).
(J ? Rio de Ore, Col. Gral. Vedia, Chaco austral, (ex cull. Dalmas).
" Cette espece nidifie exclusivement. dans des arbres et de [jri^fereuce dans
ceux a bois facile, cjuoiqu'il ue dedaigne pas non plus les autres. Le nid .se tranve
jjene'ralement a plus de 3 metres du sol et contient 3 — 4 cenfs, dont les premiers
pondus sout tonjonrs les plus petits. Ces derniers mesureut 2br> x Is mm., et les
autres29 x 21 mm. Je n'en ai trouve' aucun qui d^passat ces dimensions." (S. V.)
304. Melanerpes candidus (Otto).
Nom vulgaire : Carpintero bianco.
? (JoDcepcion, Misiones, 12. vi. 1881 (E. W. White).
(? ? Tapia, Tiicuman, 700 m., 10, 1.5. ix. 1902 (L. Dinelli).
9 Tucumau, 14. xi. 1899 (L. iJinelli).
cJ Mucovi (Chaco), 22. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri).
" Monsieur (i. A. Baer (Ornis xii. p. 224) dit que le M. catuUdm nidifie corame
If M. cactoi-um ; au Chaco, oil les Cereus sout de taille moindre, il profile des troncs
sees et de bois blanc. II est assez rare, et je n'en ai trouv^ qu'un seul nid. Les
deux ceuts mesurent 25 x 18 et 25-1 x 19 mm." (S. V.)
305. Melanerpes cactorum (Lafr. & d'Orb.).
JcJ ? ? Tapia, Tucumau, 000 m. (L. Dinelli).
(JcJ? Tapia, Tucumau, 600 m. (L. Dinelli coll., S. V^eiituri, Nos. 571, 700,
734>
2 (?c? ad. 1 ? juv. La Soledail (tJ. B. Brittaiu, Nos. 29, 69, 176).
Les trois exemplaires de La Soledad et la plupart des eehantilloiis de Paraguay
out le bee plus gros que les autres de Tucumau, mais les dimensions du bee et
des ailes sent assez variables.
" Le nid de ces piverts attire I'attention des observateurs, comme le trou
d'entree se voit de loin k I'extre'mite des enorraes Cert'iis qui croissent sur la
pente des montagnes. II contient 3 — 4 teufs, ipii mesurent 23o x 16'5 mm."
(S. V.)
306. Veniliornis olivinus olivinus (Malh.).
Cf. Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. 1008 p. 81.
cJ ? Mocovi (Chaco), 25. x. 1903 (S. Venturi, Nos. 866, 867)
" J'ai toujours trouvd les nids a I'extr^mitd sfeche des liautes branches des
arbres, ce qui rend leur recolte tres difficile." (S. V.)
Deux ceut's pris par Monsieur Yeuturi a Ocarapo le 21. xi. 1905 sont il'nn
blaue pur assez luisant. lis mesurent 19-3 x 14-9 et 19'2 x 13'9 mm.
307. Veniliornis olivinus frontalis (Cab.).
4 cJcJ 3 ? ? prfes de Tucumau, 12(J0 m. (L. Dinelli).
6 Kio Seco, 350 m., province de Salta, 30. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbaih, No. 174).
c^ Rio San Francisco, 400 m., province de Jujuy, 23. vii. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 157).
Les ailes des males mesurent de 95 k 98 mm.
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308. Chloronerpes chrysochlorus fVieill.).
? ad. Rio Bermojo, Sidta, ;3.5u m., :.'?. vii. lUOo (J. Steinbach, No. lf!3).
(Cf. Bruch, Recistn Mus. La Plata xi. pp. 245^57, 1904.)
son. Chloronerpes aurulentus (Temm.).
Nehrkorn, p. 1(;5 ; Ihering, p. -IbH.
Monsieur Veiituri, malhenreusement, n'a pas envove de iieanx de cette espfece
II dcrit :
" Rare an Cliaco Sautafecino, oil je ne I'ai vu que deux fois, mais on le ren-
contre assez sonvent dans le territoire de Formosa. D'un nid que j ai trouve a
S. Ignacio (Formosa) au mois de novembre 1897, j'ai pris troia cenfs qui mesurent
23 X 24 et 18 X 19 mm." (S. V.)
La collection ne contient que deux reufs, pris le 13. xi. 1900 a Esperanza.
lis sont d'un blanc pnr Inisant et mesurent 25 x 18 et 23-1 x 19 mm.
310. Chloronerpes rubiginosus tucumanus Cab.
Chloromrpes tucumanus Cabanis, Journ.f. Orn. 1883, p. 10.3 (Tucuman).
Cette sous-espece est bien distiucte de C. ruhighiosKS rubii/inos/is par ses plus
f^randes dimensions.
Nous en avons requ une belle serie de (3 males et 4 femelles recenillies i)res de
Tucuman a 520 a 1200 metres, per Messieurs Diuelli et Venturi.
311. Campephilus leucopogon (Valenc.).
(? ? Salta, 1300 ra., vii., viii. 19(t3 (J. Steiubach).
c? Province de Santiago, 330 m. (L. Diuelli).
c? ad., ? ad., c? juv. Tncuman (S. Venturi).
<? juv. Ocampo, 1. xii. 1905 (S. Venturi).
" C'est le Pic dont les coups de bee sont les pins forts sur les troncs sees : le
bruit est fort semblable a celui d'une hache. II niche dans des 'Ombus'etdes
' Ceibas,' ainsi que dans le ' Quebracho Colorado,' ii une hauteur moyenne de 5 a
ft mfetres. C'est I'espfece qui nidifie le plus t6t, car au mois d'octobre on trouve
d^ja des petits. Les jeunes out toute la gorge noire. La ponte est de quatre ceufs
blancs, qui mesurent 28 — 31 x 21 — 23 mm." (S. V.)
312. Dendrocopus mixtus mixtus (Bodd.).
S La Soledad, Eutre itios, 2->. xii. 1901 (Brittaiu coll.).
S ad., ? ad., (? juv. Barracas al Sud (S. Venturi coll.).
2 ad.. J juv. Ocampo fS. Venturi coll.).
J ? jun. Tucuman, 380—700 m. (L. Dinelli coll.).
<? ? Rio Bermejo, 350 m., province de Salta (J. Steinbach coll.).
" Espfece commune h. Buenos Aires et au Chaco. II niche de prdfdrence dans les
branches s6ches <lu ' Ceibo ' {Ert/tlirina crista-galli), dont le diametre est d'euviron
10 cm. L'ouverture du nid est toujours pratiquee du cote inf^rieur de la branche :
elle megure de 3-5 a 4 cm. La profondeur du nid varie entre 25 et 40 cm. La
ponte est de 4 ceufs, dont les dimensions sout : 19 — 21-5 x 15 — 16-5 mm." (S. V.)
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313. Picumnus cirrhatus tucumanus snbsp. nov.
Les Picumnus de Tncuman sont tres voisins de la forme nomnK^e F. cirrhatus
pilcomai/ciisis Harg., mais out li'S ailes plus longiies, la qnene iiii pen plus longue,
et les couvertnres supe'rieures des ailes tcnijoui's bordees de blauchatre. II taut les
s^j)arer comme sous-espece.
Ailes: c? ? 52-5 — 54 mm. Type: No. 3177, i ad., Rio Colorado, Tncuman,
390 m., 29. vi. 1902, L. Diuelli coll.
Nous en avons re?u :
S Tucuman, 16. v. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 581 1.
? Sta. Ana, Tucuman, 350 m., 12. x. 1902 (G. A. Baer, No. 984).
2 t?cf 4 ? ? prc-s de Tucuman, 390 a 1200 m. (L. Dinelli coll.).
Un male de Salta, 1200 m., tud par Monsieur Steinbach, a une indication de
taches sur les cotes de la poitritie. Probablement cet exemplaire n'est qu'une
variety de P. c. tucumanus, mais il faudrait examiner une sdrie de Salta pour le
decider.
Cest cette forme on le P. cirrhatus pilcomayensis que Monsieur Venturi a
observde a Ocampo et dont il ecrit :
" Ce petit pivert niche dans de petits arbres on branches sfeches de bois blanc k
rintdrienr des forets et sur le bord des marais. Le nid, dont I'entrde mesure 2 cm.
en diametre, a une profondeur de 20 cm. La ponte est de 4 renfs, dont les dimen-
sions sont les suivantes : 14 — 10"5 x 10*5 — 12 mm. Un nid tronve le 23. xii. 1905
ne contint que 3 oeufs, parfaitement sphdriques et avec un diametre de 12 — 13 mm. ;
lis ne sont pas aussi lisses qne ceux des autres Pics, mais bien plutot rugneux.
" Pour obtenir les oeufs des Picumnus et de Dendrocopus mixtus, il faut
couper avec soiu la branche oil se trouve le nid, et de I'incliner ensuite de la
maniere que les oeufs roulent par I'onvertnre. Dans le cas oil la ponte n'avait
pas encore commence nous rattachions la branche a sa place autant qne faire se
pent, et le pic n'abandonnait pas le nid. De la sorte j'ai pu suivre an jour le
jour les progrfes de la ponte et de Firicubation. Le Picumnus pond un i.euf par
jour." (S. V.)
314. Picumnus orbignyanus LatV.
c? ad., Jnjuy, 29 vii. 190(i, 320 m. (L. Dinelli, No. 4271).
? Rio San Francisco, 900 m., province de Jujuy, 23. vii. 19U5 (J. Steinbach,
No. 151).
315. Picumnus sp. nov. ?
S Cjuebrada Escoipe, 1000 m., province de Salta, 5. vi. 1905 (J. Steinbach,
No. 107).
Cet exemplaire appartieut jirobablement a nne espece nouvelle, mais peut-etre
s'agil-il (I'liue simjiii^ aberration de Picum.iius orhigHi/aiiiis, qui n'on ditt'ererait que
par ce que les plumes de la gorge et des cotes de la puitriiie sunt bordees de noir
au lieu d'en etre rayees.
II taudra en examiner une s^rie.
RHAMPHASTIDAE,
316. Rhamphastos toco Mttll.
Nom vulgaire : Tuco, Tucano.
1 Chaco austral, Rio de Ore, Sept. 1896 (A. Ros, ex ('oli. Dalmas).
1 S Ocampo (Sta. Fe;, Sept. 1, 1905 (S. Venturi, No. 995).
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] ? S. Javier (Misiones), 150 m., 24. xi. 19o0 (S. Ventnri, No. 66).
3 c? S jnn. Metan, province de Salta, 850 m., v., vi. 1905 (L. Diiielli, Nos.
3492, 3494, 3550).
Dans les jennes oiseanx ]a lisrne noire h la base dn bee est a peine iii(li(]^n^e,
le janne de la gorge tres dtendn, et les j)lnuies de la gorge inferienre sont bord^es
de rosfttre. La plnpart des oisean.x adnltes ont la gorge blanche ou avec pen de
janne. Le " R/mmpkastos nlboffularis" u'est done pas une espece distincte.
" t'et oisean niche dans les trons naturels des grandes ' embus ' qni peujileut
les f'orets du Cliaco. .le n'ai pu obteuir d'wnfs de cettc espece, ni ceux de Jl.
dicolorus, qui u'est j)as rare ii Misiones." (S. V.)
317. Rhamphastos dicolorus L.
S ad., Ignazu (Misiones), 20. xi. 1900. (S. Ventnri, No. 67. " Iris negro.")
CUCULIDAE.
318. Tapera naevius (L.).
[P'qiloplerus naevius auct.]
Nom vulgaire : Crispin.
c?c? ad., ? ? ad., juv., environs de Tucnman, 450 m. (L. Dinelli).
" Cet oisean pond 1 on 2 tent's dans le uid de Si/nallaxis cinnamomPi russeola
et probablement dans cenx d'autres oiseanx : les cents du Sj'nallaxis pdrisseut et
senl le 'Crispin' se d^veloppe. II est trfes mechant meme qnand il est tont
petit et sans plnmes, car il se lance ponr piqner la main qni s'approche de Ini.
Qnand je le trouvai pour la premiere fois, le 8. xi. 1005, je ne ponvai pas
m'exj)liqner le ph^nomene : j'emportai le petit chez moi pour I'^lever. Les
deux premiers jonrs je ne suis pas parvenu S, lai faire manger, mais ensuite il
devint plus donx et avec beaucoap de patience je rdnssis ii I'dlevage.
" Le 28. xii. 1905 je trouvai nn autre nid de Synallaxis cinnamomea russeola,
mais il contenait deux jennes dn' Crispin' deja assez grands: ici aussi les leufs
du propri^taire ^taient ponrris an fond du nid.
" Monsieur Dinelli a pn faire d'iut^ressantes observations snr ce Cuculide. II
en recneillit denx petits des nids de Si/nillaxis siiperciliosa, un a Tucnman et I'autre
a Santiago del Estero. II en eleva un en le nonrrissant exclnsiveraent d'insectes ;
I'oisean paraissait de pr^f^rer les chenilles. II a observii qn'a I'eudroit oil chante
le 'Crispin,' il doit avoir nn couple de S'/nall. supercUiosa qui construit le nid au
voisinage." (S. V.)
319. Crotophaga ani L.
Nehikorn. p. 173 ; Ihering, p. 263.
Nom vulgaire Pirincho negro.
i ? , Mocovi (Chaco), et Posadas (Misiones). (S. Venturi.)
" Espfece commune au Chaco, oil il est tr^s facile de tronver le nid anx mois
de novembre et de'cembre. La ponte est de trois teufs, dout les dimensions
sont 3U — 32 x 22 — 23"5 mm. 11 parait qn'an Bresil,cette espfece et la suivante
pondent des oeufs pins gros ijue dans la rt^publiqne Argentine." fS. V.)
Les a-nfs envoycs par Monsieur Ventnri mesnient 30 x 22-5, 307 x 23*1,
30 7 X 24, 31-5 x 2.3-8, 31 fj x 24' 1, 324 x 24-2, 32S x 24 mm.
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3'Ji). Crotophaga major Gm.
Nehrkorn, p. 173 ; Ihering, p, 2fJ3.
? ad., Candel.aria, Misioiies, 140 m., 3. iii, 1897 (8. Ventiiri, No. 55).
" Un ceuf de cette espece que je recneillis en 1906 a Misiones, Ion elle n'est
pas rare, mesiire 38 x '~18 mm. A Ocampo elle est rare eh n'y iiidifie pas. Parfois
on cliasse les denx espt-ces de ('rotopha(j(i dans les jardius voisins de Bnenos Aires.
J'ai oft'ert un exemplaire de ' '. major au Mnsee National de Buenos Aires chasse
a Barracas al Sud par Luis Bluzzio." (S. V.)
321. Gruira guira (Gm.).
Nehrkorn, p. 173 ; Ihering, p. 263.
Nom vulgaire : Pirincho.
1 Est. S. Blartino, Monte, province de Buenos Aires, 1807 (Paul Neumann).
? La Soledad, 2. xi. 1901 (C. B. Brittain, No. 71).
S ?, Barracas al Sud, ix., x. 1899, 1900 (S. Venturi, Nos. 56, 57).
? Tncnmau, 450 m. (L. Dinelli).
" J'ai trouvd des nids de cet oiseau avec 5, 7, 11, 14, 19 et nn avec 21 ceufs !
II faut noter qu'entre une litee de 7 cents et une autre il y a toujours une conche
d'herbes et de pailles on de fenilles, ce qui indique qu'il y a deux on trois nids
superposes, ear celni ii 21 ceufs que je decouvris au raois de decembre 1900 sur
nn peuplier de la Caroline, sur les bords du ruisseau Maciel, k Barracas al Sud,
etait ainsi dispose. La ponte normale d'une femelle est de 5 a 7 ceufs, plus on
moins converts de matiere calcaire et tres variables en forme et taille. Dimensions:
38 — 43 X 28 — 33 mm. Comme le Crotophaga ani ce ' pirincho ' s'apprivoise
facilement." (S. V.)
322. Piaya cayana macroura (iamb.
Piaya cabnnisi Allen, Bull Amei: Mus. v. p. 136 (1803 — Matto Grosso).
Piaya cayana ijuarania Ihering.
(Cf. Stone, Proc. Acad. Philad. Oct. 1008 [1000] pp. 494. 501.)
J, Vipos, Tucuman, 700 m., 6. xi. 1899 (S. Venturi j.
?, Posadas, Misiones, 145 m., 5. iii. 1897 (S. Venturi).
" Nom vulgaire : Alma de gato, Gallo del monte. Iris rouge."' (S. V.)
323. Coccyzus melanocoryphus Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 172 ; Ihering, p. 263.
c? ?, Barracas al Sud, 24. xi. 1900, 30. xii. lS98 (S. Venturi).
"Espece commune qui niche dans les bois et les jardins et vergers ; les nids
sont semblables a ceux de colombes. La ponte est de 3 — 4 (fiuf.-. dmii les
dimensions sont 27 — 31o x 21 — 24 mm." (8. V.)
324. Coccyzus cinereus Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 172.
i ad. Barracas al Sad, 25. xii. Is98 (S. Venturi).
S jav. Mocovi (Chaco), 13. ix. 1903 (S. Venturi).
? juv. Hernandarias, 17. xi. 1902 (S. Venturi).
? Tucuman, 3o. xi. 1898 (L. Dinelli).
4.d., Tapia, Tucuman, 600 m., 3. i. 1903 (G. A. Baer).
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(Les ornithologistes argeutins ont quelquefois confondu les jeunes de
C. cinet-fius avec le Cocojzus pumilus.)
" II uiehe, comiiie IVspece piec^dente, ii la lisiere des bois, dans dea arbres,
has Isolds, on dans des bois pen e])ais, it tine hauteur dan moins nn mitre du
sol. La femelle pond 3 a?ufs blancs converts de matiere calcaire, .mi mesnient
23—25 X 17-5— 20 mm." («. V.)
AU'EDINIDAE.
32o. Ceryle torquata torquata (L.j.
Nehrkorn, p. 16il ; Ihering, p. ib'y
Nom vulgaire : Martin-pescador, Matraca.
" Dans les berges des rivitres du Chiico, on trouve beauconp de nids de cette
espfece commune, ainsi que de la saivante. Geueralemeut le fond dn uid est
compose d'ecailles et depines de poissons. Les excavations qu'ils pratiquent an
haut des berges ii 30 on 40 cm. du bord sout plus on moins profondes suivant
la classe de terre, les racines qn'ils rencontrent et le temps dont ils disposent :
les ernes intempestives cansent la perte de nombrenses pontes. Les tenfs sont
d'nn blanc Inisant, parfois avec de petits pores obscurs au fond. Dimensions :
35— 4o X 31—35 mm." (S. V.)
32(i. Ceryle amazona (Latli.).
Nehrkorn, p. 160 ; Ihering, p. 21)0.
S ad. Barracas al Sud, 20. .\i. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 49).
3 ad. Tncnman, IL iii. 1901 (8 Venturi, No. 728).
"^Les wufs de ce martin-j)echeur Mint d'nn blanc luisant, et mesurent
31—35 X 24 -26 mm. Cenjle amazona est un iien plus nire iine le C torniinta."
(S. V.) ' 1 y
327. Ceryle americana americana (Gm.).
Nehrkorn, p. 160 ; Ihering, p. 260.
Nom vulgairo : Martin chico ; Pescador.
d" ?, La Soledad, Entre Rios, 14, 31. x. I'.Hil (('. B. Brittaiu, Nos. 52, G6).
?, Barracas ul Sud, 8. .xi. IsOlJ (S. Venturi, No. 52).
6, Tncnman, 17. vi. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 729).
6, Vijios, Tucuman, 700 m., 8. xi. 1899 (L. Diuelli).
?, Tucuman, 450 m., 27. v. 1899 (L. Dinelli).
(?, Tncnman, 20. vi. 1900 (L. Dinelli).
" Tandis que chez les antres csjKces de Cenjlc la ponfe est de 4 a'ufs, celle-ci
en pond invariablement cinq. Les (cufs .sont blancs, lisses, pen luisants, et
mesurent 24 x 18 mm. Une nichee de :^ <enfs que je recueillis a la berge du
Rio Amores le 24. ix. r.»03, avail snr cbaque onf de 2 a 5 jietitcs laclie> brnnes
a la partie posterieure." (S. V.)
PSITTACI.
328. Conurus vittatus (Shaw).
? Tobay, Misiones, 8. iii. 1897 (8. Venturi, No. 82).
" Nom vulgaire : Cotorra." (S. V.)
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329. Conurus molinae Massena & Souance.
5 ad. Rio Seco, 350 m., province de Salta, 28. vii. 1905 (J. Steiubach,
No. 164).
c? ? Ledesma, Jujiiy, 520 m., 26. vii. 1906 (L. Diiielli, Nos. 4223, 4256).
330. Conurus acuticaudatus (Vieill.).
? (Josquin, Cordova, 17. vii. 1882 (E. W. Wliite).
i Mocovf, (Jliaco, 29. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 904).
1 c? 3 ? ? Ocampo, ix., x. 1905 (S. Ventnri).
3 (?t? 2 4 ? Tapia, Tncuman, 1888, 1889, 19(»1 (L. Diuelli).
4 (?<? ? ? Salta, 1100—1200 m. (J. Steinbach).
" Ce perroqnet nichie daas les trous de gros arbres, .snrtoiit daus les ' Qnebraohos
colorados' sur le bord des grandes forets de I'interieiir dn Chaco. Le 24. xii. 1905
je troLivai nn uid avec deux reufs, et je caj)tin'ai aussi la femelle, (|ne j'ai emportee
cbez moi, oil elle pondit uii autre twit' le jour suivaut. Les teuf's sout blancs,
Inisants, et mesnrent 30 — 32 x 26 mm." (S. V.)
331. Conurus leucophttalmus (P. L. S. Miill.).
2 SS, 1 ?, Ocampo, 20. x. 1905 («. Veutnri, Nos. 1037, 1038, 1039).
"Cette espece, qui aboude a Ocampo, vit au j)rintemps des fleurs du Ceibo, mais
en etd elle mange des fruits, surtont des cactacees. Au commencement du mois de
novembre elle se retire pour iiidifier, je suppose, dans les grandes forets de I'ln-
terieur, pour revenir ensuite a la tin de decembre avec ses petits ; ceux-ci
continuent encore pendant longtemps a prendre leur nourriture dn bee de leurs
parents a pen pres a la maniere des colombes. Je n'ai trouve ni le nid ni les
ceufs." (S. V.)
332. Conurus aureus (Gm.).
c? Rivadavia (Chaco Salteiio), 150 m., 7. xi. 1897 (S. Venturi, No. 73).
333. Conurus mitratus Tsch.
7 (Jc? ? ? Tncuman, 450 m. (L. Diuelli).
6 Tafi Viejo, Tncuman, 21. v. 1902 (S. Venturi).
? Salta, 1160 m., viii. 19o3 (J. Steinbachj.
La plupart des exemplaires de Tncuman sont d'une taille assez forte.
334. Conurus nenday (Vieill.).
3 ad. Kio de Oro, Chaco austral., Argentine, vi. 1896 (A. Ros coll., ex Mus.
Comte de Dalmas).
335. Cyanolyseus patagonus patagonus (Vieill.).
t? ? Roca (Rio Negro), 16, 19. xi. 1899 (S. Venturi, 532, 68).
t? Mendoza (VVeisshaupt).
336. Myiopsitta monachus monachus (Bodd.).
Nehrkorn, p. 175 ; Ihering, p. 264.
Nom vulgaire : Cotorra.
6 ?, Cosqnin, Cordova, 3, 5. vii, 1882 (E. W. White).
(J, Eusenada, Buenos Aires, 11. xi, 1896 (S. Venturi, 74).
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t? ?, La Soledad (Entre Rios), 17. xi. 180S, 7. i. 1899 (C. B. Brittaiii).
(J ? , Mocovi (Chaco), 21. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 75, 872).
2 ad.. Rio de Oro, Chaco anstral, 1896 (A. Ros coll., ex Mus. (Jomtc de Dalmas).
" Les observations de Dalgleish sont tres exactes, excepte pour la forme ties
(unfs, qui est tres variable. J'ai recueilli beanconj) d'teufs de cette esjH'ce, com-
mune depuis la jiroviiice de Biieuos Aires vers le uord. Dimensions des leut's :
2(i_:5o X 19—2-,' mm." (S. V.)
337. Myiopsitta monachus calita (Jaid. .N: Selhjj.
PsUtaca calilu Jardine & Selby, ///. Oni. pi. 82 (1837-40 Mendoza!).
3 (Jc? 2 ? ? Estacion Rio Colorado, Tucuman, 380—390 m. (L. Dinelli).
<J ? La Banda, Santiago, 200 m., 22. iv. 1903 (G. A. Baer).
Les exemjilaires de Tucuman et de Santiago sont sans doute diflferentes
des spdcimens dn Chaco, Cordova, Entre Rios et Buenos Aires, lis sont plus
jietits — I'aile plus courte de 6 ix 16 mm.— avec les bees plus petits, et la couleur
de la poitrine et dn front est plus blanchiitre, I'abdomen plus pale. Je crois que
le nom "calita" est applicable pour cette sons-espfece bien caract^risde.
338. Bolborhynchus aymara (D'Orb.).
? Villa Nougues, S. Pablo, Tucuman, loOO m., 12. viii. 1903 (L. Diiaili).
¥ „ „ „ 5. viii. 1903 (S. Ventnri).
1 Salta, 1400 m., viii. 1903 (J. Steinbach).
339. Bolborhynchus orbygnesia (Sonance).
2 cJc? 1 ? Cerro Mufios, Tucuman, 4(iOn m., 24, 27, 28. v. 1906 (L. Dinelli).
2 c^cj 1 ? Tilcaro, Jujuy norte, 2470 m., 26, 3n. xi. 1905 (L. Dinelli).
340. Microsittace ferrugineus (P. L. S. Miill.;.
? Chubut, Lago Blanco, 21. v. Is99 (Julius Koslowsky coll.).
6 ? Ushuaia, Tierra del Puego, 5. ii. 1898 (S. Venturi, Nos. 32, 33).
341. Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx Berl.
Nehrkorn, p. 176 ; Ihering, p. 265.
Nom vulgaire : Loro hablador.
i ? Tucuman, 25. vii.. Ht. i.x. Ihos (L. Dinelli).
6 >Sta. Ana, Tiicnnian, 350 m. (G. A. Baer).
" Ce perruquet niche ansf.i dans- les creux deo arbies. Le Iruu est parlois si
protond qu'il n'y a pas d'autre recours que de hacher I'arbre, qui est trfes souveut
nn gros 'quebracho.' Quelques cents que j'ai pris mesurent 38 x 29 mm." (S. V.)
342. Amazona tucumana (Cab.).
2 c? Sta. Ana, Tucuman, 350 m., 31. x. 1902 (G. A. Baer).
S Villa Nougues, Tucuman, 29. viii. 1903 (S. Venturi).
$ S. Pablo, Tucuman, lOOO m., 2. viii. 1903 (S. Ventnri).
<? Villa Nougues, Tucuman, 1000 m., 30. vii. 1903 (L. Dinelli).
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343. Pionus maximiliani lacerus Heine.
2 (Jc? 2 ? ? Tiieiiiuau, 450— 4(;n ra. (L. Diuelli).
Malgre I'assertiou coutraire de mon ami le (Joiute Salvador! (Boll. Mus.
Torino, No. 2(t8 p. 19, 1895), P. lacerus de Tucuman- se recounait faeilemeut a
sa taille uu pen plus forte, la conleur verte du plumage moiiis fouoee, el les Lords
lies jilumes du jugnluin plus lilac^s.
STRIGES.
344. Asio styg'ius Wagl.
J ad. Tucuman, 11. ix. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 701. " Long. tot. 41, ala 32-5,
cola 19-5. Iris amarillo "j.
Le male de cette espfece rare s'accorde liien avec les descriptions, cepeudant
il faudra comparer plusieurs e.^emplairos de diverses localities pour comprendre la
distribution ot les races.
345. Asio accipitrinus (? subsp.).
Xehrkorn, p. 12 ; Ihering, p. 266.
Noms vulgaires : Lechuzon ; Baho ; Quitilipi.
S Correas, Buenos Aires, 12. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi).
cJ Tucuman, 450 m., 11. ix. 1900 (L. Dinelli).
" Au mois d'aout on trouve assez souvent son nid, surtout dans les luzernes.
Un teuf recueilli a Tucuman par Monsieur Dinelli mesure 41'5 x 33 mm." (S. V.)
340. Bubo magellanicus magellanicus (Gm.).
Ihering, p. 226.
Nomvulgaire: S^acurati'i.
" Les observations de Dalgleish sont bieu exactes. Espece jjas rare au
Chaco." (S. V.)
347. Pisorhina choliba choliba (VieilL).
{ — Senps hrii.silifiniiK ; cf. Berlepsch, Bull. H.O.C. .xii. p. 8, H.)
Nehrkorn, p. 1 1 ; Ihering, p. 2i)li.
Noms vulgaires : Sfacuruta-i ; Alilicuco.
(J Ocampo, 1. xii. 1905 (S. Venturi).
? Pacheco, Buenos Aires, 9. ix. 1900 (S. Venturi).
" Le nid, fait avec des feuilles et du fonrrage sec, est place au fond d"un trou
naturel de quelnue gros trouc d'arbre, et contient au mois de septembre ou octobre
deux on trois ceufs qui mesurent 34 — 36 x 28 — 29 mm. C'est una espfece tr6s
commune dans les forets du Chaco, ou elle se tient cach^e pendant le jour dans
le creux des troncs." (S. V.)
348. Speotyto cunicularia cunicularia (M.) (?)
Nehrkorn, p. 1 1 ; Ihering, p. 207.
2 SS (?) "Esperanza," Argentine, 1900 (acbet^s de Uolle).
<? ? Barracas al Sud (B. Aires), 14. ix. 1S99 (S. Venturi).
? albino. La Soledad, 12. xii. 1901 (C. B. Brittain, No. 113: cct exem])lain'
est tout a fait blanc, avec les yeux jauue clair, les pieds et le bee jaune citrun).
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t? Tncnnian, 4riii m., •?.i. iv. I'.ml (I.. Diiiplli).
? Vallc (1p Lerma, N.W., l'.Mi:i {,]. Steiiiliaeh).
L'etiule lies sous-esjieces <1l' Sjji'oti/tn ciinictdaria est encore assez iiicimipli'-te.
II me semble que la race de la repnbliqiie Argentine soit nn pen pins grande i|n('
la forme typiqne du Chili, qui, elle anssi, est d'nne taille pins forte que les races
de rAmerique dn Snd septentrionale (V^nezne^la, Colombie, fiquatenr) et de
rAnieriqne sei)tentvinnale, etc.
" Les galeries crensees h Ocampo par cette chonette ne sont ])as si lousiues
qu'a Buenos Aires. Les oenl's sont gont'raleraeiit blancs, jiarfois blanc cendrt',
mais tonjours rngnen.v, notamiuent ceux de couleur oendre. Dimensions: :il-
37 X 26 — 28 mm." (S. V.) (II me semble que les (Kufs cendres ne sont ])as
normanx.)
340. Glaucidium nanum (King).
Nom vulgaire : Cabure.
? Cordoba, 250 m., 2u. vi. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 8'.»).
" Avec I'oiseau j'ai obtenu ses amfs dans les lies dn Parana, en face de
Hernandarias, oil il n'est pas rare. Dimensions : 28 x 21'5 — 23 mm." (S. V.)
350. Glaucidium brasilianum brasilianum (Gm.).
{Glaucidium fero.r auct. ; cf. Berlepsch, Bull. B.O.C. xii. p. 8.)
cJ Tapia, Tuenman, TOO m., 27. ix. 1902 (S. Venturi).
351. Strix flammea perlata Liclit.
Nom vulgaire : Lechuza ; Suinda.
cJ ad. Barracas al Snd, 25. iii. 1892 (S. Venturi, No. 31); les parties inierienres
de cet exemplaire sont blanches avec de petites taches noinUres.
Ad. Salta, 1200 m., 20. vi. 1903 (J. ISteinbach) ; les parties inf^rieures sont
brunes.
" Cette espfece vit et nidifie comme le Strix Jlammea Jiammea aux raaisons,
(iglises, etc. An nord de la Kepnblique il pond pendant les mois de I'hiver." (S. V.)
ACCIPITBES.
352. Cathartes urubitinga Pelz.
Ihering, torn. iii. p. 342.
? ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 2s. ix. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 831).
" L'espeoe ii tete jaune avec vertex blent^ est la plus petite et la plus abon-
dante a Ocampo. Le 3. x. 1903 je chassai una femelle qui avait IVuf complete-
ment forme dans le ventre. Le 17. xi. 1905, je tronvai deux ceufs et j'obtius
anssi les oiseaux. Les oenfs sont d'un blanc rosace ou jaunatre et converts de
grandes taches rongeatre pale et d'antres plus petites d'un brun obscur. Dimen-
sions : 62 X 46-5 mm." (S. V.)
353. Cathartes aura aura (L.).
Nelirkoni, p. 2 ; Iliering, p. 2(iH.
Nom vulgaire ; Cuervo cabeza coloraila.
S ad. Uoca (Rio Negro), Ki. x. 190I) (S. Venturi, No. 207).
? ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 7. ix. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 2(i.n).
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"Cet.te es])eoe est" assp/. rare a ()ram|ii>. Le 21. x. 1904 j'ai vn un niseau
sortir dii troiu^ d'nii ' oinl)ii,' gnis vt nii ]ieii iiic.lint', a pen do metres de distaiii-e
d'un chemiii ([iii se trouve environ (> lieue.s a I'onest, d'Oeanqxi. Croyant (jne
le nid serait en haiit, je grimpai, et je jins me convaincre que le tron descendait
jusqn'aa sol en formant line espece de cherain^e d'environ 5 metres de hant.
.T'onvris done, k I'aide d'line liaehe, la base du trone : .snr le sol il y avait nn oeuf
d'nn lilanc rosac(? eouvert de taclies rouge-violace foncfi qai se jiiignent presqne
a la jjartie posterienre. Dimensions : 70 x 47 ram." (S. V.)
354. Catharista atrata brasiliensis (Bi>.)-
Nehrkorn, p. 2 ; Iliering, p. 207.
Noms vulgaires : Urubi, Cuervo negro.
c? ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 20. ix. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 911).
" Au mois de Janvier 1899, j'ai d^convert un nid au sud de Santiago del
Estero qni correspondait ])arfaitement a la description (pi'en donne le Ur. Ibering.
A OcamjH) je tronvai deu.N Ibis le nid de cet oisean, le 18. xi. 1903 et le 20. ix. 1904,
a 4 et 5 metres du sol en pleine foret vierge. Un autre nid, que je tronvai an mois
de ddcembre 1904, dgalement dans nn trou d'un gros ' vivapitd' a 4 metres du sol,
contenait deux petits dejii dt^veloppds. Ces derniers nids n'avaient pas de lit
artifie.iel. Les teufs sunt blanc verdatre, les uns avec de grandes taches marron-
rouge a la partie posterieure, un autre avec quelques tacbes bruues, et un autre
sans ancnnes tacbes. Dimensions : 71 — 74 x 49 — 51'5 mm." (S. V.)
355. Polyborus tharus (Mol.).
Nehrkorn, p. 2 ; Ihering, p. 2G',i.
Norn Tulgaire : Carancho.
? Barracas al Sad, 11. viii. 1901 (S. Ventnri, No. 203).
c? ? Los Vasqnes, Tncnman, 19. v. 1903, 9. vii. 1902 (L. Dinelli).
" Espece commune dont les nids aliondent aux alentours de Tabattoir d'Ocampo.
Cet oisean nidifie deux fois par an dans les bois pen tontfus snr les arbres tr^s
epineux de bauteur moyenne. La femelle pond trois oeufs qui out et4 bien
caracteris^s par le Dr. Bnrmeister. Dalgleisb ayaut bien d^crit le nid, il est
d'autant plus e'tonnant que le Dr. Goeldi ait confondn les ceufs de Milvaqo
chimachimn ave<' ceux dn ' carancbo,' quoiqne les derniers soient deux fois plus
grands. ( 'eux (pie j'ai recneillis mesnrent 50-5 — 62 x 45 — 4fj mm." (8. V.)
356. Milvago chimachima (Vieill.). (PI. III. Fig. 15.)
Nehrkorn, p. '2 ; Ihering, p. 2G9.
Nom vulgaire : Chimachima.
S ad. $ juv. Mocovi (Cbaco), 3. ix., 3. x. 19o3 (S. Veuturi, Nos. 842, 843).
"J'ai trouve plnsienrs nids de cette espece tres commune an Chaco, sur de
liauts arbres dans I'interieur des forgts d'Ocampo. Le nid est grand, fait avec
des brandies de jilantes grinipantes, et contient deux (imiI's d'nne teinte iiu pen
pins claire que ceux du ' carancbo.' Dimensions : 42 — 44 x 33 mm.
'■(!oiume le 'chimachima' se traliit par sun eri, on en trouve le nid avec
t'acilite. (''est au commeiieemeiit du mois de nnveiiihre (|irii y a dejii des ])etits
qui sont completement blaues." (8. \'.)
( 238 ;
357. Milvago chimango (Vieill.).
NehrkoiD, \i. L' ; Ihering. p. 2(i9.
Nom vulgaire : Chimango.
cJ ? Barnicas al Sud, 14. vii. 1899; 10. i.\. 1911:.' (S. Yentiiii).
t? Tncnman, 45U m., 10. vii. 1901 (L. Dinelli).
" Le chimaugo nidifie soit sur le sol des cliamps liauts et sees, soit snr les
' tacun'is ' dans les vallees marecageuses, soit sur des arbres de 2 k 3 metres de
liiintenr dans les iles dn Parand. II constrnit son nid avec des branches et de la
l)aille en ddfaisant parfois le dessns de ia demenre A'Ammihiu^ on de .S'. jjlin/i/ano-
philu et en luettaiit nii pen de paille snr les l)raii('Jies. La ponte est de (inarrc
tt'iifs, tres variables en eoloratioii. Dimensions iles u-iil's : :i(i— 4(i x :j:i — 35 mm
(S. V.)
358. Circus cinereus Vicill.
$ ? Coronel Dorrego (province de Bnenos Aires), 17. x. 1899, 19. .\i. 19t)u
(S. Venturi, Nos. l8l, 182).
i Tucnman, 450 m., 13. ii. 1900 (S. Veutnri, No. 722).
359. Circus maculosa (Vieill.).
Nom vulgaire : Gavilan.
2 ? ? Barracas al Sud, 5. x. 1901, in. viii. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. 199, 1068).
" Vit daus les lagunes." (S. V.)
360. Accipiter erythrocnemis Gray.
$ ad. Tncumau, 6. vi. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 1070j.
i ? jnv. Tucuman, 16. v., 26. vii. 1S99 (L. Dinelli — ex Venturi).
2 cJc? 1 ? ad. Tucuman, 450—700 m. (L. Dinelli, Nos. 469, 879, 1859).
? ad. Valle de Lcrma, 12o0 m., province de Salta, 3. vi. 1905 (J. Steinbacb,
No. 99).
361. Accipiter guttatus (Vieill.).
(? juv., ? juv. Los Vascjues, Tucuman (L. Dinelli, Nos. 1998, 2056).
S ad. Tucnman, 456 m. 8. iii., 1900 (L. Dinelli— ex Venturi).
? ad. Cumbre de Raco, Tucnman, 31. xii. 1901 (L. Dinelli, No. 1575).
1 S ad., 2 ? ? (i- ad.) Ledesmo, Jnjui, 8, 20, 24. vii. I9iir, (L. Dinelli, Nos.
41:31,4224).
$ ad. Metan, Salta, 850 m., 1. vi. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3543).
? (?ad. I Itio de Oro, Cbaeo austral., v. 189C (A. Ros — ex Dalmas).
Nehrkorn, p. a ; Ihering, p. 27U.
Xom viilt^aire : Aguila Colorado.
302. Heterospizias meridionalis (Latb.).
p. TM.
)lorado.
? ad., i juv. Mocovi (Chaco), 1. xii. 19ii:5, |:j. i. 1907 (S. Venturi, Nos. 957,
990).
i ? Los Vasquc/-, Tncumun, 27. v. 1>S99, 1. vii. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. 368,
697).
i ad., i juv., Tucnman, 23. v., 22. vi. I90o (L. Dinelli, Nos. »:31, ts46).
" Le uid, litit avec des branches et tapissu de I'enilles Iraiches, est place tres
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hant snr des arbres dans rintdrieur de la foret, h 15 — 20 metres dii sol. A OcaiiipO
la ponte est tonjoiirs d'mi senl ueuf blauc ou blanc cendr^ ; quelques exemplaires
porteut de tres petites taches brunes. Dimensions : 57 — 64 x 47 — 48 mm." (S. V.)
3fi3. Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieill.).
Nehrkorn, p. [> ; Ihering, p. 270.
Nom vulgaire : Aguila blanca.
? jnv. Ceves, Santa Ft', 20. i. 1900 (S. Ventnri, No. 206).
(? ? ad., 2 (?(? juv. prfes de Tncnman, 445—600 m. (L. Dinelli).
" C'est dans les fonrclies sup^rienres des hanfs arbres qui rroissent an bord
des forets qne nidifie eette espece. Elle emploie de grosses branches et d'antres
pins fines pourvues de fenilles. An mois de Janvier 1899 nn nid ()ne j'ai tronve
a 8elva, an snd de Santiago del Estero, ent le fond fait avee des brancliettes de
' qnebracho-blani-o ' dont les fenilles ne sont jias bien tendres. Cet aigle niche
anssi an Chaco, et j)ond nn senl wnf qni evSt blanc-jannatre avec de grandes
taches violace clair et assez pen distinctes, pins dense.s a la partie posterienre.
Dimensions : 67 x 52 mm." (S. V.)
3(i4. Buteo albicaudatus Vieill.
(? ? ad. Mocovi (Ohaco), 8, 14. i. 1904 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 203, 204).
Jnv., Ceres, Santa Fi^, 22. i. 19(10 (S. Ventnri, No. 202).
365. Parabuteo unicinctus (Temm.).
S ? ad. Tncnman, 28. v. I'.iill. L'l. ix. Is99 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 197, 724).
3 ? ? juu. Tncnman, iii., iv., v. (L. Dinelli, 2023, 2040, 3971).
366. Rupornis magnirostris pucherani (Verr.).
Ihering, p. 270.
¥ ad. Barracas al Snd, 14. v. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 723).
cJ ad. Roca (Rio Negro), lit. v. 1899 (S. Ventnri, No. 184).
1 S ad., 3 ? ? jiin., Tncnman, 450 a 800 m. (L. Dinelli, Nos. 183, 1257,
1438, 459).
" Cette espece commnne niche dans les forets epaisses a des hantenrs variant
de 4 i\ 10 metres. Lenid, fait avec des branches, a le fond forme de fenilles vertes,
qui sont renonvelees (jnand elles se sechent : les 10 ou 12 nids que j'ai examines,
soit avec des onifs soit avec des petits, avaient en efFet des fenilles fraicbes. Le nid
n'est pas rond, mais bien plntot allonge (environ 3(» x 20 cm.), et contient deux
ceufs blancs avec des taches brun-rougeatre tantot nombrenses, grandes et assez dis-
tinctes, tantot tres petites et ii peine visibles. Dimensions : 45 — 50 x 30 — 39 mm."
(S. V.)
367. Busarellus nigricoUis (Lath.).
Ihering, p. 271.
Nom vulgaire : Aguila pampa.
(J ad., Mocovi (Chaco), 3. ix. 1905 (S. Ventnri, No. 1015).
"f'e bel aigle, qui brille an soleil comme dn fen, n'est pas rare an (Jhaco.
II est ])echenr, comme I'espece suivante, et fr^qnente le voisinage des fleuves ou
des lagunes. Le 25. xii. 1905 je trouvai nn ni<l snr nn arbre tres liaut environ
2110 metres dn Rio Amores, ii I'ouest d'Ucampo. 11 couteiiait un senl petit encore
tres pen developpd." (S. V.)
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:5'i>i. Urubitinga urubitinga (Oni).
Ihering, p. liTl.
Nom vulgaire : Aguila negro.
J ad. Mocovi (Chaoo), IT. x. l'.»l)3 (S. Vpntnri, No. 901).
6 ad. Malvina (Tiuniman), 11. vi. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 200).
T jnv. Barranca Colorado (Tucuman), 4. v. 1902 (S. Veuturi, No. 201).
" De tons les aigles qui nichent au Chaco, cette espfece constrnit le uid Ic
jilns volumineux, sa partie sup^rieure ayant environ 1 m&tre de diamt-tre. Le
21. .\ii. 190.5 je tronvai nn nid piaci- ii une dizaine de metres dn sol siir uii
grand arbre dans I'intt^rienr de la t'oret epaisse snr les bords du Rio Amores,
an snd d'Ocaiupo. Le senl petit etait deja completement revetu de plumes
uoires." (S. V.)
309. Ictinia plumbea (Gm.).
Ihering, p. "272.
3 ? Mocovi (Chaco), 6, 10. i. 1904 (>S. Ventnri, Nos. 985, 986).
(J Ocampo, 17. xii. 190.5 (S. Ventnri, No. 984).
'• Un nid que j'ai tronve vers la rai-novembre etait fait dan.s nn trou naturel
d"nn gros 'ombu' environ 6 metres de hautenr. II contenait nn petit et uu
cenf d^jii marqnt^ : celui-ci ^tait d'nn blauc sale sans taches." (S. V.)
37(1. Elanus leucurus (Vieill.).
Nom vulgaire : Halco bianco.
<S ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 23. ix. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 832).
(J ? Tucuman, 456 m. (L. Dinelli).
371. Rostrhamus sociabilis f Vieill.).
Ihering, p. 271.
Xom vulgaire ; Caracolero.
J ad., ? jnv. Barracas al tSnd (Bnenos Aires), 11. ix. 1899, 20. vi. 1900
(S. Ventnri, Nos. 195, 196).
"Anx mois d'octobre et novembre 1911.5 pinsienrs couples nidifiaieut sur les
arbnstes croissant entre deux lagunes au sud-est d'Ocampo, niais comme le terrain
^tait nn bourbier dangereux, je n'ai pn reviser les nids." (S. V.)
372. Falco fuscocaerulescens Vieill.
<5 ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 1. xii. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 1)83).
2 cJ<?, 2 ¥ ? Tucuman (L. Dinelli).
373. Cerchneis sparverius australis (Ridgw.).
Nehrkom, p. 10 ; Ihering, p. 272.
Nom vulgaire : Halconcito.
5 jnn. Bahia Blanco, 21. vii. 19o2 (S. Venturi, No. 725).
6 ad. Tucuman, 586 m., 25. iii, 1898 (L. Dinelli — ex Venturi).
J ad. Villa Nougues. Tucuman, 1200 m., 15. ix. 19i)l (L. Dinelli, No. 1326).
"Ce Faucon niche dans les hautes berges, en jirofitant des nids abandonnes
des martin-iK-chenrs. Dans les forets du ('hu('o il occupe les nids delaisstis par
les gryiids piverts. Le 20. x. 1905 je tronvai un nid place' dans la fourche d'un
gros arbre sec. La ponte est de 4—5 (enfs blauc jaunatre ou blanc rosac^
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sanpondrtis de taches branes et rouges (jui j)arf()is couvreiit toute la surface.
Dimeusioiis : 29 — 35 x 25 — 28 mm. Cinq tent's (|ue je recueillis le 2U. .\ii. 1902
h Sau Lorenzo snr bi berge du Paraiui etaieiit trts dirterents eutre eu.\ comme
coloration et taille." (S. V.)
PHALACROCORACIDAE.
374. Phalacrocorax vigua (V.).
Nehrkorn, p. •2.'t,5 : Ihering, p. 27.^.
Nom vulgaire : Mbigua.
c? (Josquin, Cordova, IS. viii. 1S82 (E. W. White).
cJ ? Est. S. Martino, Monte, Buenos Aires, Dec 189(')— Jan. 1897 (Paul
Neumann).
c? ? Barraras al Snd, 12. is.. 1899, 23. iii. 1901 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 209, 210).
" Cette espeoe nidifie sur les arbres qui croissent, an bord des flenves et, des
marais dn Chaco." (S. V.)
375. Phalacrocorax albiventer (Less.).
Nehrkorn, p. 23,').
cJ Ushnaia, Tierra del Fuego, 10. ii. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 35).
" J'ai obtenu des ceufs de cette espece de I'ile de ' Ano Nuevo ' ; ils sont
semblables a ceux de P. vigtia, et mesurent 61 x 39 mm." (S. V.)
375. Plotus anhinga L.
Nehrkorn, p. 2.SG : Ihering, p. 27.^.
" II vit et nidifie ii cote du I'lialuciocorax iv'ffua." (S. V.)
ANATIDAE.
377. Cygnus melanocorypha (MoL).
Anas melaiitiirji'ifplia Moliua, Sn(/f)i<i iStiir. Xnf. Chili, p. 207 (1782).
Cygnua niijricollis auct. mult.
Nehrkorn, p. 242 ; Ihering, p. 278.
Nom vufgaire : Cisne.
S ? ad. Barracas al Snd, 27. v. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 112, 113).
'' Le 27. i.x. 1901 j'ai obtenu des oenfs dans nne lagune pres de Junin, province
de Bnenos Aires." (S. V.)
378. Coscoroba coscoroba (Mol.).
Nehrkorn, p. 242 ; Ihering, p. 279.
Nom vulgaire ; Ganso.
Ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, jirovince de Bnenos Aires (Paul Nenmaiui).
<i ad. ? ad. Barracas al Snd, province de Bnenos Aires, 1. iii. 1902, 13. viii.
19U1 («. Venturi, Nos. 102, 103).
" C!ette esp6ce se trouve aussi an ('baco, mais elle n'y est pas si abondante
qu'au sud et a I'ouest de la Repnbliqne Argentine. J'en ai des ocufs qui mesurent
91 X 58 mm.'" (S. V.)
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379. Cairina moschata (L.).
Nehrkorri, p. 242 ; Iheriiig, p. 270.
Xom vulgaire : Pato real.
? Harracas al Slid, o. vi. 19(11 (S. Venturi, No. 104).
"Oil trouve son aid snr les troncs sees des ' ([uelirachos colorados,' aii bord des
marais dp I'interienr du Chaco. U met les jietiU siir son dos (|nand il les pcirte
a IVau." (S. V.)
3><0. Chloephaga magellanica (Gm.).
Xehrkorn, p. 243.
Nora vulgaire : Abutarda.
" Un nid que je troiivai snr le versant d'nne inontag;ne an Lord d'nue fonfaine
i"i nuatre lieties de .Santa Crnz coutenait trois (enfs d'un lilanc rosace. Dimensions:
70 — 78 X 50 — 52 mm." (S. V.)
381. Dendrocygna fulva (Gm.).
Ihering, p. 279.
Xom vulgaire : Pato silbon.
2 ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte (Paul Neumann).
2 c?c?, 1 ? Barracas al Snd, 3. viii. 1900, 13, 17. x. 1902 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 151,
152, 756).
c? ? Barracas al Slid, 2. x. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. 123, 123 a).
" Le 3. xi. 1900 je sortis dn corps d'un exemplairo de cette espece un renf d'un
blanc sale ipie mesnre 53-5 x 42 mm." (S. V.)
382. Dendrocygna viduata (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. 243.
c? ad. Mocovi ((Uiaco), 17. ix. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 836).
383. Anas cristata Gm.
(J ad. Lacuna du Pelado (Tucuman), 5000 m. (S. Ventnri, No. 897).
S ad. Pros du Tuouraan, 1800 m., 15. vi. 1906 (L. Dinelli, No. 4096).
" Un (Buf de cette espece que j'obtins dn lac Nahnel-Hiia])i est jaiinatre et
mesure 62 x 44 mm. Dans le Tucuman Monsieur Bndin a tronv^, an commence-
ment du mois de fevrier, a iin endroit nommd ' las C'umbres Calcha(|uies ' (43ii(i ra.),
snr les bords de la Lagnna Grande, un nid avec six tents derrifere une grande
pierre. II etait tapissfi dedans d'nne quantite considerable de plnmes que la femelle
avait dfi arracber de son abdomen." (S, V.)
384 Querquedula brasiliensis ((im.).
Nehrkorn, p. 245 ; Ihering, p. 280.
S ? Barnicas al Sud, 7. x. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 179, ISO).
" 11 iiiciic dans les grandes lagunes de la jiroviiice de Buenos Aires ainsi (ja'au
('bare. Le 2. i. 1900 je cbassai pres d'Ocampo un canard de cette espece couche snr
son nid : celui-oi contenait six o'ufs jannutres qui mesurent 48 — 50 x 34 — 36 mm."
(S. V.)
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:?So. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vifill.).
Nehrkoni, p. 245 ; Ihering, p. liSK.
? Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. Buenos Aires, 15. i. 1897 (Paul Neumann).
•IS$,\ ? Barracas al Sud, 17. viii. 1899, 26. iii., 20. v. 1901 (S. Venturi,
Nos. 163, 164, le.').
"Snr 12 oenfs couvds d'nne nichee que j"ai tronvee le 17. .xi. 1004 dans les lies
dn Parana (Puerto Ocampo), je ae pus sauver que troi^s, (|ui sent jauuatres et qui
mesurent 48— 48-5 x 38 mm." (%. V.)
386. Querquedula versicolor (Viyill.).
Ihering, p. 280.
Nom vulgaire ; Pato argentino.
3 ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. Buenos Aires (Paul Neumann).
(?? Barracas al Sud, 14. i.K. 1899, 3. vii. lOiil (S. Venturi, Nos. 171, 172).
2 SS, 1 ? Barracas al Sud, viii., i.x;. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
" Deux ceufs de cette espece que j'obtins aupr6s de leurs parents sur les bords
de la lagnna ' Los Parongos,' au sud de Santiago del Estero, le 7. i. 1899, sout
jauniitres et mesurent 48 — 49 x 35 mm." (S. V.)
387. Querquedula flavirostris (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 245.
$ Bahia Blauca (prov. Buenos Aires), 23. x. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 169).
? Barracas al Sud (prov. Buenos Aires), 1. xi. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 170).
388. Querquedula torquata (Vieill.).
(?? Barracas al Sud, 15. x. 1901 (S. Venturi, No.s. 173, 174).
389. Dafila spinicauda (Vieill,).
Nehi'korn, p. 245 ; Ihering, p. 280.
JToDi vulgaire : Pato barcino.
c? J ? ? Est. S. Martino, province de Buenos Aires (Paul Neumann).
(? ? ¥ Barracas al Sud, iv.,ix., vi. (S. Venturi, Nos. 158, 159, 159 a).
S ? Barracas al Sud, 17. vii., 6. x. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
" Le 23. X. lS99 j'ai recueilli, pres de BaLiia Blauca, quatre (euts ([ui sont d'un
bhinc jaunatre et qui mesurent 49 — 53 x 35 — 37 mm." (S. V.)
390. Dafila bahamensis (L.).
(J? Barracas al Sud, 11. iii. 10i)2, lo. vii. Is90 (S. Venturi, Nos, 156, 157).
391. Mareca sibilatrix (Poeppig).
Nehrkorn, p. 244.
c? ? Province de Buenos Aires, 14. viii. 1S98, 21. vii. 1002 (S. Venturi,
Nos. 160, 696).
S ? Magdalena, 26, x. (F. M. Rodriguez).
392. Spatula platalea (Vieill.).
? ? c? ,inv.. Est. S. Martino, Monte, jirov. Buenos Aires, 7. i. Is97 (Paul
Neiuuann).
$ ? ad. Barracas al Sn<l, 31. viii., 10. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi, Nos. 161, 162).
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393. Metopiana peposaca (Vieill.).
N'ehrkora, p. -246 : Ihering, p. 281.
Nom vulgaire : Pato picaso, cresta rosa.
c? ? ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. de Buenos Aires, dec. — ^janvier (Paul
Neumann).
i ? La Soledad, 1. x. lOol (('. B. Brittain, Xos. 41, 42).
(J ? itd. Barracas al Snd, 7, :i]. viii. 19ii3 (F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. 113, 113 a).
cf ad., ? ? Barracas al Slid, 14. ix., 13. x. IS'.IO, 13. vi. lUnl (S. Ventnri,
Nos. 153, 104, 155).
" C'est I'espece la plus abondante et la plus connne. Le 8. i. 1899, k Selva,
et le 13. X. 1900, ;i Barracas al Sud, j'ai retire du corps de femelles deux ceufs
d'un cendre verdatre qui mi^surent 58 — 01 x 43—44 nam." (S. V.)
394. Heteronetta melanocephala (YieilL).
(? Est. S. Martino, Monte, jiroviuce de Buenos Aires, 29. i. 1897 (Paul
Neumann).
t? ? ad. Barracas al 8nd, 26. iii. lOOl (S. Venturi, Nos. 175, 17(5).
395. Erismatura ferruginea Eyton.
c? ad. Chubut, Valle del Lago Blanco, Patagonie, 15. xi. 1900 (Julius
Koslowsky).
Cette localiic i)arait tro-s intt^ressante. Le comte Salvadori, dans le Cat. B.
Brit. Mas. xxvii. p. 449, doniie comme aire de dispersion de cette espfece
" Bolivia and Peru."
396. Erismatura vittata I'hil.
Nehrkorii, p. 247.
i ad. Coronel Dorrego (Buenos Aires), 20. x. 1899 (S. Veuturi, No. 166).
i jnv. Barracas al Sud, 18. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 168).
? Roca (Rio Negro), 23. x. 1»99 (S Venturi, No. 167).
Nom vulgaire : Pato zambullidor. (S. V.)
397. Merganetta berlepschi spec. nov.
S ad. Speciei Merganetta turneri dictae similis, sed differt plumarum dorsalium
scapulariumque raarginibns lateral! bus albescentibns, nee rufescenti-brunneis,
anchenio albo griseoqne mixto, nee pure nigro, snbcaudalibus magis l)rnnnescentibns,
rostro paullo longiore. A!. 185 ; caiid. 125 ; tars. 40 ; culm. 42 mm.
Typns : i prcs de Tncumau, 1800 m., 13. vi. 1906 (L. Dinelli, No. 4089).
Cette forme nonvelle est trfes differente de Merganetta garleppi Berl. (cf.
Cat. B. Brit. Miis. xxvii. j). 460), et su rapprOL-he plutot de M. turneri dn P^rou,
mais le male en difffere par los bordures des plumes dorsales et des scapulaires
plus on moins blanches, et par les autres caract6res indiques dans la diagnose.
La iemelle est presque identique k celle de M. turneri, seulernent le bee est un
pen jiJus long. Elle ne presente pas non plus de difference avec la femelle de
M. garleppi, pourtant il est a nnter que les femelles de ces trois espies sont plus
p4le> eii-dessons quf celle de M. armata.
Probablement toutes les " espSces " de Merganetta sont des formes repre-
sentatives, mais, comme leur distribution n'est pas encore bien connue, il faut les
regarder comme des espfeces propres. Nous n'avons que deux cxcniplaires de
Merganetta berlepschi.
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S ad. pres de Tncuman, I8LMI m., 13. vi. 190(i ^type) (L. Dinelli, \o. 4089).
(" Ojos negros ; jiico Colorado naninjado : tiirso moradii pnrpureo.")
? ad. Rio Norco, province de Tiicuraau, 23. v. 1905 (E. Budiu). (" Lt. 44-UO ;
ala lo-50 ; cola 12'60. Ojo castaiio osciiro.")
398. Nomonyx dominica (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. "247 : Ihering, p. 2S1.
Nom vulgaire : Pato fierro.
? ? Barracas al Sad, 6. vi., 3. ix. 19U1 (S. Veatnri, Nos. 177, 17'S).
" Le 18. ix. 1903 je trouvai dans line lagiine d'Ocainpo un nid de ce cuuard
avec qiiatre oeufs frais qui sout d'liii blaiic januatre et qui mesurent 50 — 51 x
37—39 mm." (S. V.)
PHOENICOPTJ]RIDAE.
399. Phoenicopterus chilensis Mol.
Xehrkorn, p. 241 ; Ihering, p. 277.
Noms vulgaires : Flamenco ; Penitente.
1 ad. Salado, Argentina, 29. vi. 1888.
<J ? (?) Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. de jBnenos Aires, ddcembre — ^^janvier
1897 (Paul Neumann).
? Barracas al Snd, 24. vii, 1901 (S. Ventnri, No. Htfi).
" De cette espece, ainsi que de V Ajaja "jaja, j'ai trouve une qnantite de
nids avec de petits, a la Mar Chiqnita (Cordoba), et dans les Saladillos (Santiago
del Estero), an mois de Janvier 1899." (S. V.)
PALAMEDEIDAE.
4011. Chauna cristata (Swains.).
Xehrkorn, p. 241 ; Ihering, p. 278.
Nom vulgaire : Ghaja
r? La Plata (Buenos Aires), 18. .\i. 1882 (B. W. White).
f? ? Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. de Buenos Aires, 14, 15. i. 1897 (Paul
Neumann, Nos. 115, 116).
? La Soledad, 22. i. 1899 (C. B. Brittaiu).
? Barracas al Sud, 22. x. 1903 (F. M. I{«driguez, No. loOj.
S ? Barracas al Sud, 11. .k. 190,1 (S. Venturi, Nos. lo8, 109).
" Le Chaja fait son nid enorme an milieu du ' Camalatal,' loin des rives. Les
cent's sent d'un blauc jaunatre sale. Les divers oeufs que j'ai recueillis mesurent
77—87 X 54 — 57 mm. An Chaco, le Chaja est la sentinelle avanede des ' Tolderias '
des ludiens." (S. V.)
ARDEIDAE.
401. Ardea cocoi L.
Ihering, p. 274.
Xom vulgaire : Garza mora.
(? Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. de Buenos Aires, 17. i. 1897 (Paul Neumann,
No. 111).
S ? Barracas al Snd, 21. .v. lOul, 10. viii. 1002 (S. Venturi, Nos. Inl, 738).
" A Ceres, au nord de Santa Fe, j'ai tronve nu nid fait dans un Cerens
(' Cardon ') pUxnte comme defense au bord d'une cloture en fil de fer et a pen de
distance des maisons. Compose de branches h 1 ra. 50 cm. dn sol, le nid coateuait
deu.x petits. 11 n'y avait ni lagunes ni marais dans le voisinage." (S. V.)
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4n2. Leucophoyx candidissima (Gm.)-
Nom vulgaire : Jlirasol.
3 ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, proviuci' de Buenos Aires, dec.^anvier (Paul
Nenmaiin).
? ad. Barracas al Sud, 22. ix. lODl (S. Venturi, No. 1).
" Autrefois si abondant, ce heron est aujourd'imi tres rare. Ainsi que I'espece
suivante, ii se retire, au printemps, aux ' garzales ' : eudroits paisihles de I'interieiir
on lies du Parana, oil ces oiseanx se rennisseut par inilliers pour nidifier." (S. V.)
4u3. Herodias egretta (Wilson).
Xehrkorn. p. 274 : Ihering, p. 274.
Nom vulgaire : Garza blanca.
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 23. xii. 190U, IT. viii. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. 4, 470).
"Oelle-ci et I'espece precedente tapisseiit leuv nid interieurement de longnes
plumes qui leur croissent ii I'epoque des amours et qu'elles s'arrachent elles-memes.
Cette particularite est biea coanue des chasseurs de herons, mais les plumes ainsi
obteuues n'ont que pen de valeur." (S. V.)
404. Nycticorax tayazu-guira (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 231 ; Ihering, p. 274.
Xoms vulgaires : Bruja ; PSjaro yagua.
i ? ad. La Soledad, G. xii. 19U1 ((_'. B. Brittain, Nos. I07, 109).
2 (?(J ad., 2 ? ? juv. Barracas al Sud, 11, 17. x. 1899 (S. Venturi, Nos. 0, 7,
8, 9).
" Ce heron se reunit anx aufres esjteces jioiir nidifier. Les teufs sont d'nii
verdatre pale. Deux reufs de ma collection mesurent .54 x 34 ram." (8. V.)
400. Syrigma cyanocephala (Vieill.). (PI. IIL Fig. 14.)
[S'/r/c/ma sibilatrix (Temm.).]
Nom vulgaire : Chiflon.
2 SS .ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 18. ix., 7. x. 1903 (S. V'enturi, Nos. 5, 851).
" Cette esp^ce de flute vivante nidifie comme les colombes, c'est-it-dire elle
r6unit quelques branchettes croisees sur utie branche d'arbre liorizontale a
o — fi metres de hauteur. La I'emelle pond quatre rent's que I'on voit au travers
ilii nid, d'un bleu clair et converts de petites taches violacdes et brunes. Dimen-
sions : 48—49 X 35 mm." (S. V.)
«
406. Butorides striata (L.).
Nehrkorn, p. 2ol ; Ihering, p. 275.
Nom vnlgaire : Garcita.
2 t?f? La Soledad. 19. ii. 1890, 29. xii. 1901 (C. B. Brittain, Nos 129, 129a).
c? ? ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, province de Buenos .'^ires, 11, 12. i. 1897
(Panl Neumann, Nos. 10, 98).
? ad., c?.jnv. Barracas al Sud, 2. ii. 1901, 0. x. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 13, 14).
? ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 27. ix. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 835).
" Espfece commune (pii, a Barracas al Sud, niche sur les arbres f'ruitiers des
jardins et, an Chaco, anr les arbres des bords des marais. Elle pond ([Uiitro oeuf's
d'uQ bleu verdatre pale qni mesurent 35 — 41 x 26-5 — 30-5 mm." (S. V.)
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407. Ardetta involiicris (VieilL). (PI. III. Fig. 5.)
Nehrkorn, p. 232 ; Ihering, p. 275.
Nom vulgaire : Garcita.
<?c? ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, province de Bnenos Aires, 27. xii. 1896 (Paul
Neumann).
? ad. Lngnna de Malviuas, Tucninan, :38(_i m., .M. iii. 19t(2 (L. Dinelli, No. 720).
cJ ad. Barrauas al Sud, 31. ix. 1903 (F. M. Kodriguez, No. 88).
? ad. Barracas al Sud, 23. xi. 1898 (S. Venturi, No. 3).
? ad. San Vicente (province de Buenos Aire.s), 13. xii. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. 2).
" J'ai truuvd des nids de cetre espece a Barracas al Sud ainsi qu'au Chaco.
La femelle pond sur quelqnes morceaux de jouc presque a fleur d'eau. Lea deux
oeufs sont d'nn vert clair, qui change en jaunatre avec le temps. Dimensions :
33—35 X 23o— 25 mm." (S. V.)
40S. Tigrisoma marmorata (\ieill.). (PI. ill. Fig. 13.)
Nom vulgaire : Oku : Garza Colorado.
c? ad. Barracas al Sud, 14. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 10).
Cat exemplaire ne s'accorde pas avec la description de Salvadori (Cat. B. Brit.
Mas. xxvi. p. 196). II est tres grand — aile 345 mm. — mais les vermiculations du
dos et des axillaires ne sont pas plus fines que dans les exemplaires du nord ; il }' a
une ligne de plumes sous les yeux. Je ue crois pas que les formes de Tigrisoma
soient bien comjirises i'l [iresent.
" Oiseau tres conuu par son cliaut, qui ressemble au mugissement d'un gros
veau. Je Tai cliasse plusieurs ibis au bord des ruisseaux de Barracas al Sud, et
il n'est pas rare au Chaco. II nidifie a Pextremite des hautes branches, tant en
pleiue ibret et loin de I'eau que sur les arbres qui croissent au bord des ruisseaux.
Le nid, fait avec des branches et de la paille, contient deux ceufs d'un bleu clair,
saupoudres de petites taches violacees et brunes, snuvent presque invisibles.
Dimensions : 67 — 61 x 42—45 mm." (S. V.)
409. Botaurus pinnata (VVagl.).
Nom vulgaire ; Okd.
c? ? ad. Barracas al Sud, 18. v., 14. vi. 190l (S. Venturi, Nos. 11, 12).
(J ad. Mocovl (Chaco), 2. x. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 850).
" Je n'.ai jm obtenir d' ceufs de cette espece, (]ui n'est pas rare dans le^ joncs de
Barracas al Sud et du Chaco." (S. V.)
CICONIIDAE.
410. Tantalus americana (L.).
Mjirtiria amurkaiin Linnaeus, Si/st. Xat. x. i. p llU(17.'iS — Br.usilia) ; cf. Hellmayr, ffec. HpU.
Tijp. (AMi^ Ijuf/ei: A/c. .\xii. 3) p. 7I(».
Tantalus locuhilnr Linnaeus, Siist. Nat, x. i. p. 240 (1706 — Amerique merid.), et auctorum !
Nehrkorn, p. 21)4 ; Ihering, p. 27(5.
Nom vulgaire : Tuynyii ou Hablador.
i ? Barracas al Sud, 21. xi., 1 xii. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 105, 107).
" Cette espece est commune dans les raarais, oil elle arrive au printem])s.
Les Indiens m'ont toujours assured qu'elle nichait dans les marais, mais ils la
confondent, peut-etre, avec I'espfece snivaute." (S. V.)
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411. Ciconia maguari (Gm.).
Ardea Maguori Gmelin. Siisl. .Xnt. i. 2. p. i)23 (1789 — "in America, praesertim Brasilia "^ex
Brisson).
Eiij-eiiura moffunri {\) Sharpe, Cirt. B. Brit, .l/i/,s. .x.vvi. p. 297.
Ihering, p. '216.
Xom vulgaire : Ciguena.
cJ ? ad. BaiTiicas al Snd, ;i, In. viii. lliOl ( S. Veiituri, Nos. lln. 111).
41-,'. Mycteria mycteria (Liclit.).
(Mycteria americana auctorum. non Linnaeus 175^ 1 Cf. supra : Tunlalun iimerhuui'i).
Ciconia nit/rtei'ia Lichtenstein, IVr:. Douhl. Samml. Berlin p. 76 (1823 — Sao Paulo. Cf. Hellmayr.
Rev. Sptx Typ. p. 711).
Ihering, p. 276.
Xom vulgaire : Tuyuyii coral.
" An Chaco cet oisean niche snr les ' Qnelirachos colorados ' les jilns Hants.
Pour trouver le nid, il fant se fixer a la direction de son vol qnand il emporte
du materiel de coustruction, car I'arbre eln est parfois k plnsienrs kilometres dans
la foret. Un nid que je tronvai le 10. x. 1904 fut 20 metres an-dessns dn sol et
contenait un seul a'uf d'un blanc sale nn pen plus gros que celni du c^'gue. II
('■tait tres volumineu,\, et forme de grosses branches, de bone et de pailie." (S. V.)
PLATALEIDAE.
413. Ajaja ajaja (L.).
Nona vulgaire : Espatula.
(? ad. Barracas al Snd, 21. .x. 1901 (S. Ventnri, No. 25).
? ad. San Vicente, province de Buenos Aires, 21. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 19).
IBIDIDAH
414. Molybdophanes caerulescens (Vieill.).
Xom vulgaire : Banduria mora.
(? ? ad. Barracas al Snd, 22. v., 1. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 17, 18).
415. Plegadis falcinellus guarauna (L.).
Nom vulgaire : Cuervo.
cJ ad., c? juv., ? juv. Barracas ;il Siul, 31. x., lu, IT. ii. 1901 (S. Venturi,
Xos. 20, 22, 26).
d juv., ? ad. Laguna de Malvinas. 380 mfetres, Tncumau, 23, 31. iii. 1902
(L. Dinelli, Nos. 1716, 1721).
41(1. Phimosus nudifrons azarae Berl. & Hart.
Phimasus azarae Berl. & Hrirt., Nor. /Cuui , l;iu2. p. 12:i (Paragu:iy & Argentina).
Nom vulgaire : Cuerbo.
(?<J ad., ? jnu. Barracas al Sud, 28. xii. 1900, 7. iii., 31. x. 19(il (S. Ventnri,
Nos. 23, 24, 27).
E.st. S. Martiuo, Monte, Buenos Aires (Paul Neumann).
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CARIAMIDAE.
417. Cariama cristata (L.).
Xom vulgaire ; Chuiia de patas coloradas.
" Get oiseaa si commiin dans les plaiues du nord de la Repnblique Argentine
se trouve aassi sur les montagnes jusqn'k uae altitude de 20iJ0 m. II nidifie sur
de grosses branches d'arbres, et au milieu da aid il i'ait, provision d'nne gninde
<|uautite d'ordures qui servent de lit aux unit's. La ponte est de deux anit's blancs,
opaques, saupoudres de quelques taches de couleur cannelle fence et d'antres d'un
brun tres pale. On trouve des ceufs frais au commencement dn mois dc dccemljre.
Dimensions : 62 x 46 mm." (S. V.)
418. Chunga burmeisteri (Hartl.).
Noms Tulgaires : Chuiia negra : Chuiia.
? ad. Tapia (Tucuman), 700 m., 12. ix. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 755).
cT Rioja, 1. xi. 1895 (Alberto Carreras).
? Salta, 800 m., 30. v. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 3539).
" Le ' Chuna negra' a les memes coutnmes que le Cariama cristata, mais on
ne le trouve pas sur les montagnes dlevees. La ponte est de 2 oeufs rougeatres
avec de grandes taches ferrugineux fonce, plus denses au pole obtus. Dimensions :
52 X 46 mm. La fin dn mois de decembre est I'epoqne favorable pour la recolte
des a'ufs frais. Tant pour cette espece que pour la pr^c(5dente il est tres difficile
de faire abaudonner le nid k la femelle qui couve." (S. V.)
ARAMIDAE.
419. Aramus scolopaceus scolopaceus Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 206 ; Ihering, p. 288.
Noms vulgaires : Carau, Cario.
cJ? ad. Est. S. Martino, Monte, pmv. de Buenos Aires, 1, 29. i. 1897 (Paul
Neumann, Nos. 21, 303).
S Barracas al Sud, 25. v. 19nl (S. Venturi, No. 15).
? San Vicente, prov. de Buenos Airrs, 13. \ii. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. Itij.
" Get oiseau nidifie au bord des marais et des lagunes, tant dans les ' Ponrr^s '
des hautes herbes, qu'il brise et entrelace, que sur les arbres voisins. Dans ce dernier
cas le nid est fait avec des ' camalotes ' et des herbes qui forraent une masse
grosse et compacte. II contient de 5 a 7 teufs d'un jaune cendre avec des taches
violacees et brunes peu apparentes, parfois r^unies au pole obtus ; d'antres exem-
plaires ont des lignes en zigzag sur toute on partie de la surface. Les dimensions
des cinquante et (pielques cent's que jai recueillis varieut entre 59 x 43 et
71 X 47 mm. Au Bresil cette espece parait pondre des ceufs plus petits. Au
Ghaco on trouve des ojufs du ' caran ' pendant tonte I'anuee, excepte a I'^poque
de s^cheresse ; les cent's d'6te et d'automne sont generalemenr plus gros que ceux
de printemps." (S. V.)
PARRIDAE.
420. Parra jacana L.
Nehrkoin, p. 211 ; Ihering, p. 289.
Nom vulgaire : Gallito.
c? ad. La Soledad, 18. xii. 1898 (G. P.. Brittain).
(J ad. San Vicente, prov. de Buenos Aires, 13. xii. 1900 (S. Venturi, No. 637).
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? ad. Saladillos, prov. S. Estei-o, 1-4. xii. 19i)ii (S. Veiitnri, No. fiSS^).
" Eiiler a tres bieu decrit le iiid et les oenfs de cette.espece. Leg dimeusioas
d'liue s6rie dans ma collection souf L's — 3i; x "^1 — 23 mm.", (S. V.)
CHARADRIIDAE.
4','1. Ptiloscelis resplendens (Tsch.).
(?t? ad. Laiiiiiias (iniudes, pres de Tiiciimaii, 4500 m., o. ii. I'.m:',, Laniu,
Tucuman, 4000 m., Iv!. ii. l',lo3 (S. Veotiiri, Xos. SO',', 803).
cf ad. Los Cienegas,Tacumau,::i500 m., 23. ii. 1903 (L. Diiielli, No. lOTCi).
"En fevrier 1903, Monsieur Diuelli trouva uo nid de cette espece a 4400 m.
d'altitnde dans les montagnes de Tucnman : il }• avait 4 ceul's brises par snite d'une
forte grele. Le nid 6tait a deconvtrt daus une simple depression du sol ; les ojiifs
piriformes etaieut d'nne couleur gris olivatre et fort taches de brun et de cauuelle
fence." (S. V.)
422. Belonopterus cayennensis (Gm.j.
Nehrkorn, p. 218 ; Ihering, p. L".H).
Xom vulgaire ; Teru-tero.
cJ ? Barracas al Sud, 14. ix. 1898 (S. V., Nos. 585, 590).
" Les dimensions des cenfs varient entre 45 — 48 x 32—34 mm." (8. V.)
423. Belonopterus chilensis (Molina).
(J ad. Chnlmt, Valle de Lago Blanco, Patagonie, 2. ix. 1901 (J. Koslowsky).
? ad. Uarpintevia (S. Juan), 7. iii. 19o2 (S. Ventnri, No. 691).
Je crois qu'on ponrrait regarder cette forme comme sons-espece de B. caijen-
nensis.
424. Oreophilus ruficollis (Wagl.).
Nom vulgaire ; Cborlo cabezon.
S^ ad. Barr;i.cas al Snd, 7. iv. 1899, 10. vi. 1901 (S, Ventnri, Nos. 598, .509).
d ad. Barraras al 8nd, 14. v. 19o3 (S. Ventnri, No. lo4).
? ad. Chubut, Valle del Lagu Blanco, Patagonie, 25. xi. loiil (.J. Koslowsky).
425. Zonibyx modestus (Licht.).
Charadriu^ modestu.'i Lichtenstein. t'erc. Dunhl. Bfrli/i p. 71 (Montevideo).
Xom vulgaire : Chi>rlii caiielj.
cJcJ ad. Barracas al Snd, 27. ix. Is90, 1.5. viii. 1902 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 591, (ilS).
¥ jnv. Ushnaia, Tierra del Fnego, 20. ii. 1898 (8. Ventnri, No. 40).
426. Haematopus palliatus Tcmm.
Nehrkorn, p. 212 ; Ihering. p. 21iO.
'' J'ai tronvd les ten Is de cette espece sur les dunes des cotes de I'Atlantiqne
pres de Mar Cliiqnita (Bncnos Aires)." (S. V.)
427. Aegialitis collaris (Vieili.).
Nehrkorn, p. 215 ; Ihering, p. 290.
Notn.s vulgaires : Chorlo, Chorlito.
cJ Barracas al Sud, 10. xi. 1S9S (S. Ventnri. No. .595).
<S ? pres de Tucuman, 456 m., 12, 26. iv. 1899. L. Diuelli coll.
" Le femelle pond ses leufs snr les sables des bords dn Parana et des lagunes
de I'interieur. Dimensions des ceufs : 28—30 x 21—22 mm." (S. V.)
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428. Aegialitis falklandicus (Lafh.j.
"?" ad., S jiiii. Hai7acas al Siul, 1:5. ii. lOUl (S. Veutiiri, Nos. 593, ."i'.M).
"?" ad. liiillia Blaiica, 8. x. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 592).
? jnv. Barracas al Sud, 10. vi. 1903 (F. M. Kodnguez).
429. Charadrius dominiciis dominicus P. L. S. Miill.
Nom vulgaire : Chorlo pampa.
? ? Barracas al Siul, 25. x. 1898, 14. xi. 19ill (W. Venturi, Nos. 587, 589).
43(1. Tringa canutus L.
? ad. Barracas al Slid, 1. xi. 19ill (S. Venturi, No. 015).
431. Heteropygia maculata (Vieill).
cJ ? ¥ Barracas al Sud, 11. ii. l9Ul (S. Veuturi, Nos. (JKi, <)17, 025).
432. Heteropygia fuscicoUis (Vieill.).
Xom vulgaire : Carachilla.
c? ? Barracas al Sud, 10. v. 19(11, Id. ix. 19(i2 (S. Venturi, Nos. 028, 739).
? Mocovi (Oiiaco), 18. i. 1904 (S. Venturi, No. 992).
433. Bartramia longicauda (Beclist.).
Nom vulgaire : Batiti'i.
cj Est. Wilde, province de Buenos Aires, 30. ku. 1900 (S. Veuturi, No. OdO).
? Barracas al Sud, 20. xii. 19U1 (S. Venturi, No. 601).
434. Calidris arenaria (L).
(? ad. San Vicente, province de Buenos Aires, 1. i. 1'.miO(S. Venturi, No. 014),
435. Tringites subruficollis (Vieill.).
? ad. Barracas al Sud, 14. vi. 1899 (!) (S. Venturi, No. 0(10).
436. Steganopus tricolor ( Vieill. j.
(/'//alnrop/is nihoni Sabine et auct. mult.).
S ? Barracas al Sud, 7. x. 1901, 13. i.v. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. 6o5, 740).
437. Helodromas solitaria solitaria (Wilson).
Nom vulgaire : Chorlo.
(J?¥ Barracas al Sud, 4. x. 1900, 11. i. 1901, 23. iii. 1902 (S. Venturi,
Nos. 129, 608, 009).
438. Tetanus flavipes ((im.i.
Nom vulgaire : Pata amarilla
S ? Barracas al Snd, 14. xi. 1898, 2. i. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. ClO, Oil).
¥ Lagnua de Malvinas, Tncuinan, 380 m., 24. iii. 1902 (L. Dinelli, No. 1718).
¥ Est. S. Martino, Monte, jirov. de Buenos Aires, 11. i. IS97 (Paul Neumann).
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4:3'.i. Totanus melanoleucus ((im.).
Xom vnlgiiire : Choiio real.
cJ ? Barrac-as al Snd, 5. vi., 25. xi. I'.iiil (S. Ventnri, Nos. 612, OKi).
? Lasjniia fie Malvinas, 38u ni., Tmnnian, 31. iii. 1902 (L. Diuelli, No. 1722).
44U. Gallinago paragiiaiae ( Vieill.).
[GalUiiago parar/iKiiai- Vieillot. ISKi, et (i . freiiulu Fjichteustein, 1823, ne soiit pas diffi'rents. Cf.
Berlepsch, Jnurn. f. Urn. 1887. p. .SO.— E. H.]
Xehrkorn, p, 214 : Ihering, p. 292.
Xom viilgaire : Becasina.
SS'i ad. Barracas al Snd, 10. x. IS'.J'.i, 11. x. lOiMi, 11. iii. l!li)l (S. Vciitiiri,
Nos. 621, 622, 623).
c?c? ad. Barracas al Snd, 16, 21. vii. 19n3 ( F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. 114, 114a).
Pnllns : Barracas al Snd, 2. xi. lOdl fS. Ventnri, No. 619).
cJ ? ad. Lagnua de Malviuas, Tncumau, 38ii m., 22. iii. 1902 (L. Diaelli,
Nos. 1705, 1712).
" J'ai trouve les nids de cette Wcassiii" dans les marais dc Barracas al Snd
et dn (,'haco, depnis le mois d'octobre jiisqn'eii mars. Dimeiisious de sept leiifs
;57-5— 42 X 27—30 mm." (S. V.)
441. Himantopus melanurus Vieill.
Nom Tulgaire : Tero real.
? Est. S. Martiuo, Monte, province de Bneuos Aires, 27. xii. 1897 (Paul
Neumann).
S ? Barracas al Snd, 14. viii. 1899, 19. xi. 1901 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 584, 586).
S ¥ Rio Sali, Tncnman, 450 m., 17. v. IQOl (L. Dinelli, Nos. 1173, 1174).
" Un uid que je trouvai prfes de Bahia Blanca le 23. x. 1899 contenait quatre
cent's qui ne sont pas tons piriformes. Dimensions: 42'5 — 43 x 3r5mm." (S. V.)
442. Eostratula semicoUaris (Vieill.).
Xehrkorn, p. 218 ; Ihering. p. 2',13.
Nom vulgaire : Agachona.
i ? Barracas al Snd, 17. ix. 1899, 23. vi. 1900 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 620, 624).
(J (J 2 Laguna de Malvinas, Tncnman, 380 ra., 22. iii., 25. iv. 1902 (L. Dinelli,
Nos. 1704, 1708, 1726).
" Mceurs et nidification conime cliez GuUinyn /ki ray tut inf. La femelle pond
2 cenfs de 34—37 x 23—24-5 mm." (S. V.)
THINOCORYTHIDAE.
443. Thinocorus orbignyanus (ieofl'r. & Less.
c??('orro Parallon et Lagnna alta, Tncnman, 4500 m., 6, 14. ii. 19(»3
(S. Ventnri, Nos. 894, 935).
c? Cnmbre calcba(inies, Tncnman, 4700 m., 7. ii. 191)3 (L. Dinelli, No. 1912).
" Monsieur 15ndin a tnuivc nn nid de cette esp^ce an mois de Janvier, ii 4300 m.
d'altitnde, ii la Cnmbre calcbaquies, Tncnman. Le nid (5tait fait dans nn ])ctit trou
dn sol, ])eut-etre naturel. Les 3 lents piriformes etaient d'nn cendre olivutre
saupoudres de petites taclies brunes et caunelle fonce." (8. V.)
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444. Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschsch.
Nom vulgaire : Cliorlo agacbou.
(?(? ? Barraoas al Siid, 3. xii. 1899, 4. vi. Ifiol (S. Veiitiiri, Nos. (>0-^, <;i)3, 004),
(J ad. C'lmbut, Valle del Lao^o BiaiK'o. Patagonia, 2~. ix. lyol (Julius
Koslowsky).
LARIDAE.
44.">. Phaethusa magnirostris (Liclit.).
Nehrkorn, p. 220 ; Ilierinsr, p. 293.
Xom vulgaire : Martin pescador ou Gaviota.
t? Bavracas al Sud, 16. xi. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 758).
c? San Vicente (Clhaco), 30. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 902).
¥ Puerto Ocampo, 27. ix. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 837).
" Cette esjjece abonde non seulement a Buenos Aires, inais aussi dans tout Ic
Rio Parana et ses affluents ; on la trouve 6galement dans les grandes lagunes de
I'interieur (Mar Uhiqnita : Cordoba). J'ai decouvert, le 15. ix. 19o3, beaucoup de
nids snr les bancs de sable en i'ace de Bella Vista (Gorrientes), on elle pond au
milieu d'autres esjieces d'liirondelles de mer. Les oeufs, dont il y avait deux ou trois,
sont jaunatres ou cendres, avec de grandes taches cendre Ibnce et snr celles-ci
d'autres plus petites d'un brun-rouye. Dimensions: 40 — 51 '5 x 35 — 37 mm."
(S. V.)
440. Gelochelidon anglica (Mont.).
(? ad., ¥ ad. Barracas al Sud, 18. ix. 1904 (S. Ventnri, Nos. Inll, 1012).
c? juv. Barracas al Sud, lo. ii. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 788).
447. Sterna hirundinacea Less.
Nehrkorn, p. 220 ; Ihering, p. 293.
Noms vulgaires ; Gaviotin, Gabiotin, Golondrina de mar.
"J'ai trouve ses nids dans I'ile Leones ii rembonchure du Rio Santa Crnz, et
j'ai reou des tfnfs pris dans les iles Orcades du Sud. lis sont d'un vert jaunatre,
tacbetes de brun et noir, et mesurent 43 — 44 x 33 mm." (S. V.)
448. Sterna trudeauii Andub.
(?c? ¥ ad. Barracas al Sud, 30. ix. 1899, 2. vi. 1901, 3. xii. 1902 (S. Veuturi,
Nos. 633, 634, 706).
cJ ¥ Barracas al Sud, ix. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. 44, 44a).
J' Est. S. Martino, Monte, prov. de Buenos Aires, 2. i. 1897 (Paul Neumann).
449. Sterna superciliaris Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 222 ; Ihering, p. 294.
Nom vulgaire ; Gaviotin (C'est le nom de toutes les hirondelles de mer).
(S ¥ ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 9. xi. 1903 (S. Venturi, Nos. 912, 913).
(? Barracas al Sud, 10. xi. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 759).
"Au mois de septembre 1903 je trouvai les nids de cette espece sur les bancs de
sable du Rio i'aranii, en face de Bella Vista. Dimensions : 30 — 44x24 — 25 mm."
(S. V.)
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450. Rhynchops nigra cinerascens (Spix).
Cf. Xiiv. X'xiL 1902. p. l.'i'i : Hellaia3T, Riv. Sjj/x'a Tt/pen, p. 71fj (Rhijnrhojiy nulitniini luictrjrudi).
Nehrkorn, p. 22! ; Ihering. p. 2',I4,
Xom vulgaire : Rayador.
dS&d. San Vicente et Rio Amores (Ohaeo), 11. xi. 1903 (S. Ventnri,
Nos. 915, 91(i).
Ces exemplaires sont typiqnes, les couvertnres inferienres des ailes ^tant
fonoees, et les rectrices noinitres avec d'etroites bordiii'es lilanclifitres. Ailes 355
et 373, mandibule inferienre 00 mm.
" Le Bec-en-ciseaux nidifie anx memes endroits que le Plinefasa mntimroxfrix
et a la meme lipoque. Les trois cenl's sont d'une coloration tres varial)le en ce (pii
concerne les taches. Dimensions : 4'5 — 46'0 x 30 — 34 mm." (.S. V.)
451. Rhynchops intercedens Saimd.
Cf. Cul. B. Bril. MuK xxv. p. 156 ; Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. l'J08. p. 102.
Ad. Est. 8. Martino, Monte, prov. de Bnenos Aires, 1897 (Panl Neumann).
S ? Avellaneda, 16, 17. xii. 1904 (F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. 273, 273a).
Ces deax exemplaires sont adultes. Les couvertnres inftirieures des ailes sont
blanches, les rectrices laterales blanches, seulemeut les tiges et nne ombre dn
cote interne des barbes sont obscures. Le male est beancoup ])lus grand que la
femelle : aile 412, mandibule inferienre 125, sujK'rieure lOn (aile de la femelie 380,
mandibnle inferienre endommagee, superieure 75 mm.). Les exemplaires de Goyaz
mentionn^s par Monsieur Hellmayr {Nov. Zool. 1908. p. 102) ont les couvertnres
inferienres des ailes teint(5es de brunatre. lis sont aussi plus petits : S , aile 393,
mandibule superieure 82, inferienre 90 mm.
452. Larus cirrhocephalus Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 223 ; Ihering, p. 295.
Nom vulg.aire : Gaviota.
S ? jnn. Barracas al Sud, 22. xi. 1900, 25. iii. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 029, fi35).
453. Larus maculipennis Licht.
Nehrkorn, p. 22S ; Ihering, p. 295.
Nom vulgaire : Gaviota.
cJ? ad. Barracas al Sud, 4. x. 1899, 26. vi. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 630, 031).
tJ fere ad. Rio Sali, Tucuman, 450 m., 22. vi. 1901 (L. Uinelli, No. 1107).
c? fere ad., ? ad. (veste hiem.) Barracas al Sud, 16, 26. v. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez,
Nos. 107, 107a).
"Aumois de novembre 1896 j'ai tronv^ iilusieurs nids de cette espece et de
la precedente dans les immenses marais voisins de Bahia Blanca. Je recueillis
les (eufs, mais n'ayant pu me procurer d'oiseanx, je ne suis pas en etat de les
attribuer ii I'une on I'autre espece." (S. V.)
454. Larus dominicanus Licht.
Nehrkorn, p. 224 ; Ihering. p. 29.').
Nom vulgaire : Gaviota.
cJfere ad., cj ? jnv. Barracas al Sud, 21. viii. 1899, 8. i. 1903, 17. i. 1904
(S. Venturi, Nos. 632, 636, 1018).
" Le 17. xi. 1900 j'obtins j)res d'Ajo, uu bord de rAtlaMtic|ue, \\n nid avec deux
oeufs de cette mouette. Dimensions : 07 x 49 et 77 x 5o-5 mm." (S. V.)
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STEUCOKAUIIDAE.
455. Megalestris chilensis Bp.
c? Bai-racas al Siul, 18. ix. I'.iol (>^. Veuturi, No. lOKl)-
TUBINARES.
45('). Diomedea melanophrys Temiu.
Nehrkorn, p. '228 ; Ihering, p. 2'J6.
"Nidifie egalenient k I'llt; des Etats (Stateu Island). Uu ufnf qne j'ai obteiin
de lii, pris le 4. xii. 19i)2, est blanc avec (]n(il(iues taches rosacees d'innom-
brables points violacc-lbnci' plus uumbreux a la partie posterieuve. Uimensioiis :
103 X G6 lum." (8. V.)
457. Daption capensis (L.).
"Presque toutes les aunees ou chasse (jiielipies exemplaires de cette espece a
Barracas al Suil. Uii ceiif (pie j'ai reru des ilea Orcades (South Orkney Islands)
comme apparteuant a J>. capensis est blanc et mesure 0U"3 x 43-5 mm." (S. V.)
Monsieur Nehrkorn, Kutalog der Eiersammlung , p. 227, No. 3189, donne les
mesnres d'nn ceuf corame 3.S x 30 mm., et comme locality La Nouvelle-Zelaude —
sans antorite ! Nous avons dans la collection a Tring trois autres oeufs de cette
espcce : deux pris aux iles Orcades par Monsieur R. C. Moseman, qni mesnrent
01-4 x 4U'5 et 59'6 x 4r4, et nn autre trouvii aux iles Crozet par Monsieur Koren,
qui mesure 63'3 x 43 mm. II eat done evident que celui ducrit par Monsieur
Nehrkorn ne ]ieut pas etre I'leuf de Ikij/tion capciiais. U'ailleurs Daption capensis
ue nidiiie pas dans hi Nouvelle-Zelande.
PYGOPODES.
468. Aechmophorus major (Bodd.).
Ihering, p. i%.
Nom vulgaire : Maci.
cJ ? ad. Barracas al Sud, 17, ix. 1000 ; <S juv. Barracas al 8ud, 3. vii, 1901
(S. Veuturi, Nos. 646, 645, 643).
"Aux mois d'aoftt et septembre il niche an Chaco en faisant son nid sur les
' camalotcs.' Les ceufs sont Verdatrc ciair." (S. V.)
459. Colymbus americanus (Garnot).
I'lidiei'jis amcricuniis Qaruot, Vi'i/. Oiquille, Zuul, i, p. ij'j9 (1826 — Chili, Bru'nil) ; Podicqig rollundi,
auct. mult. : errore I
Nom vulgaire : Chuniuco.
c? La Soledad, 4. iii. 1902 ((J. Brittaiu, No. 169).
cJ ad. Ignacio Correos, province de Buenos Aires, 5. is. 1898 (S. Veuturi,
No. 644).
(^, ¥, (J juv. Barracas al .Sud, 23. xii. 1900, 6, 13. vi. lonl (S. Veuturi,
Nos. 647, 649, 650).
c? ad. ! ? juv. Laguna de Moliiuis, 3.s(j m., pres dc Tucuman, 1. xii, l'.i03
(L. Kinelli, Nos. 2964, 2967).
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" Monsieur Uinelli m'informe (^110 cet. oiseaii construit son uid flottaut aveC
lie phuites a(Hiatii[ues macerc'es, le fond etant environ 10 cm. au-dessus de I'ean.
Tantut le nid est cache au milieu des ' pajas totoras,' tantot il se tronve an liord
des joncs. En quittaut le nid Foiscau couvre soignensement les ceufs avec les
detritus ([ui se tronveut a I'entour. La ponte est g^neralement de sept a'ufs
allonges dont les poles sont iires<jue egaux : leur couleur est uu bleuatrc clair
avec une couche calcaire blancbatre sur presque toute la surface de IVeuf.
Dimensions : 41 — 4u x 2'J — 31 mm." (H. V.)
4f')0. Colymbus calipareus (Less.).
c? Chubnt, Valle del Lago Blanco, Patagonic, 15. xi. 1900 (Jnlius Koslowsky).
? jnv. Viedma (Rio Negro), 3. x. 1SU9 (S. Venturi, No. 041).
" Monsieur Bndin, de Tucuman, a observe un couple de cette especc dans une
lagune des C'umbres calchaqnies, ii 4300 ni. d'altitude. La lagnne etant d(.'i)ourvue
de vegetation, il put tres bien voir le uid Hotter sur I'eau, et observer les gestes de
la mere." («. V.)
461. Podilymbus podiceps (L.).
5 ad. Barracas al Sud, 11. xi. ls9T (S. Venturi, No. 648).
6 jnv. Barracas al Sud, 10. ii. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 642).
SPHENISCIDAE.
462. Catarrhactes chrysocome (Forst.).
Nehrkorn, p. i40.
" C'est de I'ile de Auo Nuevo (pres de File des Etats) ([uo j'ai obtenu un
leuf de cette espece. 11 est blanc avec beaucoup de vermes reunies en forme de
couronne au pole aigu. Dimensions: 71 x 51 mm." (S. V.)
463. Spheniscus humboldti Meyen.
Nehrkorn, p. ■240.
" f:guleiuent de File de Ano Nuevo. Les ceufs que je possede sont Ijlanes,
prescpe lisses, et mesureut 72 x 61 mm." (S. V. 1
464. Spheniscus magellanicus (Forst.).
Nehrkorn, p. 241 ; Ihering, p. '297.
" De cette espece commune qn'on cbasse anssi h Mar del Plata, j'obtins des
ceufs il File Leones (Santa Vmz) oil les nids abondaient. Dimensions des a'ufs :
70—80 X 53—56-5 mm." (8. V.)
PALLIDAE.
465. Limnopardalus rytirhyuchus rytirhynchus (Vieill.).
Ihering, p. 28.o.
Nom vulgairc : Clalliuetu.
(? juv., ? ad. La Solcdad, 22, 25. ii. 1902 (('. B. Brittain, Nos. 104, 160).
f? ad. Barracas al Sud, 4. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 663).
? ad. Barracas al Sud, 12. v. 190l (S. Venturi, No. 680).
6 jnv., ? jnv. Barracas al Sud, 15. iii. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 677, 681).
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" A Barracas al Sud, j'ai f ronvt- les nids de cette ]{;Vle et des antres esptces de
Limnopardaltts. — L. i-ytirliiiiichm et macidatus niclieut dans la ' saja brava ' ii O-oO
on un metre de Lautcnr, in'i la paille est la phis touffue, et c'est avec ce materiel
qn'ils constrnisent leiir nid eu I'eutrelarant de tontes manieres. Celui-ci est tres
solide et contient 4 — 6 a'ufs blanc-rosace avec des taclies roussatres et grisutre pale,
en general beanc.onii plus denses an pole obtus. Dimensions: 36—41 x 28^
29-5 mm." (S. V.)
400. Limnopardalus nigricans (Vieill.).
c?ad. Posadas (Misiones), 13. ix. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 1017).
Cette forme est bien distincte de L. njtirhjnchus. Je snis encliii a snjiposer
qu'elle ne constitne (pi'une simple sous-espece de L. ri/tirln/nrlius, mais dans ce
cas la distribution gi'ograpbique donn^e an Cat. B. x.xiii. pji. 30-32 ne serait
pas exacte.
407. Limnopardalus maculatus (Bodd.).
Ihering, p. 285.
Nom vulgaire ; Gallineta overa.
c?ad. Barracas al Snd, 17. ii. 1901 (S. Venturi, No. 672).
(? jnv., ? juv. Barracas al Sud, 4. iii. 1901 (S. Venturi, Nos. 685, 086).
" L'ceuf de cette espece est generalement plus spherique que celui de
L. rytirkijnchus ; les taches sont plus nombrenses, mais moins etendues.
Dimensions : 36-5—38 x 29 mm." (S. V.)
468. Eallus antarcticus King. (PI. III. Fig. 20.)
Nom vulgaire : Oallineta.
" J'ai trouve deux nids de cette espece dans une lagunc de Barracas: ils etaient
l)lac.es dans une touife d'herbes ii 20 cm. au-dessns de I'eau, et contenaient quatre
teufs de ct)uleur crime rosace converts de petits points rouges plus deuses a
la partie posterieure, et de qnelques petites taches secondaires d'un gris pale.
Dimensions : 40 — 42 x 28 — 30 mm. Le premier leuf pondu d'un nid pris le
1. si. 1900 est pins petit : 34 x 25-.5 mm." (8. V.)
409. Aramides ypacaha (Vieill.).
NehrkorD, p. i()\ ; Ihering, p. 285.
Nom vulgaire : Ypacaha, ou Ou;iscara.
S ? ad. Barracas al Sud, 25, 30. vi. 190l (S. Venturi, Nos. 068, 0^4).
5 ad. Mocovi (Ghaco), 7. x. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 876).
? ad. r.arracas al Sud, 17. vii. 1903 (F. M. Rodriguez).
6 ad. La Soledad, 22. i. 1899 (0. B. Brittainj.
"Cette espece, dont le chant puissant ' ypa-ca-ha ' resonne si fort dans les
' pajonales ' de Buenos Aires et du Chaco, nidifie de la meme maniere que YAramus
scolopavem. La ponte est de 5 anifs d'une couleur creme rosace, converts de
taches rouges et brunes, et de grandes taches secondaires moiiis marquees.
Dimensions tres variables : 53 — 63 x 37 — 39 mm." (S. V.)
47o. Aramides chiricote (Vieill.).
Nom vulgaire : Chiricote.
" Je n'ai rencontre cette esjiece que dans les epaisses el liaules forets dn Chaco,
et je crois qu'elle ne va jamais aux marais. Son chant est 'chiric6-te,' et elle le
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rqjcte jjliisicurs fois, coimiio r_vijacaL;i, notammeiit an lever ct an coucLer ilu soleil.
Cet oiseau uiche snr les arbrcs ii 3 — 4 metres de liauteur, emi)loyaut ii cet objet des
braiicbc's, dc la paille ct dc Tberbe. II pond 5 (cufs doiit la coloration est on tout
semblable a ceux de I'espice prcccdeutc. Dimensions : 5U — ol'u x 35 — 30 mm."
(8. V.)
4T1. Porzana albicoUis (Vieill.).
Xom vulgaire : Gallareto.
(?(? Sau Felipe (Tiicuman), n, ITj. xi. VMrZ (ex 8. Ventnri, Nos. TTo, TTCi).
c? 8an Felipe (Tuunmanj, 440 m., 'J. xi. l'.tU2 (L. Diuelli, No. 11151).
? Tauiailla (Tucumaii), lioO m., 11. xii. lOUl (E. Budin).
472. Porzana spiloptera I'tirnt'.
Piir:umi xjiiliijilcrd Duruford, ///As-, 1877. p. l'.)J. pi. 3 (Buenos Aire.s. — E.i Burincistcr MS.).
J ? Barracas al Snd, IS. vi. I'JOU (8. Venturi, Nos. GOii, 1013).
473. Creciscus melanophaius (Vieill.). (PI. III. Fig. 10.)
Nehrkorn, p. 'J03 ; Ihering, p. 28G.
Xom vulgaire : Burrito silbiin.
c? ? Barracas al Snd, 10. xi. 1901 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 679, 1014).
" Pas rare ;i Barracas al Snd et an Nord, et j'en ai recolte beauconp d'leufs.
Dans qneliines ecbantillons les tacbes sont regulierement distribnees snr tonte leur
surface ; dans d'autres clles sont i)lns denses a I'nn ou ii Pautre pole. La ponte
uormale consiste en 5 (enfs, mais une fois j'ai trouve nn uid avec 9. Dimensions ;
29—33 X 23—24 mm." (S. V.)
474. Creciscus leucopyrrhus (Vieill.).
Ihering, v. p. .303.
Nom vulgaire ; Burrito.
3 6S,l ? Barracas al Sud, 23. vii., 11. x. 1900, 15, 30. viii. 1902 (8. Venturi,
Nos. 4.52, 070, 082, 683),
2 ? ? Barracas al Sud, 30. v., 11. vii. 1003 (F. M. Rodriguez, Nos. loo, IoQa).
" Espece (?galement rencontree ii Barracas al Snd. Ses leui's sorteut de la
normale parlenr conleur nuiformement blanche, pas luisante. Les nids des Creciscus
se distinguent de ceux des antres Eales par leur forme presque sphericpie ; ils sont
composes d'herbes et tonjonrs places a uu endroit jilus eleve que le niveau normal
des graudes crues. Leur entree est situee »ur le cote. Dimensions des teul's i
31—37 X 23—27 mm." (8. V.)
475. Gallinula chloropus galeata (Llcbt.).
Nehrkorn, p. '204 ; Ihering, p. L'87.
Noms vulgaires ; Gallineta ; PoUoua.
i ? Barracas al Sud, 7, 20. vi. l90l (S. Venturi, Nos. 671, C78).
"Les o u;ufs d'un nid pris pres <rUcampo le 27. xii. 1905 mesureut
43 X 32 mm." (S. V.)
470. Porphyriops melanops (Vieill.).
Nehrkoru, p. 204 ; Ihering, p. 287.
" Oommo la jirdcedente, cette espece est commune dans presque toute la
Eepublique Argentine." (S. V.)
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Monsieur Ventnri nous a envo}'^ un exemplaire de Porphjrio polioceph'ihis
Vieill., tut' a Rio Ciiarto, province de (Jordoba, et il dit dans ses notes qne cette
espfece n'est pas rare dans les " salad illos " du sud de Santiago del Estero, cpi'll
I'a vne vivante dans le petit jardin zoologi(|ne de Campo de Marte k Corrientes
et qu'on a pris les petits dans les iles du Parana. Le spe'cimen (No. G.'iS) qu'il
a envoye a les ailes mntilees et san.s donte cette espece indienne a eti'' acclimatee
dans la llepnljliipie Argentine.
477. lonornis martinica (L.).
Nebrkorn, p. 205 ; Ihering, p. 287.
Nom vulgaire : (iallineta agul.
c? ? ad. San Vicente (Cliaco), 1. ii. 19U4 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 981, 982).
" J'ai rencontre cette espece assez souvent a Barracas al Sud, ii Santiago del
Estero et an C!baco. Le 28. .\ii. 190.3 j'ai tronve nn nid fait dans les joncs a, 20 cm.
au-dessus de I'ean ; il contenait trois teiif's. Dimensions : 41x31 miu. L'un
d'eus pins allonge me.siuo 44 x 31 mm." (S. V.)
47s. Pulica armillata Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 205 ; Iheriug, p. 2:!7.
Nom vulgaire : Gallareta ; pollona.
c? ad. La Plata, Bneuos Aires, 4. .xi. 1882 (E. W. White).
(J ad., ? ad., ? jnn. Barracas al Sud, 25. v., 0. vi. 1901 (S. Ventnri, Nos.
053, 657, 660).
" Le 21. X. 1900 j'ai trouve un nid de cette espece dans nn epais fonrre de
joncs a Barracas al Sud sur les bords d'une lagnne. II etait pose sur un amas
de joncs douliles par les loutres et construit de joncs courbes de maniere ii former
nne assiette pen j>rofonde. t^uand je fus pres du nid la femelle, avant de s'envoler,
fit ronler avec ses pattes les ceufs dans I'ean. Dans cet endroit le fond de la lagnne
etant tres vaseu.x, c'est avec beaucoup de peine (pie je renssis k pecher trois uMifs
qui mesurent 54—58 x 39—40 mm." (S. V.)
479. Fulica rufifrons Phil. & Landb.
FiiUm rufi/riiiis Pbilippi & Ij.anrlbeck, Arcli.f. Xaliii-;/. xxviii. vol. i. p. 223 (1SG2 — Chili).
FuUm lenrojii/f/ii Sharpe, Cnl. B. Bril. Mhk. xxiii. p. 220 (1K'.)4 — errore ! Non F. leucojii/tja Wagler,
/s/.v, 18m. p. 510 ex Mexicn, quae syn. speciei F. IcKcnjilera dictae I).
Nehrkorn, p. 205 ; Ihering, p. 2sn.
Nom vulgaire ; Cfallareta.
<?? Barracas al Sud, 2o. iii., 12. vi. 1901 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 627, 687).
" Parmi les oeufs qne j'ai recueillis, il y a nn d'une couleur tres foncee presque
brnne. Dimensions : 53 — 54 x 36 — 37 mm." (S. V.)
4So. Fulica leucoptera Vieill.
Nehrkorn, p. 20i'i : Ihering, p. 288.
Nom vul'^aire : Gallareta.
? La Soledad, 23. ii. 1902 (C. B. Brittain, No. 165).
cJJ? Barracas al Sud, 22. i.\. 1899, 12. vi., 1. vii. 190] (S. Venturi, Nos.
073, 674, 670).
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cJ Rarracas al Slid, 2. x. 19u3 (F. M. Rodrignez, No. 4S). C'et exeniplaire
u'a qne des indications de la bordure blaaehe aux remiges secondairos, m'anmoins
je crois qn'il se rapporte aussi a F. Icucoptera.
" C'est la pins aboiidante de tontes les Falica ijni habitent rArgcutiiie. La
moyenne des dimensions des amfs de cette espece est 49 x 34 mm." (S. V.)
481. Fulica comuta Bp.
Cf. Roth3chiW, BitU. B. 0. Cluh, xiv. p. 38 ; Baer, Oniis, xii. p. 2.'i2.)
S ad. Lagnna del (Jerro Pelado (Mt. Pele), oOOO m., 24. ii. 10ii3 (G. A. Baer,
No. 1471).
S Lagnnas, Cnmbre calchaqnies, 8. ii. lOO:! (E. Budin).
"Habile les lagnnes des liantes montagnes de Tucuman. An mois dc fevrier,
Monsienr Dinelli a trouve, a 4n0(i metres, nn nid avec denx renfs. 11 etait pose
snr une pierre d'nne laguue, nn pen au-dessns dn niveau de I'ean ; il etait fait avec
des algues et assez profond an milieu. Les deux renfs sont de conlenr olivatre
fortement sanjiondres de taches brnn pale et d'antres de conlenr cafe fence re]iandnes
snr toute la surface. Dimensions : 3',i x 41 mm. Qnand cette Fiilim ne tronve
pas d'appui uatnrel, elle en construit uu en ramenant de petites pierres et en les
empilant jnsqu u former une espece de pyramide au haut de laqnelle elle met son
nid. Monsieur Dinelli suppose que ce travail s'efiectue sous I'eau. Dans beauconp
de lagnnes dessechees on pent encore apercevoir les restes des nids. Monsienr
Bndin a observe qne dans les lagnnes a vegetation trop dense la Fulica comuta ne
pent reunir de pierres ; elle se contente alors de rassembler des plantes aquatiques
en quantity suffisante pour en former nn nid flottant et solide. Les petits, qui n'ont
pas de caroncnle, sont converts d'nn duvet (?pais et presque noir ; a I'extremite de la
mandibnle snperieure ils ont une epine cornee de conlenr jauue." (S. V.)
COLUMBAE.
482. Columba picazuro ventiiriaua snbsp. nov.
Nehrkorn, p. 182 ; Ihering, p. 281.
Noms vulgaires : Picazun'i ; Turca.
Subspeciei Columba picazuro picazuro appellatae persimilis, sed coloribus
sincipitis, occipitis, uropygii supracaudalinmque saturatioribus, abdomine dilutiore
hand difficile distinguenda.
Les exemplaires de Mocovi, de Tucuman, de Salta et de la Bolivie meridionals
(province de la Cordillera, Jose' .Steinbach coll.), tout en s'accordant entre eux,
different de cenx de Goyaz (Br(5sil meridional— cf. Hellmayr, Aot\ Zool. 1!M)8. p. 00)
par la conlenr pins foncf^e de la tetc, dn croupion, des couvertures des ailes et de la
ijucue, et Tabdomen nn pen plus pale.
Type : No. 826. Mocovi, 24. ix. 1903 (S. Ventnri coll.).
3 ad. Vipos, Tncuman, 7. xi. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 90).
?? Tapia, Tncuman, 080 m., 9. xii. 1902 (G. A. Baer, No. 1186).
S ad. Arena!, province de Salta, 7.")0 m., 9. xi. 1003 (L. Dinelli, No. 2034).
" Ce pigeon est tres commnn a Ocampo. II frequente les forets hantes et
epaisses. On tronve les nids k des hauteurs de 3 a 6 metres. Ils ne consistent
qn'en quelques branchettes Ji travers lesquelles on apercevoit les amfs. .rajnuterai
(juelqnes mots sur nn nid tres cnrienx de cette espece : Les materiaux de quelques
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chanmieres constrnites an temps de la grande cnio du Paraiul de 1905 avaient
&tti detruits ou portes autre part. Les petits morceaux de fil de fer qui avaient
servi pour r^unir ces divers mat^riaux resttrent tires vk et Ik. Un couple de
Columha picnzuro en profita et en fit un nid trt-s solide, de sorte qu'il me fallut assez
d'efforts pour I'euk'ver des branches oil il etait pose. Los fill et quel(ines morceaux
de fil de fer employes pesaient 2U0 grammes. Le nid contenait deux iLHif's, cc qui
est normal, mais j'en ai trouvd beauconp d'antres avec nn seul oenf ou un seul petit.
Dimensions des reufs : 40-5—44 x 28—30-5 mm." (S. V.)
4S3. Columba maculosa Temm.
Nehrkorn, p. 18'2 ; Ihering, p. "281,
Nom viilgaire : Paloma del monte.
(?c? ad. Tucuman, 4. xii. 1901, 10. xii. 1902 (S. Venturi, Nos. 932, 7S2).
? ad. Tucuman, 22. viii. 1S98 (L. Dinelli : ex Venturi, No. 91).
S ? Tapia, Tucuman, TOO m., 13. ix., 3. xii. 1902 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 1848, 1849).
5 ? Arenal, i)royince de Salta, ToO m., 27, 28. x. 1903 (L. Dinelli, Nos. 2894,
2898).
6 La Solcdad, 7. i. 19n2 (C. B. Brittain, No. 14ii).
" Tri'S abondant dans les bois pen epais du >Sud de Santiago del Estero, oil
j'ai trouve [ilusieurs nids. Les <L'af's mesureut 37 — 40 x 28 mm." (S. V,)
484. Columba rufina sylvestris Vieill.
(Cf. HellmajT. X;v. Zo„l. IdOG. p. 47.)
Nehrkorn, p. IMl' ; Ihering, p. 281.
Xom vulgaire : Yuruty.
<J Posadas (Misiones), 13. x. 1902 (S. Venturi, No. 773).
c? Tucuman, 450 m., 24. i. 1904 (L. Dinelli, No. 2991).
"J'ai pris un seul nid de cette rare espice ;'i 8 lieues a I'ouest d'Ocampo. Les
deux oeufs mesurent 35'5 x 28 et 39 x 26-5 mm." (S. V.)
485. Columba albilinea Bp.
Columha ttlhilinea Bonaparte, C'oiisp. Av. ii. p. 51.
Colnmlm tiirumann Salv.idori, Boll. .l/».s-. Torino x. No. 208, p. 22 (1895) (L'auteur adi'crit par erreur
un jeune oiseau comme espice nouvelle).
Nehrkorn, p. 182.
c? ad. Villa Nongues (Tucuman), 1000 m., 4. vili. 1903 (S. Venturi, No. 931).
S ad. La C'riolla, Tncnman, 1500 m., 24. i. 1903 (G. A. Baer, No. 1337).
i ad. Cumbre S. Pablo, loOO m., 10. viii. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2801).
Monsieur Baer a tronve cette espfece exclnsivement dans les parois rocLeuses k
pic, d'acci'S tres difficile.
Nehrkorn, p. IK.-? ; Ihering, p. 282.
Nom vulgaire : Paloma torcaz.
480. Zenaida auriculata auriculata (Des Mnrs).*
Ihering, p. 282.
loma torcaz.
II me senible que les exemplaires de la Brpulilique Argentine a]ipartiennent
il la race " typique," tandis qu"a rEi{uatenr et au Perou il y a une race dont la
couleur blanche des extremites des rectrices latdrales est beaucoup plus etendne.
(Cf. aussi : Salvador!, Cat. B. xxi. p. 386 ; Helimayr, Nov. Zool. 1908. p. 92.)
* Cd n'est pas Gay qui est l'auteur des nouveaux noms dans la Uittoria i'iglca y Politiea de Clii'e de
Gay, raais bien Des Murs. Cela ressort d'ane note au bas de la page 18.S. — E. H.
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c?c? ? Barracas al Sml, •,>!. ix., 14, IT. x. 1890 (S. Venturi, Nos. 92, 93, 94).
" Les dimeDsioDS de uombrenx cenfs sont : 127 — 32 x tiO'O — 24'5 mm. Dans
presque toutes les pontes il v avait im u'lif de coiilcnr lilanclie et un autre jauue."
(S. V.)
487. Leptotila chloroauchenia chloroauchenia Gigl. & Salvad.
Nehrkorn, p. 18G ; Ihering. p. 283.
Nom vulgaire : Paloma moiitaraz.
S ? Barracas al Snd, 24. xi. 1900, 15. viii. 19i)-J (S. Vcntnri, Nos. 09, OSs).
c? ad. La Soledad, 7. i. 1902 (C. B. Brittatu, No. Ml).
cj ? Tapia, Tncuinan, GiiQ m., 0, 9. xi. lOdl (].. Diuelli, Nos. 1409, UM).
" La femelle pond deux ceufs dont I'lm blanc et I'autre jamiatre tiraiit an rouge
chair. Dimensions : 27—34 x 22 — 24-5 mm. Jc ferai remarquer que les onifs
jauuatres sont generalement plus larges que les blaucs. Le 2. xi. 1900, h Barracas
al Sud, je trouvai un nid avec deux ceufs, dont I'un opaqne, verruqueux et taciu- a
la partie jiosterieurc : il mesure 32 x 23o mm." (S. V.)
488. Metriopelia melanoptera (Mol.).
Nehrkorn, p. ISu.
<?? Las Cienegas (Tucuman), 2500 m., 17, 19. ii. 1903 (L. Dinelli coll. Ex
Ventnri, Nos. 890, 933).
cJ Las Cienegas (Tncuman), 2o00 m., 17. ii. 1903 (L. Dinelli).
489. Metriopelia aymara (Kuip. & Prdv.).
(? ad. Laguua de Pavayau (Tucnmau), 4500 m., VK ii. 1003 (S. Ventnri,
No. 891).
c?¥ Lara, Tncuman, 4000 m., 13. ii. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No8. 873, 874).
3 c?<? Lara, Tncuman, 4000 m., 10, 13, 14. ii. 1903 (G. A. Baer, Nos. 1422,
1446, 1455).
400. Gymnopelia morenoi Sharpe.
Oiimiinjielia more)inl Sharpe, Bull. Ii. 0. C'luh. xii. p. h\ (1902— Salta !).
(ii/ninopelia er!/lln-olliiini.c Baer, Unii.t xii. p. aS.S (1004— Errore ! Tucuman).
<S ? Tafi, Tncuman, 2800 m., 11, 12. iv. 1001 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 100, 892).
(? ? ? Lara, Tncuman, 13, 14. ii. 1003 (G. A. Baer, Nos. 1443, 1448, 1457).
cJcJLas Cienegas, Tncuman, 2500 m., 12. iv. lOol, 19. ii. 1903 (L. Diuelli,
Nos 1094, 1950).
" Niche dans les jiarois argilenses des qnebradas " (G. A. Baer).
401, Colixmbula picul (Temra.).
Nehrkorn, p, 184 : Ihering, p. 282,
Xoms vulgaires : Turtola, Urpilita, Palomita.
(? Flues, Buenos Aires, 0. xii. 1881 (E. W. White).
(? ? Barracas al Snd, 7, vi., 4. ii. 1898, 9, xii. 1900(8. Venturi, Nos. 95, 9fi, CGb).
SS2 Tajna, Tncuman, GOO m., 10, 14. i. 1003(G, A. Baer, 1201, 1299, 1300).
" ( 'ette petite colombe est la pins commune de toutes, et niche meme sur les
arbres des jardins. Dimensions des ceufs : 21—2(5 x lG-5— 18-5 mm. Denx fois
j'ai trouve un cvnf de Molothrus bonariensis dans le nid de ce Pigeon." (S. V.)
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492. Chamaepelia talpacoti (Temm. & Kniji),
Nehrkorn, p. 1S4 ; Ihering, p. 282.
Nom vulgaire : Palomita.
¥ Oran, Salta, 19. xi. 188U (E. W. Wliito).
? Concepcion (Misiones), 27. vi. 1881 (E. W. White),
(? Barracas al Snd, 15. v. 1901 (S. Veiitnri, No. 98).
^ Posadas (Misiones), T. xi. 190U (S. Ventnri, No. 97).
" Qnoiqne nn pen rare, cette espece se volt aussi ii Barracas al .Sml. DimcnsiDiis
des anifs : 30— "^4 x l.V.O— 17 mm," (S. V,)
r'RACIDAE.
493. Penelope obscura bridgeai Gray,
I\nch,pr brill, le^i Gray, /'/■.«■. Zi'ul. Sn,-. Lun,l. 18011. p. 270 (Bolivie).
Piliile riiiiiiniiiitix (non .J .acq.) Buer, (Jniix xii, p. 233 (11)04— errore 1),
Nom vulgaire : Pava del Mnntc.
d ? Taff, jirovince de Tncnmau, 28. x. Is99 (S. Veutuvi, Nos. 28, 29).
S ('ombre, S. Pablo, Tucoman, 1000 m., 10. viii. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2831).
t? Villa Noognes, S. Pablo, Tucuman, 1200 m., 16. ix. 1901 (L. Dinelli, No. 1327).
? Norco, province de Tncumau, 1200 m., 17. viii. 1904 (L. Dinelli, No. 3389).
Cette forme est bien distinote de Peiwlojie ohscura ohscxi-a : les bordures
blanches des couvertures des ailes sout beancoup jiliis larges et les plumes dn front
sont ponrvues de larges bordnres grisAtre pule,
404, Penelope obscura obscura Temm.
Penejcijir nhiriira Teraminck, Pii/. el Hull. iii. pp. 08, G'.t.^j (1815 — ex Azara et Illigcr : Par.aguay).
Nom vulgaire ; Pava del Monte.
c? ? Mocovi (Ghaco), 15. xi. 1903 (S. Ventnri, Nos. 954, 1111).
" Les trois nids (pie j'ai tronves dans les forets dii Chaco etaient places a
Textreraite des longnes branches dn ' Qnebraoho Colorado '. a pins de 10 metres
de hantenr : j'en ai vn les cenfs, mais je n'ai pn les obtcnir ! '' (S. V.)
495. Ortalis canicoUis (Wagl.).
Nom vulgaire : Charata.
? ad. Mocovi (Chaco), 11. x. 1903 (S. Ventnri, No. 875).
? ad. Tafi (Tnciiman), 8. xi. 1899 (S. Ventnri, No. 30).
(? ad. Tapia (Tncuman), 21. vi. 1902 (S. Ventnri, No. 727).
S ad. Arcnal (province de Salta), 26. x. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2889).
c? ad. Metan (Salta), 12. vi. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3.592).
"Cet oisean niche dans les forets de I'interienr et anx bords dn Parana, et
place son nid compose de branches et d'herbes a. pen de hantenr. II pond en
novembre on dt^cembre qnatre oeufs jaunatres, rngnenx, a coqnille tris grosse ;
i|ncli|nefois ils sont maripies de taches sangninolautes qni penetrent dans la coqnille.
Dimensions: 01 — 05 x 41 — 43 mm." (IS V.)
" Cet oisean, (pii vit jiar petites bandes dans Tintericnr des forets pen oleve'es,
a nne voix tres forte et tres desagrt'able, rajipelant cellc de V Opintliocomns
rr/stfiliiif " (G. A- Baer, Ornis xii. p. 233).
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TIXAMIDAE.
4'.iG. Crypturus tataupa suljsiiec. ?
Xom vulgaire : Perdiz del monte.
(Cf. Nehrkorn, p. ->i>^ ; Ihering. p. 298.)
Les exemplaires de C. tataupa qne uoas avons rec.us du Tucumaii et de Salta
nut le vertex brun, les parties inf(5rieiires assez pi'iles et les couvertnres des ailes
KU{)L'rieures bordc'es de blaucbi'itres. II ii'est pas impossible qne ces echantilloiis
soient jennos on aiiiiartieiinent h nne race particulii're. La plnpart do iios
specimens dn Brt'sil meridional out le vertex ardoisd foncc et les i)arties infi'rienres
jilns foucces. Biittikoi'er {Notes Lei/r/i'ii MHseinn xviii. p. 1, 189(i) a dccrit nne
Ibrnie de C. tataupa provenant de la l{epubli(inc Argentine sons le nom de
Cniptni-us herberti. Le type est nn oisean mort en manvais etat dans un jardin
zoologiqne. Le "f. kcrherti''^ a le pileum, la gorge et la jwitrine plus foncees,
presqne noiriltres. Nos exemplaires du Tucumau et de Salta ont la gorge blanchatre,
la poitrine jdus pAle, et le sommetde la tute brnn.
(??) Sta. Ana, Tnciiman, 3oO m., 23. x. 1902 (G. A. Baer, No. I(i33). (Ailc :
134 mm.)
$% Campos pres de Tucuman, 45tl m., '.». vii., 14. ix. 1898 (L. Dinelli, ex
Venturi, Nos. OGl, 067). (Aile : 130, 131-5 mm.)
? Metan, Salta, 85U m., 13. vi. 19().:) (L. Dinelli, No. 3.'592). (Aile: 130,
134 mm.)
i jun. Metan, Salta, 850 m., 14. vi. 1905 (L. Dinelli, No. 3599).
" Espi'ce commune an nord de la Repnblique Argentine, ajjparaissant parfois
dans les rues du village d'Ocampo. Elle pond quatre anifs d'un violace grisatre
dair ou plus fouce, mesurant : 40 — 44 x 30 — 32 mm. Qnatre iieufs qne je trouvai
le 1. iv. 1903 a Ocampo ont la coquille plus verruqueuse." (S. V.)
497. Crypturus parvirostris Wagl.
(Malheureusement le Musee de Tring n'a pas reru cette espece de la Repnblique
Argentine.)
" Le 17. xi. 1903 je cbassai pres de Fetablissement ' El Mocovi" a Ocampo nn
C. parvirostris qui etait coucbe sur le nid ; j'ai pn le determiner d'apres la description
qn'en donne le Dr. Ibering, torn. v. p. 400. Des 5 a'ufs que couvait I'oiseau, j'en
detruisis 3 an tir, et je conserve les denx autres, qui sont pen luisants, ]ilns cendres
et pins petits que les oeufs du C. tataupa ; k la partie posterieure ils ont de petites
vermes. Dimensions : 39'3 x 37-3 et 39-3 x 37-9 mm." (S. V.)
498. Crypturus obsoletus Teram.
Cf. Nehrkorn, p. 248.
S ad. Po.sadas (Misiones), 14. iii. Is97 (S. Venturi, No. 002).
" Cette ' grande jierdiz del monte ' n'est pas rare dans les foret.s du ( 'iiaco."
(S. V.)
490. Rhynchotus rufescens rufescens Temm.
Cf. Xehrkorn, p. 240 ; lliering, p. 2y'.l. (Of. Nm-. Xnnl. xiv. p. 411.)
Noms vulgaircs : Perdiz grande ; Jlartineta.
"Jen'iii rien a ajontcr ;'i la bonne description de I'oenf donnee par le docteur
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Iheriug. Les dimensions des IG cVihantillons dans ma collection «ont. les suivautes :
54—62 X 40—48 mm." (S. V.)
c? Coronel Dorrego (Buenos Aires), 10. x. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 655).
? Sau Vicente (Buenos Aires), 30. viii. 1899 "(S. Venturi, No. 654),
? Mocovi, Chaco, is. ix. 1003 (S. Venturi, No. 824),
500. Rhynchotus maculicollis snbsp. ?
Cf. rthjiiiihtiUis rnaciilicoJlis, Gil, B. xxvii. p. .'J50. pi. xiv.
c? Villa Nongues, S. Pablo, Tuenman, 1200 m., 20. ix. lOdl (L. Dinelli,
No. 1354).
cJ ? Norco, province de Tuenman, 1200 m., 13, 16. viii. 1904 (L. Pinelli,
No.s. 3311, 3334).
Ces trois exemplaires sont qnelqne pen diffL-reuts du type de Rhyrichotita
mf/culicoUi.i an Musee britanniqne : le con dn type est plus ronssatre et pins
fonce, les parties snperieures sont un pen plus brunatres, et les stries des cutcs de
la jioitrine pins larges. Les exemplaires envoyes par Gustav Garlepp de Tanampaya
et Iqnico (Bolivie) ne se concordent pas non plus avec le type de IL inarKlicolli-s (cf.
Cat. B. Brit. Mie.s. xxvii. p. 55i)). Est-ce ijn'il y a trois races de ./'. macnlirollin ?
C'est tres vraisemblable, mais il serait hasardenx de leur donner des noms puisque
nous ne connaissons pas encore les variations effectu^es ni par Tuge ni par les
saisons.
501. Nothoprocta cinerascens (Bnrm.). (PI. III. Fig. 12.)
8 Tapia, Tucuman, 600 m., 24. xii. 1902 (G. A. Baer, No. 1242).
S Arenal (Salta), 11. xi. 1903 (L. Dinelli coll., ex S. Venturi, No. 934).
? Tucuman, 3600 m., 7. vi. 1899 (S. Venturi, No. 656).
S Arenal (Salta), 750 m., 1. -xi. 1903 (L. Dinelli, No. 2913).
? Tapia (Tuenman), 600 m., 10. x. 1901 (L. Dinelli, No. 1386).
" Monsieur Dinelli m'a envoys des oeufs de Tuenman. lis sont d'un olivatre
tres foncii et tri'S luisants. Dimensions : 46 — 49 x 35-5 — 37 mm. La ponte, qui
est de 8 — 10 cenfs, s'eflfectue en novembre et decembre, sur le sol u I'abri de quclijuo
petite plante. Par rapport a la taille de cette perdrix, ses a?nfs scut jilutut petits."
(S. V.)
502. Nothoprocta pentlandi (Gray).
c?<^c? ¥? Norco, province de Tuenman, 1200 m., 3, 10, 12, 15. viii. 1904
(L. Dinelli, Nos. 3291, 3304, 3327, 3292, 3281).
" Monsieur Dinelli m'a egalement ci^de un ceuf de cette espece ; il est de
coulenr chocolat clair et mesnre 48'3 x 335 mm. Get cenf, accompagne de deux
antres, fnt trouve le 7. xi. 1901 environ 12(i0 m. d'altitude, non loin d'une colline,
en un terrain non accidente et i'l I'ombre d'un tunal." (S. V.)
503. Nothoprocta ornata rostrata Berl.
Ntithiijirocia oniata roxtrata Berlepsch, Pmr. /I'. Iiil. Or/i. Coiif/rixa (Oniix xiv.) p. !i7l (1907 —
Tucuman).
Nom viilgaire : Perdiz del cerro.
(? ¥ L.1S Gienegas (Tucuman), 2500 m., 21, 22, 27. ii. 1903 (L, Dinelli coll., ex
B. Venturi, Nos. 899, 900).
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c?(?? Las Cienegas (Tncnman), 2500 m., 21, 22, 27. ii. 1003 i L. Dinelli,
Nos. 19C4, 1960, 1088).
"Suivant Monsieur Dinelli, la j)Oiite se fait do ck'cembre a mars; a cette
dernii're date il a tui5 nne fenielle qui avait un cuuf dujii formt- dans le ventre, mais
II la meme epoqne il a anssi obtenn des petits qni devaient avoir trois mois. II
parait ([ne la ponte ne soit pas snperienre a six ttnfs : cen.\-ci sont de eoulenr
chocolat vif et luisant, Dimensions : .^C x 40 mm." (i>. V.)
.504. Nothura maculosa nigroguttata Salvad.
Niilhnm nigrognl/ala Salvadori, Cut. B, Bril. Mus, xxvii. p. 5('i0 (•' Central Pamp.is, ArptPntino
Republic ").
2 c?c?, 4 ? ?, 1 ? pnll., La Soledad (Entre IJios), 3. xii. ISDS, 3, 11, HI, 18. ii.
1809 (C. B. Brittain).
c? Mocovi (Chaeoj, 19. x. 1003 (S. Ventnri, No. sTii).
?? Barracas al Snd, 30. ix. 1000 (S. Ventnri, No. (idil).
?? Barracas al Snd, 8. vi. 1903 (F. M. Hudrigue/., No. 103).
des derniers exerajilaircs sont nn pen plus grands ct pins fonce's snr les
parties iufuricnres, mais ponrtant moins fonce's (jne des sprcimens de Paraguay et
dy Hfio I'anlo (»V. maculosa mactilom). Je ne suis pas sur s'ils appartiennent ;i nne
autre race differcntc interme'diaire, ou au vrai ^V. maculoau maculosa.
" Cast la perdrix la plus commune de la Repnblinue. La jionte cousiste en
8 — 9 a'ufs de couleur olivatre viuacc plus ou moins fouce ; qnand ils sont frais
lis sont vinace vif, mais avec le temps ils prennent nne teinto plus olivace fonce.
Dimensions: 40 — 40 x 30 — 33 mm. Un nid qne j'ai tronve le 12. xii. 1905
contenait 8 oenfs dont I'un etait considerablemcnt plus petit que les antres :
34-5 X 25 mm." (S. V.)
(Les cenfs de la collection Ventnri provenant de Barr.acas al Snd — du mois de
decembre — ces notes se rapporteraient done ii la race iutcrmediaire.)
505. Nothura salvadorii spec. nov.
Ndllitira hnraqvim (non Spix !) Salviidori, Git. B. Bill. .Viis. xxvii. pp. 5C1, M'2 — errore !
Les oiseanx ddcrits sons le nom dc " .\ot//ui-a. l/ora(juira" par Salvadori sont
tout a fait distincts dn vrai X. boraquira, i\n\ a rabdomen blanc ])ur, et la
coloration des parties snperienres, des convertnres des ailes et du con toute difl't'rente.
(Cf. Hellmayr, " Revision d. Spix'schen Typen,'' in Abli. K. I><i;/cr. Ahmt. ii. Kl.,
xxii., iii. Abt. pp. 70.5, 700. 1900.)
Sothura sulrailorii, au contraire, a I'abdomen fanvc ; elle differe de ?\otliura.
maculo.sa comme decrit par Salvadorii an Cat. B. Jirit. Mus. xxvii. p. 502, par les
flancs moins bandes, jirescpie uniformes, et de Xof/ii/ra darn-ini (qui est fort difle'rent
de ..V. maculosa) par les vermicnlations moins fines des jjlnmes des parties
snpiTienres, la couleur de I'abdomen plus fanvc et les ailes plus longues.
Ailes de .V. .■<a/,-ailoii/' : 131—140 mm. Type: ? Salta, 0. xi. 1903 (L. Dinelli,
No. 2020).
Nous en avons reru deux femellcs : Arcnal, prov. do Salta, 7.J0 m., 3, 0. xi.
1903 (L. Dinelli, Xds. 2915, 2920).
.500. Nothura darwiui (Jray. (PI. III. Piu'. 11.)
Monsieur Ventnri nous en a envoye deux (enfs jn'i.s ii Santa Cruz, Patagonie,
le 18, xi, 1902. lis sont tres luisants et la figure en indiqne bleu la couleur.
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OUT. Calopezus elegans (D'Urb. & GeuUV.j.
Nebrkorii, p. 24'.'.
Nom Tulgaire : Martiueta.
6 Bahia Blaiica, 7. x. IS'.ti) (S. Veatnn, No. 0.y,i).
? pull. Coronel Dorrego, proviiicu du ljiieuo.s Aires, 10. x. IS'.tD (8. Veutiiri,
No. 651).
? La Kioja, VZ. v. 1S9S (U. Larreras).
S'i Colhnl-bnaiii, Cliubnt, Patagouie, ^'2. vii., 1. viii. 19U2 (J. Koslowsky).
(Ces deux t'cbautilloiis soiit trcs fortemeiit ra3x's eu dessous et ua pcu pales,
mais la plumage u'est pas fraicbe.)
" Pas rare dans la province du Bueuos Aire.s. Je I'ai aussi cbasse dans las
provinces de .San Juan et de La Uioja. Les ueufs sout vert jaum'itre et tres
Uiisants. lis preseutent les dimensions suivautes : 4S — 55 x SO-o— 40 mm." (>S. V.)
RHEIDAE.
508. Rhea americana (L.).
Nelirkorn, p. 250 ; Ihering. p. 299.
Nom vulgaire : nandi'i.
" J'ai reuni unc petite serie d'o-ufs dont voici les dimensions : 124 x 79,
127 X 84, 129 X 89, 131 x 94 et 13(3 x 92 mm." (S. V.)
509. Rhea darwinii Gould.
Nehrkorn, p. 250.
Nom vulgaire ; Charra.
" Un leuf (pie j'ai recueilli dans la valk'e de Cliubnt mesure 128 x 9U mm.
Les pores y sont pins visibles (j[ue dans les ceufs de I'espece prece'dente." (S. V.)
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DESCRIPTIOX OF SOME XEW SOUTH AMERICAX
ARCTIADAE, WITH NOTES.
By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.
1. Prumala ockendeni sjiec. nov.
(?. Pectus clay-biiff; legs clay-bnfF, ringed with dark bruwii and iiale trinisnii ;
inside of coxae crimson ; palpi buff, spotted with crimson and brown : tVons and
antennae fuscous, the latter strongly pectinated; vertex of head, tegnlae, pataj,''ia,
and thorax buff with pale scarlet rings and streaks ; abdomen salmon-colour. •
Forewing deep dull brown with nnmerous bauds and patches of buff blotches, each
blotch with central pale scarlet markings ; there are one submarginal and two post-
median transverse bands of such blotches, a half moon-shaped baud in and around
the cell, one blotch near base of costa and two on basal third of inner margin.
Hindwing hyaline buff, tinged with pale rose.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : S 185 mm. ; ? 21 mm.
Ilab. La Oroya, Bio luambari, S.E. Pern, 3100 ft., wet season, October 1904;
La Union, Kio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, December 1904 ;
Tinguri, Caraliaya, 340(i ft., dry season, August 19U4 ; Santo Domingo, Carabaya,
6000 ft., wet season, December 1901 (G. R. Ockenden).
12 (?d',5 ? ?.
2. Prumala affinis spec. nov.
S. This species, like the preceding and the following one, is very close to
]'. ojjtimus Bull. Pectus ])ale buff ; legs buff with black, browu, and pale crimson
rings ; palpi, basal half buff and crimson, apical half brown ; frons fuscous ; antennae
fuscous, apical fifth white pectinations very short and weak ; vertex of head,
tegulae, and patagia cream-white, marked with crimson ; thorax crimson, marked
with buft'; abdomen crimson. -Forewing deep brown, with numerous patches of
creamy white marked with salmony crimson, two patches at base of inner margin,
a ijatch from costa to end of cell, two on costa nearer the base, and a large band
occupying most of the disc and curving round to costa one-fourth from apex ; an
apical and snbapical patch, and a series of buff che(iners on cilia from apex to
vein 4. Hindwing hyaline salmon with a golden buff tinge.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
llnh. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, GoGU ft., January 11)03, wet season; Caradoc,
Marcapeta, 4000 ft., November lOUl ; La Union, Kio Huacamayo, Carabaya,
20110 ft., wet season, November 1004; La Oroya, Rio luambari, S.E. Pern,
3100 ft., wet season, October 1004 (G, R. Ockenden); Fontc Boa, Amazonas,
June lOoii; Potaro, British Gniana, February lOOS (S. M. Klages); British
(Juiana (bought at Georgetown by Mr. Whitford).
12 6 6^
3. Prumala similis spec. nov.
(?. Pectus crimson; palpi butf with crimson and brown rings; legs dull
crimson with narrow brown rings ; frons brown ; vertex of head pale brownish red ;
antennae pale rufous brown, hardly pectinated ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax white,
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marked with jnile briok-rcd ; alidonieii dvdl crimson. Forewing deep bruwii ; two
pale bull' patches with crimsoQ centres oecuiiy basal two-fifths of iauev margin,
I)Ostmedian and submarginal transverse bauds of similar patches, and the basal
three-fourths of costa and whole disc of wing covered with such patches.
Ilindwing pale hyaline crimson.
Length of forewing : Ki mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Jnly lOUT, and Codajas, Amazonas, April l'."i7
(S. M. Klages).
4 ii.
4. Demolis flavithorax sjiec. nov.
?. Pectus, legs, and underside of abdomen white; pali)i fuscous; antennae
pale brown, anterior fourth white ; head and thorax yellow, patagia margined
exteriorly with crimson ; abdomen crimson, tip and dorsal spot on second segment
white. Forewing : basal half purplish brown-grey, darker on costa, basal half of
costal edge white, outer edge of this area bordered broadly with scarlet, outer half
bright yellow, four brownish dots between veins 4 and 7. Hindwing hyaliae
buff, washed strongly with pale crimson.
$. Similar.
Length of forewing : IG mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; Teffe, Amazonas,
Sei)tember 1907 (M. de Matlian).
1 c?, 1 ?.
5. Neaxia costaricensis spec. nov.
$. Allied to N. pulchra Rothsch. Pectus and forelegs yellow; palpi, head,
and tegulae yellow ; antennae fuscous grey ; patagia and thorax dark purple
brown ; base of patagia yellow, margins crimson ; abdomen crimson. Forewing :
basal third obliquely dark purple-brown edged with scarlet, in centre of inner
margin a yellow dot in a scarlet blotch ; costa and outer two-thirds of wing bright
yellow, a submarginal row of brownish mauve spots and five ditto on disc ; between
the discal and submarginal spots near apex three larger similar spots with big
scarlet rings. Hindwing : costal half obliquely hyaline buff', inner half pale
crimson.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Hab. Careblauco de Sarapiqni, Costa Rica.
1 6.
0. Neaxia kennedyi spec. uov.
c?. Nearest to jnirJul is AVlk., but the dark portion of forewing extending nearly
to the base and also to outer angle of inner margin ; disc of forewing also more
closely spotted and the base more strongly marked with scarlet.
Length of forewing : lU mm.
Hab. Minas Geraes (Kennedy).
1 c?.
7. Areomolis rhodographa peruviana subspec nov.
c?. Differs from rhodographa rhodographa in having the whole basal half of the
forewing buff' with red rings, and the hindwing pale hyaline rose instead of hyaline
buff' with rose margins.
Length of forewing : l:i mm.
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Ilab. La Uiiiun, Ria Iliuicauiuyu, C'araljaya, wet season, Nuvuiuber 19ii4
(0. \{. Ockeiuk'ii).
1 i.
b. Areomolis persimilis t^pec. uov.
S. Neavly allied to rJioiloiiiapha Ilinpsii. Pectus white ; paljii ami antennae
f'nseous, the pectinations of antennae much shurter and less close; head and thorax
creaiu-whitc with crimson rings ; alidomeu crimson. Forewiug deep brown,
uervures not so cousj)icnonsly marked with crimson ; spots on inner margin much
reduced and only at base and outer angle; the pale markings on disc and sub-
niargiual area not so long and with less crimson ; hyaline spot at end of cell
larger.- Hindwiug hyaline yellowish rose.
?. Similar, but all pale markings un wings much reduced.
Length of forewing : i 13 mm. ; ? l.j-5 mm.
llnh. Foute Boa, Amazonas, May and iSeptember 1906 and August I'.inT
fS. M. Klages) ; La Union, Kio Huacamayo, C'arabaya, '»;iJUO ft., wet season,
November 1904 (G. K. Ockenden) ; Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam,
March 1905 (S. M. Klages) ; Humayta, Rio Madeira, July — September 1900, and
Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, November and December 1907
(W. Hoffmanns).
18 cJcJ,8 ? ?.
9. Parevia mathani spec. nov.
c?. Differs from P. metachryseis Hmpsn. in the ground colour of the forewing
and the thorax, being golden mouse-grey instead of sooty brown ; the pale spots on
forewing are deep golden instead of lemon-yellow, the spots on inner area larger and
six in number, the one on costa and in cell smaller, and the one at apex and the one
on outer margin larger. The dark border to hindwing much narrower.
Length of forewing :
Ilab. Teffe, Amazonas, September 190" (M. de Mathan).
1 cJ.
10. Automolis testacea spec. nov.
i. Nearest to ^1. virescens Rothsch. Legs, pectus, palpi, and head black;
vertex of head fuscous ; antennae black ; thorax buffy testaceous ; abdomen jjale
fuscous, last two segments orange, -Forewing semihyaline, whitish testaceous ;
veins dull brownish, two brown spots on costa above cell ; a brownish, indistinct
band crosses wing from discocellulars to inner margin, becoming well marked from
vein 3. Hindwing semihyaline, whitish testaceous, tinged with brownish on
basal half.
Length of forewing : 1<5 mm.
Ilab. La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, November
1904 (G. R. Ockenden).
1 cJ, 2 ? ?.
1 1 . Automolis elissoides spec. nov.
c?. This species is closely allied to .1. clissa Schaus. It differs from it, in the
t? sex, by the reduction of the black on basal four segments of the abdomen to
dorsal ]iatches only, and by the pectus as well as the rest of the underside
being orange. The legs are dull brown, not black as in elissa. The ? differs
iu the same way, but has darker brown legs.
( -'-1 )
Length of forewing : 6 22 mm. ; ? 26 mm.
I/a/). Port of Spain, Trinidad, January 1897 (Dr. Rendall) ; Belmont, Port of
Spain, Trinidad (E. Lafond) ; Merida, Veneznela (Briceno) ; Rio Solocarae, Bolivia,
12110 m., January 19(11, (57 W. Ki' S. ("Simons) ; Caparo, Trinidad, December 19U5
(S. M. Klages). '
2 cJc?, 3 ? ?.
12. Melesse drucei spei. nov.
c?. Nearest to M. peri/n'diKi Rothsch. Pectus and palpi deep crimson ; frons
lavender-grey, vertex deep crimson, collar lavender-grey ; tegnlae, bases of patagia
and thorax crimson, powdered with orange : patagia laveuder-grey ; abdomen
crimson, last segment orange brick-red. Forewing greyish purple-brown ; in cell
a golden spot ringed with scarlet followed by a scarlet dot ; at apex of cell below
costa a yellow spot with scarlet ring, and below it a wedge-shaped hyaline patch
with scarlet margin ; between cell and inner margin on disc a number of orange-
golden patches edged with scarlet; from apex to vein 4 a large golden patch.
Hindwing hyaline buff, rosy on inner margin.
¥ . Similar to ? of cl(0.::elja Druce, but the bi-ick-red patches on disc of fore-
wing brighter and larger, and instead of a small whitish spot at end of cell it
has the same yellow spot and hyaline patch as in the <?, only larger.
Length of forewing : S 17 mm.; ? 21 mm.
Hfih. Potaro, British Guiana, May l'.)08 ; Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley,
Surinam, April lOo.j ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Sei)tember 19ij6, and Omai, June 1908
(S. M. Klages) ; La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season,
November 1904 (G. R. Ockenden).
17 SS, 1 ?.
1 '■'>. Melesse hebetis spec. nov.
c?. Pectus crimson; legs and antennae whitish brown; pal]ii criiuson ; iiead
and thorax dull brown-grey, strongly washed and mixed with yellow; abdomen
dull brick-red. Forewing dull clay-brown, the basal half washed and splashed
with gallstone-yellow; around hyaline spot at end of cell, a large patch of gallstone-
yellow at apex reaching to vein 4. Hindwing hyaline white.
lyength of foiTwing : 17 mm.
Hull. IjU I'ninn, itiii llnacamiiyn, ('anilmya. 2iiiiii If., wft season, November
1904 ((J. li. (Ickcndi-nj.
14. Melesse sordida spec. nov.
(J. Pectus, legs, head, thorax, and antennae dirty clay-colour ; abdomen pale
crimson, tip whitish. Forewing clay-colour; a subbasal and a cellular dot black;
a white dot <ui vein 1 one-fourth from base. Hindwing hyaline white, washed
with rose.
?. Pectus and basal joint of jialpi jiale crimson; antennae and legs dull
brown ; head brown ; thorax brown, slightly mixed with scarlet ; abdomen dull
crimson. Forewing brown ; between vein 2 and inner margin one-fourth from
base a scarlet patch with white centre, beyond that two scarlet spots, and above
them on vein :i a smaller scarlet spot ; a, white spot on vein (i one-Hfth from apex,
Hindwing pale crimson.
Length of forewing : S I'i mm. : ? 19 mm.
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Hah. Tingnri. Carabaya, 340ii ft., dry season, Angnsf l'.iu4, aud Santo
Domiugo, Carabaya, 0000 ft., .Inly l'.H)2, dry season (G. R. Ookenden).
■^ SS,\ ?.
1-"). Melesse hampsoni spec. nov.
f?. Coxae, poctns, and palpi crimson ; niitennae \^v.\o fuseons with wliite tii)s ;
head and tliorax brownish grey ; abdomen crimson. Forewing brownish grey ;
in cell a luinnte black dot, beyond cell two black dots; below these two dots an
ill-defined brown patch ; from base for two-thirds of length of inner margin :i
large irregnlar orange patch between inner margin and vein 4; a cell-spot within
this orange patch. Hindwing crimson.
Length of forewing : 12 mm.
Hah. Potaro, British Gniana, April 10i)S ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May Ulofi,
and Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyra Valley, Snrinam, A]iril Itdi.") Cfi.. M. Klages);
La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 2i)0i) ft., wet season, November YM)\
(G. R. Ockenden).
21 S6.
M. Melesse punctata si)ec. nov.
(?. Poctns, palpi, and coxae pale crimson ; legs wliitish clay-brown ; antennae
j)ale brown, strongly pectinated ; head and thorax lavender-grey, strongly washed
with pale crimson ; abdomen pale crimson. Forewing pale testaceous brown, a
donble yellow spot ringed with scarlet on and below costa one-fourth from apex ;
in cell and on disc six scarlet spots, one l)etween vein 1 and inner margin with
yellow centre. Hindwing pale crimson.
Length of forewing : 12'.5 mm.
Hah. Bulim, Ecuador, December lltiio (Flemming & Mi({netta).
1 cT.
IT. Melesse pusilla spec. nov.
(J. Pectus and palpi pale crimson ; legs, head, and thorax brown : antennae
brown, anterior one-third white ; abdomen crimson, tij) yellowish. Forewing
bright brown, a snbbasal and a cellular blackish dot with pale centre one-fonrtii
I'roni ai)ex ; from costa to vein 7 a greyish white streak ; a pale grey ill-dcfiiicd
patch above inner margin on disc. Hindwing pale crimson.
?. Pectus pale crimson; palpi, head, antennae, and thorax pale lirown ;
abdiimen dull crimson. Forewing reddish brown, one-fifth from base between
veins 2 and 4 two white dots with dark rings ; a blnckish dot in cell and a white
spot on costa one-fourth from apex. Hindwing pale crimson.
Length of forewing : S W mm.; ? 11 ram.
Ha-h. Potaro, British Gniana, May 19t)8 ; Fonte Boa, Amazouas, October 19Ufi :
and Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, (Surinam, May I'.to.j (S. M. Klages).
3 cJc?, 1 ?.
18. Melesse nigromaculata spec. nov.
S- Pectns, legs, palpi, head, antennae, and thorax pale yellowish brown ;
abdomen pale crimson. Forewing pale yellowish brown, a white spot on costa
and one below it at apex of cell ; a square black jiatch in cell and a snbbasal
black spot ; a white spot on vein 3 and a similar one on vein 2 on disc. Hind-
wing pale rose.
f 27:^ )
?. Similar, Init lirightei', ami tlip lower spot at apex of cell half black and
white; the spot on vein 3 black and the subbasal spot black and white.
Length of forewing : r? 14 mm. : ? 1(3 mm.
Ilah. Minas (Jeraes (Kennedy) ; La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 20O0 ft.,
wet season, November 1904 (G. R. Ockenden) : Aropwarwa Creek, Maroewym
Valley, Snrinam, ALirch lOOri fS. M. Klages).
:! J'r^,4 ? ?.
!'•». Melesse colunibiana spec nov.
? . Pectus and palpi crimson ; legs brown-grey ; tarsi white ; head and thorax
grey-brown ; abdomen rose-crimson. Forewing yellowish grey-brown, a few
darker shades appearing round cell on costa down to vein 8, a white hyaline streak
one-fonrth from apex, a white dot on vein 2 one-fonrth from base; wings excised
above and below apex, and cilia at both excisions rose-colonr. Hindwing rose-
crimson.
Length of forewing: IT mm.
TIab. Santa Fe de Bogoti'i.
1 ¥.
2ii. Melesse surdus spec. nov.
cj. Pectus wiiite ; palpi and legs brownish white; head, thorax, and antennae
jiale brown ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing dull claj'-brown. Hindwing
hyaline whitish, washed with dull rose.
?. Similar, but forewing brighter brown, with tiny orange dot on vein 1
one-third from base. Hindwing hyaline salmon-colonr.
Length of forewing : S 12 mm. ; ? 16 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 and July 19(JT ; Avoewarwa Creek,
Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 190;"), and Tnmatnmari, British (iuiann,
December 1907 (S. M. Klages); Paramaribo, July 1S92; S. Javier, Rio Cachabi
(Flemming & Miqnetta).
2 c?c?,9 ? ?.
21. Melesse albogrisea spec. nov.
?. Pectus, legs, head, antennae, and thorax wliitish ; abdomen [)ale pink.
Forewing wliity brown-grey, on costa reaching to vein 8 ; one-fonrth from apex
a good-si/.ed hviiline white jiatch. Hindwing dull pale pink.
Length of forewing : L") mm.
Hdh. Sapucay, Paraguay, January lntli, 190.") (W. Foster).
1 ?.
22. Pachydota drucei spec. nov.
S. Differs at tirst sight from 1'. xa<liica Druce, with which it has hitherto
been mixed up, by the hindwings being dark sooty brown only slightly hyaline,
not hyaline bnffy white with brown border, and by the absence of the black
margins to the abdominal segments. The abdomen has on the first four segments
transverse dorsal black patches, and the sides of the last segment are black, not
orange.
Length of forewing : 28 mm.
Hnh. New Grenada {fide Felder) ; Jalapa, Mexico, June 1897 (Schans).
3 (JcJ. (1 ? in British Museum).
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23.^Pachydota aflBnis.
S. Has liiiKlwing still deeper ami more unit'oirn socify brown than in P. drurei.
Segments of abdomen with narrow black rings ; a dorsal tnft of blaek hair on
first, second, and third; sides of last one black.
?. Differs in having a black dorsal tnft only on second segment.
Ijength of forewing : cJ 27 mm.: ? :il mm.
Hull. I'opavan (riehniann) : Merida, \'enezntda (I'riceno).
1 c?, 1 ?. '
24. Pachydota peruviana si)ec. nov.
S. Abdomen above orange with narrow black segmental edges ; dorsal tnfts
of black hair on second and third segments. Hindwing hyaline sooty grey-
white, passing into a sooty brown towards margins.
?. Mnch larger, has tufts on three first segments; last segment black.
Length of forewing : i 25 mm. ; ¥ 32 mm.
Iliih. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, (iaOO ft., dry season, October 1903; La Oroya,
Hid Inambari, S.R. Pern, 3I()0 ft,, wet season, March IVMl.j; Tinguri, Carabaya,
34011 ft., <lry season, August 11hi4 ; Oconeijne, Carabaya, TOUU ft., dry season,
July 19U4 (G. K. Ockenden).
' 13 S6,'Z ? ?.
25. Pachydota punctata spec nov.
cf . This species can be at once recognised by the yellowish white spot on tnft
at tlie juncture of thorax and abdomen. It differs also from albiceps Wlk. in
the narrower black abdominal segmental rings and the last segment being yellow,
not black. It has Ijeen hitherto always confounded with albiceps.
Length of forewing : 25 — 28 mm.
Hub. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, February ]9(i5; La
Vnelta, C'aura River, June 1903 ; La LTnion, Canra River, May \Wl (S. M. Klages):
Dominica, September 19U4 (E. A. Agar) ; Paramba, Ecuador, January — May
isy? ; Palma Sola, Venezuela; Bulim, Ecuador, 16(J ft., December lOmi to
February 19U1, and Rio Cayapas, N.W. Ecuador (Flemming & Minuetta).
IC) S$, (•) ? ?.
-Ti. Carathis ockendeni spec. nov.
cT. Pectus orange; legs orange with several brown bands ; palpi, head, and
antennae brown : tegulae brownish orange ; thorax choitolate-brown : abdomen
above bla(^k, last segment above and whole of abdomen iielow orangi- ; last tlirec
segments laterally washed with brick-red. Forewing chocolate-brown, three or
four orange-buff sjmts at base, two minute reddish |)in [loints at ai)ex of cell ; at
apex of wing reaching to vein 3 a conglomeration of buify white spots, but only
about one-half the area of the similar one in ('. hftblis Schans. Hindwing
hyaline sooty black.
Length of forewing : IT mm.
llab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, <10(iii ft., wet season, aiarch l'."i2 (G. J{.
Ockenden j.
1 S.
27. Carathis aflBnis spec. nov.
J. Near to C. bi/blitt Schaus. Pectus orange ; legs pale brown with bufly
white rings ; paljii and antennsie brown ; head and tegulae buti' ; thorax brown;
patagia brown, broadly ujargined exteriorly with butt; abdomen above except
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idst segment black; sides of iilnlomcn anil last segment above ltfii;k-re<l ; abrloinen
below orange. Forewing chocolate-brown, basal l>uff patch imich larger than
in h>/hlig ; the bntf spots on middle of inner margin in that species absent in this,
the light patches on costa above cell much larger; a broad band of buff patches
extends across wing from costa obliqnely towards base over apical portion of
cell to vein 1. Hindwing hyaline sooty, base pinkish.
Length of forewing : is mm.
//'///. Oconerpie, (.'arabava, TtViii ff., dry season, .Inly lUi)4 (G. R. Ockendcn).
\ 6-
28. Baritius sannionis grandis snbsp. nov.
Similar to sannionis sannionis Rothsch., but very ranch larger and brighter in
colonr. It is the western representative of s. sannionis.
Length of forewing .sannionis sannionis: S 12 mm.
,, „ sannionis (jrandis : $ IT mm.
Hal,. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Pern, 3100 ft., dry season, September l'.)ii4
(G. R. Uckendenj ; Tnis, (losta Rica ; Qnevedo, W. Ecuador (v. Bnchwald).
^ a, 1 ?.
■^i'. Tricypha nigrescens spec. nov.
S. Similar to T. fnirafa Miischl., but larger and much darker in colour.
Pectus bright orange ; head, palpi, and antennae deep sooty brown ; collar deep
orange ; thorax deep sooty brown ; abdomen above deep black, basal half dorsally
densely clothed with sooty brown hairs, sides and tip orange, undersurface dee[>
brown. Forewing deep sooty-brown. Hindwing sooty black.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Hab. Sapucay, Paraguay, November 25, 1903 (W. Foster).
1 cJ.
30. Elysius feldei'i spec. nov.
S. Differs from atrata Feld. in having the whole abdomen orange above
and on the sides, a black patch dorsally on the second and third segments, and
a black heart-shaped spot on the last; below the last segment is orange. Hyaline
area of hindwing less extended.
Length of forewing : 2(i mm.
Hab. Oconeque, Carabaya, TOOO ft., dry season, .Inly 19iU i(J. R. Ockendcn).
4c?d'.
3L Elysius terraoides spec nov.
c?. Differs from terra Druce ; the three central segments above and at sides
orange narrowly margined witli black, not black with orange lateral spots ; the
hyaline area of hindwings much more extended than in turra.
Length of forewing: 2S mm.
Hab. Hnanciibaraba, ( 'erro de Pasco (E. Boettger) ; Cliarpnlavii, Bolivia,
1300 m., -July lHOl (Simons) ; Peru.
3 S6.
32. Ischnacampa brunneitincta spec. nov.
cJ. Similar to tristis Schaus, but of a lirown, not sooty grey, colour. Pectus,
legs, head, and antennae brown ; collar orange ; thorax and abdomen brown.
Forewing .semihyaline brown. Hindwing hyaline white; cilia brown
( •^-^' )
9. Similar.
Leugth of forewing ; S 21 mm. ; ? 25 mm.
/lab. Oconeque, Carabaya, TOOD ft., dry season, July 1UU4, and Santo Domingo,
Carabaya, 6000 ft., November 1901, wet season (G. R. Ockeadeu) ; (,'usbi, rrovince
Huannco, Peru, 1000 m. (W. Hoffmanns).
2 66, 1 ?.
:i:'>. Opharus intermedia sjiec. nov.
¥. E.xactly intermediate between ". ///jjcn'ta H.-S. and i >. j/ariinacuUUa
Hmpsn. Pectus crimson ; frons brown ; vertex lemon-yellow with brown patch behind
antennae; tegnlae black-brown, margined inside with lemon-yellow ; patagia lemon-
yellow, margined with black-brown ; abdomen dorsally basal half black-lirowii,
anterior half pale crimson, margined segmentally with black-brown, laterally and
inferiorly black-brown, laterally spotted with lemou-yellow. Forewing black-
brown, five yellow spots on costa, si.\ transverse rows of varions-sized yellow spots
and dots on wing, and a marginal row of yellow dots, Hindwing black-brown,
slightly paler; two yellow dots at ape.K, and a series of yellowish white patches
on disc ; e.\treme base pink.
Length of forewing : 27 mm.
Hal. ? (e.\. coll. Felder).
:i4. Opharus hampsoni spec. nov.
This is the insect Sir George Hamjison described in Vol. III. of the Gatalogac
of Mot/is as Opharus deerepUhi H.-S. I have trne (h'crcjjida, which is quite
difterent and much larger ; the yellow markings of forewing being larger and more
numerous, and in the S the hindwing being light with a rather darker submargiual
band, while in hampaoiii the whole wing is black-brown. 1 have X", S $ and 10 ? ?
of trne decrepida, and 32 SS and 14 ? ? o^ hampsoni.
Length of forewing hampsoni: Largest 6 23 mm., ? 2o mm. ; smallest 6
18 mm., ? 21 mm.
Length of forewing decrepida: Largest 6 27 mm., ? oO mm.; smallest 6
21 mm., ? 23 mm.
35. Opharus decrepidoides spec. nov.
? . Differs from decrepida by liaving the yellow markings on forewing reduced
to four zigzag transverse bands, one antemedian, one median, and two postmedian.
The dark markings of hindwing are reduced to a wide marginal band extending
three-fourths of the way round the wing.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hah. Sunto Domingo, ("arabaya., li.'ion f(., dry season, October VM\\ {V\. R.
< )ckenden).
I ?.
Opharus nexa H.-S. A: 0. punctularis H.-S.
These two species are ijuite distinct, not $ and ? as Sir George llampsou
thought. I have both se.xes of each, \ Si,'i 2 'i nexa, 3 6S, 2 ? ? puiwtulnri.s.
Opharus alljimaculata Jones is a subspecies of nexa, and must stand as Opharas
nexa ulbimaculatu.
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36. Opharus astur cubensis subspec. nov.
S. Differs from astur astur iu the markings ou wiugs being much (hiri;er
brown and the ground-colonr pale butf. The thorax and basal half of alidoinen
grej'-brown.
?. Differs in having the markings on wings much obliterated and the ground-
colour testaceous brown instead of white.
Expanse of forewing : c? 25 mm. ; ? 28 mm.
JIuh. Cuba.
2 (?c?, 2 ? ?.
37. Opharus astur arizonensis subspec. nov.
?. Differs from astur astur by the uniform whitish grey of the gniund-colnur
of the wings and the pale lirownish grey of the markings. Thoi'ax pale grey ; Ijasal
half of abdomen whitish.
Length of forewing : 2.3 mm.
/Ia/>. Huachuca Mts., Arizona, August V.nv.i (Oslarj.
3 ? ?.
38. Hemihyalea erganoides peruviana subspec. nov.
?. Differs from //. c. cryaz/ontes liy the darker brown margins to the wings and
the more brown-rufous of head and thorax.
Length of forewing : 33 mm.
Hab. Agnalani, f!arabaya, tMiiMi ft., August I'.Xio, dry season (G. 11.
Ockenden).
2 <SS.
Hemihyalea cornea, mansueta, rhoda, etc.
Sir George Hampson has united all these under cornea H.-S. 1 have large
series of them, and find them very distinct ; they are not subspecies, as they
all occur together in various parts of their range, therefore this group must stand as
follows as distinct species :
Hemihyalea cornea Herr.-Schaff.
Hemihyalea mansueta H. Edw.
Hemihyalea rhoda Druce.
Hemihyalea testacea Rotlisch.
Hemihyalea ochracea Hdthsch.
3',». Hemihyalea argillacea spec. nov.
(J. Pectus, head, thorax, sides and underside of abdomen clay-buff; dorsal
surface of abdomen salmon-crimson. Forewing hyaline, with clay-buif margins.
Hindwiugs hyaline, with abdominal area salmon-rose.
Length of forewing : 32 mm.
IJab. Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermann).
2 S6.
4u. Hemihyalea fuscescens spec. nov.
?. Pectus and underside of abdomen and legs day-buff; head and thorax
clay-brown ; abdomen above salmon-crimson. Forewings hyaline, powdered with
golden brown scales, thicker on margins and anterior third of wing. Hiudwing
similar, but with abdominal third salmon-rose.
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d. Similar.
Length of forewing : 2s mm.
Hah. Costa Hica (Underwood).
2 ? ?, 1 c?.
41. Hemihyalea battyi spec. iiov.
?. Allied to edwanlsi Pack, rectus, bead, and thorax brown : abdomen pale
dirty crimson, last segment clay-brown ; antennae dark brown. Forewing rufous
brown, an autemedian broad transverse dark buff band, a dark buff blotch at
apex of cell, and another opposite on inner margin ; two postmedian transverse
bauds of dark buff patches. Hindwing hyaline dark bnff, abdominal area salmon-
rose.
Length of forewing : '^VZ mm.
Hah. Palenka Island, Colombia, January 22, 11)112 (.). H. I'-affy).''
42. Amastus aflBnis sjiec. uov.
¥. Similar to snfii.ia H.-S. Pectus dark crimson; palpi and antennae dark
brown ; head and tegulae clay-brown ; collar crimson ; patagia clay-brown, with
central yellow streak margined with black ; thorax crimson, with median day-
brown line ; abdomen bright crimson, a lateral row of whitish j>atches ringed
with black, beneath which are two double orange and black lines. Forewing
deep brown, crossed by various clay-yellow bands, lines, and shades ; a brown
patch on discocellnlars. Hindwing hyaline buffy clay.
cf. Similar.
Length of forewing : S 31 mm. ; ? 3(i mm.
Hub. Zamora. Ecuador, 30ilU — lUHO ft. (0. T. Baronj ; Santo Domiugd,
Carabaya, OOUO ft., .Inly ]'.MI2, dry season ; Oconeque, C-arabaya, 7UiJit ft., dry
season, July 1904; Tingnri, Carabaya, 340(l ft., <lry season, August r.iil4 ; Agualani,
('arabaya, iWOd ft., dry season, July V.Mh ; and Chiri-Mayo, S.E. Peru, luiiu ft.,
July 19U1, dry season ((i. U. Ockenilen).
10 JcJ, S ¥ ¥.
43. Amastus flavicauda spec. nov.
? . Pectus pale crimson ; legs and antennae deep brown ; head clay-brown ;
collar pale crimson ; tegulae, basal half clay-brown, apical half orange, a transverse
black central line ; patagia clav-grey, a central band of orange margined with
black ; thorax crimson, a central dark brown line ; abdomen dorsally crimson,
sides and last two segments yellow, a lateral row of greyish white spots in black
rings, beldw which are two black lines. Forewing dark rufous brown, crossed
by numerous cinnamon bands and lines. Hindwing hyaline pale cinnamon.
cJ. Similar.
Length of forewing : c? 36 mm. ; ¥ 38 — 40 mm.
Hah. Chiriipii, Panama; Volcano tie Chiriipii, oOiio — '.iiiiio fi., and liogava,
Ohiriqui, .son ft. (Watson) ; Caroblanco, (!osta Kica (Lancaster).
3 ii, 10 ? ?.
44. Amastus erebelloides spec. nov.
?. Similar to crebella Mosn., but larger. Pectus crimson; palj)!, frons, and
antennae deep brown; vertex rufous chestnut: tegulae rufous chestnut, base grey-
brown ; patagia grey-brown, bordered with rufous chestnut ; thorax rufous chestnut ;
basal lialf of abdomen crimson, ajiical half sooty brown. Forewing chocolate-
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lirown, powtlereil with light cbestiint scales. Hinilwiiig, costal iialt' i)lili(jHoIy
hyaline brown, abdominal half hyaline rose.
Length of forewing : ;3!s mm.
Ilab. Agnalani, Carabaya, OOmi ft., wet season, December 1 '.)()•'), ami Linibaiii,
(.'arabaya, 9000 ft., Jannary and Folirnarv 1'.mi4 '(j. R. Ockenden).
3 ? ? .
45. Amastus pseuderebella sjiee. nov.
?. I'ectns pale dnll crimson; antennae rnfons brown; head and thorax
greyish chocolate-brown : liasal half of abdomen pale brownish pink, apical half
sooty clay-brown. Forewing hyaline, thinly covered all over with browu-grey
scales. Hindwing hyaline yellowish grey.
Length of forewing : 3'J mm.
Hab. Bogota, ronnd town, .Jnne ; Bogota ; Bogota (Child).
S ? ?. "
41',. Amastus umber spec. nov.
?. Pectus [lale crimson; legs iirowii ; palpi, head, antennae, and thorax dark
chocolate-brown ; abdomen dorsally salmon-crimson, sides and last fonr segments
gulden yellow, a lateral row of dark brown spots. Forewing semihyaline deep
rufous chocolate, crossed by five very indistinct wavy cinnamon bands, one ante-
median, one median, and three postuiedian ; the first two of tiiese later close
togethei'. Hindwing hyaline brown.
(?. Similar.
Length of forewing : 3 36 mm.; ? 40 mm.
Hab. Merida, Venezuela (Briceno).
1 c?,4 ? ?.
47. Amastus hyalina orientalis snbspec. nov.
c{. Differs from Iv/aluni /h/kUhh in the pectus lieing cinnamon clay-colour,
not whitish clay, in the head and thorax being uniform pale rufous clay, not [lale
Ijutf with orange margins to tegulae and patagia, and in the margins of the wings
bemg darker.
?. Similar differences are shown in this sex, but the thorax is much darker
in comparison, and the last four segments of and sides of abdomen are blackish
clay-brown, not whitish clay.
Lengtii of forewing : S :i',) mm. ; ? 33 mm.
Hab. Merida, Venezuela (Briceno).
2 (?r^,n ? ?,
4s. Amastus childi spec nov.
?. Pectus, head, and thorax pale rufous clay; antennae brown; abdomen
clay-colour, base with pale crimson hairs. Forewing pale rufous. Hindwing
hyaline browu-grey.
Length of forewing : :!_' mm.
ll'ib. Bogota (Child;.
4''. Halisidota maculata texana subspec. nov.
This form is nearest to iiKimlntii (nnjidifcni Wlk., but is as a rule smaller anil
paler, and the markings in the $ are less pronounced. The ? has the markings
much more like the S than in the other subspecies.
Ilab. Texas.
4 SS, 1 ?.
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5ii. Halisidota tucumana spec. nov.
ij. Nearest allied to muculat'i. Pectus auJ legs golden butt' ; head and thorax
golden buff; antennae orange-brown ; abdomen bright yellowish bnfif. Forewing
bright golden bnff, crossed by six irregular wavy pale rufous bands, one basal,
two anteiut'dian, one median, one postmedian, and one snbmarginal ; a white spot
surrounded by dark rufous on discocellulars. Hindwiug pale hyaline buff.
?. Larger and jialer, and the transverse bands more indistinct.
Length of forewing : S 18 mm. ; ? 21 mm.
Ilah. Ciudad de Tucuman, Argentina, August 1903 (L. Monetti) ; Tucuman
(.Steinbach).
4 Jc?,2 ? ?.
ol. Halisidota distincta spec nov.
<i . [Similar to nlsiu Cram., but much larger, the colour deeper, and the
markings all much more distinct. Pectus and forelegs deeji chocolate-brown ;
jialpi golden; head and tegulae bright golden buff; patagia golden butt', liroadly
1 landed on inner side with deep brown ; thorax golden butt' with median brown
baud ; abdomen golden butt' with a reddish iridescence. Forewing bright golden
butt', crossed by eight /.igzag brown lines and two darker brown bands, one median
and one anteniedian ; at apex of cell a silvery spot surrounded broadly with dark
brown, inner margin broadly black-brown, at outer margin a row of black dots.
— — Hindwiug hyaline butt'.
?. (Similar.
Length of forewing: 6 >6 mm. : ? 2ii mm.
Hab. Agualani, t'arabaya, 9oiiii ft., wet season, March 1900 (G. R. Ockeuden).
7 c?c?,~' ? ?.
■y^. Halisidota distincta brunnescens subspec. nov.
Similar to iliMncto diftinrta, but all the markings on forewings wider and
more rufous brown.
Hab. Huaucabamba, Cerru de Pasco, (iiidU— lo,iiiiii ft. (E. Boettger).
3 6S, 1 ?.
■y'i. Halisidota moeschleri spec. nov.
(S ■ Similar to atumom A\'lk., but jiale rufous cinnamon, not butt' ; the transverse
band across end of cell is uniform throughout in colour, not darker from costa
across cell than between coll and inner margin.
?. Shows similar ditt'erences from female atoi/wau, and the transverse bands
are more distinct.
Had. Jamaica.
II <^J, ;i ¥ ?.
1 also have '^ d 6 and ~ ¥ ? oi' afoino.tn from Wio Janeiro.
•">4. Halisidota affinis spec. nov.
J. Allied to hj.riilti H. Edw., but the wings much shorter in proportion and
broader. Pectus, legs, and underside of abdomen pale cream-butt' ; head, tegulae,
and base of patagia clay-grey ; rest of patagia and thorax pale cream-butt'; abdomen
dorsally sooty grey, last segment cream-butt'. Forewing clay-grey, basal fourth ;
costa, some irregular sjiots in cell and (ui disc, and a zigzag line of sjiots and
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streaks one-fifth from outer margin cream-bu(f. Hiudwiiij; clay-grey Inittisli
on costal third of disc ; antennae pale cream ; pectinations dark brown.
?. Similar, bnt much paler, ground-colonr brownish grey-bnff, with a nurabur
of cream patches all over disc of forewino-.
Length of forewing: lunda, S 29 mm.; ? 30 mm.
1, „ : affinis, <S 28 mm. ; ? :U mm.
Breadth of forewing at outer margin : hnida, S 14 mm. : ? l;( mm.
11 >. „ ,, : (i/liiiis, S 10 mm.; ? LS mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, OOOii ft., wet season, February I'.iu:.', and
Tinguri, Carabaya, 3400 ft., wet season, January 1UU5 (G. R. Ockendeu).
2 (?<?,4 ? ?.
Halisidota falacra Uogn., etc.
This insect has been identified by Sir George Hampson as the harfris of Sepp.
1 have carefully compared the figures with my long series of 20 f?c?, 4? ?, and in
none of them is there any trace of the two transverse bands sliovvn in the figures;
and therefore there is no reason, in my opinion, to identify this species with Sepp's
insect. Sir George has also identified Sepp's Plialaeim citrina and Phalaena
rhomboidea with i'harklea seruba Herr.-Schiiff. and Halisirlota utrigidosa Wlk.
respectively. Here again, on comparison, I cannot see any likeness between Sepp's
drawings and the respective insects.
Therefore these insects must stand as 'I'liali'sn srrnbii (H.-S.J and llaUsidota
striquloMi ^\'lk.
My II(tligiilot<i iilbijj>(i,ct<(, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8; iv. p. :i21, is the giant form
of the ? from the west of the S. American continent of TImles'i seruba, and must
stand as Thalesa .v'rubu albipuncta, and the small form from the Amazonas and
Guianas may be named Thalesa xeniba parva subsp. nov.
.55. Halisidota falacroides spec. nov.
S. Similar to Itoida and /'alar m. Pectus pale cream-colour; coxae sooty
black : head and thorax creamy clay-colour ; abdomen above sooty brown-grey.
Forewing cream-buti', washed strongly with sooty grey on basal half, and marked on
apical half with sooty, narrow, long, cuneate marks close togethei', a round blackish
spot at apex of cell. Hindwing sooty brown-grey, hyaline bufHsh towards costa.
?. Similar, bnt more greyish, ;uid tlie forewing irrorated and dotted all over
with brown-grey.
Length of forewing : d 20 mm. ; ? .'8 mm.
Hab. Sant(j Domingo, Carabaya, Otiou ft., wet season, November r.iii:J
(G. K. Ockendeu); Huancabamba, Cerro de i'asco, Of.iUO — lii,ii(Hi ft. (Boettger);
S. Javier, Ivio L^achabi (Flcmming i Mi(iuetta).
■>''<■ Halisidota subterranea spec. nov.
d. Similar to fi'rra/iea, but larger. Pectus pale cream-buff; head, antennae,
tegulae, and base of patagia clay-grey ; thorax and rest of patagia pale cream-
colour ; abdomen sooty grey-black, tip and sides cream-colour. Forewing dark
buff, irrorated, spotted, and streaked with sooty and cream ; black stigma on
discocellulars. Hindwing sooty grey, («stal thii-d cream.
? . Similar, but larger and paler.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 25 mm.
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Hah. Santo Domiugo, ('anil>aya, <ini|ii ft., dry season, July I'.M):^ ; Oconcrjue,
f'arabaya, 7000 ft., dry season, July r)ii4, anil La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 340n ft.,
dry .season, September 1004 (G. R. Ockendenj.
10 <?c?, 3 ? ?.
•")7. Halisidota dinellii spec. nov.
6- Pectus and legs, palpi and frons sooty brown ; vertex, antennae, and thorax
bnffisli clay-brown ; alxloraen testaceous yellow. Forewing lirownish rluy-butt',
irrorated all over witli dark brown clots, larger in apical third of wing. Hindwing
pale hyaline buiT.
Length of forewing : ".^3 mm.
Hab. La Havada, Tnonman, Argentina, l:ii)ii m., -^^Z'Z^^ ft. (Uinelli).
1 c?.
58. Halisidota fixliginosa spec. nov.
S. Allied to (lira, but instead of being black, brown like ?. Pectus orange;
legs banded cream, black and orange ; palpi deep brown with two orange
bands ; head olivaceous grey ; antennae black-brown : tegnlae olivaceous brown-
orange with sage-green borders : patagia similar, but with black central line ;
thorax similar : abdomen black above, yellowish testaceous grey below. Fore-
wing olivaceous orange-brown, with three olive-yellow patches on costa, and some
bands and patches of darker brown edged with black lines. Hindwing hyaline
sooty black.
?. Similar, but larger, the margins to tegnlae, jiatagia, and thorax bright
green, and the hindwing in the costal half more brown.
Length of forewing : S 23 mm.; ? 20 mm.
Hall. (Aiernavaca, Mexico, September l'.)i)4 (Dr. (tadow; ; Santo Domingo,
t'arabaya, UOOo ft., dry season, .July l'.i02 (G. U. Ockendon).
1 cJ, 4 ? ?.
oil. Halisidota bricenoi spec. nov.
(?. Also closely allied to atra. Pectus orange ; legs banded orange and
black ; head and thorax fuliginous, washed with a tinge of orange and the edges
faintly showing green ; abdomen above sooty black-brown, below sooty earth-
brown. Forewing sooty brown, crossed l)y unmerous irregular bands of a dark
colour; a large black stigma on discocellnlars. Hindwing hyaline sooty brown.
(J. Similar, bnt larger and darker.
Jjcngth of forewing: c? 23-o mm.; ? 2i^ mm.
Hub. Merida, Venezuela (Briceno).
1 J, 4 ??.
Halisidota ciuctipes and intcrliueata.
Here there is a great deal of cinitusion, Sir (ieorge Hampson having united
under these two names at least five species. He places in his catalogue H. t/ai-isii
H. Edwds. nader dncfipes, while, in my opinion, it is a distinct species. The only
two alternatives are either to lumpn^/r/, iiitfrliiiraln, ciwtijifK, and trxxrlluria as one
variable species (as they occur all together), or, as 1 think right and am doing here —
viz. dividing them into eleven species and eight subspecies. I have here to describe
two new species of this group, to name three species hitherto overlooked, and to
describe several subspecies.
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fio. Halisidota steinbachi spec nov.
cj. Pectus l)utty {Ji'ey ; logs whitish, viiiijed with grey hands, each band edged
witli black ; palpi ringed orange and grey; he.id whitish buffy grey; antennae dark
lirown, liasal joint orange; tcgnlac and ]>atagla buti'y grey, the latter with a narrow
liliick central line ; thorax bntt'y orange with central grey line ; abdomen bnti'y
orange. Forewing hyaline brown-grey ; at base a long olive-grey patch joined
to two similar patches on basal third of costa, a median olive-grey band from costa
to inner margin, a darker olive-grey band from costa across apex of cell, a broad,
very jiale olive-brown irregular band from costa to inner margin ; a very broad
marginal band of pale rufous olive-brown from termen to tornns. Hindwiug
hyaline pale buff, abdominal third more orange.
?. Similar, but olive-grey jiatclies and bands on forewing much darker and
more distinct.
Length of forewing: S 25 mm.; ? 21 — 27 mm.
Hab. Tucuman and Salta, Argentina, April — November 10ii3 (J. Steinbach) ;
Cindad de Tucuman, Argentina, March 1903 (L. Monetti) ; CHndad de Tucuman,
4r)i I m., January Ifiiil (Dinelli).
4 <^c?, : ¥ ?.
111. Halisidota oslari s|iec. nov.
S. Dill'ers from fr.s.sc/lur/.s Abbot & Smith by its much rounder forewing and
convex, not semiconcave, onter margin of forewing, absence of green margins to the
tegulae and patagia, and sooty grey, not bnff, tarsi. All the wings are uniform
creamy white, and the bands of forewings, which are distinct in tesselluris, are here
only indicated by the very faintest remains of the black hair-streaks that form the
margins of these bands in tessellaris. This form I consider a good species as
I received from (_)slar from the same localities typical tesfteUaris.
? . Similar, but shows traces of green margins to jiatagia.
Length of forewing : S 23 mm. ; ? 25 mm.
Ilab. Denver, Colorado. ;ind Olenwood S[irings, Colorado fOslar).
(i J(?, 4 ? ?.
<i2. Halisidota interlineata iuteusa snbspec. nov.
t_?. This is the western form of iiilcrliiii'((tii W'llc. Walker's type came from
Brazil, and 1 have specimens from the Eastern side of Mexico down to Rio Janeiro;
while my twenty-eight sjiecimeus of i uteri iiwatu ihti'iisa range from Western Costa
Rica, Merida, Venezuela, down to South Peru.
It differs from interlineata interli ncatu by its much larger size, intense black
and orange of the costal and discocellular patches, and the more intense orange-bntf
ground colour. The postmeilian transverse band of forewing is always jiresent,
while in int. interlineata it is mostly entirely absent, but occasionally indicated in
Mexican examples by a single small spot. The green margins to tegulae and
patagia are very broad and intense in colour.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : largest ////. interlineatn. S 25 mm.; ? 2s mm.
,, ,. ,, ////. iitten.vi 6 3(1 mm. ; ? 33-5 mm.
Ilab. ('ostaRica; Asahar de Cartago, Costa Rica, February l!?9'.l (Underwood) ;
Tnis, (!osta Rica ; La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 2ihiii ft., wet season,
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Decenilipr 19i)4, and Santo Domingo, Carahaya, fioOO ft., wet season, November U)t>l*.
(G. R. Ockenden) ; La Merced, fhanchamayo ; Merida, Veneznela fBriceno).
IS <?(?, Ill ? ?.
M. Halisidota underwoodi sjiec. nov.
?. This s])ecies lias liitlierto liecn mixed np wifii interlineafn, and, more-
over, upsets the key to the species in tlie Ihil. Mas. Catalofjiw, for tlie
discoidal liand is sometimes joined to the median, forming a V, lint more
often not.
Differs from inti-rliiii'afa below by the whiter ehiy-buff of the abdomen, by
a median and two lateral rows of black spots on the abdomen, Viy the ranch broader
and more intense black borders to the grey bands on the legs, the more inten.se
orange ])ectns. Above the colonr is mnch less bright and greyer than in interUne.atn,
and the margins to jiatagia, thorax, and tegnlae are dark sage-green. On the
forewing tlie costal patches are orange with narrow black margins, not black with
yellow and black margins as in interlineata ; the discoidal band has a black stigma,
only not being praeticnlly all black as in ivterlincntu. Hindwing more brownish
iiyaline bntf, and abdomen .above much deeper orange.
6. Similar, lint has black margins to the orange patches, and the discoidal luid
median liands wider.
Length of forewing ; 6 30 mm. ; ? 29 mm.
Hall. .Talapa, Mexico ; Vera Crnz, Mexico ; Orizaba, Mexico, March— Jnne
1896 (W. Schaus) ; Tuis, Costa Rica ; San Jose, Costa Rica, May and June 1899
(Underwood) ; Chanchamayo, Peru (Schunke) : Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, :51imi ft.,
dry season, Jnne 19II4 (G. R. Ockenden).
11 cJcf, n ? ?.
04. Halisidota underwoodi orientalis snbspec. nov.
i. This is the Eastern form of inideriroodi. It is smaller and paler, and has
a larger discoidal stigma.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : S 2.5 mm. ; ? 27'5 mm.
Ilai). Cai)aro, Trinidad (F. Birch); ditto, December 190.'i (S. M. Kl.ages);
Port of Spain and Tabaqnite, Narieva L~)istrict, Central Trinidad (F. Birch) ;
British Guiana.
7 6S, T ??.
'55. Halisidota schausi spec. nov.
This has hitherto been confounded with rinrtljii's Grotc.
tJ. Pectus orange; legs pale orange, banded with greyish white, the bunds
edged with darker grey ; head jiale bull' ; tegnlae and patagia iiale bntf, edged with
verditer-blue, the latter with a central black streak ; thorax orange with central
verditer-blue line ; abdomen orange, tip whitish buff. Forewing hyaline whitish
buff, the ]iatches on costa and discoidal band pale orange, the median, snbterminal,
and terminal bands pale bnffy brown. Hindwing hyaline cream-yellow on
abdominal third.
? . Similar, but discoidal band broken up into five separate spots, and the
thoracic stripe and margins verditer-green.
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Lengl-.h of fovewing : S 30 mm. : ? 31 mm.
flai. Costa Rii'a (Undprwond) ; San Jose, Costa Rica, May anil .Tnni' 1809
(Underwood); Popayan (Leliiuan) ; Cindad de Guatemala (Rodriguez;.
00. Halisidota schausi pallida snb.spec. nov.
c?. Similar to .ic/ninsi hcI/iims/, but consideralily paler; in fact, with exception of
the costal aud discoidal pale orauge patches, the liands and spots arc liardly more
relieved from the ground colour than in tessrllrn-is.
?. Similar, liut orange patches darker.
Length of forewing : i 28 mm. ; ? 31 mm.
Hah. Guadalajara, Mexico ; f'uernavaca, Mexico, September ll)U4 (Dr. (iadow).
13 c?(?,24 ? ?.
07. Halisidota schausi insularis snbspec. nov.
(?. This little form is at once distinguislied by its small size, darker colour,
and in having the subterminal band more or less broken up into spots. The tegnlae
and patagia are dull orange in c?, and the costal and discoidal patches and band
are not orange, but grey-l)rown.
Length of forewing: cj 21 mm. ; ? 23 mm.
Hub. Sta. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, -June lt)0(i (type bred ISflti) fBranch).
T c?<?,T ??.
0>^. Halisidota schausi tucumana snbspec. nov.
(^ ¥ . Differs from the remaining forms of schanxi at first sight by the bands
and spots on forewings being wider and much brighter and more distinct.
Length of forewing : S 25 mm. ; ? 28 mm.
llab. Tucumiin, Argentina (J. Steinbach) ; Oiudad de Tucuman, 4.")() m., March
l'.)ii3 (L. Monetti) and April 1902 (Dinelli).
■i cJcJ, 4 ? ?.
09. Halisidota schausi meridensis snbspec. nov.
i. Differs from nclKnix/ .v/im/si in Jiaving shorter and broader wings in pro-
portion ; and the bands and patches are broader and closer together and the coloiii'
is brigliter.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : xclxoiiii arhausi, S 3i) mm. ; ? 31 nun.
lircadth „ at outer margin : scluumi .sclKiusi, 6 14 nun.; ? 14 mm.
Length „ : xi'/uimi meridensis, S 26 mm. ; ? 23 mm.
Breadth ,, at outer margin: .•*'7'n'".sv»?/!/7V/«y/.'<i/.«. c? 13-.") mni. : ? 12 mm.
2 cJJ, 1 ¥.
Ilah. ilerida, Venezuela, liricefio.
Til. Halisidota schausi brasiliensis snbspec, nov.
?. Differs from «c7(«(^Av' //«//;>/« by the greater width ol' median and snbbasul
bands at inner margin, and by the costal and discoidal (latches being pale Imlly
brown with no trace of orange.
Length of forewing : 30 mm.
Ilnb. Castro, Parana, Brazil.
1 ?.
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71. Halisidota tessellaris meridionalis snbspor. nnv.
rt ?. SiiniliU- til fi.ssi'l/iut.s ti'.'^si'/l'-irix, Init iniu'li hirger, the liamls wiilcv,
? iisiKillv ]i:il('r, Imt at once recognisable liy the ineilian liiiiul being narnuveil
almost tu a ]ioint on inner margin. No trace of green on thorax.
Length of forewing : ti'ssi'/lari.i ti'.Hxellaris, S 23 mm.; ? 2."i mm.
,, „ tf'xsellaris meriJioiiulils, c? 28 mm. ; ? 3ii mm.
Hub. Orizaba, Mexico. Febrnary ]8it{) (W. Schaus).
3 c?(?,2 ? ?.
72. Halisidota jonesi f<iiec. nov.
(J. Pectus, head, and antennae pale golden brown ; legs, palpi, and tiiorax
bright golden bnft' with faint golden brown streaks ; abdomen pale rufous buft".
Forewinii- bright golden but!', closely irrorated with rufous half-moons; a rufous
band extends along centre of wing from base to termen. Hindwing opalescent
cream-white, abdominal area buff.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hub. Castro. Parana (E. V>. Jones).
2 Si.
T3. Halisidota venezuelensis spec. nov.
c?. Allied to cedoii Drnce. Pectus and legs butty clay-colour : bead and
thorax greyish brown : abdomen sooty clay-brown. Forewing yellowish clay-
colonr, splashed and streaked with brown patches, s])ots, and half-moons.
Hindwing butty clay, washed strongly with brown.
Length of forewing : 22-5 mm.
Hab. Palma Sola, Venezuela.
3 Jf?.
T4. Halisidota batesi spec. nnv.
cJ. Pectus clay-brown ; legs butt', banded with brown ; head and tiiorax
clav -brown, mixed with golden buff; two black dots on ])atagia ; thorax, ttvst
segment golden butt', tinged with brown, second and third brown, rest clay-colour.
Forewing dark golden buff, irrorated with rufous ('hocolate ; an antemedian
and iiostmeilian irregular broad band of same colonr, and an oblique bar from
oosta one-fonrtli from base to the apex of vein J at outer margin also rufous
chocolate. Hindwing, costal half minus broad outer margin buff, outer margin
and abdominal half brownish grey.
Length of forewing : 23 mm.
Ilah. Teft'e, Amazons, 1 cJ, September I'.MiT (M. de Mathan), 1 6 (Bates, ex
coll. Felder).
7.1. Halisidota pseudoconiata spec. nov.
6. Allied til foitiata Hmpsn., but diflers from it at first sight by the square,
blunt, not long-pointed, forewing. Pectus and legs lemon-yellow ; palpi and
frons brown: vertex and tegulae brownish buff; thorax and abdomen orange-
buff; patagia whitish butt'. Forewing whitish buff, strongly washed with yellow,
a brown spot at apex of cell near costa, a large black-brown spot on discoccllulars
at lower end of cell, a dark brown shade occupying disc and varying from a mere
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line at termeii to 35 imu. wide between veins 2 anil :J, and again narrowinj^ to a
line on inner margin near base; a snbtermiaal row of black dots. Hindwing bnlf.
? . Similar, but larger ; three blackish jiatches from termen to vein 0, and
costa and wing more irrorated and spotted with brown.
Length of forewing : c? 20 mm. ; ? 23 mm.
IJab. Limbani, Carabaya, 9500 ft., dry season, April 1904, and Agnalani,
Carabaya, 9000 ft., wet season, December 1905 (G. B. Ockenden).
1 c?, 3 9 ?.
~f). Halisidota stuarti spec. nov.
?. Pectus rufous clay; legs blackish chocolate; head and thorax chocolate
nifous ; abdomen clay-buff. Forewing chocolate rufons, slightly irrorated with
brown, a dark brown band from termen to base. Hindwing hyaline white.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Ilab. Reyes, Amazons, August 7th, 1895 (Maxwell Stnart).
1 ?.
T7. Halisidota cuneipuncta spec. nov.
(?. Pectus pale clay-bnfF ; legs buffy clay ; palpi and frons brown ; vertex
and thorax buff, strongly mixed with brown ; abdomen pale buffy rufous ; antennae
pale brown. Forewing buff, irrorated with dark rufons, a doulile subterrainal row
of long dark rufous cuneate marks. Hindwing buff, shaded deeply with rufons
brown-gre}'.
Length of forewing : 23 mm.
J fab. Vera Cruz, Mexico.
1 <S.
"8. Halisidota liparoides spec. nov.
c?. Pectus buff with two sooty grey patches ; legs buff; head and thorax liuff,
irrorated with dark grey scales; antennae pale brown ; abdomen dark rnfoiis buff.
Forewing pale buff, irrorated and shaded with mauve-grey. Hindwing
golden buff; from tornus half-way to termen a broad sooty brown band followed
by a few indistinct spots, fringe white.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
flab. Aroewarwa ("reek, Maroewyni Valley, Surinam, May I'Ji.lo, and Fonte
Boa, Amazonas, July 1907 (S. M. Klages); La Union, Rio Huacamayo, (!arabaya,
2000 ft., wet season, November 1904 (G. H. Ockenden).
0 c?cJ.
79. Halisidota aurantiaca spec. nov.
(?. Pectus, palpi, and legs dark buff; coxae orange ; head and thorax l)rownish
orange ; abdomen above pale orange, first four segments clothed with brown hairs.
Forewing buffy orange, irrorated closely with rnfous brown spots and half-
moons, a small black discoidal stigma, a terminal and subterminal row of dark
brown dots. Hindwing: costal half orange, rest dark sooty grey.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Bfib. Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, November — December 1907
(W. Hoffmanns^ ; La Vnelta, Caura River, May 1903 (S. M. Klages).
2 c?(J.
19
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80. Halisidota lacteogrisea spec. nov.
(?. Pectus jiale liiiff; Isijs biift" with pale brown jiatclies ; liead and thorax
clay-hnfi' with hruwnisli streaks ; abdoiiieu brown, tip pale biitf. Forewing pale
creaiu-colour with pale lirown patches and dark brown dots. Hindwing, costal
half bnff, washed with lirown, abdominal half pale sooty brown, two brown spots
at term en.
Length of forewing : 2U mm.
HuL. La Vnelta, ('aura River, May 1903 (S. M. Klages).
2 <?c?.
81. Halisidota stipulata spec. nov.
(J. Pectns and forelegs, frons, palpi, and antennae pale clay-brown ; head and
thorax orange-bnff, slightly tinged and mottled with lirown; abdomen: basal half
pale sooty brown, apical half bntf. Forewing bright orauge-bafF, mottled and
clonded with pale orange-brown, a dark streak from termen to base. Hindwing
buff, heavily washed and clonded with sooty grey-brown, two dark brown short
streaks at termen.
? . Similar, but paler.
Length of forewing : S 23 mm. ; ? 25 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Rio luambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., wet season, March 1905;
Tinguri, C'arabaya, 34i)0 ft., dry season, Aiigast 1904 (G. R. Ockenden); Cushi,
Province Hiianuco, Peru, 1900 m., and Poziizo, Hnannco, 900— lOou m. (\V. Hoff-
manns); Uhulumaui, Bolivia, 2000 ra., December, wet season (Simons) : Caradoc,
Marcapata, 4000 ft., February 1901, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6500 ft., dry
season, August 1902 (G. R. Ockenden); British Guiana.
19 c?c?, 6 ? ?.
82. Halisidota nebulosa spec. nov.
(?. Pectns, legs, and paljii brownisli pale buff; head and thorax orange-bntf,
mottled with reddish brown ; abdomen orauge-lmff. Forewing dark orange-bull',
mottled all over with rufous brown wedge-shaped spots and streaks ; below apex
of cell a large brown mauve or mauve-brown patch.
¥. Similar. Hindwing buff.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ¥ 25-5 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; La Oroya, Rio
Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., wet season, March 1905 (G. R. Ockenden) ; Quevedo,
W. Ecuador (von Buchwald) ; Oorcovado, Brazil.
7 Si, 11 ? ?.
83. Halisidota contempta spec. nov.
(J. Pectus and legs pale bully white; antennae whitish brown; head and
thorax buffy white ; abdomen : basal two segments buffy white, rest clay-grey,
mar-'ined with white. Forewing buffy white, a minute discoidal stigma brown,
whole win" irrorated with brown specks, a brown streak on vein 1. Hindwing
bnffy white, with a brown splash half-way between tonius and termen.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July lOuT (S. M. Klages).
(.289 )
84. Halisidota pterostomoides spec. nov.
(J. Much resembles a Japanese species of the Notodont genus Pterostoma.
Pectus rufous clay-grey ; head and thorax yellowish buff with pale rufous lines ;
abdomen buff. Forewing lemon-buff, veins marked in very pale rufous ; from
base to termen a broad rnfous band. Hindwing hyaline buff.
Length of forewing : 24 mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaj-a, 60UU ft., dry season, June 1902 (G. R.
Ockenden).
1 <?.
8;"). Halisidota hadenoides sj)ec. nov.
? . Underside of body, legs, and palpi clay-brown ; head and thorax wood-
brown ; abdomen sooty wood-brown. Forewing wood-brown, dotted all over
with darker dots and strigae, a discoidal dark brown stigma, and a subterrainal
row of dark brown Innules.
?. Similar. Hindwing wood-brown.
Length of forewing : ? 30 mm. ; S 23 — 26 mm.
Hah. Iquitos, Amazonas, 1803 (Maxwell Stuart) ; Codajas, Amazonas, April
1907, and Fonte Boa, Amazonas, September 1006 (S. M. Klages) ; Allianca, below
San Antonio, Rio Madeira, November — December 1907 (W. Hoffmanns).
19 c?(?, 3 ¥ ?.
86. Halisidota maasseni spec. nov.
6. Similar to conspicua Maassen, but the terminal fourth of forewing, thorax,
and head more yellowish grey-brown, not orange rufous as in conapicna. ; abdomen
clay -buff, not sooty rufous brown as in consiiicua. Hindwing pale hyaline clay-
buff, not hyaline bnffy rufous.
¥. Similar.
Length of forewing : 27 mm.
Hah. Limbaui, Carabaya, 9500 ft., dry season. May 1904, and Agualani,
Carabaya, 9000 ft., dry season, August 1905 (G. R. Ockenden).
3 <Jt?, 2 ? ¥.
87. Halisidota muscosa spec. nov.
¥ . Pectus, legs, head, and thorax soot-brown-black, mingled witli grey ;
abdomen sooty brown. Forewing dark hyaline brown, densely striated with
black; terminal fourth hyaline clay-brown, less densely striated with black.
Hindwing hyaline brownish clay-white.
(J. Similar.
Length of forewing : 32 mm.
Huh. Agualani, Carabaya, 9(i(i() ft., wet season, March 1905, and Limbani,
Carabaya, 9500 ft., dry season. May 1904 (S. M. Klages); Huaneabamba, Cerro de
Pasco, 6000 — 10,000 ft. (Boettger).
4 <?<?, 3 ¥ ¥.
88. Halisidota rufocinnamomea spec. nov.
¥. Pectus, head, and thorax bnffy orange rufous; abdomen yellowish clay-buff.
Forewing rufous orange-buff, densely powdered with rufous specks, a terminal
and subterminal band of rufous. Hindwing hyaline buff.
i. Similar, but subterminal band somewhat more pronounced.
Length of forewing ; $ 23 mm. ; ¥ 25 mm.
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Ilab. Agnalani, Carabaya, OnOo ff., wet, season, March 1905; Limbani,
Carabiiya, O.'iOO ft., dry season, A{)ril l'.)i)4, and Ocoiieiiue, Carabaya, TOUO ft , dry
season, Jnly 10ii4 (G. 1{. Ockeudeu).
2 <?c?,"l ?.
89. Agorea ockendeni spec. nov.
S . Near longicornis H.-S. Head orange ; antennae fuscous ; thorax yellowish
grey ; abdomen above orange, with median row of black spots. Forewing hyaline
clay -grey, veins marked in dark brown. Hiudwiug hyaline clay-grey; cilia
brown.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Pern, SlUii ft., wet season, March 19i)5
(G. R. Ockenden). '
2 <?<?.
Oil. Agorea citrinotincta spec nov.
S . Pectus, head, and thorax orange; patagia with darker central stripe;
antennae fuscons ; abdomen, basal two segments pale grey, rest orange, a central
indistinct darker line. Forewing semihyaline whitish, washed with lemon-
yellow ; veins fnscons. Hiudwing semihyaline white.
? . Similar, but larger.
Length of forewing : S 15 mm. ; ? 17 mm.
Hab. Onaca, Sta. Marta, 2200 ft., wet season, September — October 1901
(Eugelke).
2 SS, 3 ? ?.
91. Agorea boettgeri spec. nov.
S. Pectus, head, tegulae, and patagia orange; thorax and liasal half of
abdomen grey, apical half of abdomen orange, a dark grey median line; antennae
black. Forewing yellowish grey, veins darker. Hindwing similar.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hub. Hnancabamba, (^erro de Pasco, Peru, OHOO— ln,oOo ft. (Boettger).
92. Agorea schausi spec. nov.
?. This is the insect that has hitherto been mistaken for loiiqiconii-H H.-S.
Pectus, head, and tegulae deep yellow ; thorax and basal lialf of abdoiin-n
brown-grey, apical half of abiloraen deep yellow, a median row of blackish spots.
. Forewing dark brown-grey. Hindwing semihyaline whitish grey, washed
with darker grey.
S . Similar, but lias in some specimens the veins in forewing slightly darkei-
than ground-colour.
Length of forewing : ? 10 mm.; S 13 mm.
Ilab. Orizaba, Mexico, March 189G (W. Schaus) ; Bogava, Chiriqni, 800 ft.
(Watson).
4 (?(?, 1 ?.
93. Agorea klagesi spec. nov.
?. Allied to semivitrea Rothsch., but smaller. Pectus, legs, head, and thorax
raonse-grey, a darker median streak on thorax and each of the patagia ; abdomen
orange, a median row of black sjwts. Forewing thinly scaled mouse-grey, veins
darker ; below cell two sooty internervular streaks ; at apex of cell a sooty patch
(291 )
flrawn ont into a gradually narrowing streak to enter margin. Hindwing hyaline
white, shaded with grey scales.
Length of fore wing : 13 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Angust 1906 (S. M. Klages).
2 ??.
94. Agorea semivitrea nom. nov.
This is the insect which has been hitherto identified as the Phalaena pdlacidu,
of Sepp, though the presence of the black discoidal stigma and the line of black
sjiots on abdomen being confined to the basal and apical segments in most specimens
ought to have prevented this error. I have two specimens of an insect from
Surinam which agree exactly with Sepp's figures, but it is a Bitunjx and not
an Aqorea. Therefore Sepp's insect must in future stand as Bitiiryx pellacida
(Sepp).
05. Agorea nigrostriata spec. nov.
? . Pectus whitish grey ; legs, head, and thorax mouse-grey, a spot on vertex,
central stripes on patagia, and a median line on thorax black ; abdomen deep
yellow, a black dot on each of the two basal and on the sixth segment.
Forewing pale grey ; costa, inner margin, and internervular streaks darker grey ;
a black line from base of wing to apex of cell ; veins for about a millimetre
from outer margin black, a sooty smear from apex obliquely inwards to vein 8.
• Hindwing semihyaline grey.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Rah. Cindad de Tucuman, March 1003 (L. Monetti).
1 ?.
96. Bituryx hoffmannsi spec. nov.
<f . Pectus, palpi, and legs brownish grey ; head deep yellow ; thorax and
abdomen deep grey, last abdominal segment deep yellow. Forewing yellowish
grey, veins darker ; antemedian, median, and postmedian cloud-like transverse
bands of grey-brown. Hindwing semihyaline grey, darker on outer half.
Length of forewing : 12'5 mm.
llah. Alliauca, below San Antonio, Rio Bladeira, November — December 1007
(W. Hoffmanns).
07. Bituryx mathani spec. nov.
?. Pectus, legs, head, and thorax pale wood-brown; collar yellow ; abdomen
sooty brown-grey. Forewing pale yellowish wood-brown, veins darker ; an
indication of a darker subterminal band. Hindwing hyaline whitish, scaled
with wood-brown on outer third.
i. Similar.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
Hab. Muzo, La Palma, Cundinamarca, and Cananche, Cundinamarca, August
1903 (M. de Mathan).
1 (?, 10 ? ?.
98. Neritos griseotincta spec. nov.
i. Similar to xV. steinbachi Uothsch., but much smaller and darker grey
Hindwings and abdomen sooty, and the veins not darker than rest of wings.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
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Ilab, Aroewarwa Creek, Maroew}-!!! Valley, Snriuam, March lODo (8. M.
Klages).
9',!. Neritos rosacea spec. nov.
6. Pectus and head orange-yellow; legs and thorax grey ; abdomen crimson,
last two segments grey. Forewing grey. Hindwing : costa and termen grey,
rest of wing crimson.
Length of forewing : 12 mm.
Hah. Pal ma Sola, Venezuela.
1 S.
100. Neritos affinis spec. nov.
<?. Allied to rosacea. Pectus, legs, and thorax grey ; head orange; abdomen
salmon-colour, penultimate segment grey, last segment whitish. Forewing
brownish grey, veins darker. Hindwing : basal half salmon, outer half brown-
grey.
Length of forewing : 11 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 1905, and Fonte
Boa, Amazonas, September 1906 (S. M. Klages).
8 <?c?,2 ? ?.
101. Neritos hampsoni spec. nov.
(J. Pectus, legs, and palpi orange ; head apple-green ; collar scarlet ; tegulae
white ; patagia and thorax mauve-grey ; abdomen salmon-colour, tip yellow.
Forewing, basal third obliquely raanve-grey, bordered anteriorly by a silvery
white band edged with scarlet ; a scarlet line crosses the white band one-third from
inner margin ; central jiortion of wing apple-green ; apical fourth mauve, clouded
with white ; cilia of outer margin and apical three-fourths of costa orange.
Hindwing reddish orange.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 19i)6 (S. M. Klages).
3c?(J.
102. Neritos granatina spec. nov.
<?. Pectus buff; legs, palpi, and head golden yellow ; thorax brown-mauve;
abdomen bright crimson. Forewing : basal half obliquely brown-mauve, a large
scent-gland and androconial patch on this area; apical lialf of wing bright yellow ;
a large round patch in terminal area brown-mauve; costa above this'patch crimson.
Hindwing bright crimson, deeply excised on outer margin ; a large scent-gland
and androconial patch on costa.
Length of forewing : 13 mm.
Hah. Bnenavista, East Bolivia, 750 m., Augnst 1906— April 19UT (J. Steinbach;.
1 c?.
103. Neritos inequalis spec. nov.
S. Pectus creamy buff; frons reddish mauve-brown ; vertex yellow, edged
posteriorly with scarlet ; antennae brown-mauve, basal fifth scarlet, apical fifth
white ; thorax mauve-brown ; abdomen scarlet, a silvery white patch on basal
segment, tip buff. Forewing: basal two-fifths oblictnoly reddish mauve-brown,
with a few scarlet streaks and a scarlet edging apically ; a large scent-organ with
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patch of androconia ; apical three-fifths yellow ; a large subterminal, somewhat
roiuideJ iiatch of reddish mauve-brown with scarlet edging. Hindwing sliort
hyaline crimson, deeply excised at outer margin.
? . Similar, but subterminal patch joined to basal area by a narrow baud.
Length of forewing : c? 15 mm. ; ? 13-5 mm.
Hab. Palcazu, Department Junin (Sedlmayer) ; ('ajan, lUizco, October lunil
(Garlepp) ; Yungas de la Paz, Bolivia, November 1899 (Garlepp) ; San Ernesto,
Bolivia, lOOO m., August— September, 19UU, wet season, and Salampioni, Bolivia,
800 m., dry season, August 1901 (Simons) ; Codajas, Amazonas, April 1907, and
Foute Boa, Amazonas, September 1906, Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley,
Surinam, May 190o (S. M. Klages) ; La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya,
20110 ft., wet season, January 1905 (G. R. Ockenden).
18 6S, 1 ?.
104. Neritos persimilis spec. nov.
S . Very similar to inequalis Rothsch., but has no scent-organ or andraconial
jiatch on forewing ; the basal area and subterminal patch of forewing and thorax
more brown-manve, washed with crimson, and the hindwing crimson and not
excised.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : c? 13 mm. ; ? 14 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., wet season, December-
March 1905 (G. R. Ockenden); Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam,
June 1905 (S. M. Klages).
9 (?c?, 3 ? ?.
105. Neritos triangularis spec nov.
cj. Pectus white; legs orauge-butf ; frons scarlet; vertex yellow, edged
posteriorly with scarlet ; thorax reddish mauve-brown ; abdomen dull scarlet, tip
yellow, a silvery white patch on basal segment. Forewing: basal half obliquely
reddish mauve-brown, edged on costa and anteriorly with scarlet ; basal fifth
between vein 1 and inner margin yellow, edged with scarlet ; a scarlet streak on
vein 1 on disc ; apical half of wing yellow ; a large somewhat round subterminal
patch reddish mauve-brown, edged and veined with scarlet. Hindwing huffy
orange, washed with scarlet; tornus produced, giving wing a triangular shape.
?. Similar, but subapieal patch much enlarged, and joined to basal area liy
broad central band ; a siibbasal costal streak and a spot near base above vein 2
yellow, edged with scarlet. Hindwing : tornus not prodnced.
Length of forewing : S 13 — 1(3 mm. ; ? 15'5 mm.
Hnh. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Carabaya, 3100 ft., November— December
1905, wet season (G. R. Ockenden) ; Cuzco, Peru, March 1901, and Ciiaucharaayo,
Peru, August 1901 (Garlepp) ; Pozuzo, Huanuco, 800—1000 m. (\\ . Hofi'manus) ;
Potaro, British Guiana, May 1908 (S. M. Klages).
(J cJ(?,5 ? ?.
106. Neritos androconiata spec. nov.
i. Allied to cijdopera Hmpsn., but ditfers by having a large scent-organ
and androcouial patch in basal area of forewing, which area also is more emargiuate
than in cyclopem. Hindwing rosy pink, with terminal sooty blotch and much
expised,
( 294 ;
S . Differs from ? of cjclopera in the excised basal area of forewin^', aud
by the hindwing being bnffy yellow with a central sooty splash.
Length of forewing: S 11 mm. ; ? 15 mm.
Hab. La Union, Rio Hnacama3'o, Carabaj-a, 2000 ft., wet season, November
1004 ; Tingnri, Carabaya, 3400 ft., dry season, August l'.)(i4, and La Oroya, Rio
Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., wet season, March I'JOo (G. R. Ockendeu).
1 <J,7 ??.
loT. Neritos lavendulae spec. nov.
$. Pectus whitish; legs and palpi bufi' ; head yellow; antennae, basal half
brown-grey, rest white ; thorax grey ; abdomen scarlet. Forewing : basal half
obliquely lavender brown-grey, an orange edge on cosia ; onter half yellow, a
large snbterminal somewhat round patch lavender brown-grey edged with orange.
Hindwing : costal third and basal half of abdominal margin pale pink, rest of
wing sooty grey.
S. Similar, but grey areas of forewing and thorax more brown ; a lari,'e
scent-gland and androconial patch on forewing, and the hindwing pale pinkish
washed with sooty grey and excised at outer margin.
Length of forewing : ? 13 mm. ; S \n mm.
Hab. Fonts Boa, Amazonas, July 190(5, and Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym
Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. Klages) ; La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Caraba3'a,
2000 ft., wet season, November 1904 (G. R. Ockenden).
1 (?,5 ? ?.
108. Neritos lavendulae meridionalis subspec. nov.
(J. Differs from lavendulae lavendulae in having the hindwing all sooty grey,
whitish towards base and costa.
Hab. Southern Brazil.
109. Neritos perversa spec. nov.
S. Pectus and legs yellow, coxae .scarlet ; head yellow ; thorax mauve-brown;
abdomen scarlet, a silvery white patch on basal segment, tip yellow. Forewing :
basal half obliquely and snbterminal patch crushed strawberry, rest yellow.
Hindwing bufl'y orange.
Length of forewing : 11 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, June 1906 (S. M. Klages).
I c?.
llo. Neritos drucei spec nov.
cj. Pectus white; legs inside white, ontside buff; palpi crimson; head and
thorax crushed strawberry, washed with crimson ; abdomen, basal segment crimson,
rest orange-brown. Forewing crushed strawberry ; an androconial patch and
scent-gland : terminal half of costa, ajiical two-thirds of outer margin, and a
broad oblique hyaline band from costa to outer margin lemon-yellow. Hindwing
hyaline salmon.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
I I fib. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. Klages).
2 as.
( 295 )
111. Belemnia mygdou marthae subspec. nov.
cj. Differs from mygdoii m>/gdon by the crimson bar on underside of forewing
beyond cell being present on the niipersidc. Three of the 8 ? ? only show a few
crimson scales on the upperside.
Hah. Onaca, Santa Martha, :Jii(i(i ft., wet season, October — November I'.Mil
(Engelke).
3 c?c?,8 ? ?.
112. Diospage semimarginata spec. nov.
i. Pectus, legs, and frons silvery metallic green-blue; collar, centre of vertex,
and base of tegulae metallic green ; rest of tegulae, patagia, and thorax metallic
bronze-green with black margins ; abdomen black, banded with silvery metallic
blue. Forewing : basal third obliquely metallic bronze-green, rest of wing black,
a metallic bine dot at apex of cell, a dull crimson patch beyond cell between 4 and '.).
Hindwing black, base brilliant metallic blue, cilia of outer margin pink, a
longitudinal narrow patch of dull crimson in centre of outer margin. Underside of
both wings black, basal third brilliant silvery green-bine, crimson patch on fore-
wing darker and brighter, outer margin of hindwini? broadly crimson, beyond
cell of both wings some irregular metallic green-blue splashes ; underside of
abdomen crimson except two basal segments.
Length of forewing : 22 mm.
Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, 3500 ft. (^V. Rosenberg).
2cJc?.
113. Diospage steinbachi spec. nov.
S. Pectus and frons silvery metallic blue-green ; thorax black, with six or
eight metallic greenish spots ; abdomen black, the iirst three segments broadly,
the next narrowly, banded with metallic green-blue. Forewing black, basal third
metallic bronze-green ; an indistinct dull crimson spot in cell, a dull glaucous
crimson band beyond cell between veins 9 and 4. -Hindwing black, basal tliird
dee]) metallic blue. Underside of both wings black, basal fourth metallic blue,
a large discal irregular patch on forewing and a subterrainal patch on hindwing rosy
crimson. Underside of central abdominal segments crimson.
Length of forewing : 23 mm.
Hab. Buenavista, East Bolivia, 750 m., August I'JOd — April UMI7, and
Province Sara, Department Santa Cruz de la Sierra, February— April 1904
(J. Steinbach).
5 S<S.
114. Diospage violitincta spec. nov.
S . Pectus metallic blue : head, thorax, and abdomen deep velvety black.
Forewing : basal half metallic copper-colour, washed with purple, rest black with a
very slight coppery sheen in certain liglits. Hindwing velvety black, base metallic
purple. Underside of both wings black, with a dark olive oily green sheen, basal
two-thirds of forewing and costal two-thirds of hindwing bright metallic purple-blue.
Underside of abdomen pale brick red, two basal and terminal segments black.
Length of forewing : 26 mm.
Bab. Corinto, Uauca Valley, May — July 1900 (Payne & Brinkley).
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115. Diospage engelkei spec. nov.
cJ. Above somewhat similar to cleasa Drnce, but larger. Pectus silvei-y
metallic blue-green ; head, antennae, and thorax velvety black, the latter with
a few metallic green dots ; abdomen velvety black above, deep shining violet
on sides, sides of basal segment silvery metallic green-blue. — Forewing deej)
velvety olive-green. Hindwing velvety black glossed with purple, basal si.Kth
silvery metallic green-bine. Underside of both wings deep l)lackish steel blue-
green, basal third silvery metallic green-blue, an irregular patch of same colour
at apex of cell ; underside of abdomen, except l)asal and terminal segments,
scarlet.
Length of forewing : 25 mm.
Hab. Onaca, Santa Martha, 220U ft., wet season, September— October 19Ui
(Eugelke).
1 c?.
116. Turuptiana affinis sjjec. nov.
Nearest to obliqua Walk. I should have treated this insect as the Andean
subspecies of Walker's species, only I have examples of typical obliqua from
West Ecuador.
$. Pectus orange; legs and palpi brown; head white ; antennae black ; thorax
chocolate brown, a white patch on patagia ; abdomen above brown except last three
segments, sides and last three segments orange with black bands. Forewing
white, costal, inner, and outer margins broadly chocolate-brown, a broad oblique
band of chocolate-brown from tornns across cell to costa. Hindwing white,
yellowish grey on abdominal area.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : $ 25 mm.; ? 25 mm.
Hub. Merida, Venezuela (Briceilo) ; Santo Domingo, Carabaya, (JUOO ft., dry
season, June 1902, and La Union, Rio Hnacaraayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season,
December 1904 (G. R. Ookenden).
10 i$, 2 ? ?.
IIT. Turuptiana ockendeni spec. nov.
Nearest neurophi/Ua Walk., but much larger.
S. Pectus orange; palpi, legs, and f'rons black; head and tegulae clay-butf,
latter with rufous orange margins; patagia and thorax clay-butf, inner margins of
former and median line of latter black ; abdomen orange, a black dorsal patch from
fourth to eighth segments strongly glossed with metallic steel-blue. Forewing
whitish clay-buff, veins orange, two black jmtches on costa above cell, a snbtermiual
black patch, and a subterminal row of oblong lilack spots on veins, some almost
obliterated ; a large irregular black patch from costa across apex of cell, from which
proceed two black lines to inner margin ; from the inner of these lines proceeds a
third black line obliquely to the inner margin near the base, forming a A ; sur-
rounding the lines and the large black patch is a broad irregnhir band of cla.y-brown,
and the outer third of wing is moi-e or less shaded witli clay-bruwn. Hindwing :
basal half orange, outer half deep buff, an oval black patch in cell, a black spot at
toruus, and two oblong black spots at termen.
Length of forewing : 29 mm.
Uab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6U()0 ft., dry season, June I'.idl ((i. U.
Ockcndeii).
1 6.
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118. Turuptiana bricenoi spec. nov.
Allied to nemophila H.-S.
S. Differs from nemophila in much paler colour and smaller size, all black
markings on forewmgs being smaller, in the two central curved lines being broadly
interrnpted, in the tornus of hindwing being produced, and in having on hindwing
orih' two dark marks at tornus and a smaller one just above.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Hab. Merida, Venezuela, 1030 m., 1897 (Briceno).
1 $.
119. Paranerita rosacea si>ec. nov.
S. Pectus, legs, and palpi buff'; frous scarlet; vertex yellow ; antennae brown,
terminal third white ; thorax aud collar brownish crushed strawberry ; abdomen
dull scarlet, a whitish dot at base, tip yellow and brown. Forewing : l)asal half
obliquely brownish crushed strawberry, margined with scarlet and with two scarlet
streaks on inner margin, outer half yellow with large roundish subapical patch
of brownish crushed strawberry edged with scarlet. Hindwing sooty wood-brown.
Length of forewing : 12 mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
1 $.
120. Paranerita rosacea occidentalis subspec. nov.
?. Simihxr to rosacea rosacea in pattern, but differs at first sight by the much
broader crimson, not scarlet, edges to dark areas of forewing, and the semihyaline
rose-pink, not brown, hindwings.
Hab. Chimbo, Ecuador, 1000 m., August 1897 (W. Eosenberg).
1 ?.
121. Paranerita irregularis spec. nov.
S . Pectus, legs, and jialpi whitish yellow ; head yellow ; antennae, basal third
pale red, middle brown, apical third white ; thorax manve-grey : abdomen crimson,
tip yellowish white. Forewing manve-grey, termen, a large median wedge-shaped
patch running in from costa towards tornus to vein 3, and a smaller patch on
outer margin yellow, two yellow spots broadly edged with scarlet on inner margin,
a subbasal scent-gland and audroconial patch. Hindwing rosy pink, a double
sooty spot near termen.
Length of forewing : 11 '5 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, May 1905 (S. M. Klages).
3 SS.
122. Paranerita polyxenoides sper. nov.
i. Differs from polyxena Drnce at first sight by the hindwing being
yellowish buff with broad sooty border, not sooty brown, with whitish basal area.
?. Similar to S, but costa, termen, and outer margin joined broadly yellow.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; British Guiana ;
La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, November 1904, and
Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 31iM) ft., dry season, June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden).
4 (?(?,2 ? ?.
123. Paranerita peruviana spec. nov.
cj. Pectus, legs, palpi, and head yellow; thorax deep grey ; abdomen above
deep grey, tip yellow. Forewing deep grej', termen, an irregular patch running
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iu from outer margin, and a large wedge-shaped patch across cell from costa to
vein 3 yellow. Hindwiug bnffish yellow, shaded grey towards termen.
?. Similar, but hiudwing basal half whitish, outer half dark grey.
Length of fore wing : S 14 mm.; ? 12 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Kio Inambari, S.E. Peru, IHUO ft., wet season, March I'.tn.i,
and La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 20U0 ft., wet season, November iy04
(G. R. Ockendeu).
7 Si, 2 ??.
124. Paranerita sufiiisa sjuc. nov.
S, Pectus dark buff; legs and palj)i scarlet ; head yellow, edged with scarlet ;
thora.x dirty clay-colour ; abdomen buffy orange. Forewing brown witli slaty
tinge, and basal half strongly washed with dirty yellowish clay- colour, a yellow
wedge-shaped large patch extending across cell to vein 3, outer margin from
termen to within a fifth of toruus yellow; a scarlet line runs from costa ronnd
discal wedge-shaped patch back along costa to termen and inside of the yellow
area on outer margin. Hindwing semihyaline orange.
Length of forewing : 13-5 mm.
l/ab. Tumatumari, British Guiana, December 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 S.
125. Paranerita suflfusa trinitatis subspec. nov.
S. Differs from siijf'usa siij/'nsa in being larger, head and tegulae crimson,
thorax and abdomen clayish orange suffused with crimson, a large crimson lunula
on inner margin of forewing, red line wider, more suffused, and bright crimson.
Length of forewing : 16 mm.
Hab. (Japaro, Trinidad, November 10U5 (S. M. Klages).
2 c?c?.
126. Hyponerita viola borealis subspec. nov.
?. Differs from e/ola rwla in the larger subajiical patch and bright yellow
head.
I/ab. Cartago, Costa Rica, 50UU— 60UU ft. (Underwondj.
1 V.
127. Hyponerita ockendeni spec. nov.
Allied to rJiodocraspis Hmpsn.
S. Differs at first sight from rl/odorrasjjis by the jiroduced turnus of hindwiug,
which thus is strongly triangular in shape, and by the dirty grey-lirown, not sooty
black, of forewings. There are a few scattered red dots on the forewing, but
the conspicuous scarlet patches and margins of rlmlorragpis are absent.
Length of forewing : 16 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Inambari, Peru, September l'.i((4, 31nii fi , dry sea.son
(G. R. Ockenden).
4 J<?.
128. Hyponerita ockendeni posterior subspec. nov.
?. Markings anil cohmr similar to ockendeni ockendeni, but hindwing sooty
grey.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hah. La Union, Caura River, June ltlU2 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
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]2'.i. Hyponei'ita garleppi spec nov.
S . Pectus whitish grey ; legs and vertex 3'ellow ; tltorax brown : abdomen
crimson. Forewing chocdlate brown, more reddish towards base, extremity of
termen and a wedge-shajjed j)atch from costa across cell yellow, costal edge
between wedge-like patch and termen scarlet. Hindwing sooty.
Length of forewing : 13 mm.
flah. Cajon, Cuzco, November 190 1 (Garlepp).
. 1 c?.
130. Hyponerita similis spec. nov.
S. Differs at first sight from i of lariiiia Druce by the longer, narrower
forewings, with pure crimson markings, the yellowish buff, not jiale crimson,
hindwings, and the mncli narrower yellow enter margin to forewings.
?. Has bnff hindwings slightly snffiised with crimson, not bright pale crimson
as in lavinia.
Hab. Potaro, British Gniana, May 1908; Omai, British Guiana, June 1908;
Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, 1905, and Fontc Boa, Amazonas,
May 1906 and July 1907 (S. M. Klages).
19 cJc?, 1 ?.
131. Hyponerita persimilis spec. nov.
S. Differs from similis at first sight by the markings of tlie forewings being
slate-grey, only edged with scarlet-crimson. Hindwings buff.
?. Similar, but has crimson hindwings.
Ilab. Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 3100 ft., June 1904, dry season ; La Oroya,
Rio Liambari, S.E. Pern, 3100 ft., wet season, March 190") ; La Union, Rio
Huacamayo, t'arabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, November 1904; and Santo Domingo,
Carabaya, 0000 ft., wet season, Aiirii 1902(G. R. Ockenden); Fonte Boa, Amazonas,
May 1900 (S. M. Klages).
21 (?c?. Ill ? ?.
Li Anil. Mag. y.fl. (8) iv. p. 218 (1909) I described Ilalisidota p.ieiidocun/e.
Owing to the accidental misplacement of a Jaliel in the British Museum I unfor-
tunately did not jierceive that my supposed new species was Ilalisifhta eari/e mixta
of Neumoegen.
Sir George Hampson has ])nt Cramer's yoctua oni/tes and his Spliinx psaimis
down as c? and ? : this is incorrect, as they are two species. X. onytea Cram. =
cotes Druce, so that that name sinks as a synonym, and the species must stand
as Neritoa oni/tes (Cram.), while Sir George Hampson's S of on>/tes must stand as
Neritos psamas (Cram.).
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ON THE SPECIES OE CRICULA, A GENUS OE
SATURNIIDAE.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
IVyTONSIEUR E. ANDRfi, of Milcoii (France), informed me early thi.s year
-'-*-L that he had been suecessfnl in breedinij from ovae laid by specimens
obtained from imported pnpae (from North India, ])resQmabIy Assam), a species
of CricHla which differed conspicuonsly, especially in tlie larva, from the Javan
insect known to him as Cricida triffnestmta. As several names had been
published for varions forms of Cnciilti, Monsienr Andre sent me a c?, a cocoon,
and a very fine inflated fnll-grown larva of the insect he had bred, and asked rae
to ascertain which name, if any, applied to this species.
The insect is nndonbtedly the one figured by Westwood as Satiirnia zule.i/m.
As this name cannot stand, for reasons given below, I have the pleasure of naming
Monsieur Andre's species.
Cricula andrei nom. nov.
In the course of this summer, Mr. J. Henry Watson, of Withington, Man-
chester, who takes a great interest in Saturnids, also supplied me with the same
species (imagines, live cocoons, full-grown live larvae and fertile eggs), as well as
with young larvae, fertile eggs, live cocoons, and imagines of Cricula trifenesfrata,
the original cocoons of both species having come from Assam. This kind assistance
on the part of Mr. Watson will enable us, we hope, to compare and de.scribe all
the stages of C. andrei and trifenestrata before the year closes.
Although an examination of the genitalia alone would have convinced ns of
the distinctness of awrfm from tri/enestrala, the evidence from breeding is especially
welcome in a case like this, where the imagines are not always very easy to
distinguish by their external appearance, and are mixed up in collections as mere
colour-varieties of one species.
It is evident from the pattern and structure of the two species that the fact
of the similarity being greater between the imagines than between the larvae is
not due to secondary convergent development. On the contrary, the imagines
appear to have preserved the facies of the common ancestor, whereas the
larvae have become very different. As the various stages in the life of the
individual have different functions, it is not surprising that in the phylogeny of
the species these stages march at a different pace, and that the advance made
in the larva may not be noticeable in tlic imago, or the inverse. In this respect
the stages in the life-history of the individual may be likened to the varions
organs of a species, which as a rule vary independently of each other, one organ
or part of it deviating very strongly from that of the nearest allied sj)ecies, while
iincither organ has remained stationary or has jirogressed but slowly.
Among Satiirniif/iir, it is of quite common occurrence that closely allied sj)ecies
differ much in the earlier stages. This fact should be borne in mind wlien dealing
with classification, lest undue weight be laid on such differences.
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1. Cricula andrei nom. nov.*
Snt,mi;<i zideihi Westwood (nee Hope, 1843), Cab. Or. Eiit. p. 25. t. I'-', fig. 1. ^ (1848) (Sylhet ;
(J only, " $ " is (J of tnfeiiestrata) .
The specimen fijrured by Westwooil is nndonbtedly the insect bred by Monsieur
Andre. The individual described us the female, however, is a male of Cricula
trifevesirata ; it is preserved in the collection of the Hope Department at Oxford,
and has been examined by me. West wood's " species " therefore was a mixture
of two species, one of which had already a name. In such cases I treat the new
name given to the mixture as a synonym of the older name. Moreover, the name
S. zuleiha was a very unfortunate choice, as Hope had already described ami
figured another silk-moth as Saturnia zuleika.
Fig. G.
Fic. H.
Fig. I.
Fig. J.
Imago. Male : Forewing more strongly falcate than in C. fri/eni'sfrafa, the
aj)ex being more produced and the outer margin more deeply incurved ; the trans-
parent spot larger ; the postdiscal line iu tlie upper half nearer to the margin,
in the lower half farther away from it ; the marginal area of a greyer shade
than the disc, contrasting with it. Hindwing also with a larger transparent spot ;
the outer margin a little less rounded, and the anal angle somewhat more acute
than in ('. tiifeneMvatu. On the nnilerside the jiostdiscal white line is more
l>romiueiit on both wings than in ('. tiifenestrata. Female: The ape.'; of the
forewing more produced, the outer margin of both wings less rounded, and the
* .1. Englisli has just published a description of the l;n\;i. in Ktitrwi. Xntachi'. xxii. j). 120 (Sept. 2.'»'
11*00, Stiitlgart), uu'ler tlie name of (\ trlfnieslv'tta.
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white postdisoal lino on tlu' nnilersiile luore ])roiuinent than in the ? of C. tri-
fenestrata.
In North India both sexes are as a rule of a mncli l]riirht(T reddish tuwny
coh)nr than ('. tiifenoMrata.
Genitalia. Male : The anal tergitc (x. t. : of figs, i and J, 0. trifenestrata *)
is cleft at the apex, the two processes being jwiuted, a little curved downwards
and hollowed ont underneath. The anal sternite (x. St.) is a smooth brown ridge,
which widens centrally into a broad truncate lobe. The clasper (fig. «) is apically
divided by a sinns into two lobes, one apical (a) and the other ventral subapical (i),
both being rounded and, like the clasper, concave on the inside. The snbapical
lobe is placed tranversely to the plane of the outer surface of the clasi)er, presenting
its broad surface when viewed either from the api("il or the basal side of the
clasper. In ('. trifenestrata (fig, h) the corresponding lobe is always mure or
less in tlie same jjlane as surface of the clasper. The difference is easil}' perceived
without dissection by removing or brushing aside the scaling at the tip of the
clasper. Tlie most remarkable ditfercnce, however, is found in the chitinous ridge
which surrounds the base of the penis-sheath. This structure, which we termed
" penis-funnel " in lS98,-t- consists in Cricula andrei of a ring, which is widened
ventrally and here produced into two long cylindrical pale but hard processes,
which are flattened at the tip (p-f, fig. g). In C. trifenestrata there is always
a single central process instead of the fork (p-f, fig. h ; and figs. A — f). The
penis-funnel, moreover, bears on each side of the penis-sheath, and close to it, a
pointed process in the shape of a three-sided ])yramid {lo). The penis-sheath
itself (p) has in the Indian race on the right side, at some distance from the
apex, a black tubercle or tooth which is directed distad. This tubercle is also
present in C. trifenestrata (fig. i), but stands nearer the apex in that species,
and is never enlarged to form a pointed tooth. Within the penis-sheath there is
in the Indian race another armature, consisting of three pointed, and usually all
three distinctly serrated, black processes (love-daggers |), which are pushed out
with the duct during copulation, and doubtless serve as stimidatiug organs. Sucli
organs are found in the majority of moths. In one of the females of C. andrei
such a process was lying in the copulation cavity. Female : The transverse
chitinised ridge situated behind the genital orifice, and plainly visible as a rule
withont dissection, is centrally sinuate ; this sinus is about as broad as it is deep
in ('. iindrei, while it is always much narrower in <\ trifenestrata.
Cocoon. Spun up singly or in twos or threes, not in large clusters ; pale yellow
when quite fresh, fading into grey .after some time; opaque, with a variable number
of holes.
Chrysalis. Less densely and less deejily jiuuctured than in C. trifenestrata ;
the antennae and the upper lip somewhat broader. The last skin in the cocoon
easily recognised as that of C. andrei by the numerous black spines.
* E.\planation of Figures A to J :
Figs. A to P = ventral process of pcnis-funnel.
X. t. = tenth tergite ; P = penis-.sheath ;
X. St. = tenth sternite ; r-p = penis-funnel ;
A = anus ; a — apical lobe of clasper ;
CI. = clasper ; * = .<ubapical lobe of clxspcr ;
til = lateral process of penis-funnel,
t Xov. Zml. V. p. 561 (1898).
X Nov. Zool. ix. Sujijil. p. Izxxii. (l'J03).
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Larva.* First stages greenish yellow, tubercles of the same colour ; last
stage bright green with the tubercles red ; the two dorsal tubercles of the eleventh
segment united, in the first stages black, in the last stage reddish and placed
on a green prominence ; the bristles stonter than in C. trifi-nestrata, in first
stages pale with dark tips, in last stage with black tips or quite black, central
bristle of each tubercle more or less prolonged, on segments 1 — 4 and 10 — II
ending in a long twisted filament. First stages with six rows of black spots ;
last stage without spots, but with a pale lateral line and numerous minute white
grannies, evenly distributed, each bearing whitish hairs ; these hairs so thin that
the body appears naked, apart from the setiferous tubercles. Head black or
lirownish green, immediately after ecdysis of the colour of the body.
Food-plants : oak, plum, blackthorn, etc.
We know the species from North India and Java, our specimens representing
two geographical races :
a. Cricula andrei amlrei.
S ?. Very bright tawny, reddish tawny or ochraceous, as a rule much brighter
than C. trife nest rata. The transjiarent spot of the hind wing of both sexes is
larger than in C. trifenestrata. The female has at least one small transparent
spot in the cell (at the proximal side of the large spots).
A series of both sexes in the Tring Museum from Sikkim, Bhutan, and
Assam.
Type of name : cJ from the Khasia Hills in Assam.
b. Cricula atidrei elaezia snbsp. nov.
S. Olivaceous clay-colonr, without any rufescent tints. Forewing darker
olivaceous on disc ; in front of the round transparent spot a row of three minute
transparent dots, -Underside : the grey scaling and the grey lines more jirominent
than in C. trifenestrata.
Clasper as in C . andrei andrei (penis-funnel destroyed by an accident) ;
penis-sheath much thinner than in C. andrei andrei, without armature on the
out- and inside.
Only one specimen known : Uradjad, 0. Kendang, Preanger, Java (ex coll.
van de Poll).
In spite of the difterences in tlie strncture of the i)enis-sheath, I cannot but
regard this Javan insect as a form of 6'. andrei. The genitalia vary to .some extent
also in the geographical races of C. trifenestrata.
2. Cricula trifenestrata Helf. (1837).
.S((<»r«i«. (?) trifeiie-ilrdla Heifer, .Inurn. .-I.-. S<i. lieiuj. vi. p. 45 (18;}7) (Assam ; ? and cocoon).
This species is known to ns from Ceylon, South and North India, Burma, the
Malay Peninsula, the Andamans, Snmatra, Java, Lombok, Borneo, and Luzon, and
may have a still wider range. The imago occurs, presumably in all places, in a
' We abstain here from giving a detaileJ account o£ the various larval stages ; the full ilescriptions
will he published at a future date, when our observations are more complete.
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jialer or lirigliter form aud a darker one, which are eoniiected liy intermediate shades
of colonr. The species, moreover, varies considerably geojfraphically, not only in
colour and external details, but also in the genitalia of the male. All races,
however, are sharply separated from ('. anflrei in the genitalia of both sexes. The
early stages, too, which we know from North India and Java, are very diiferent
from those of (\ umliri.
Imago. Both sexes vary from dark olive-brown without any tawny or
yellow shade to bright ochraceous ; the brightest specimens are more tawny than
the palest individuals of C. andrei. The differences mentioned nnder C. nmlrei are
generallv sufficient for separating the two si>ecies. In doubtful cases the genitalia
are a sure guide.
Genitalia. Male : The tenth tergite (x. t., fig. ij narrower in lateral view
than in C. andrei. The apical lobe of the clasper («, figs, h and i) broader
and the snbapical lobe (4) much narrower, the latter almost in the same plane
as the surface of the clasper, being but slightly twisted and appearing pointed
in a ventral aspect {I, fig. h). The penis-funnel (p-f, fig. i) is dorso-laterally
produced into a flat triangular process (/o), and bears ventrally in the centre a
single process of variable shape (figs, a — f) instead of the lyra-shaped fork of
r. amh-ei. The penis-sheath (p) is similar to that of C. andrei, but the tubercle
placed subdorsally on the right side is situated closer to the apex. Female : The
sinus in the centre of the postvagiual ridge is much narrower than it is deep.
Cocoon. Smaller than in C. andrei and more yellow, generally spun up
in large clusters. It varies much in texture, being an open network in some
specimens, while in others it is opa([ue with a very variable number of pores.
Chrysalis. Smaller than in C. andrei, more densely and deeply punctured in
parts ; antennae and upperlip narrower ; cremaster as in C. andrei, obtuse, with
thirty to forty strongly curved hooks, by means of which the chrysalis is fastened
to the cocoon.
Larva. ^Before first moult blackish above, pale yellow beneath, without
sharply defined black spots; dorsal tubercles of eleventh segment nearer together
than on the other rings, but remaining quite separate in all the stages. From
the second stage onward the head and partly also the abdominal legs red,
otherwise the second, third and early fourth stages nearly quite black ; numerous
whitish granules ap[)ear behind the tubercles, and a smaller number in front of the
tubercles, each bearing a long hair ; no granules and hairs on the intersegmental
membranes. These granules and the tubercles later on are more or less surrounded
with red, so that the full-grown larvae are black with red belts, the head,
abdominal legs, a broad ventral stripe, and a lateral stripe being also red. All
the tubercles with the central hair long, white, and twisted, the bristles of the
snbstigmatical tubercles being all long aud thin. As the bristles on the
numerous granules are also long and much thicker than in ('. andrei, the larva
of C. trifenestrata looks almost woolly.
Food-plants : oak, cherry, ]ilnm, blackthorn, etc. In its native country
Marhilus odoratissima seems to be its favourite tree.
We know the larvae and cocoons from Java and North India. It aj)pears
to us doubtful if the larvae from the Audamans, Ceylon, Nilgiris, aud Philippines,
from which countries the caterpillar of C. trifenestrata is not yet known, will
turn out to be identical with .lavan and Indian examples. The imagines are
readily distinguished by some slight dili'ereuces.
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a. Cricula trifenestrata ceylonica snbsp. nov.
(?. Clayish ocliraceons : transparent spot of forewing more heavily edged
with black than nsually. The process of the penis-funnel (fig. a) sinnate ;
snbapioal lobe of clas])er broad.
?. Tawny ochraceons. The three transparent spots of forewing heavily
edged with black, especially on distal side ; upper spot deeply incurved, its
lower angle pointed ; very little purplish grey shading on forewing. Antemedian
line of hindwing heavy; transparent sjiot with conspicuous black border;
marginal area purplish grey from anal angle nearly to third radial. On
underside the transparent spots of both wings more strongly edged with black
than in the other races, the spot of hindwing transverse, anal area of both wings
densely shaded with purj)lish grey like tlie disc, and this area more sharply
defined than usually. Legs red.
Hab. Ceylon.
Several specimens in the Tring Museum and the British Museum.
b. Criodri trifenestrata ayria. snbsp. nov.
A large form.
(J. Some specimens mummy-brown, others tawny ochraceons. In the dark
(nymotypical) form the black lines prominently edged with grey ; the grey
line of the underside heavy in both the dark and light forms ; forewing beneath
with tlie black dot in centre of cell absent, occasionally vestigial in dark form ;
on hindwing' beneath the costal area more densely scaled with purplish grey
than the disc. The process of the penis-funnel very broad, truncate, flat,
faintly depressed in centre of apex (fig. b) ; the two pointed processes of the
anal tergite wider apart than usually ; the subapical lobe of the clasper short
and broad, sometimes very short.
?. Only the dark form known to us. Very distinct from all the other
geographical races. Body tawny ochraceons ; wings so much shaded with
fuscous and grey tliat the ochraceons ground-colour ajijiears only along the
costal edge of the forewing, at the costal margin of the hindwing in between
the dark lines and sometimes at the abdominal margin of the hindwing ; first and
third transparent spots of forewing large, second relatively small. Underside
almost entirely shaded witii grey, the grey postdiscal line very broad and diffuse
on botii wings.
lldb. Travaucore.
A series of both sexes in the Tring Museum.
e. Cricula trifeitestrata trifenestrata Helf. (1S43).
Saliiruia (?) trifniextralii Heifer, l.i\ (Assam).
Saluriiia ziileihi Westw., Cnh. Or. Ent. p. 2.") (1848) (" ? " is (J of Irifem-^trulii).
Criiula biirminm Swinhoe, Tr. Eiit. Soc. p. 191 (IHiiO) (Burma).
Apparently everywhere a dark and a pale form ; sometimes body and wings
mummy-brown without tawny shades ; other specimens, especially often the
? ? from Sikkim, bright tawny. The genitalia of the <? vary to some extent
in our long series of specimens, a certain typi' being more often found in one
country than in another. The ventral process of the penis-funnel narrow,
flat, with the apex truncate, rounded, or pointed, or sometimes slightly widened
(figs, c and h) ; the subapical lobe of the clasper always narrow and long.
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Hah. Nilgiris, Sikkiiu, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Snniatra, .Tava,
Borneo.
Common in collections.
The type of burmana, in the collection of the British JInsenra, belongs to
this subspecies.
fl. Criruld trifi'iii'stnitn Inzonicu subsp. no v.
S . Only one specimen known to ns. In colour, shaj)e, and pattern agreeing'
with ochraceons specimens of ('. t. trijetii'strata. Process of penis-fnnnel (fig. f)
narrower than in the previous subspecies, slightly spatulate ; snbapical lobe
very short on one clasper, absent from the other; penis-sheath slenderer than
in the other races, without internal armature (lost in cojiulating ?) : anal tergite
dorsal ly grooved.
Ilab. North Luzon.
One c? in the Tring Museum.
e. Cricula trifenestrata andamanicu sulisp. nov.
A large subspecies, both sexes appearing in a dark and a jiale form. The
fuscous form is more or less strongly shaded with vinaceons.
(?. The costal margin of the forewing more strongly curved and the ape.x
less produced than in true tri/rnesfratu, the transparent spot small, the blackish
postdiscal line straighter than usually. The two blackish lines of hindwing
anteriorly united (which happens occasionally also in the other snbspecies) ;
diseocellnlar spot without transparent centre or the pupil extremely small.
Markings of underside less distinct than in G. t. trifenestrata. Process of
penis-funnel (figs, d, e, and i) always narrowed at the apex and its under-
surface convex, not flat, the snbapical lobe of clasper broader than in C. f.
trifenestrata and as long as the apical lobe.
?. Posterior half of outer margin of forewing more rounded than in
C. t. trifenestrata ; the three transparent sjiots large, in cell always a fourth
spot of about one-third the size of the second spot of the row of three ; postdiscal
line a little more distal than usually, crossing the third radial midway between
the outer margin and the third transparent spot instead of being nearer to tiiis
spot than to the margin. The two lines of hindwing aj)proach each other anteriorly,
but do not unite ; the purplish grey shading at the outer margin forms a narrower
l)and than in C. trifenestrata.
Huh. Andaman Islands,
A scries of both sexes in the Tring Museum.
:i. Cricula drepanoides Moore (1865).
Cricuhi ilrepaiiiiitlex Moore, Pmc. Zuol. Snr. Loud. p. 817 (1865) (Sikkim).
Very different from C. anrlrei and trifenestrata. Only the cJ known to us.
Much more variegated than the other two species ; forewing with a large irregular
patch of numerous ochreous semitransparent spots ; hindwing with one large
and several small spots, which are ochreous edged with blackish bmwn and
partly transparent. The genitalia are also different.
Huh. Sikkim and Bhutan.
A series of cJ cJ in tiie Tring Museum.
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SOME NEW SOUTH INDIAN ANTHBIBIDAE IN THE
COLLECTION OP MR. H. E. ANDREWES.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
1. Litocerus nilgiriensis spec. nov.
c? ?. Brownish-black. Rosti-iim and the whole nncler-snrface densely pubescent
clayish grey, like the markings of the pronotum and elytra. Segments 1—3
of the antenna and the joints of segments 4 — 8 pale testaceous, the apex
of the eleventh segment testaceous and pubescent white, the antenna of the S
longer than the body, 4 — 8 cylindrical. Pronotum punctured laterally, with a
transverse groove before the middle, the sides (exclusive of two brown spots),
a broad mesial stripe, and two spots iit each side of this stripe clayish grey ;
carina straight above, and forming a semicircle at the sides. The clayish grey
pubescence of the elytra forms three irregular transverse bands, one at the base,
much frayed out posteriorly and enclosing a brown humeral halfring ; a second
band behind the middle, and a third at the tip, the last two usually more or less
connected by additional markings placed between them, there being also small
clayish grey spots in the large anterior black-brown area, a square spot at the
basal third of the suture being particularly conspicuous. Basal third (?) or
two-thirds (cJ) of femora pale testaceous ; proximal portions of the tibiae and tirst
tarsal segment and the whole second tarsal segment white. Abdomen of S without
tubercle. In the ? the clayish grey pubescence on the side of the pronotum is
broken up into spots, and the sterna bear brown lateral spots.
Length : (i — 7 mm.
Hab. Nilgiri Hills.
A considerable series of both sexes.
The pale tip of the eleventh antennal segment and the shape of the pronotal
carina will be sufficient to distinguish this species from others.
2. Hypseus picticoUis spec. nov.
c? ? . Brownish black. Eostrum twice as broad as long, sparsely pubescent
grey. Frons triangular ; in S hardly so broad as the club of the antenna ; in ?
about one-fourth the width of the rostrum. The first, second, seventh and eighth
segments of the antenna rufous, the eleventh pale luteous. Prothorax a little
broader than long, coarsely punctured at the sides, more finely in centre, with an
interrupted yellowish mesial line, which is dilated to a spot before the scutellum ;
the central space of the pronotum is bounded by four grey lines, forming a rhomb,
and the sides are occupied by three grey longitudinal lines, which are more or
less connected with one another; carina convex above, with acute lateral angles.
Elytra depressed behind the base, the basal margin rufescent, the third interspace
somewhat elevate, with a luteous elongate spot at the base and another behind
the middle, the latter being placed between two black elongate spots ; a third
luteous elongate spot at the base in the fifth interspace, suture with numerous
small luteous spots ; the other interspaces more dispersedly spotted with luteous.
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Underside pubescent grey, witli weak brown lateral spots ; sterna coarsely
jmnctured. Knees, tip of tibiae, and tarsi rufescont.
Length : 3 niui.
Hab. Nilgiri HilJs.
A small series.
3. Phaulimia lineata nilgiriensis subspec. nov.
c??. Ditfers from J', I. luieata in the sides of the pronotum being more
densely pubescent clayish grey, and the elytra bearing two clayish grey patches
across the sutnre, the anteraediau patch being large and at the suture continued
to the base, and the postmedian one being narrow. The legs, moreover, are darker.
Hab. Nilgiri Hills.
One pair.
4. Disphaerona andrewesi spec. nov.
(J?. Black, upperside with grey and clayish pubescence, whicli is densec in
some places than in others. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, with mesial
carina ; frons about three-fourths as broad as the rostrum, slightly convex ; upper-
lip, palpi, and the first, second, and eleventh antennal segments pale rufous ; rest
of antenna black-brown, rnfescent, especially at the joints. Pronotum strongly
punctured, with a transverse row of three callosities, of which the central one
is the highest ; between each and the carina a grey line, the two lateral ones of
these lines continued beyond the carina to the basal edge and here bordered on
the dorsal side by a black spot. Elytra very strongly punctate-striate, the third
interspace with four tubercles, of which the first and second are the largest ; small
tubercles also in the fiflh and seventh interspaces, the first tubercle of the third
interspace quite black, and this colour continued as a short line to the basal edge
of the elytrum. Legs nifous ; middle of femora, a small sjiot at base of tibiae, and
a large ring between middle and tip of tibiae brown
Length : 3 — 4 mm.
Hab. Nilgiri Hills.
Several specimens.
•'i. Dinectarius ( ? • basiplaga si)ec. nov.
? . Rnfescent, clothed with a grey jmbescence. Rostrum transversely depressed
at the base, nearly twice as broad as long. Eye very slightly sinuate. Antenna
brown, segment 1, the bases of segnaents 2 to 9, and the tip of 11 pale testaceous.
Prothorax broader than long, widest behind, with the sides feebly rounded ; the
grey pubescence somewhat more condensed in the mesial line and at the sides
than before the carina, where the brown ground forms some large patches ; cariini
concave in middle, convex towards the sides, evenly flexuose, the extreme end
being bent forward. Scutellnm white, conspicuous on account of a large blackish
patch of the elytra surrounding it. Tiie elytra otherwise pubescent grey, the
ground blackish at the sides, the pubescence interrupted by some small spots
arranged in irregular transverse rows. Legs pale testaceous ; apex of femora
blackish. Underside of body blackish, densely pubescent grey.
Length : 3 mm.
Hab. Nilgiri Hills.
Two specimens.
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ON SOME OF THE AFRICAN LONGICOllNS DESCRIBED
BY HOPE AND WESTWOOD.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR E. B. POULTON kindly lent me the African Longicorns of
the Hope Department for some time, so that I was enaliled to compare them
with the specimens in the collection of the Tring Museum and take notes on
the types contained among the material of the Hope Department. I find that
some of Hope's species have been wrongly identified by subsequent authors, myself
included. It is especially his paper in Atui. Xnt. Hist. 1843, p. 36fi, "On some
New Insects from Western Africa," which has given rise to much uncertainty,
owing partly to the shortness of the descriptions and partly to the erroneous
[ilace assigned to some of the insects. The following list gives all the Longicorns
named in that paper.
1. Stenodontes downesi.
MaUodon downesii Hope, /.'■. p. 366. d. 47 (1843) (Fernando Po ; Cape Palmas).
The well-known common Prionid. Hope mentions Mallodon picipeimis and
raddoni as being taken at Sierra Leone ; these are nomina in coll. of specimens
of doici/esi, which varies a good deal.
2. Acanthophorus palini.
Aranthoph'irns palinii Hope, I.e. no. 48 (1843) (Sierra Leone).
This is the insect which Waterhouse figures in Aid to the Identification of
Insects, p. 25, t. I6T, fig. 1 (1888?).
3. Acanthophorus longipennis.
AcantJiophvriis hingipennis Hope, l.r. no. 4'J (1843) (Sierra Leone).
Acanthnphunis iiierjalops White, Cat. Brit. Miis. vii. p. 1.5 (1853) (Fernando Po).
Lameere, Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. iii. Longic. (19u3), treats the name as a
synonym of yolo/us Dalm. (1817). The type-specimen of the name (nymotype),
however, which is a female, is very near to megalops White (1853), and in
my opinion the same species. The puncturation is much more dispersed than
in other AcantliophorHS ; the femora are quite smooth ; the tibiae bear only
scattered punctures and, in the lateral depression, a few setiferous granules.
The ape.v is dorsally emarginate in all the tibiae, each angle of the sinus being
j)roduced into a tooth nearly as in A. palini. The antennal segments are not
channelled.
4. Phyllarthrius africanus.
Pki/lliirthriiis africanus Hope, I.e. no. 50 (1843) (Sierra Leone).
The antenna is described as having only ten segments. What Hope called
the second segment is really the third, the second being quite short. The
pronotum has a depression on each side, much as in Pti/cholaemus. The elytra
are cylindrical, nearly as in Ptirpuricenus, the apical margin of each being
rounded. The black ajiical area of the elytra measures about 2 mm.
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We have a female from Benitci, Portuguese Cameroous, which agrees with
the nymotype of africanus, but the apical area of the elytra is twice the size
(about 4i mm.) and the lobes of the aiitenual segments are narrower. I name
this form
P. africanus bfuitrnsi^ sub.sj). nov.
ft. Phyllarthrius unicolor.
PhyUaHhritis unicolor Hope, l.r. p. 3fi7. no. 51 (1843) (Ashanti).
1 have not seen a second specimen of this species.
fi. Phycholaemus signaticollis.
ffamalicherus signatirotlis Hope. I.e. no. 52 (1843) (Cape Palmas).
Phi/cltiilaemu.^ troberti Chevrolat, Ann. Sac. Ent. Fraru:e p. 324. no. 5 (1858) (Guinea).
This Species is the same as trobt'iii ('hevr.
T. Plocederus viridipennis.
HamaticTieiiis virklipennh Hope, I.e. no. 53 (184:-)) (Sierra Leone).
Antenna and legs yellowish tawny. Prothorax as in P. cldoropfenis, the
transverse folds not quite so regalar, the si)ine pointed. Elytra tawny, but
this colour almost entirely suppressed by a blue-green gloss ; puncturation more
minute than in chloropterm \ sutural angle with a short tooth, outer angle with
a longer one. Abdomen tawny ochraceous.
8. Domitia pilosicollis.
Uamaticherm jMosicollis Hope, l.r. no. 54 (1843) (Cape Palmas).
This is not a Cerambycid, but a Lamiid. It belongs to Domitia, which is
nearly allied to Monochamiis, and is very near to J), aenea Parry (1849), the type
of which I have not comjjared. D. aenea stands under Sternotomis in the Munich
Catalogue.
i>. Plocederus glabricoUis.
Hamalirheriis glulrholUs Hope, I.e. no. 65 (1843) (C'ape Palmas).
Legs and the first segment of the antenna tawny red, rest of antenna blackish
tawny; knees black. Thora.x smooth on disc, with some minute punctures and
posteriorly two callosities ; no sjiine on the side, but three callosities. Elytra
green ; puncturation minute and sparse ; sutural angle with acute spine, outer
angle pointed, but very little produced.
10. lonthodes amabilis.
Iimthoiles amabilis Hope, I.e. no. 51! (1843) (.Sierra Leone).
The type-specimen seems to be somewhat discoloured. The elytra are
blue with a velvety streak along the centre of each. The spots of the prothora.x
are white, while they are yellowish in our specimens from Sierra Leone.
1 1 . Callichroma afrum.
Callichrnma as-siiuilf Hope, I.e. no. 57 (1843) (Sierra Leone).
1 consider this to be the same as <'. nfriim L. (1771).
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!■.'. Mecaspis laetum.
CnUii:hroiitii kuliiiii Hope, l.r. p. 368. no. 58 (1843) (Cape Palmas).
Greenish blue, or blue ; antenna and legs black. No velvety pubescence on
pronutum and elytra. M. dives Pascoe, Tr. Ent. Sov. Lond. p. 405 (1888), from
Delagoa Bay, seems to be the same.
Vi- Mecaspis atripenne.
CaUirlinima atrijiciine Hope, Ix. no. 5'J (1843) (Sierra Leone).
This is a well-known species, which cannot be confounded with any other
Mecaspis.
14. Callichroma igneicoUe.
Callkhroma igneiculle Hope, I.e. no. 60 (184.S) (Ashanti).
Callichroma imiktior Jordan, Noi: Zool. i. p. 168. no. 86 (1894) (Gold Coast).
My imitator is the same as igneicolle. There are in collections several
similar forms which have received names. They differ slightly from igneicolle,
especially in the plication of the pronotum. Their distinctness is doubtful.
15. Oxyprosopus speciosus.
Ceramb;/.c sjieciofus Dalman, in Sclwenh,, Stjn. lux. i. 3. App. p. 153. no. 210 (1817) (Sierra Leone).
Promeces carhonariiis Hope, I.e. no. 61 (1843) (Sierra Leone).
Bluish black, legs yellowish tawny. The only (h£ypro.iopus of this colour
known to me.
16. Euporus amabilis.
Eiijjorus amabilis Hope, I.e. no. 62 (1843) (Cape Palmas).
Anterior half of pronotum purplish blue like the occiput, without any punctures;
disc of the dilated central part of the prothorax densely punctured, the pnncturation
more dispersed on the sides. Shoulders smooth, glossy, but the area between
the shoulder and the scutellum as densely rugate as the rest of the elytrum.
17. Euporus strangulatus.
Euporus strangulaliis Serville, Ann. Sor. Ent. France, p. 21 (1834) (East Indies?).
Rhopalophora? respletideiis Newman, Enl. Maij. v. p. 496 (1838) (Fernando Po).
Euporus chrysocollis Hope, I.e. no. 63 (1843) (Fernando Po).
The puncturatiou of the thorax is very coarse ; the anterior half of the
pronotnm is not (juite smooth, there being .some large punctures in the depression ;
the punctures on the disc of the wider part of the prothorax are centrally less
numerous than at each side of the middle line, the: smooth area penetrates mesially
into the patch of punctures. There occurs a similar species in the same districts
which has a broader jirothorax, with the centre of the wider portion very densely
punctured.
18. Sternotomis principalis.
Lamia principiili s Dalman, in Sc/ionnli., Si/ii. Ins. i. 3. App. p. 162. no. 223 (1817) (Sierra Leone).
Stemodonia paliui Hope, I.e. no. 04 (1843) (Sierra Leone).
In this form the sjwts in the posterior iuilf of the elytra are green. We have
several specimens from Sierra Leone. The individuals from Angola have all the
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markings of the elytra buffish ochraceons ; the pubescence between these markings
is duller green than in the pi-incijjfilU pn'ncij/al/n. This Angola form may
be called
-b/. jiriiicipiilis hilaris sulisj). nov.
111. Prosopocera princeps.
Steniudmita piitu;ej)s Hope, Lc. p. 369, no. 65 (1843) (Ashanti).
Lamia {Sternolomh ?) prinrfpg. Westwood, -Ire. Eiit. ii. p. 1'_'5. t. 7S. fig. 2 (1845) ; id., Is. p. 147
(1845).
A very distinct species, easily recognised by the jiattcrn of the elytra.
'M. Sternotomis mirabilis forma amabilis.
StemodiDila umahilh Hope. I.r, no. (it; (1.S4.S) (Ashanti).
Sternotomis submaciihitu Kolbe, Eul. Zeit. Stell. p. G.'i. n 'M (lH'.t3) (Togoland : Ashanti) ( 1801).
Drury's St. mirabilis is dichromatic, nymotypical mirabilis being the green
form and amabilis the tawny one.
The base of the jjronotnm in nmubiiis is green, as iu S. iiD/n'rialis V. ;
the elytra bear a green sutnral spot as in .S'. rknjsopras, but the sntare is more
or less extended green also in front of and behind this spot ; sometimes the
ochraceons markings are separated by more or less green interspaces. The
structure by which the species can be most easily recognised is the basal tooth
of the mandible of the male. This tooth, as Kolbe has already explained of
submaculata, is curved inward, the tips of the two teeth pointing towards each
other.
There appear to be several other species which have a tawny and a green
form.
I add a note on another species of Sfrrnotomis, described by AVestwood :
Sternotomis virescens.
Sternotumis virescem Westwood, Arc. Eiit. ii. p. 83. no. 1. t. 6y. fig. 1 (1846) (Sierra Leone).
Stevniitoniis duhocagei Coquerel. Ann. Soc. Ent, France, p. 18(). no. 3. t. 5. fig. 2 (1861) (Angola).
Sternotomis aglaiira Kolbe, Ent. Zeit. Stell. p. 61. no. 3U (1894) (Uganda ; Cameroons).
The markings of worn specimens are much smaller and greener than those of
fresh ones, which are chalky white or but slightly greenish. In the examples
from Uganda the markings have sometimes an ochraceous tint.
Sternotomis gama Coquerel, l.c. no. 4. t. 5. fig. 4 (1861) (Angola) is based on a
buffish individual of rircicens, and St. bohndorf Waterhouse, Ann. Mag. N. H.
(5) xvii. p. oOl (1886) (Niam-Niam), also does not seem to be specifically different
from rirescens.
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DESCRIPTION OF A NEAV KIND OF APTEROUS EARWIG,
APPARENTLY PARASITIC ON A BAT.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
(Plates XVI., XVII., XVIII.)
HE insect which forms the subject of the present paper was discovered by
T
Messrs. Ed. Gerrard & Sous, of Oamdeii Town, " in the sack formed by
the membrane of the wings of Cheiromeles torquatus," the naked bat of the Sunda
Islands. The bat has an exceedingly strong and nauseous smell, and is known
from the Malay Peninsula, Rnmatra, .Java, and Borneo. It flies at dusk, and
sleeps in daytime in hollow trees and in fissures of the soil and rocks. Both sexes
of the bat have a large gular poneh, which is said to be used for storing the
young during flight — Mr. Gerrard informs me that one of the bats in his possession
had a young one in the pouch — and it is suggested tliat, in the case of twins being
born, the father and mother take each charge of one of the offspring. Besides
the excretions of the gular glands there may occur at times an accumulation of
the excrements of the young bat sufficient for insects to feed and thrive upon.
Messrs. Gerrard received a number of specimens of Cheiromeles torquatus from
Sarawak, where they were obtained by Mr. Chas. Hose. In the pouch of one
of these specimens the new insect was found, which we name
Arixenia esau gen. et spec. nov.
At first sight we were inclined to attribute to accident the occurrence of such
a large insect in the nursing-pouch of the naked bat. But the study of
Arixenia has convinced us that the insect, which is related to the earwigs, is
parasitic. Indeed, it does not require a great stretch of imagination to under-
stand how a kind of earwig arrived at living in the pouch of a creature sleeping
in fissures of rock or soil. The reduction of the eye and the structure of the
mandible and of the inner lobe of the maxilla seem to indicate that Arixenia
lives in a dark place, and feeds principally on matter which has already been
masticated or requires little mastication. The contents of the alimentary canal
consist of a soft amorphous matter and numerous fragments of insects. We
obtained from the anterior jjortiua of the oesophagus, within the head, two
comparatively large pieces of chitiu, which proved to be the apex of the tibia
and the first and the base of the second tarsal segment of, we think, some small
fly. The fragments have the appearance of being fresh, and we believe we detect
some remnants of muscles attached to them, which, if correct, would justify the
conclusion that Arixenia feeds, perhaps incidentally, also on live or freshly killed
insects.
Arixenia is interesting not only on account of the peculiar place where it
was discovered, but also for the morphological and anatomical characteristics
which it presents. We received four specimens, two of them being half as large
again as the other two. They were in alcohol, and very well preserved as regards
the chitinous jiarts. But the soft inner organs are so much macerated that we
cannot give any histological details. Moreover, none of the specimens are quite
full grown, so that the account of the anatomy is incomplete also for this reason.
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Our description and figures, however, will be sufficient, we trust, for recognising
the species, and it is to be hoped that, now we have drawn attention to Aiixenia,
the peculiar interest attached to all parasites will induce naturalists residing
or travelling in the Malayan countries to collect all the stages of development
of the insect.
Since in the earwigs generally the young and adult do not differ very much
in structure, especially in the wingless forms, we may assume that also in this
case the adult specimens will present essentially the same appearance as the
individual here figured (PI. XVI. fig. 1). This assumption, we think, is the
more justified as our smaller specimens of Arixeinn differ from the larger ones
in a similar way as do young earwigs from adult ones — for instance in having a
smaller number of segments in the antenna.
The large specimens measure 18 mm. from the upper lip to the apex of the
pygidium, the small specimens 12 mm. Head, thorax, mouth-parts, antenna, and
legs ochraceous; sterna of thorax and the coxae pale buff; abdomen blackish
tawny. The whole insect covered with pale ochraceous hairs, which are longest
near the edges of the segments. The thoracic nota bear each seven elongate
spaces which are devoid of hairs (PI. XVJ. fig. 1). There are no wings.
Head.
The head is broader than long, being widest posteriorly. In general outline
it agrees with the head of the earwigs, being obtusely heart-shaped. The upper-
side slants slightly downwards from near the hindmargiu to the upper lip. In
front of the antennae there is a curved depression, which extends from side to side
and separates the anterior portion of the capsule of the head, the clypeus, from
the central part or frons (= epicranium). The suture situated in this transverse
depression is but vestigial. Another suture is found between the eyes ; it is much
less distinct than in the earwigs. The occiput (or protocranium), which lies behind
this second suture, is divided by a minute central longitudinal suture, as is also
the case in the earwigs. The hind portion of the occiput is incurved and centrally
depressed, so that the sides are somewhat globose and project backwards.
The eye is smaller than in the earwigs, and contains only eighty odd facets.
It is situated close behind the antenna, and is a little more dorsal than ventral,
only a small portion of it being visible in a ventral view of the head (PI. XVII.
fig. 1). It is elliptical and but little raised above the surface of the capsule of
the head. The somewhat loose arrangement of the facets and their small number
indicate that a reduction has taken place, the eye being on the way towards
becoming vestigial and lost.
The antenna is lateral, being inserted where the dorsal and lateral surfaces
of the heiul meet. The membrane connecting it with the ca[)snle of the head
is rather large, and allows a full j)lay backwards and sideways. The antenna
cannot be held straight forward. There are thirteen segments in the antenna of
the large sjiecimens. They are nearly circular in a transverse section. The first
segment is much longer and thicker than any other, and somewhat curved, as
shown in the figure. The second, on the contrary, is very short, and serves as a
kind of condylus, the remaining segments forming a flagellum which is freely
movable in all directions. The third segment is a little more than one-third
the length of the first, while the fourth as well as the fifth are less than half the
length of the third, the sixth and seventh being but little longer than the fifth.
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Segments 8 to 13 are distinctl)' slenderer than the preceding ones, and are near]}-
equal to each other in length. All the segments, with the exceptions of the
first and second, bear two patches of sensor)' pits near the apex (PI. XVII.
fig. 5), one patch being placed on each side, and each pit bearing a very short
bristle. The number of pits is less on the pro.xiraal segments than on the distal
ones. The same sensory organ exists in Ilfinimeriis.*
In our smaller specimens the antenna consists of but eight segments instead
of thirteen. The third segment is much longer than in the thirteeu-jointed antenna,
being about as long as the first segment. Segments 4 to 8 are each about two-
fifths the length of the third, the eighth being the shortest. A comparison of
the antennae of the large and small specimens proves that the increase in the
number of segments as the insect grows takes place in the region of the third
to sixth segments, Arixenia agreeing therein with the earwigs. The structure
of the segments is practically the same in the large and small specimens. I think
we may expect the adult Arixenia to have at least fourteen segments in the antenna.
The mouth-parts present several characteristic points. The membrane con-
necting the clypens with the njaper lip or labrum is rather large and, like
most membranes connecting the sclerites witii one another, whitish and smooth,
bearing no hairs. The lahndu itself (Ir, PI. XVII. fig. 10 and PI. XVIII. fig. 1)
resembles that of the earwigs. It is transverse, with the angles rounded oft".
The anterior edge is feebly incurved and very slightly bent downwards, much
less so than in Hemimerus. The hind edge, seen from beneath in fig. 10 of
PI. XVII. , is straight, and the lateral angles are produced backwards. Numerous
longitudinal muscles are attached to the labrum, as indicated in fig. 1 of PI. XVIII.
The mandible difl^ers remarkably from the ordinary type of insect mandible.
The right and left mandibles are practically alike. They are but little longer than
broad, and appear nearly flat (PI. XVII. figs. 3, 4). Both the upper and under
surfaces are convex along the centre and depressed at the inner edge. The upper-
side is more convex than the underside and bears a small patch of hairs at the
outer margin, while the under surface has no hairs at all. The inner and outer
margins of the mandible are rounded. As in the earwigs, the apex is armed with
three teeth, which remind one of the claws of a mammal, their apical surface
being convex and the pro-fimal surface concave. The whole inner margin i.s
densely clothed with bristles. This edge is quite narrow and is not at all suitable
for mastication, as it is in Ih'mimeras and Forficula. The bristles placed near
the apex of the mandible are thick, rigid, and somewhat curved in hook-shape,
whereas those of the more proximal portion of the edge are like ordinary bristles,
being longer and more flexible and becoming gradually thinner towards their tips.
The bristles are not placed in a single row, but stand closely packed on the whole
narrfiw surface of the edge of the mandible. It is clear from this peculiar armature,
which closely resembles that of the inner lobe of the maxilla of Arixenia, Forjicula,
and other mandibulate insects, that the food of Arixenia, or at least the way
of feeding, is ditt'erent from that of the earwigs. The mandibles of Hemimerus
and the earwigs have, as far as they are known, the ordinary triangular shape
with the inner margin incurved, as widely found in the mandibulate insects.
There may be earwigs which approach Arixenia in the structure of the mandibles.
Unfortunately these organs cannot be well seen without being dissected out,
* Hansen, in Tiihkr. Knt. xv. p. 07 (1H94).
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and for that reason we have not been able to compare theiu with the collection
of earwigs in the British Musenm.
The mandibles of Ar/:re/iia aj)[)ear to me to be mnch more suitable for brushins!;
food into the month than for cntting it np. The length of the bristles placed
on the inner edge near the apical teetii speaks against the mandible being nsed
for cutting np hard substances, with the exception perhaps of small pieces not
so large as the three teeth together. The hook-like shai)e of the bristles also
indicates that the mandilile is largely' used as a kind of brush.
The maxilla, which is represented in fig. 2 of Fl. XVII. from the underside,
agrees on the whole with that of the earwigs and Ilemimerus. As in the allied
insects, it lies in a deep sinus, bounded laterally by the lateral portion of the
capntal capsule, and raesally by the mentum. The lateral edge of this sinus
or groove is much less sharply cariniform than in the earwigs. The proximal
portion of the maxilla, in live specimens of earwigs, is capable of a strong forward
movement, and can slide but little sideways. The latter movement is reserved
for the distal parts of the maxillae, which open and shut like the mandibles.
In consequence of this opening and shutting and the simnltaneous forward
movement of the maxilla the food is hanled into the mouth, which latter at that
moment is widened on acconnt of the uuderlip flap]iing downwards and its ai)ical
lobes moving sideways. The sutures on the proximal parts of the maxilla are very
distinct in Arixenia, and we were surprised to find that the iiart which corresponds
to the cardo of other insects consists of two sclerites (PI. XVIl. fig. 2, a 1, a 2).
The cardo is generally stated to be one single sclerite in all insects. A comparison
of Forfirulfi and [{I'mtmerxs, however, convinced us that also in these insects there
is a suture extending, as in Arixenia, from about the centre of the outer margin
inward and forward. We can hardly assume that this suture is of secondary
origin, but believe the non-divided cardo of insects to be the result of the fusion
of two sclerites in consequence of stronger chitinisatioa. The cardo acting as a
lever to the maxilla requires to be rigid, especially in insects in which the maxillae
are pnshed far forward when feeding, or have to execute abrupt movements.
In the earwigs the mouth-parts are relatively soft, and it would therefore be
intelligible that here a suture was preserved which had disa]ipeared in more
strongly chitinised insects.
The central portion of the maxilla, the so-called stipes, consists of three
sclerites (PI. XVII. fig. 2, bl, b 2, b 3). The inner and the median sclerites
(b 1 and b 2) are hollowed out on the upperside for the reception of the mnscles.
The two apical lobes cl (= lacinia) and c2 (= galea) resemble those of the
earwigs. The inner lobe is armed at the apex witli two teeth which stand one
beside the other, the longer one being dorsal and the smaller one ventral. Both
teeth are claw-like, their apical surface being convex and the proximal surface
concave. The inner margin nf the lacinia gradually widens proximally, so
that the molar surface thus formed represents a narrow triangle, the point of
which lies at the apex of the lacinia. The two sides of this surface bear each
a single row of stiif bristles. This row becomes more irregular proximally,
where additional bristles appear on the lateral surfaces near the edge, and
some also in between the two rows. The stiff bristles are slightly bent twice,
reminding one of the letter S. The lacinia of Hemimerus has four apical teeth
instead of two as in Arixeiiia and Forfcula, and the edges of the inner margin
are very thin and cariniform, the molar surface being deeply hollowed out.
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The number of bristles, moreover, is much smaller in Ilemimerus than in Arixenia.
The common earwig, too, has bnt a small number ol' bristles at the molar margin of
the lacinia, and the latter is much slenderer than in Arixenia, but bears two apical
teeth as in that insect.
The onter lobe of the maxilla, the galea, is almost identical in Forjieulu,
Hemimerus, and Arixenia. It is gently curved inwards, and its transverse section
is circular. The apex is pale, without bristles and but slightly chitinised, serving
doubtless a sensory purpose.
The maxillary palp consists of five segments, as in the allied insects. The two
proximal segments are very short, and the third is a little longer and stouter than
the fourth. The fifth bears at the apex short and stumpy bristles which difter
from the ordinary bristles with which the palp is clothed. There is, moreover,
a minute accessory segment at the tip of the fifth, as is the case in the labial
palp also. This accessory segment, which gives the palpi their very characteristic
appearance, is found in the earwigs as well as Hemimerus, whereas the Locusts,
Blattids, Mantids, etc., have quite different palpi.
The gap in which the maxilla is inserted nearly extends to the hind edge
of the head, being separated from the occipital foramen only l)y the narrow
submentum, which is joined rigidly at each side to the lateral part of the capntal
capsule (PI. XVII. fig. 1). The submentum {sm, PI. XVII. fig. 7) is the posterior
sclerite of the second pair of maxillae or the labium. The suture which separates
it from the main part of the labium is quite distinct. The second sclerite is
the mentum. It is broader than long and strongly rounded at the sides, and
its anterior margin is incurved at each side, so that the angles, which are strongly
rounded, project a little. The surface is nearly flat, being slightly impressed
from the sinus of the anterior margin backwards and somewhat convex at the
sides. Neither the mentum nor the submentum shows a distinct trace of a
mesal suture. The two apical segments of the labium are divided in the middle
line, and therefore can not only execute a downward movement, but can also
move horizontally, especially the two apical lobes, which open and shut like
the maxillae. The third segment, or the palporium ( = palpiger), which bears the
palpi, is separated by sutures from the mentum as well as the two apical lobes,
which form the ligula {li, PI. XVII. fig. T). The apex of the lignla is white
and without bristles, and recalls the pale apex of the galea of the maxilla. The
inner edges of the two lobes of the lignla bear some rigid bristles. The labial palp
{Ip, PI. XVII. fig. 7) is composed of three segments as in the allied insects,
bearing like the maxillary palp a minute apical accessory segment.
On the upperside of the apical lobes of the labium there lies the hypopharynx
(or eudolabiumj. It consists of a broader central flap and two narrow lateral
flaps ; the hitter are strongly chitinised at their onter edges and jiartly cover
the central flaj) in a dorsal view (PI. XVII. fig. 9). The chitinised edges of
the lateral flaps extend backwards for a short distance and send out a side-branch
towards the maxillae. The hypopharynx is remarkably similar to that of
Ilemimerus, whereas it differs somewhat in shajie from that of Forficula.
Thorax.
The prothorax is the longest of the three thoracic rings. The pronotum is
broader than it is long, and its lateral and posterior edges almost form an evenly
curved semicircle, reminding one of certain Fc.rliculids, The disc is feeblv convex
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anteriorly, the upper surface being somewhat depressed at the sides and behind.
The anterior margin is sinuate at each side, and the central portion depressed so
as to fit into the concave occipital part of the head. There is no sharp edge
either on the occiput or at the base of the pronotnm, nor are head and pronotum
closely applied to one another. In Ilemimerus, on the other hand, the hind edge of
the head projects backwards, overlapping to a slight extent the pronotnm. This
overlapping, which is not often observed among insects, is best known of some
Hemiptera parasitic on bats and of the fleas. In the beaver parasite, Plati/j)s>/llus
castoris, the head and pronotnm fit well together, and there is, moreover, a comb of
spines extending from the edge of the head on to the thorax, bridging over the
gap which might be formed when the head is bent down. The overlapping we
find in these parasites, which live in the fur of mammals, renders the surface of the
head and pronotum more uniform and hence more suitable for gliding through the
fur, and is certainly a secondary development whicli has taken place independently
in these not nearly related insects.
In certain lights there appears a thin pale line along the centre of the pro- and
mesonotum, which is also found in Hemimerus.
The mesonotum is similarly rounded as the pronotum, but still more strongly
at the sides. The metanotnm, however, though its sides are also strongly rounded,
resembles in outline more the abdominal segments, inasmuch as its hindmargin is
slightly incurved instead of rounded. The metanotnm, moreover, is a little broader
than the pro- and mesonotum. The three nota jiroject much less sideways than in
Hemimerus, and do not even quite conceal in a dorsal view the pleural sclerites and
trochanters (PI. XVI. fig. 1).
As the head is longer above than below, the membrane connecting it with the
thorax is more extended beneath than above (PI. XVII. figs. 1 and 8). Ventrally
this membrane expands between the submentum (sni) and a small sclerite which
lies in front of the sternum of the prothorax and undoubtedly belongs to the thorax
and not to the head. Hansen considered this transverse sclerite in Hemimerus to be
the sternum of the labium, i.e. a part of the liead, and drew it as lying close to the
snbmentnm and well separated from tlie presternum. Our siiecimens oi Hemimerus,
however, prove that the sclerite iu question has the same position in that insect as
in Forficula and Arixenia. VerhoeflF,* with customary acumen, recognised it from
Hansen's figures as being part of the thorax, and identified it as the sternal plate of
the " microsternnm." t The sclerite, I think, is homologous with what I termed
" mesoclidium " in the mesosternite of insects, the sclerites extending from this
central plate upwards corresponding to the peri- and parasterna.J The mesoclidium
is not developed in the mesosternite of Arixenia, but is quite distinct in tlie
meso.sternite of some otlier Orthoptera — for instance, Acridi/im.
The prosternnm is nearly as long as it is broad, and overlaps the mesosternum,
which latter projects over the metasternnm. The sternal parts of the thorax are
ranch less densely hairy than the nota (the hairs are not indicated in our figs. 1
and 8 of PI. XVIL). The meso- and metasterna are much broader than long.
The metasternnm is the widest of the sterna, and bears on each side a small
groove, from which extends inward a narrow, rod-like, pointed endoskeleton. The
co.xal cavities are large and lateral, and are situated at the hind edge of the
• In Zool. Anzeig. xxv. p. 204 (1902).
t Kor the morphology of the thorax oE insects, see Btlruer, in Zool. .Inzeig. p. 'I'M (11)03).
} In Verh. V. Tiitrrit. Ziwl. CuiujreM, BirVui, p. 820(1902).
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sternites, being porteriorly closerl only by a narrow strip of mpnibrane, wbioh, in a
lateral view (PI. XVII. fig. 8), appears widest in tlie prothorax. The pleural
sclerites are but feebly cliitiiiiseil. Their position is best seen in a lateral view
(PI. XVII. fig. 8). The so-called meral sntnre, which separates the anterior
or sternal part of the sternite from the posterior or meral part, is plainly visible
in all three sternites. The opisternum (f/'Sf) is larger than the epimerura (epm).
The latter projects backwards over the membranous posterior marginal part of
the sternite. In the meso- and metathorax the ejiiraernra is narrowe<l posteriorly,
forming a conical process, which is visible also in a dorsal view (PI. XVI. fig. 1).
Between the episternnm, sternum, and coxa tliere lies a triangular sclerite (ti),
which was regarded liy Hansen in UeminiPrtis with some donlit as the trociiantine.
We believe this identification to be correct. In front of tlie troc'liantine there is
another small sclerite in the pro- and mesosternite which, we think, is thi; lateral
sclerite, the peristernnm {per), of Verhoetl''s microthorax. It is somewliat globose
and wrinkled in the protliorax of Arixenia. Above this plate there is in the
prothorax a narrow sclerite extending upwards in front of the pronotum. Tliis
is the parasternum.*
The legs are long and of a characteristic structure. At rest they appear to be
held in the position in which tliey are rejiresented in fig. 1 of PI. XVI , lying in
our four specimens almost in a plane with the body, the tibiae being directed
forwards, scorpion-fashion. Many earwigs hold the legs in a similar position. The
mid- and hindlegs of Arixenia, when moved upwards and the tibiae backwards,
remain iu this position, so that it is probable that Arixenia walks like an ordinary
earwig with the mid- and hindlegs directed back- and sidewards. Except for
a slight difference in length the three pairs are identical. The coxae {co) are
largei- than in Hemimerus and Forjicula, and are ventrally much longer than
dorsally. They bear ventrally before the apical edge a transverse, pale, mem-
branaceous groove. The trochanter (tr) is considerably narrower behind than in
front. The femora are slightly compressed. They are hollowed out beneath at
the apes for a short distance for the reception of the tibiae, which can be laid close
along the femora. The tibiae are as long as the femora, but mnch thinner and
nearly cylindrical, slightly narrowing towards the base, which is gently curved.
The apex of the tibia is dorsally cnt off obliquely and somewhat impressed so as
to allow the tarsus to be laid back on the tibia. The tarsus is characteristic. It
most nearly resembles of all earwigs that of Tagalina and Apacliyus. The first
segment is quite short and curved upwards, its under-snrface («, PI. XVII. fig. G)
being clothed with ordinary small bristles, which are absent from two elongate
areas. The second segment (ji) is still smaller than the first. It is shorter dorsally
than ventrally, as is also the case in the first segment, and the apical surface
therefore is slanting, the second and third segments having the appearance of being
inserted on the dorsal side of the preceding segment, as in the earwigs. The tips
of the first and second segments are pale, soft, and without bristles. The third
segment (c) is quite long, subcylindrical, and slightly curved. Its ventral surface
is less hairy than that of the first and second segments. The apical edge is
marginate, i.e. there runs a groove along the edge, except on the ventral side,
so that the edge itself is slightly elevate. Ventrally the edge projects as
a small rounded lobe. The claws {an) are slender, and there is the vestige of a
pad between them.
• Jordan, l.v,
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Abdomen.
The iiulirication oi the alulominal ses>iiients is exactly the same as in tiie
earwigs. The iiitersegineiital merahranes, which are quite concealed from view in
nou-ilissecteil sjiecinieiis, hear laterally luiiuerous sliort hairs, tlie hairy area Ijeing
especially large on the underside. The first tergite forms ])art of tiie thorax aud
resembles the thoracic tergites in being rounded at the sides. There are eleven
tergites altogether in the small as well as the large specimens, counting the
pygidinm (or telson) as a separate segment (PI. XVI. tigs. 2, 3 ; PI. XVII. fig. 8).
The nintli and tenth tergites are the shortest. The tenth has a hum]) in the centre
clothed with longer bristles. The pygidinm is rounded, its upperside being
convex.
The first abdominal segment has no sternite. The eighth sternite (= sternite
of the eighth segment) is the largest, and moreover differs from the others in being
evenly rounded posteriorly from side to side (PI. XVI. fig. 2). The ninth sternite
is smaller than all the preceding ones. It is narrowed at the apex, which is
truneate-emarginate, the sides being rounded proximally and incurved distally,
While in Jlrm/merus and Forfictda the tenth sternite is represented by two
ihitinised plates placed at the base of the cerei {xtg, PI. XVIII. ^g. T),
respectively callipers, in Arixenia the two plates are quite membranaceous.
The callipers of the earwigs are represented in Arixenia by a pair of cerci,
which are liairy, like the body, and almost circular in a transverse section. They are
non-segmented, and therefore agree with the cerci of Hemimerus, and not with the
segmented cerci of certain immature earwigs : Diplotaxi/.%, Karschiella, etc. The
cerci are longer, slenderer, and less curved in our small specimens of Arixenia than
in the larger specimens. In the individual figured the left cercus is a little longer
than the riglit one. This, we think, is accidental. Unfortunately the left cercus is
broken in our second large specimen. lu the smaller specimens the right cercus is
as long as the left one.
We may presnme that in adnlt Ari.renin similar sexual differences will be
I'onnd as in the earwigs and Hemimerus. It was the close agreement in the
abdomina of the small and large Arixenia which first aroused onr suspicion tiiat
all our specimens might be immature.
Respiratory System.
The position of the spiracles is exactly the same as in Hemimerus and the
earwigs. The stigma situated on the prothorax {sti, PI. XVII. fig. 8) is much
larger than the others. On the meso- and metathorax the spiracles are placeil
behind the eiiimerum, being concealed underneath the lobe of the latter.
The seven abdominal stigmata are situated in front of the upper anterior
angle of the sternites of segments 2 to 8. The tracheae agree on the whole
with those of the common earwig.
ITervous System.
Here, again, Arixi'tiia does not present any essential characters which would
remove it from among the Dermaptera. The main chain consists of eleven ganglia,
namely, the sujira- and iufra-oesophageal ganglia, three thoracic and six abdominal
ones. The infra-oesophageal ganglion escaped Dufour's notice in the earwigs,*
• Ann. Sci. A'ut. xiii. p. 361 (182li).
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which was donhth'ss due fo the strong (levehjpraent of a very remarkable chitiiiDiis
plate, the tentorium of Klenker,* wliifh conceals the ganglioa from view. The
tentorinra of Vorfculn is a horizontal plate (brown like the exoskeleton) wliich lies
beneath tlie oesoi)hagns, and extends from near the occipital foramen almost to the
centre of the head. The plate is slightly concave on the npperside, and nearly
evenly incnrved anteriorly. The anterior and posterior angles are each produced
into a slender process. The two anterior processes are curved and join the capsule
of the head in front of the antennae, while the posterior processes end at the hind
wall of the head, all four being so firmly attached to the head that it requires some
force to break them off. Between these two pairs of processes there is another pro-
cess on each side, branching off from the anterior process and extending obliquely
upwards, being but loosely connected with the upper wall of the liead in the neigli-
bonrhood of the eye. The tentorium of Arixenia {t.e, PI. XVII. fig. 10, ventral side ;
PI. XVIII. fig. 1, dorsal side) is similar to that of Forfieida, except that its
anterior half is much broader. The second process lieing subvertical is drawn
shortened in our figures. Hemimerm also has a tentorium of the same type
{te, PI. XVIII. fig. 2). This endoskeleton divides the capsule of the head into
an upper chamber containing the oesophagus and the brain serving the higher
faculties, and a smaller lower chamber which contains the sub-oesophageal ganglion
working the mouth-parts. Tlie commissures connecting the infra- with the supra-
oesophageal ganglion are in front of the tentorium.
Alimentary Canal.
Considering that the nervous and respiratory systems and, in the main, also the
external anatomy agree so well with what is observed in Forficuln, we were rather
surj)rised to find that the gut, deviates markedly from tlie type known in the
earwigs. In fact, the alimentary canal of Ilemiinerus resembles that of Forjicula
much more than does the gut of Arixenia. The digestive system of insects is often
remarkably different in forms not very distantly related. A difference in the kind
of food on which the species of insect subsists appears to be generally accompanied
by some distinct difference in the shape or structure of the digestive organs, and
this may account for the peculiarities observed in Arixenia.
The oesophagus of Arixenia {oe, PL XVIII. fig. 1) consists of two divisions.
The anterior division, extending from the mouth to the occipital foramen, is
very muscular in itself, and numerous muscles are attached to its lateral and
upper surfaces. The upper wall unites with the underside oi' the upper lip, the
muscles of the latter extending backwards above the oesopliagus. On opening
the oeso])hagus from above, and at the same time pressing the under lip from
beneath, the lower wail of the oesophagus can be seen ending in the hypopharynx
(or endolabium), which is described above (p. 313). Where the oesophagus leaves
the head it is constricted, and from this point backwards its wall is thin and very
expansible. This wide j)ortion, which extends into the abdomen, where it ends
abruj)tly, is the " croji." Upon the oesophagus follows the siiort proventricuhis or
gizzard (//r), which has internally six folds lined with a chitinons membrane armed
witli minute teeth, which stand rather far apart. The folds project into the stomach
as conical jirocesses, which are about three times as long as they are broad at their
bases. The teeth on these processes are minute, transverse, and slightly curved
ridges, the teeth placed on the apical portions of the processes being produced into
* IHstert. GottiiKjeii (1883).
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a point (PI. XVI. fit;. 4). The priiioipal function of the proventricle appears to me
to serve as a kind of sieve liy wliicii the food, which may have l)ecome luinped
together in the crop, is divided up into smaller particles. The proventricle cannot
cut up any hard substanci's. In one of the specimens of Arixenia a piece of chitiu
covered with long hairs was lying in the hind part of the proventricle. It was
unbroken, although its diameter nearly equalled the transverse diameter of the
proventricnlus.
The stomach (sto, PI. XVIII. fig. 1) is not quite so wide as the crop. It is
asymmetrical at the base, bulging out towards the right side, forming a kind of
sack. The stomach of Forfiiuila was represented by Dufour* to be (|uite straight,
without any convolutions, and this statement is still being cojiied in te.xt-books.
In all the specimens of Vorjicula auricidaria, however, the apex of the stomach
forms one convolution together with the anterior portion of the small intestine, as
is the case also in Ilemimerus (PI. XVIII. fig. 2). As the crop of the oesophaijus
of Arixenia takes up so much room — its enormous capacity seems to indicate that
Arixenia takes a large quantity of food at a time and stores it, so to speak, in the
capacious oesophagus — the stomach is comjiletely coiled np so as to acquire but
little space. It forms nearly two convolutions, and a third is formed by the basal
portion of the small intestine. The coil is arranged like the convolutions of a shell,
the anterior half of the stomach forming the largest convolution, which is ventral
and gradually ascends dorsad. The centre of the coil is the most dorsal point of
the spiral. At this point the small intestine descends vertically, and then curves
backward, as indicated liy the dotted lines in our figure. The small intestine ends
in a large rectum, whose si.\ internal projections are long and narrow.
The Malpighian tnbules (IZ/v, PI. XVIII. fig. 1) are very narrow. They
form a densely coiled np mass which lies on the top of the stomach and a similar
mass ])laced beneath the stomach. When the stomach is uncoiled the tubules are
found to be arranged in four bundles of about twenty tubules altogether. The
tubules of each bunch open in a very short common duct. The largest bunch is
inserted dorsally on the posterior (or left) side of the ape.x of the stomach, and
consists of ten tubules. A second bundle of five tubules is found subventrally on
the right side. There are further three tuliules placed on a short tube subdorsally
on the right side, and two similarly connected tubules subventrally on the left side.
The numbers vary very slightly in our specimens. The places where the dorsal
bundles are inserted are marked black in our figure. Many of the tnbules branch
off in twos and threes from a short common tube, as in the earwigs.f
I have not found any salivary glands.
Systematic Position.
The agreement with the earwigs is too close to admit any doubt that Arixenia
is a kind of wingless Dermapteron. If the characters, however, which distinguish
liemimerus from the true earwigs are considered of sufficient weight for placing
Ilemimerus in a separate suborder of Dermaptera, we must erect a third suborder
for the reception of Arixenia. But I al)stain from giving a name to the suborder,
as there is still some uncertainty what name the whole order of earwigs should
bear. 1 have referred to them as Dermaptera, which name is the most commonly
• I.e.
t I find IG tuljes in Fnrficula aurieularia, arranged in 4 bundles (5, 3, 4. 4). The statements
by Dufour iind ticliiadler that there are about liO or 40 tubules are cerl.aialy erroneous.
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in use ; but some anthors object to the name (originally employed for almost all
the Orthoptera), apparently with good reason.
Arixenia is to a certain extent a connecting-link between the earwigs and
Hemimertis, not in a phylogenetic sense, but anatomically and morphologically. The
eyes, whicli are quite absent in Hemimerua, are much smaller in Arixenia than
in the earwigs. The cerci, moreover, agree with those of llemimenm in being
hairy, non-segmented, and not modified into callipers, and at the same time
resemble iu our larger specimens of Arixenia a little the earwig-callipers,
inasmuch as the cerci are somewhat curved towards eacli other. The sensory pits
of the antenna are found both iu Heininurm and Arixenia, and the hypopharynx
is almost the same in the two insects. On the other hand, the inner lobe of the
maxilla bears in Arixenia two apical teeth as in Forjicula, not four as in Hemimeriis.
The head is, as in the earwigs, not closely applied to the pronotum. The legs
are long and slender, and have a tarsus which recalls Tagalina and Apdeln/us
among the earwigs by the proportional length of its segments. The mandible
of Arixenia, however, has in its setose inner edge a character which separates the
insect very markedly from the earwigs (as far as their mandibles are known)
and Hemimerm ; and the alimentary canal, which in Hemimeriis is almost the
same as in Forficula auricularia, is very different in Arixenia.
The similarities between Hemimerus and Arixenia do uot indicate any close
relationship, we think. The discussion of that question, however, is better left
until the adult Arixenia and the reproductive system of that insect are known.
If we may speculate on the derivation of Arixenia, we should say that the insect
is a development from some form of earwig like Tagalina, the approximate
agreement in the relative lengths of the tarsal segments at least suggesting
a connection between the genera. The loss of wings in Arixenia, the reduction
of the eyes, and the pecnliar structure of the mandibles are explained by the
parasitic life. The hairy cerci, which are found again only in Hemimerus, are
ancestral organs, and at first sight appear to speak against Arixenia being a
derivation from earwigs with callipers. However, as cerci, though segmented
ones, are known to exist iu the larvtie of several genera of earwigs {DipUilijs,
Karsckiella, Bormansia), it is ipiite sound to assume that Arixenia developed
from a species of earwig which had segmented cerci in its larval stages and callipers
in the adult stage, and that, in consequence of the assumption of parasitic habits,
the ancestral Arixenia retained the larval cerci through all stages in a shajje
intermediate between the long segmented cerci and the smooth callipers.
1 append a short diagnosis of the family and genas which we have to create
for the new species :
Arixeniidae fam. no v.
Facies as in apterous earwigs. Head cordiform, not closely applied to the
prothorax. Eye present, but reduced (eighty odd facets). Mandible toothed at
apex, its inner edge rounded and densely clothed with rigid bristles. Inner lobe
of maxilla with two apical teeth. Hypopharynx trilobate. Anteunal segments
with two patches of sensory pits from the third onwards. First and second
tarsal segments short, third long. (_'erci non-segmented, hairy. Crop of oesophagus
large and long; gut with three convolutions. Malpighian tubales arranged in
two small and two large bunches. Eleven ganglia in the main chain. Ten
spiracles. (Reproductive system not known.)
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Arixenia gen. nov.
Wingless, hairy. Head broader tlian long, the clypeus longer than the frons.
Upperlip fonr times as broad as long, its anterior edge very slightly bent downwards
in the centre. The space between the two rows of bristles at the molar edge of
the inner lobe of the maxilla very narrow. Mentnm broader than long, strongly
ronnded at the sides. Antenna tliree-fourths the leugtli of the body, segment 1
extending to middle of pronotum, 2 very short. Pronotum nearly semicircutar,
mnch broader than long, as long as the meso-and metunotnm together. Mesonotum
strongly rounded at the sides and behind. Legs long, all of nearly eijual length
and the same in structure ; femora about as long as the tibiae, equalling the
thorax in length ; first tarsal segment bnt little longer than the second, both
without a very dense covering of hairs on the underside, third segment almost
three times the length of the first and second together.
Type : Arixenia esan spec. nov.
The nymotypical specimen of the species which served as original for fig. 1
of PI. XVI. has been presented to the British Museum.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES XVL, XVII., & XVIIL
Plate XVI.
Fig. 1. Arixenia, esaii,^n\&x^edi x 9.
„ 'Z. Seventh to eleventh abdominal segments of the same, ventral view.
A = anns.
(•;' = cerci.
,, 3. Sixth to eleventh abdominal segments, side-view.
,4 = anus.
„ 4. Intima of proventriculus of Arixenia.
„ 5. The same of Hemimerus.
Plate XVII.
Fig. I. Head, thorax, and proximal segments of abdomen of Arixenia.
mi = microsteruum.
ejist = episternum.
a = trochantine.
tr = trochanter.
CO = coxa.
,, 2. Left maxilla of Arixenia, ventral view.
a 1, a 2 = the two sclerites of the cardo.
bl, 62, b2 = the three parts of the stipes ; b'.i = palpiger.
f 1 = lacinia (inner lobe of the maxilla).
c2 = galea (outer lobe of the maxilla).
„ 3. Right uiandil)le of Arixenia, dorsal view.
„ 4. Left mandible, ventral view.
„ 5 Eighth segment of the antenna, showing the jjatch of sensory pits present
on each side of segments 3 to 13.
., 6. Hindtarsns, ventral view.
a, b, c = first, second, and third segments.
un = claw.
tb = tibia.
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Fig. 7. Labium of Arixenia.
sm = submentum.
m = mentiiiu.
pff = palfiiger.
Ip = labial palp.
// = ligula.
,, S. Head, thorax, and segments 1 to 3 of abdomeu of Arixenia, lateral view.
ant = antenna.
a = eye.
mi = microsternnm.
st = sternum.
per = peristernum.
epst = episteruum.
epm = epimerum.
ti = tTocUantine.
gfi = stigma.
at I, at 2, at '6 = first, second, and tiiird tergites of abdomen.
as 2, as 3 = sternites of first and second abdominal .segments.
,, '•). Hypopharyux of .477a;e«?a, dorsal view.
,, In. Head of Arixenia, the mandibles, maxillae, and labinm, as well as a
jKirt of the wall of the head-capsule removed, ventral view.
Ir = labrnm.
hp = hypopharynx.
te = tentorium.
oe = oesophagus (lying dorsally of the tentorium, in onr figure
therefore beneath the tentorium).
CI/ = condylus for the mandible.
Plate XVIII.
,, 1. Alimentary canal of Arixenia, dorsal view,
//■ . = labrnm.
te = tentorium, lying beneath the oesophagus.
0 = facetted eye.
oe = oesophagus.
pr = proventriculus.
sto = stomach, with two bundles of Malpighian tubules on the dorsal
side of the inner coil and two bundles on the ventral side.
.)//; = Malpighian tubules.
in = small intestine.
;• = rectum.
sa = sack-like enlargement of base of stomach.
„ 2. Alimentary canal and ovaries of Hemimerus, dorsal view.
te = tentorium.
oe = oesophagus.
pr — proventriculus.
sto — stomach, with the Malpighian tubes.
in = small intestine.
/• = rectum.
ov = ovaries.
ovd = oviduct.
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Fig. 3. Posterior part of head oi Hemimerv^, dorsal view.
Itch = nuchal plate, forming the dorsal wall of the foramen occipitale.
„ 4. External portion of the ductns ejacnlatorins of llrmimcrtis d , ventral
view.
tin = bundle of transverse muscles.
M = chitinous armature (valvae).
j>e = penis, with two orifices.
„ o. Reproductive system of <? of Ilrmimcras, dorsal virw (only the right
testicle drawn).
ts = testicle.
td = vas deferens.
vs = vesicula seminalis.
re ■= reservoir.
dei = ductus ejacnlatorins.
le>: = chitinous lever for the chitinous genital armatnre.
tm = bundle of transverse muscles.
Im = bundle of longitudinal muscles.
va = chitinous armature of the penis (valvae).
et = dorsal plate of peuis.
pe = penis.
„ 6. Last abdominal segments of ? of Hemimerus, ventral view.
el = cerci.
VII. ty and vii. st = seventh segment of abdomen.
„ 7. The same, with the seventh sternite removed.
viii.st = eighth sternite. viii.t;/ = eighth tergite.
IX. St = ninth „ ix. ty = ninth ,,
X. St = tenth „ x. fff = tenth
XI. tff = eleventh ,, (p3-gidium).
ci = cerci.
,, 8. Reproductive system of ? of Hrwimeius, ventral view (only the right
ovary drawn).
Eight tubes, each containing one embryo.
/( = head of embryo.
nek = nutriment chamber.
oiv/ = oviduct.
,, !*. Head and anterior part of j)ronotum of embryo of He mi me?- its, dorsal view.
A = head.
prt = pronotum.
/>c/i = nuchal organ, corresponding to nch of Figs. 3, 8, and 10.
,, 111. The same from the side.
The labium is not visible in a side-view.
mx = maxilla.
md — mandible.
ant = antenna.
/( = head.
KcA = nuchal organ.
prt = pronotum.
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NOTES ON THE ANATOMY OF HEMUIEBUS TALPOIDES.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
(Plate XVllI.)
WHEN stndyicig the insect described as Ari.n'tiia esaa on jip. 31:5-:52(; ul' tliis
Journal it was necessar}- to compare the morphology and anatomy of"
llntihiK'nis talpoides, the peculiar parasite found on Cricetomys apparently
thronghout tropical Africa. We have au account of the morphology of llemimertis
by Hansen, accompanied by very neat figures*; but of the internal anatomy
hardly anything is known, except that Hansen found in the body of a female a
number of embryos, one of which he figures. Mr. N. Charles Rothschild was in
possession of a few specimens of Ilemimcras collected by Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston
on the Ruweozori Expedition, a male and several females, and these he put very
kindly at my disposal. Although the soft parts were but indifferently preserved,
the facts ascertained advance our knowledge of this interesting insect, and appear
to be worth publishing.
Hansen considered his specimens as being identical with //. talpoules Walk.
Sharp,t however, believed them to be " probably distinct,'' and called them
hanseni. Subsequent writers | have shown, however, that so far only one species
of Uemime.fus is known, hanseni being considered a synonym of talpoides. I have
com{)ared AValker's specimens with individuals from various districts of Africa, and
found them to be all, specifically, the same apart from a slight difference iu
length and width.
Our account of the anatomy of llemimeriis confirms another opinion expressed
by Hansen. The relationship of Hemimerus was very obscure before the appearance
of Hansen's paper. In that excellent treatise the opinion was advanced on good
evidence that Hemhnertis was nearly related to the earwigs. Subsequent writers,
especially Verhoeff, § have accepted that view, and we also are in complete agree-
ment with it. The similarity to Blattids is purely superficial.
One of the most interesting and jiuzzling points in Ileinimerus is the ijuestiou
as to its food. Hansen suggested that the insect might feed on " other small
parasites " of the rat; but there is no evidence whatever that Hendmerus attacks
other insects. Vosselerjl, in IflOC), gave a very interesting account of the habits
of Hemimerus, and entered at some length on the (juestion of its food. From
the state of the skin of the live host Vosseler arrived at the conclusion that
Hemimerus derives its nourishment from the skin by eating the epidermis, not
only the outer dead layers, but down to the roots of the hair. Unfortunately
Vosseler had, it seems, no microscope, as otherwise he could hardly have abstained
from further substantiating his observations of the live host and life 2iii''asites by
examining the contents of the alimentary canal of the insects. There is one very
suggestive point in Vosseler's account. The rat does not try to get rid of the
parasites, but acts as if it were entirely indiflFerent to them. Now, if the parasites
attack the .skin of the host down to the live cells, so as to cause patches bare
» Tidshr. Ent. xv. pp. 65-93. t. 2, 3 (ISUl).
t ('amhridijc Nat. HiH. v., Insects i. p. 218 (1895;.
% Poche, Xool. Aii:tiger xxv. p. 608 (l'J02); Uouvier, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 170 (inoi;); Saussure,
Uev. Suisse Zool. iv. p. 227. t. 10 (189(i).
§ fiitth. Nat. Fremule IlcHin, p. 87 (1902)
|| Zool. Aiaeiyer xxxi. p. 13G (19UG).
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f hair, the iiulifFereuce of tho host towards this destruction is very remarkable
indeed. If we meet with associations of this kind, the stronger leaving the weaker
unmolested, the explanatiun lies generally in the mutual benefit derived by both
jiarfies from their association, and we believe that the contents of the gut of
Hemimerus afford evidence that this is so also in the case of that insect and its
host. We have examined the gut of four specimens. The contents are the same
in all four, wliich may possibly lie explained by the specimens being perhajis
obtained from the same individual of ('r/retom>/s. The oesophagus and crop were
filled with a whitish matter, and the same substance was found in tlie other
divisions of the alimentary canal. In this mass is embedded everywhere a large
nnmber of variously sha])ed brown bodies, which [)rove to be the spores and
sporangia of fungus. There is also some dark amorphous matter, which may
have come into the alimentary canal accidentally with the food as dirt. I have
examined the epidermis (and the foreign matter covering it) of the two stuffed
specimens of Cricetonv/s contained in the Tring Museum. The specimens had been
living in captivity in England for some time before they came into the collection.
The scurf taken from these skins very much resembles the pale matter in the
alimentary canal of Hemimerus, and I also found some brown spores of fungns-
This result goes far to corroborate Vosseler's conclusion that Remhnerus feeds on
the epidermis of the host. But the presence of the fungus suggests that the bare
patches on the skin of Cricetomi/is are not caused by Hemimerus, but by a fungus,
and that the parasite becomes beneficent to its host by eating the fungus as well
as the scurf. We have at present no means to further investigate the problem, but
hope that some scientist resident in tropical Africa will be able to comjiare minntely
the food which has just entered into the oesophagus of Hemimerus with the surface
of the skin of the specimen of the host on which the parasite has been feeding.
Alimentary Canal.
The nutritive system is very similar to that of the earwigs. The divisions
of the alimentary ;are almost the same in shape and size as in Forji/sula auricularia..
The oesojihagns {oe, PI. XVIII. fig. '!) is as lung as the stomach, ending abruptly
at the base of the abdomen. The short gizzard or proventriculus {pr) has the
same shajie as in Forfieula. Itsintima bears numerous minute transverse continuDiih
ridges armed with miuute teeth. At the base of the gizzard and along the centre
of the six longitudinal folds these ridges have developed into prominent teeth
(PI. XVI. fig. o). The six folds extend into the stomach as finger-like processes,
containing each a bundle of longitudinal muscles. Hansen, I.e., erroneously says
that there is no such armature in the proventriculus. The tips of these processes
are similarly armed as in Arixenia (PI. XVI. tig. 4), whereas the armature of
the other jiarts is diH'erent in the two insects. The stomach (sto), together with
the beginning of the small intestine, makes a single convolution, as in Forfcula
auricularia. The small intestine lies luidcrneath the convolution of the stomach.
The Malpighian tubules are arranged in four bunches, as in the earwigs,
there being twenty odd tubules altogether (5, 5, 5, T). Two of these bunches
are dorsal and two ventral.
On tlie posterior half of the oesophagus, and at both sides of it, there lie a
nnmber of small spindle-shaped salivary glands united to one large bunch with
a single duct. As I am not certain of the structure of the glands, I have not
drawn them.
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Nervous System.
Apart from the reduction of the optic nerve, there is no essential diiference
from the nervons system of the earwigs and Arixenia. The main chain consists
of eleven ganglia, inclusive of the brain : two cephalic, three thoracic, and six
abdominal. The snboesophageal ganglion lies nnderneath a strongly developed
tentorinm (/f, PI. XVI [1. fig. :.';, which rcsemlilcs the tentorium of the earwigs
and Ari.rotia.
Reproductive System.
The sexual organs of both the male and the female of ILuiumenis present
very striking features. However, we know the internal organs of the reproductive
system of but few earwigs, and tlierel'ore we should always bear the possibility
in mind that similar features may occur in that group.
Male. The riglit and left testes are alike {ts, PI. XVIII. fig. .)). They
are large, and have the position as in our figure (the left testis is not drawn).
The testis consists of two follicles coiled up together, as shown in our figure
(dorsal aspect). The vas deferens (/v/, PI. XVIII. fig. o) runs backwards as far
as the convolution of the stomach, and thence turns straight forward, being dilated
into a small vesicula seminalis before meeting the vas deferens of the other side.
The two vasa are then coiled up together and united, a single duet leading into
the narrow channel of a large muscular body, which is the beginning of the ductus
ejaculatorius, and may serve as a kind of reservoir {re, PI. XVIII. tig. o). The
ductus ejaculatorius emerges from this organ on the left side and soon enters
the strongly developed copulatory a[)paratus. The inner half of this apparatus
consists of three large bundles of muscles — namely, two bundles of transverse
muscles {tm) and one central bundle of longitudinal ones {Im). There is, moreover,
on the dorsal side, and lying on the top of the muscles, a broad, thiu chitinous
lever {lev), the edges of which are strongly chitiuised and unite with the dorsal
edges of the chitinous ventral valves of the external part of the organ of copulation.
The sclerites surrounding the penis {pe) are a long dorsal, central plate, which is
but feebly chitiuised, and two ventral jilates, the valvae. The latter are very
strongly chitiuised, and are divided into an inner and an outer portion, as shown
in fig. 4 (ventral aspectj. Both valvae end in a hook, the left hook being mure
curved than the right one. The apex of the penis {pe), with its two orifices,
is asymmetrical, and bears numerous small teeth direct inward. The ductus
ejaculatorius seems to divide where it enter.s the outer half of the organ of
copulation ; but I am not sure on that point.
Female. Hansen, I.e., discovered the skins of six embryos of different
sizes in a female which he had cleared with caustic potash, and gave a fairly
accurate figure of the largest of them. The most remarkable feature they
presented is an organ situated between the head and the pronotum. To the
best of his understanding, says Hansen, this organ must be in connection with
the interior wall of the female genital organs, and thus serve the nutrition of the
young, which are growing to an astonishing size, this peculiar gestation being
unique among insectti. As the tissues of the mother and embryos were destroyed
by the process of clearing, Hansen could not elucidate the matter any further.
The organs of reproduction of the female are symmetrical. We give a view of
them ill situ (PI. XVIIl. tig. 2). The ovaries lie along each side of the stomach.
They are very large, and each consists of eight tubes placed subvertically and
leaning frontad, partly covering_tJie_8iatnagh....Fig. 8 of PI. XVIIl. gives a view,
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from the ventral side, of the right-side ovary spread out. The eight tubes open
successively in a common duct, whose walls are very expansible. This duct is
continued by the oviduct proper (ovd), which has very thick walls. The two
oviducts are united to form a very short vagina. In all this there is nothing
very peculiar. The interesting point is the structure of the egg-tubes. Each
tube contains a single egg, which develops into a young Hemi merits within the
tube. The youngest stage is found in the apical tube, and the most advanced
embryo in the tube nearest the oviduct. The embryos In the right and left
ovaries are of practically the same size, and, judging from the two almost fully
developed embryos found in the lowest chamber of the right and left ovaries of
one of the specimens dissected, I believe that, at least occasionally, two young
are born one soon after the other. The lowest right chamber of the ovary
represented in fig. 2 of PI. XVIII. was an empty sack, the young presumably
having left the mother. In another ovary the fourth and si.xth tubes counting
from the top were reduced to a small process. The specimens were too much
macerated for a study of the histology ; but so much could be ascertained that
the embryo is nourished by means of the process from tlie neck. The egg is
connected with the small nutriment chamber {rich), which forms the ape.x of each
egg-tube, by means of a kind of duct. The egg-chamber of Hemimeriis bears
some resemblance to that of Forjicula auricidaria, in which insect it consists
also of a single egg au<l a nutriment chamber intimately connected with the egg.
The connection remains in linmiinenis until tije embryo is full grown. When the
embryo is peeled ont of the ovary the nuchal organ breaks off, and the remnant
attached to the embryo has the appearance as represented in fig. 0 («c/<, dorsal
view) and fig. lu (lateral view). We have failed to gain any knowledge of the
kind of connectioti of this organ with the interior of the embryo. Sagittal and
transverse sections of two embryos proved that maceration had gone too far.
Comparing a nearly fall-grown embryo, whose e.xoskeleton was already becoming
brown, with an adult [lemimerus, it appeared to us probable that the nuchal organ
of the embryo develops into the plate covering in the adult the occipital foi'iimen
dorsally, as shown in fig. 3. The mature embryo remains enveloped in its
original skin (PI. XVIII. fig. lU), the first ecdysis doubtless taking jjlace while
the embryo ])asses through the oviduct. We do not believe that the embryo could
possibly cast the skin wliile it is coiled u]) in the ovary. Its position in the
chamber of the ovary suggests that it pas.ses in that state into the oviduct. The
latter is widened at its lower end, and here the embryo is perhaps retained until
it has moulted and is fit to shift for itself
The external genital armature is very simple in the female. The seventh
sternite (vii. st., PI. XVIII. fig. (ij is very large, and completely conceals the
genital area. On removing this plate (fig. 7) the small sclerites representing
the eighth and ninth segments become visible. The eighth sternite (viii. st.) is
fairly strongly chitinised, and resembles a buttonhook. The nintli sternite (ix. st. )
is for the greater part membraneous, forming a large di.stallx rounded flap which
is proximally united with the eighth sternite. The sexual orifice lies between
these flaps.*
* Carpeiitur ha.-, recently I»eeu altle to show tlial talpoidt-x fnmi Sierra Leone is liroader tlian
hanseni from more soutliern and central districts of Africa, and that it differs also in a few other small
points. There are therefore at least two geographical races ((;f. AV. Mo, Maij. lWt9. p. 25i. tab, 4),
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NOTE ON THE LARVA OF S03IABBACHYS, A GENUS
OE MOTHS.
By K. JORDAN, Ph.D.
THE position of the North African genus Somabraclys Kirby (1892) is still
uncertain. In the Catnlogui' of Standinger and Rebel tlie genus is placed
in the South American family Meyulopi/giduf. Its affinities are indeed with the
more generalised type of moth, as represented by the Megalopijgidae, Limacodidae,
and Xi/gapnidae. A good account of the life-history oi Somahraclujs was published
in l^OVl by Chretien.* Tlie larva, though in general appearance uncommonly like
a Zygaenid larva, has several characters which distinguish it sharply from the
caterj)illars of the families mentioned. Mr. Rothschild and myself observed the
larva in several places in Northern Algeria, and found it (juite common in
the hills above Blida. Besides the lateral grooves studded with large scales,
already described by Chretien, we were much struck with auotlier organ which
that able lepidopterist does not mention, and which we had not previously found
in any other kind of caterpillar. On the upper wall of the anus, and ordinarily
concealed from view, there is a kind of fork or rake with three or four tines.
Fiu. A.
Fig. B.
as shown in figs, a and b. This rake is black-brown. It lies flat on the upper
wall of the anus, or rather on the lower side of the broad lobe which covers the
anus from above, and its tines are directed backwards.
All the specimens which we examined had either three or four tines, this
variability being observed in specimens found together. The tines are, apparently
always, practically of e(|ual length. They vary in shaju', inasniU('li as some are
• Ann. Hoc. Kill. Fraiu-c \j. jnl. t. S C1SSI9).
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jiointed 1111(1 (itliers trinicatc niiil dontatc, as our figures show. The insect can
so move the organ tluit it is dirt'ctcd downward. We ascertained its use liy
observing the live larva under a lens. When the faeces leave the anus tlie rake
i.s employed to push them outside and give them a final jerk, whicli sends tliem
rolling off the anal segment.
Small peculiarities like this are often a good guide in determining the
relationshi]! of the species, and we had hoped to find some such kind of rake
among the larvae (in alcohol and inflated) which we have of the Zygaenids,
Liraacodids, and Megalo]iygids, but did not observe it anywhere.
In fig. B the rake is drawn as if its base could be seen through the supra-anal
lobe of tlie last ring, which is not the case. In dead s]iecimens the entire rake
can only be seen jihiinly by lifting the supra-anal lobe.
SOME ADDITIONAL XOTES ON FLEAS DEALT "WITH IN
PREVIOUS PAPERS.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S.
DE. BAKER has ceded to me the Siphonaptera which were recently in his
possession. We find among this material a pair of Baker's Pule.x
hrasiliensis, which in 19n7 we considered to be probably identical with Xenoi/.sylla
cheopis Rothsch., and treated it as such. The two specimens of brn.silie/isiti,
however, prove that this identification was erroneous. The insect is the same as
^enoprnjlla rigetus Rothsch., described in 1909 from South Nigeria in West Africa.
The latter name, therefore, sinks as a synonym of brasiliensis. The species is
doubtless an African one which was imjiorted into Brazil, very likely at the
time when the slave-trade was flourishing.
Xenopsi/lla nesiotes Jord. & Rothsch., Parasitology i. p. 47. n. 10, t. 3. fig. :{,
and t. 0. fig. 4 (1908), was collected by Dr. H. E. Durham, not (', \\ , Andrews as
stated.
('tenOjjs;/lli<x sohriiiiiti Rothsch., Eiit. Mo. Mag. (2) .\x. p. 180. n. :"). t. 2. fig. 3
(19u9), was obtained at St. I'aul and Etupes, not Etapes.
Ceratoph/Uus graphis Rothsch., Sov. Zoul. xvi. \\. 02. n. 4, t. 10. Hg. 3. 4
(1909), was collected by M. G. Palmer.
Ctenopi<i/ll(i grunti Rothsch., Sac. Zoo/. .\i. p. 06. n. 34. t. 15. tig. ^4. 87, t. IT.
fig. 91 (1904), was found on Macroscelide.'i probosciileus.
( 333 )
NASUA VITTATA Tsch.
r.v THE HON. WALTER ROTHSOlllLD, Pn.D.
(Plate 1.)
THE specimen from wliii^h the accompanying' plate was drawn dnrintf life, lived
for several years in the Zoological (Jardens in London. My reasons for
ficjnring it were twofold : firstly, to show the very prolonged nose as compared with
ordinary N. riifn, and secondly, to draw attention to the peculiar periodic'ai change
of colonr. Every year tlie long pelage was shed, and for some months tlie animal
was covered with a rather shorter new pelage of a black colonr. This was again
shed, and the long brownish isabelline pelage reappeared. Thus this animal, in
spite of its tropical habitat (British Guiana), sheds its coat twice a year and appears
to have thicker hair at one time than at another. The black colonr of the one phase
may, however, have made the liair appear less long, for, owing to its vicionsness,
it was impossible to handle the animal while alive.
One of the Schombnrgks mentioned, in addition to the brownish isabelline type
specimen now in the Berlin Museum, a black individual, but ('onsidered it was
^V. socialis. That this was not so was already pointed out by Tschndi.
ON SOME RECENTLY DISCOVERED AFRICAN BIRDS.
By ERNST HARTERT, Ph.D.
(Plates XIV. k XV.)
1. Xenocopsychus ansorgei Hart.
(PI. XIV. fig. 1.)
THIS remarkable bird was described in the Ball. B. 0. Club, xix. p. 81, May
1907. It is of an unusual interest because it cannot be united with any known
genus of African birds. It appears to be related to the genus Copsi/chiis, which
inhabits India, the Greater Sunda Islands and Philippines, and one sjiecies of which
is found on the Seychelles. Xcnocopxi/cluis is, in fact, so closely allied to Copsyclms
that Professor Reiehenow, to whom I sent one of our two specimens for inspection,
wrote to me that in his opinion my new bird might be included in <^n/js>/f//its.
However, I think it is better to separate it, because the bill of the new bird is
slightly more depressed, the culmen less arched, the operculum covering the
nostrils bare, and the frontal feathers are directed backwards, while in i'opsi/ckua
the nasal operculum is covered with stiff, short feathers which are directed forwards.
Moreover, the tail is differently shaped : the lateral pair of rectrices is about 23 mm.
shorter than the following pairs, while the middle pair is, in tlie male, considerably
{i.e. ~ mm.) shorter than the rest (except the lateral pair) ; in the female this
latter jiecnliarity is only indicated. In Indian ('np.'ii/r////.s the tail is graduated or
strongly rounded.
The sexes are alike, as in Copsi/rlnm .vyrlwllnndii. wliile in all Indian species
the female differs considerably from the male.
( 334 )
A siiiu'li' pair of .\i-//ort>/>.s)/r///i.i (luxorf/ei was (ibtaiiii'd h\ Dr. W. .1. Ansorge,
uf'tiT w'lKiiii flic l)inl has been named, at Lobango in Mossamedes, in IVbniary 190().
The male is in iierCecf oonilition, while the femah' is, nntnrtniiati'ly, niucii
damaged l)_v shot.
3. Graueria vittata Hart.
(Fl. XIV. tig. -Z.)
Described li'ill /!. I). Chih, xxiii. p. 8, October liKjn.
Tliis cnrioiis new liird is ulso generically different from ail Icnown birds.
J tliinl; it is nearest allied to the genns Mitcro.fijIieiiuH, but the bill is niueh stronger
and shorter and less hooked at the tip, while the tail is rather longer and the
reetriees are mnch wider. The rictal bristles are weak. The sexes are alike. The
barred throat and foreneck liave the appearance as if they were signs of inimariirity,
but we have received a nice series, mostly of adult birds.
Mr. Rudolf Grauer sent us the following specimens :
4 cJcJ, 1 ? from the high forest about 00 kilometres west of Lake Albert-
Edward, 161(0 m. above the sea, shot in February 1908.
1 ?, Rngege forest, S.E. of Lake Kivn, 6. xii. 1007.
4 (?c?, 5 ? ?, Primeval forest west of Lake Tanganyika, 'iooo m., shot in June
and July 1008.
1 c?, 1 ?, 1 sex not stated, Primeval forest near Baraka in the Congo Free
State, north-west of Lake Tanganyika, 2ot)ij m., November and December 1908.
3. Diaphorophyia graueri Hurt.
(PI. XV. figs. 1, -Z.)
Described Bull B. 0. Chib, x.xiii. p. 7, October 1908.
We have only received the two males and two females which served i'or the
original description. They were obtained in the primeval forest about 00 kilometres
west of Lake Albert Edward, at elevations of 1600 m. above the level of the sea.
Of JHophoroph/iu aiisorgei Hart. {BiiU. B. 0. Club, xv. p. 74, May 1905)
another female has been obtained in Kamernn !)y Mr. Hates. This has lieen fit;ured
in the Ibis. The male remains still unknown.
4. Lioptilus rufocinctus Rothsch.
(PI. XV. fig. 3.)
This beautiful large species has l)een described by Mr. Rothschild in the Bull.
B. O. CLuh xxiii. p. 0, October 1008. We have only received the five specimens
meutioDed in the original description, which were obtained in December 1907 in the
Rugege forest south-east of Lake Kivn, by Mr. Grauer,
The sjjecies lias no near ally. Both Professors Reiehenow and Neumann, who
examined specimens of this bird, were in favour of creating a new genus for it,
but 1 agree with Mr. Rothschild that it can safely be included in the genus
Liojjtilun, or J'in-Ojjhasma if the latter is separated, though the rictal bristles are
not quite so strongly developed in the new species.
( 335 )
•'). Laniarius graueri Hart.
Bull B. 0. Club, xxiii. p. 9.
I described this beautiful new shrike from one pair from the forest west
of Lake Albert Edward. The Tring Museum has since received two other males in
perfect condition from the Primeval forest west of Lake Tangan3ika, 2000 m. They
were obtained b.v Mr. Grauer in June 1908. These two males agree in every detail
with the type.
6. Laniarius rubiginosus rudolfi Hart.
Bull B. 0. Uuh, xxiii. p. 10.
Of this form another specimen, marked " cj," has been sent by Mr. Grauer
from the forest west of Lake Tanganyika. It agrees with the type, which is
marked " ? ," in every detail, e.\cept that the wing is slightly longer, measuring
94 mm., and the breast slightly paler ; moreover, the greater upper wing-coverts,
which are uniform in the type, have wide yellow tips.
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INDEX
Aaptus, ISS.
aberrans (Eiipseudosoina), 26.
abscondita (Melochlora), 80.
.\canthophoius, 309.
Accipiter, 238.
accipiti'inus (Asio), 235.
acco (Parnassius), IS.
acconus (Parnassius), 18.
acdcstis (Pai'na,s.sius), 17.
.acerbata (Anapalta), 90.
Aehlora, 81.
.\cridium, 318.
acrobelia (Tephrina). 120.
actius (Parnassius), 13, 14, 1.5.
acuticaudatus (Conurus), 233.
acutipennis (Hapalocercus), 195.
adiposata (Zaraarada), 114.
Aechmophorus, 2/55.
Aegialitis, 250, 251. •
aegitbaloides (Leptasthenura). 210.
aegyptiacus (Nyctinomus). 56.
aegyptius (Chiropteropsylla), 139.
— (Ischnopsyllus), 55, 56.
aenea (Doraitia), 310.
.•xequinoetialis (Geothlypis), 1 66.
Aeschropteryx, 120.
.aestiva (.Amazona), 234.
affinis (Amastus). 278.
— (.-\maNia), 34.
— (.\ntaxia), 2(i.
— (Aphyle). 24.
— (Carathis). 274.
— (H.alisidota), 280, 2S1.
— (Melochlora), 80.
— (Neritoa), 292.
— (Poospiza), 179.
— (Prumala). 268.
— (Siptornis), 212.
— (Turuptiana), 296.
africanus (Phyllarthrius), 309, 310.
afrum (Calliehioma), 310.
Agelaius, 185, 186.
aglaura (Stornotorais), 312.
Agorea, 290, 291.
agrarama (Eupseudosoma). 26.
Agrapt ooh loia. 111.
agria (Cricula), !!05.
agricola (Colaptes), 226.
Agriornis, 189.
.\jaja, 245, 248.
ajaja (Ajaja), 245, 248.
.\kodon, 68.
alacurt (Vermipsylla), 135, 139. 1 1.5
■alaudina (Coryphi.stera). 213, 211.
alaudinus (Phrygilus), 180, 181.
allK'Scen.s (.\utomolis), 36.
— (Eupseudosoma), 26.
— (Synalla.xis), 211.
— (Zatrephes), 32.
albicaudatus (Buteo), 239.
albiceps (Elaeiiia), 198.
— (Pachydota), 274.
albicollis (Leucochloris). 222.
— (Porzana), 258.
albicoma (Oospila), 83.
albifrons (Donacospiza), 180.
albifulva (P.saliodes), 91.
albilinea (Columba), 261.
albilineata (Lis.sochlora), 79.
ulliimaeula (Nesipola), 83.
— (Racheospila), 82.
albiraaculata (Opharus), 276.
albinucha (Xenopsaris), 192.
albiplaga (Automolis), 42.
ulljipimcta (H.alisidota), 281.
— (Rliodoehlora), 87.
— (Thale.>3a), 281.
albirostris (Cassious), 183.
nlliivPiilei' (Fluvieola), 191.
- (Pbalaoioeoiax), 241.
alboapicalia (.Arconiolis), 35.
alboatra (Automolis), 46.
albogrisea (Melesse), 273.
albogularis (Rbamphastos), 230.
albulus (Parnassius), 17.
alburnus (Parna.ssiu.s), II.
albus (Parnassius). 7, 8.
alcides (Catascia), 119.
Alectrurus, 191.
AUotheria, 143.
alpinus (Parnassius), II.
— (Pyrrliooorax), 59.
alsus (Halisidota), 280.
altiroatris (Cyclorhis), 167.
ss- 23
(338)
altynensis (Parniissius), 15.
amabilis (Euporus), 311.
— (lonthodes), 310.
— (Sternodonta), 312.
— {.Steniotoniis), 312.
amaryllis (Praemolis), 52.
amosinus (Archon), 20.
Amastu-s, 278, 279.
amaurochalinus (Turdus), Ifil.
Amaxia, 34.
Amazona, 234.
amazona (Ceryle), 232.
amazonica (Spermophila), 175.
Amblyoercus, 183, 185.
Amblyrhamphus, 186.
ambulaiis (Echidnophaga), 57, 131), 144, 145.
ameoides (Prumala), 43.
americana (Ceryle), 170, 232
— (Mycteria), 247, 248.
— (Rhea), 267.
— (Tantalu.s), 247, 248.
americanus (Colymbus), 255.
— (Podiceps), 2.55.
amethystata (Bassania), 107
Ammodromus, 179.
Anmemopsyche, 117.
amoenus (Turdus), 162.
amplimargo (Leuciris), 97.
Anaeretes, 198.
analis (Spermophila), 176.
Anapalta, 90, 91.
Anas, 241, 242.
andamanica (C'ricula), 306.
andecolus (.\]>U9), 223.
— (Cypselus), 223.
andrei (Chaetura), 224.
— (Cricula), 300, 301, 302^, 306.
andrewesi (Displiaerona), 308.
androconiata (Neritoa), 293.
anglica (Geloclielidon), 253.
angulifera (Halisidota), 279.
angulosa (.\utomnlis), 45, 46.
aiigiistirostris (PliylU)soarte.s), 195.
— (Picolapte.s), 219.
anhinga (Plotus), 241.
ani (Crotophaga), 230, 231.
Ani.sogamia, 124, 125.
annuUfera (Bassania), 107.
aunuligeia (Heiiii.st<jla), 125.
anomalaria (Nesipola), 83.
— (Racheospila), 82.
anomalus (Eleothreptcs), 225.
— (Hoplopsyllua), 135, 139.
Anomiopsyllus, 1.35, 139, 157.
Anompliax, 74, 75.
ansorgci (Aescliropteryx), 120.
— (Diaphorophyia), 3.34.
— (Xenocopsychus), 333, 334.
atilareticu.s (Kallus), 257.
Anta.xia, 21, 26.
Antharmostes, 112.
anthoides (Siptornis), 214.
Antlius, 164. 165. 184. 208.
anumbi (.\nvinibius), 215.
Anumhius, 190, 215, 216, 238.
Apachyus, 319, ,323.
apenninus (Parnassius), 8.
Aphobus, 188.
Aphrastura, 209.
Aphyle, 24.
apicalis (Automolis), 46.
apiciplaga (Automolis), 39.
apoUinaris (Archon), 20.
apolhnus (Archon), 20.
apollo (Parnassius), 6-11, 20.
apollonius (Parnassius), 1, 11.
apiicatus (Parnassius), 5, 20.
Apus, 223.
Aramides, 257.
Aramus, 249, 257.
arana (Caripeta). 109.
— (Erilophodes), 109.
Archaeopsylla, 134, 139, 143. 144. 157.
Archiplanus, 183.
Archon, 20.
Ardea, 245, 248.
ardesiaca (Automolis), 46.
Ardetta, 247.
area (Sericoptera), 108, 109
arenaria (Calidris), 251.
Areomaiis, 35.
Areomolis, 269, 270.
arequipae (Siptornis), 214.
argenticinota (Opistlioxia), 99.
argentina (Guiraca), 174.
— (Synallaxis), 211.
iirgillacea (Hemihyalea), 277
Arixenia. 313-2.5, 327-9.
.arizonensis (Opharus), 277.
armata (Merganetta), 244.
armiMata (Fuliea), 259.
.Ai'remon, 172.
arvensis (Sicalis), 177.
Arvicola, 68.
asara (Automolis), 44.
Asio, 235.
asio (Oratopiiyihis), 54.
assimilc (Calhchroiiiii), 310.
assimilis (IVmspiza), 179.
;v.stur (Opliarus), 277.
atacamensis ((.'inclodes), 208.
— (UpuciMthia), 208.
aterrimus (Ivnij)olcgus), 192.
atlienc (Parnassius), 2.
atomosa (liahsidota), 280.
atra (Halisidota), 282.
( y:iu )
atrata (Oathartes), 237.
— (Elysiiis), 275.
atratus (Carduelis). 176.
atricapillus (Hadmstrmuis), 2111.
— (Herpsiloclimus), 221.
atricep.s (Phiygikis), 181.
atripenne (Callicliruma), .'ill.
— (Mecaspis), .'JU.
attenuata (Piol)lc]).sis), 12fi.
Atticora, KiO, 1711.
audax (Hadrostoiuus), 205.
augusta (Orifia), 70.
augustus (Parnassius), 19.
aura (Cathartes), 236.
aurantiaca (Halisidota), 287.
aurantiacus (Pseudalu.s), 52.
aurantiirostris (Saltatoi), 173.
aurantioatrocristatus (EmpidonuiniiM). 2o:i.
aureiventris (Plieupticus), 174.
— (Pseudni'lildi'is), 181.
aiireogiisea (.Aiitomolis). 38.
aiirenventris (t'liloro.stilbon), 221, 222, 223,
aureus (Conuru.s), 233.
auricapillus (Basilcuterus), lOfi.
auricularia (Forfioula), 322, 323, 328, 330.
auricularis (Troglodytes), 104.
auriculata (Zenaida), 261.
aurulentus (Chloronerpes), 228.
australiacus (Parapsyllus), 02, 138, 158.
australis (Cerchnei.s), 240.
Automolis, 30-48, 270.
aymara (Bolborliynchus), 234.
— (Metriopelia), 262.
azarae (Piranga), 171.
— (Rhimosus), 248.
Azatrephes, 21, 33.
babosa (Melesse), 49.
bacchans (Eriostepta), 27.
hactris (Halisidota), 281.
liadius (Molothriis), 184, 185.
baeri (Siptornis), 213.
— (Upucerthia), 207.
bahamensis (Dafila), 243.
baldur (Parnassius), 4.
balucha (Hypcrmnestra), 20.
Baritus, 275.
Ijaitlioloniiieus (Parnassius), 10.
Bartramia, 251.
basalis (Areomalis), 35.
Basilcuterus, 166, 172.
basiplaga(Uinectarius), 308.
— (Tachyphyle), 90.
Bassania, 107.
batesi (Halisidota), 286.
battyi (Hemihyalea), 278.
behrii (Parnassius), 0.
Belemnia, 295.
bellargus (.\rcliijn), 20.
Ijellicosus (Hirundinea), 201.
— (Tyrannus), 201.
B(!lonoptcrus, 250.
bunepicta (Probydata), 84.
bonitcnsis (Phyllartbrius), ;!10.
Berbcrodes, 95. 90,
beresowskyi (Parnassius), 1(1.
berlepsclii (Leptastheniira). 21(1.
— (Merganetta), 244.
Bertholdia, 50.
Bettongia, 57.
bieolor (Automolis), 38.
bidentatiformis (Neopsylla), 139.
bifasciatus (Cinclodes), 208.
bilineata (Zatrephes), 31.
biniaculata (Empidochanes), 202.
— (Muscipeta), 202.
liimaculatus (Empidochiinps). 202.
— (Empidonax), 202.
l>inotata (Zatrephes), .30.
biiiibic-uiata (Phaeoehlaena), 72
liipunetata (Miantonota), 81.
bisoctodentatus (Spalaeopsylla). I:!',K
bistellata (Polypoetes), 73.
Bituryx. 291.
bivittatus (Basilcuterus), 167.
Iioedromius (Parnassius), 18.
boettgeri (Agorea), 290.
bogotensis (Anthus), 105.
liobndorti (Stcrnotomis), .312.
Bulborbynchus, 234.
bolivianus (Oreotrochihis), 222.
— (Pitangus), 109, 201.
bonariensis (Agelaius), 180.
— (llolothrus), 184, 262.
— (Tanagra), 171.
bonoro (Automolis), 44.
boraijuira (Nothura), 260.
Bordeta, 127, 128.
Ijorealis (Automolis), 47.
— (Hyponerita), 298.
Bormansia, 323.
bosriiensis (Parnassius), 8.
Botaurus, 247.
bouvronides (Spermophila), 175, 176.
braehyrhynulius (Horizopus), 203.
Braeliyspiza, 177.
Braihythoracica, 154.
bra^ilianum (Glaucidium), 236.
brasilianus (Scups), 235.
brasiliensis (Cathartes), 237.
— (Halisidota), 285.
— (Pulcx), 332.
— (Quenjuedula), 242.
bremeri (Parnassius), 4.
breviceps (Thaumapsylla). 139.
Breviclavata, 154.
( :i4o )
brevirostris (Molothrus), 184.
— (Sublegatus). 197. 2(K), 202.
hrieenoi (Halisidota), 2S2.
— (Tuiupti.ana). 297.
liridgesi (Pcnelopp), 2(53.
hiitlgtsii (Dryrnornls), 220.
Ijrittingeri (PariiassivLS). 10.
bninnea (Zatreplie.s), 30.
bnmneipalpis (Rhodocblora), 87, 88.
brunncitincta (Isclmacampa), 275.
brimiK'.icens (Automoli.s), 45.
— (Habsidota). 280.
brunniccps (Setophaga), 1G6.
Buarrcinon, 172.
Bubo, 235.
Bucco, 170, 22.">.
bucklpyi (Automob.s), 44.
budytoides (Stigmatura). 197.
burmana (Cricula), 305, 306.
burmeisteri (Chaetocercus), 223.
— (Chunga), 249.
bursadoides (Bordeta), 127.
Busarellus, 239.
Buteo, 239.
Butorides, 246.
bybUs (Carathis), 274, 275.
cabanisi (Knipolegus), 192.
— (Piaya), 231.
cactorum (ilelanerpes), 227.
caecata (Derraatophilus), 145.
Caenopsylla, 65.
ca«rulesceii3 (Molybdophanes), 248.
— (Pyrrhula), 175.
— (Saltator), 173.
— (Spermophila), 175, 176.
Caesalpinia, 183.
caesar (Pamassius), 13.
Cairina, 242.
calandria (Orpheus), 162.
Calidris, 251.
caliparcus (Colymbas), 256.
calita (Myiopsitta), 234.
cabta {P.sitlaca), 234.
Callicbroma, 310, 311.
CalUpseustes, 101.
Calopczus, 267.
Campcpliilus, 228.
Camptogramma, 104.
camptogrammata (Oenoptila), 104.
candidissima (Leucophoyx), 246.
candidus (Melaneipe.s), 227.
canicapilla (Zonotrichia), 177.
canicep.i (Elacnia). 20O.
— (Phrygilus), 180.
eanicoUis (Ortalis), 263.
cania (Otenoccpliahis), 134, 135, 137, 139.
cantans (Myiarchus), 203.
canutu.s (Tringa), 251.
capensis ( Brachyspiza), 177
— (Daption), 255.
capistrata (Muscisaxicola), 191
capitata (r'aroaria), 182.
Caprimulgus. 224. 225.
Carathis, 274, 275.
carbonaria (Phrygihis), 181.
carbonarius (Promeces), 311.
cardinal (Parnas.sius), 17.
Cardueh.s, 176, 182.
carduclis (Cardudis). 182.
C'ariaraa, 249.
carinthicus (Parna-ssius). 10.
Caripeta, 109.
carmesina (.\utomoli.s), 40.
carpatliioiH (Parnassiu.s), 7.
earye (Habsidota), 299.
Cassicus, 183.
castaueus ( Xiphocolap tes), 219.
castoris (Platypsyllus), 318.
Castrica, 48.
Catarrhactes, 256.
Catascia, 119.
Cathartes, 236, 237.
catocalata (Ischnopteris), 102.
caudacutus (Sclerurus), 219.
caudata (Chiroxiphia), 206.
cayana (Piaya), 231.
cayennensis (Belonopterus), 250.
cedon (Habsidota), 286.
centrifugaria (Nesipola), 82.
— (Racheospihi). 82.
Centrites. 193.
cephabis (Pamassius), 16, 20.
Cerarabyx, 311.
Ccratopliyllus, 53-65, 134, 135-42. 147, 148, 15(i.
332."
Cerchneis, 240.
Cereus, 227.
certhioidos (Upuoertliia), 2o7, 208.
Ceryle, 170, 232.
ceylonica (Cricula), 305.
chaeopis (Loemopsylla), 139.
( 'baetoeerpus, 223.
Chaetopsylla, 133, 135, 136, 1.39, 141, 144, 145.
153, 156.
Chaetura, 224.
chalybea (Progne), 168.
ohalybeata (Somatina), 113.
ChamaepeUa, 263.
chapadeiisis (.Sittaaomus), 218.
Charadrius, 250, 251.
Charidpa, 281.
charltoniua (Parna-ssius), 19.
Cbauna, 245.
Cheiromeles, 313.
cheopis (Loemopsylla), 132, 144, 145.
( 341 )
cheopis (Xenopsylla), 332.
chii (Anthus), 165.
childi (Amastus), 270.
chilensis (Beloaopterus), 250.
— (Megalestris), 255.
— (Phoenicopterus), 245.
chimachima (llilvago), 237, 238.
chionogastcr (Leuoippus), 222.
chiricotc (Aramides), 257.
chiriquensis (Melesse), 49.
Chiroptera, 143.
Chiroptcropsylla, 55, 13!1, 143, 155.
Chiro.xiphia, 206.
chitralensfe (Parnas.siiis), 14.
ehivi (Vireo), 167, 184.
Chloephaga, 242.
chlorepiseius (Myiarchu.s), 203.
chloroauchcnia (Leptotila). 262.
Chloroctcnis, 114.
C'hloroiniza, 120.
Chloronerpes, 228.
chloropterus (Plocederus), 310.
chloropus (Gallinula), 258.
ChlorospingiLS, 172.
Chloro-stilbon, 221-3.
chlorotica (Euphonia), 170.
choliba (Pisorhina), 235.
chopi (Aaptus). 188.
— (Aphobus), 188.
Chordeiles, 225.
chozeba (Melesse). 271.
Chrostobapta, 127.
chryseis (Parnassius), 7.
chrysocarpus (Agelaius), 185.
chrysochlorus (Chloronerpes), 228.
chrysocolli.s (Kujiorus), 311.
chrysocome (Catarrhactes), 256.
C'hrysocraspeda, 112.
chrysopras (Sternotorais), 312.
chrysops (t'yanocorax), 188.
chrysopt<>rus (Ai-chiplanus), 183.
Chrysoptilus, 226.
Chunga, 24!).
Ciconia, 248.
Cillurus, 209.
C'inclod&s, 208, 209.
Cinclus, 164.
cinctipes (Halisiduta), 282, 284.
cineracea (.Sayornis), 191.
cinerascens (Notlioprocta), 265.
— (RhyiK'bops), 254.
cinerea (OjiisUio.xia), 99.
— (Tai-nitii)tciii). 189.
cinei'eus (< 'ircus), 238.
— (Coccyzus), 231,232.
— (Knipolegus), 19.3.
— (.Myioohanes), 203.
viuerosus (Parnassius), IS.
ciiigulata (Automolis), 43.
cinnamomca (Synallaxis), 211, 214, 230.
Circus, 238.
Ciropteryx, 122.
cirrhatus (Picumnus), 229.
cirrhocephalus (Larus), 254. .
Cistotliorus, 163, 164.
citrina (Phalacna), 281.
eitrinarius (Parnassius), 3.
eitrinellus (Buarremon), 172.
cilriiK>(ini(a (Agorca), 290.
cilyllus (S[)crmcjp!ii!us), ()5.
clariu.s (I'arnassius), 4.
claudianus (Parna-ssius), 3.
elava (Suctoria), 147, 148, 155.
Clavicornia, 148.
eleasa (Diospage), 296
cleophontis (Rhopalopsyllus), 135.
clodius (Parnassius), 3, 4.
Coccyzus, 231, 232.
coco] (Ardea), 245.
cocyti (Parapsyllus), 62.
Colaptes, 226.
coUaris (Aegialitis), 250.
collateralis (Automolis), 47.
Columba, 260, 261.
columbae (Ceratophyllus), 141.
Columbiana (Melesse), 273.
Columbula, 262.
Colymbus, 255, 256.
eommaeulata (Berberodes), 95.
complicata (Perusia), 108.
concentrata (Racheospila), 82.
confluens (Nothypsa), 117.
confuscata (Epiplema), 110.
congener (Halioscia). 77.
coniata (Halisidota), 286.
consequa (Ophthalmopliora). 97.
cnnsimilis (Miantonota), SI.
conspersa (Cliloroctenis), 1 14.
— (Nothalir.axas), 115.
conspicua (Halisidota), 289.
contempta (Halisidota), 288.
contrariata (Ophthalmophora), 98.
Conurus. 232, 233.
Cophoccrotis, 92.
Copsychus, 333.
Copti>psylla, 139, 145, 153, 157.
corfidii (Parapsj'llus), 62.
cornea (Hemihyalea), 277.
cornuta (Fulica), 260.
coronatus (Tacliyphonus), 173.
— (TiKmioptera). 189.
correndera (.\ntbus), 164. 165.
corylias (Parnassius). 5.
('.irypliistora, 213. 214.
Coiyphosphiza, 18(1.
Coryphospingus, 181.
( :^42 )
Coscoioba, 241.
coscoroba (Coscoroba), 241.
costariccnsis (Ncaxia), 209,
cotes (Notua). 299.
Cotile, 58, 59.
coxalis (Parapsylliis). Ii2.
Craspedia, 113.
crassisquama (Nothotcipna), 111,
Creciscu.s. 258.
Cricetomys, 327, 328,
Cricula. 300, 301-6.
crinis (Automolis), 37.
crista-galli (Erythrina), 228,
cristata (.Anas), 242.
— (Cariama), 249.
— (Chauna), 245.
— (Gubernatrix), 182.
ci-istatus (C'hrysoptilus), 22(i,
— (Corypliospingus), 181,
— (Opkthocomus), 263.
— {Tachyphonus), 173.
Crocallis, 107.
crocos (Automolis), 39.
Crotophaga, 230, 231.
cruciata (Zatrephes), 29.
cruenta (.\<itomolis), 38,
Cryptiirus, 264.
Ctenocephalus, 67, 134, 154, 157.
Ctenodactyliis, 66.
Ctenoparia, 66.
Ctenophthalmus, 68, 135, 137, 139. 143-8,
153, 1.55.
Ctenopsylla. 68, 332.
Ctcnop.syllus, ()5, ()8, 332.
cubcnsis (Opharus), 277.
cueullata (Corypliospingus), 181.
— (Paroaria), 182.
Culieivora, 196.
cumanensis (Pipile), 263,
cuneipuncta (Halisidota), 287.
ounicularia (Gcositta), 206.
— (Speotyto), 235. 236.
f'xiraeus, 187.
om-a<?us (Curaous), 187.
fur-(a (Kemoropliila), 119.
curvifpfa (Ereimtitoa). 115.
rurvilinra (OplithalnKiplioni). 98.
iMJiviroslris (I>irannrnis), 215.
rvirviKignata (Pcrizoma). 91.
cuvipiii (Pacliyrhampluis), 2115.
oyanca ((iiiiraca), 174.
cyanirostris (Knipolcgus), 192.
cyanocophala (Pipra), 170.
— (Syrigma), 246,
Cyanocorax, 188,
cyanoleuea (Atticora), 169.
cyanoleucus (Diplochelidon), 64.
Cyanolyseus, 233,
cyanomelas (Cyaiiocoiax). 1S8.
cyanoptcra (Queiqucdula). 243.
— (Tanagra), 171,
eyanopus (Agdaius), 185, 18<i.
Cyanotis, 201.
cyclopcra (Neritos), 293, 294.
Cycloiliis, 167.
Cygnus, 241.
C'ymatophora, 100.
Cymopsis, 73, 100.
C^i'pselus, 223.
cymiis (Parnassius), 15.
DaHla. 243.
dalei (CV'ratoj)liyllus), 58, 59.
danubianus (Cvratophyllus), ('5.
Daption, 255.
darwini (Notluira), 266.
— (Upucerthia), 207, 208,
darmnii (Rhea), 267.
Da.sypsyllus, 135, 139, 156.
da-syiiri (Stephanocircus), 135, 136, 139.
daubi (Parna-ssius). 11.
davidis (Parna-ssius), II, 20.
davisii (Halisidota), 282.
dealbata (Gelasma), 76,
dccipicns (Hemithea), 77,
decora! a (Leptolopha), 78.
deerepida (Opharus), 270.
decrepidoides (Opharus), 270.
defilippii (Trupialis), 187.
dcforniis (Epigynoptoryx). 120.
degus (Octodon), 02.
dclacruzi (Rachcolopha), 86.
dcletaria (Chrostobapta), 127.
dcliaria (Problopsis), 126.
delius (Parna-ssius), 5, 11.
delphiaria (Problepsis), 126.
delphius (Parna-ssius), 17, 18.
deludens (Chrostobapta), 127.
demooratiis (Parn.a.ssins), 6,
Dcmolis, 209.
Dendrocolaptos, 218, 219, 220.
Dendrooopus, 109, 218, 228, 229.
Dcndroi'vgna, 242.
dentata (Parna.'<sius), I.
dentigera (Zaniara'l.i). 114.
dentihnea (iMianlonnta), SI.
dcprcssa (Oospila). 83.
deprivata (Thysamipyga), 105.
Dcrm.atophihis, 61. 133, 139, 140 45, 1,52,
157.
Dovarodos, 1(HI.
dfwitzi (Robinsonia), 22.
Diamcnia, 57.
Diaphorophyia, 334.
Dichorda, 75.
dicolonis (Rliani|)liaslos), 230.
( 343 )
ditlercns (Terpna), 124.
diluoida (Zamarada), 114.
Dinectariu.'s. 308.
dinellianus (Hapalocercus), lUo.
dinellii (Apus), 223.
— (Halisidnta), 282.
— (Tliamnnpliilus), 221.
dioica (Pircunia), 188.
Diomedea, 255.
Diospage, 295. 296.
Diplatys, 323.
Diplochelidon. 64.
Diptopteru.s, 211, 2311.
Diplotaxys, 320.
dippiei (Sciurus), 63.
discalis (Azatrephes). 33.
discata (Melochlora), 80.
— (Somatina), 126.
discipuncta (Miantonota), SI.
discobolus (Parnassius), 11-13.
discolor (Sericoptera), 108.
discrepans (Josia), 70.
disjuncta (Miantonota), 81.
Disphaerona, 308.
distincta (Halisidota), 2S().
— (Thy.sanopyga), 106, 107.
dives (Mecaspis), 311.
docis (Automolis), 42.
dognini (Neidalia), 22.
dolabella (Parnassius), 17.
Dolichonyx, 184.
Dolichopsylla, 138, 139, 141-3, 156,
Dolichothoracica, 154.
dolosus (Listropsylla), 139.
domestica (Pa.sser), 182.
dominica (Nomonyx), 245.
dominicanus (Larus), 254.
— (Taenioptera), 190.
dominicus (Charadrius), 251.
dominula (Oricia), 70.
Domitia, 310.
Donacospiza, 180.
d'orbignii (Arremon), 172.
d'orbignyi (Siptornis), 213, 214.
dorsalis (Mimus), 163.
— (Stenodontes), 309.
downesii (JIallodon). 301.
drepanoides (Cricula), 306.
dnicei (Melesse), 271.
— (Nerito.s), 294.
— (Pachydota), 273, 274.
iJrucia, 89.
Dryraomis, 220.
duboeagei (Sternotoinis), 312.
dumetaria (Upucerthia), 207, 208.
dumicola (Polioptila), 16,3.
dux (Parnassius), 11.
Dysphania, 123, 124.
cacleoides (Vaena), 122.
Echidna, 57.
Echidnophaga, ,57, 133, 135, 139, 143-145. 148,
152.
edwardsi (Hcmihyalea), 278.
egretta (Hcrodias), 246.
Elaenia, 198-200, 202.
elaezia (Cricula), 303,
Elainca, 199.
Elanus, 240.
elegans (Calopezus), 267.
Eleothreptus, 225.
elevata (Pepsis), 130.
elissa (Automolis), 270.
elissoides (Automolis), 270.
clongatus (Ischnopsyllus), 130, 136, 139.
chvesi (Parnassius), 16.
Elysius, 275.
Emberizoides, 173, ISO.
Embernagra, 179, 180.
Empidochanes, 202.
Empidonax, 202.
Empidonomus, 203. 204.
engelkei (Diospage), 296.
cnoplus (Ceratophyllus), 53.
epapluis (Parna-ssius), 14, 15, 16.
ephestris (Heterusia), 92.
Ephialtias, 71.
Epigynopt«ryx, 120.
Epiplema, 110, 123.
Epirrhoe, 126.
Episothalma, 75.
crebella (Amastus), 278.
erebelloides (Amastus), 278.
Ereunetea, 115, 116.
erganoides (Hemihyalea), 277.
Erilophodes, 109.
erina (Achlora), 81.
— (Miantonota), 81.
erinacei (Archaeop-sylla), 134, 139, 144.
Eriostepta, 27.
Erismatura, 244.
erithacus (Dendrocolaptes), 218.
erminea (Mustela), 58.
Erythrina, 228.
erythrocnemis (Accipiter), 238.
erythrogaster (Hirundo), 167.
erythronota (Plirygilus), 181.
erythrophrys (Poospiza), 178.
erythrothorax (Gymnopelia), 262.
esau (Arixenia), 313, 324, 327.
escalcrao (Parnassius), 9.
Eualloea, 75.
Eudyptula. 62.
euleri (Empidonax), 202.
Euphonia, 170.
Euporus, 311.
Eupseudoaoma, 26.
( ^44 )
Eiiscartlmum, 10.").
Euxcna, 75.
Euxemira, 248.
fvcrsinanni (Parnassius), :!.
Evolomys. 08.
cxangulata (Pcrizoma). 127.
cxcclsus (Phrygiliis), l.Sd. LSI.
exclamationis (Niptoria). KNi.
cximia (SUmuplastis), 74.
cxquisita (Rhodochlora). 87.
— (Zamarada), 115.
cxtiemata (Bassania), 1(17.
falacia (Halisidota). 281.
falacioides (Halisidota), 281.
falcinellHs (Plegadis), 248.
Falco. 240.
fallilandicus (Aegialitis), 251.
fallax (Pharambaia), 123.
fasciata (Bert)erodes), (15.
— (Muscicapa), 201.
— (Myiobijis), 201, 202.
fasciatus (Ccratophyllus), 134, 139.
^ (Myrmecobiiis), 57.
fasciipimcta (Automolis), 37.
fasciolatus ((^istothorus), 163.
feldcri (Elysius), 275.
— (Pama,ssius), 3.
felis{('tenoceplialus), 134, 135, 137, 13'J.
ferocior (llyiarchus), 203.
ferox (Glaucidium), 236.
— (Myiarchus), 203.
ferruginea (Erismatura), 244.
ferrugineus (.Vlicro.sittaoe), 234.
fimbrialis (Leuciris), 97.
Hnmarcliicus (Parnas.sius), 6.
flaccida (Tacliypliyle). 89.
Hamman.'i (Automolis), 3(i, 41.
Hammca (.Strix), 236.
Hava (Ereunetea), 11(1.
flaveolus (CVratophyllus), 57.
fiavescens (.\iitomolis), 44.
flavicauda (.\inastus), 278,
Havicincta (Racheolopiia), 80.
llavicollis (Pnimala), 25.
flavicorpus (I)ysphania), 123.
Ilavicosta (Zamarada), 115.
Ilavida (Epijilcma), 123.
ilavigularis (Siptornis), 213.
flavilimes (Leptolopha), 78, 79.
— (Lissochlora), 78.
flavillacea (Automolis), 3().
(lavimac'ulata (Ophanis), 270.
(lavimu-ha (Mii.scisaxicola), 193.
(lavipcs (Totanus), 251.
fl.avipimeta (.\fcles.sc), 49.
— (Zat replies), 28.
flavirostris (Anaeretea), 198.
llaviriLslris (.\rreiiioii), 172.
— (Qvierquedula), 243.
Ilavilliorax (Demulis). 269.
Haviventer (Nothypsa), 117.
flaviventris (Hapalocereu.s), 190.
flavoeinerea (Stigraatiira). 197.
flavoga.stcr (Elaenia), 199,
— (Pipra). 199.
Ilavoplaga (Idulus), 44.
llavonotata (Automolis), 39.
flavus (.\gelaius), 185.
tlcximargo (Syndromodcs), 112.
Iloccosa (Gyostcga), 96.
Eluvieola, 191.
foliacea (Zatreplie.s), 31.
fontalis (Racheospila), 8(i.
Forficula, 315-23, 328, 33(1.
fortis (Agriornis), 189.
— (Bassania), 107.
fosteri (Opisthoxia), 99.
Fracticipita, 135, 154.
fragilis (Prostoma), 105.
frenata (Gallinago), 2.52.
fringillae (Ceratopliyllus). 141, 142.
frontalis (t'eratoplryllus), 58.
— (.Museisaxieola), 194.
— (8ynallaxis), 210.
— (Veniliornis), 227.
fruticeti (Phrygilus), 181.
fueata (Attieora), 169, 170.
fulgida (Ereunetea), 115, 116.
Fulica, 259, 260.
fuliginiceps (Leptjusthenura), 209.
fuligino.sa (.Azatrephes), 33.
— (Halisidota), 282.
fulva (Dcndroeygna), 242.
— (Oricia), 71.
fulvescens (Eriostepta), 27.
fulvieeps (Sootura), 73.
fulvida (Pityeja), 93.
fulvigularis (Clilorospingus), 172.
fulvilauta (Dysphania), 124.
fidvipennis (Mimomiza), 128.
liilvitineta (Acsehroptoryx), 12(1.
lumigatus (Horizopus), 2(13.
fumipcnnis (Erilopliodes), 1(19.
fiimosa (Cliactura), 224.
funesta (Nothypsa), 117.
fungifera (Somatina), 113.
furcata (Tricypha), 275.
furcatus (Anthus), 165.
furcifer (Heliomaster), 223.
— (Hydro p.salis), 224.
Furnarius, 161, 108. 169, 177, 185, 190, 20l, 2il7
208.
fusca (Rliinocrypta). 221.
fuse.ater (Turdus), KL'.
fuscatus (Empidochanes), 202.
( ^i'^ )
fuscescuiis (Hcmiliyalpa), 277.
— (Leptastlionura), 210.
fiisciccps (Scotura), 73.
fuscicollis (Hetoropygia), 251.
fuscicosta (Tachyphylc), 90.
fuscimargo (Anthanuostes), 112.
fuscocacrulcsocns (Falco), 240.
fuscus (Antliiis), 208.
— (Cinclodcs). 208, 209.
— (Picolaptes), 220.
galcata (Gallinula), 2.')S.
gallatinus (PanuLssius), IJ.
galliiiact'U.s {Kcliiducifthaga.), ."i7, l'J."», I IS.
gallinac (Ccratopliyllus), .57.
Gallinago, 252.
Gallinula, 258.
gallinvilae (C'eratophylliis), 59.
gama (Steriiotomis), 312.
garleppi (Automolis), 44.
— (Hyponerita), 299.
— (Merganetta), 244.
gaujoniaria (Rhodochlora), 88.
gayi (Phrygilus). 180.
Gelasma, 75, 76, 77.
Gelochelidon, 253.
geminus (Parnassius
gemmifer (Pamassius)
Geositta, 200.
Geothlypis, 160.
Geranoaetus. 239.
germanae (Pamassius
gigantea (Zatrephes), .32.
giganteus (Parnassiu.s), 2.
gigas (Patagona), 222.
— (Turclus), 102.
gilva (Pamassius). 12.
gilvigaster (Thamnophihis), 221.
Girpa, 117.
glabricollis (Hamaticherus), 310.
— (Plocederas). 310.
glacialis (Hoplop.syllu.s), 135.
Glaucidium. 230.
glaucocacrulea (Guiraca), 174.
— (Pynluila). 174.
globiecps (('haotopsylla), 13.-.. 139. Ill, 115.
gloriosus (Pamius.sius), 11.
gnoraa (Omplia.\). 75.
— (Anoraphax), 75.
godmani (Automolis), 43, 40.
goleta (Biussania). 107.
— (Crocallis), 107.
Goniopsyllus, 00, 139. 143. 145, 150.
Gonotrephes, 21.
gracili.s (Pahieopsylla), 137, 139, 141.
graeseri (Pamassius), 4.
grajus (Pamassius), 8.
graminicola (Cistothoius), 103.
10.
I, IS.
10.
granatina (Neritos), 292.
grandis (Automolis), .30.
— (Baritus), 275.
— (Eupseudosoma), 20.
— (Hyponerita), 51.
granti (Ctcnopsylla), 332.
gianulata (Rhomboclilora), 89.
giapliis (C'cratophyllus), 02, 332.
grata (Elainea), 199.
Giaueria, 334.
giaucri (Diaphoiopliyia), 334.
— (Laniaiius), 335.
grisoata (.\rconiolis), 35.
griseipfnnis (Automolis). 41.
gi'isconitcns (.\utomolis), 45.
gri.scorufa (Zatrephes). 3n.
grisootincta (Neritos). 291.
grisescens (Bertholdia). .50.
griseus (Nyctibius), 224.
grossiventris (Malaeop.sylla). 138, 139, 144, 145.
guarania (Piaya), 231.
guarauna (Plegadis), 248.
Gubematrix, 182.
Gubernetes, 191.
Guira, 231.
guira (Guira), 231.
Guiraea, 174.
guirahuro (Pseudoleistes), 180, 187.
gularis (Eusearthmus). 195.
gundi (Ctenodactylus), 66.
guttatus (Accipiter). 238.
gutturalis (Pseudosei.sura), 218.
gylippos (Pamassius), 18.
Gymnopelia, 262.
Gyostega, 90, 97.
Habrura, 196.
hadenoides (Halisidota), 289.
Hadrostoraus, 203, 204, 205.
Haematopus, 250.
Haemophila, 178.
Halioseia, 77.
Halisidota, 279-89, 299.
haltercs (Pamassius), 1.
Hainatieherus, 310.
liam)isoni (.Melesse), 272.
- (Neritos), 292.
— (Opharus), 27li.
hanseni (Hemimerus), 327.
Hapaloeercus, 195, 190.
hardwiekii (Pamassius), 10.
harterti (.Automolis), 44.
hartmanni (Pamassius). 1.
Hiisodima. 109.
hebetis (Molcssc), 271.
HeeUipsylla, 133, 139. 143-8, 1.57.
Heliomaster, 223.
helios (Hypermnestra), 20.
( :^4r, )
hellmayri (Autlius). I(ir>.
Holodromius, 251.
Hemerophila, 119.
Hemihyalca, 277, 278.
Hemiim-nis. ;)I.5-30.
liemipyga (.\tticora), ll>9.
Hemistola, \'2n.
Hemithea. 77.
herbaria (Microloxia), 82.
herbicola (Emijerizoides), 180.
hcrcules (Macropsylla), 67, 130, 137, 13!l
141.
hcrmodur (Painassiu.s), G.
Herodias, 246.
herois (.Automolis), 37.
heros (Pcpsis), 131.
Herpsilochmus, 221.
hesebolus (Parnassius), 7.
lieterocerca (Siptornis), 212.
— (Synallasis), 212.
hetcromorpha (Racheolopha), 84.
Heteronetta, 244.
Heteropygia, 2,'jl.
hcterospila (Nesipola), 83.
— (Racheospila), 82.
Hcterospizias, 238.
Hcterusia, !)2.
hexactenus (Isfhiinpsyllus), 135. 1311,
hieroglyphica (Prumala), 51.
hilaris (Sternotomis), 312.
hilereti (Siptornis), 213.
hilli (Pygiopsylla), 139.
himalayensis (Parriiussius), 14.
Himantopus, 2.52.
hinmdinacea (Sterna), 253.
Hinmdinca, 201.
hinmdinis (Ccratophyllus), 138, 139.
Hirundo, 167. 109.
histrionaria (Pityeja), 93.
hoffmannsi (Bitiiryx), 291.
holoserioeus (.Vmblyi'lianiphus), ISIi.
honrathi (Paina-ssius), 11.
Hoplop.'^ylliis. 135, 139, 1,56.
Horizopus, 2(t3.
liompnsi.s ('IVoglodytts). Ili4.
hudsoni (Siptornis), 214.
humboldti (Spheniapus). 2,56.
luimiLola (.Siptornis), 214.
hungarinis (Parnassius). 2.
hunza (Parna,ssius), 18.
huwfi (Parnassius), 1.5.
hyacnae (Verraipsylla), 136,
hyalina (.Vmastus), 279.
— (.\utomolis). 41.
Hydata, 77. 78,
Hydropsalis, 224.
Hylemera, 117.
Hylocliaris, 222.
Hyperetis, 101.
Hypcrmncatra, 20.
Iiypochondriaca (Poospiza), 179.
Hyponorita, 51,298.
Ilyposidra. 121.
hypoxantba (.Spormopbila), 175.
Hypseus, 307.
irystriclii>p.,iylla, 139, 143, 144, 1,53, 155
hystrix (Echidna), 57.
140, ictcrica (t'arduelis), 176.
icteroplirys (ISisopygis), 191.
Ictinia, 240.
Idalus, 23, 24, 44.
igneii'olk' (Calhchroma). 311.
ilaria (Zaniarada), 114.
illincata (Isrhnoptoris). 101.
imitator (Caliiclirunia), 311.
imitatrix ((Jrioia), 71.
imperator (Parnassius), 19, 20.
imporatrix (Dyspliania), 123.
— (Parna,ssius). 19, 20.
imperialis (Sternotomis), 312.
implcta {Nothyp.sa), 117.
inipunit.a (Parnassius). 14.
irapunctata (Nesipola), 82, 83,
ini'orta (Hyponcrita), 51.
ini'isa (Prumala), 25.
inconspieua (Melcsse), 49.
indontata (Gyostega), 96.
indistincta (Prumala), 24.
inpqualis (Ncritos), 292, 293.
infcrnalis (Parnfussius). 17.
inopinafa (Ctt-noparia), 67.
Insettivora, 143.
insignis (Pama,ssius), 13.
insularis (Halisidiita), 28.5.
— (Sericoptera), 108.
insulata (Patruissa). 128.
intacta (Lissorhlora), 82.
integra (Hetcrusia), 92.
Integricipita, 134, 135, 151.
intensa (Halisidota), 283.
— (Prumala), 51.
intercedcns ( Rhynchops), 254.
interUneata (Cymopsis). UHl.
— (Devarodes). KXI.
— (Halisidota), 282, 283, 284.
intermedia (.Automolis), 48.
— (Opharus), 276,
— (Scotura), 73.
intermedins (Pania-ssius), 5, 19.
internata (Pitthea), 118,
interpositus (Parnassius), 5.
Intuberata, 1,54.
inversa (Automolis), 44.
invohicris (Ardetta), 247.
iolota (Colibri), 222.
( 34T )
lonornis, 259.
lonthodes, 310.
irregularis (Idalus), 23.
irritans (Pulex), 134, 137, 139, 141, 145.
irrorata (Zatrephes), 28.
irupero (Taenioptera), 190.
Ischnacami)a, 275.
Ischnopsylius, 55, 56, 135, 136, 139, 140-43, 155.
Ischnopteri.s. 101-3.
jacana (Parra), 249.
jacarina (V'olatinia). 176.
jac(jiiemonti (PariiiiSHius), 14. 15.
jaiuaicen.sis (Nyutibius), 224.
janeira (Tachyphyle). 90.
jipiro (Stcnoplastis), 74.
joncsi (Halisidota), 286.
Josia, 70.
Karschiella, .320, 323.
keeni (Ceratophyllus), 54.
kennedyi (Neaxia). 269.
kerberti (Cyrpturus), 264.
kerguelensis (Goniopsyllus), 60, 139, 145.
— (Pule.x), 60.
klagesi (Agorea), 290.
— (Automolis), 42.
— (Melesse), 49.
— (Neaxia), 27.
— (Paranerita), 51.
— (Zatrephes), 28.
Knipolegus, 192, 193.
krystallina (Archon), 20.
laccrus (Pionu.s), 235.
laetofiiK^ta (Racheolopha), 85.
lacteguttata (Raeheoloplia), 8.5.
lacteogrisea (Halisidota), 288.
laetitiae (Ornithopsylla), 139. 144, 145.
liietuni (C'allicliroina), 311.
— (Mecaspis), 311.
lafresnayanus (Deiuhocolaptes), 219.
— (Xiphorhynchus), 216.
lagotis (Paragalc), 57.
lamellifer (Coptopsylla), 139, 145.
l>amia, 315, 316.
lampifllus (Parna^sius), 18.
lancoiilala (Rliinoorypta). 221.
langiiida (Ijomographa), 94.
Laniarius, 335.
laodamia (Melesse), 48.
Larus, 254.
lasius (Ceratophyllus), 63.
lateraUs (Poospiza), 179.
latifascia (Pitthea), 118.
— (Syraphytophleps), 69.
— (Terina), 118.
latimargo (Ijeuciris), 97.
lativitta (Automolis), 40.
latsienluica (Parnassius), 15.
lavendulae (Neritos), 294.
laviiia (Hyponerita), 299.
Ijeist<?s, 186.
leonina (Nothypsa), 117.
leos (P.seudalus), .52.
leporis (Spilopsyllus), 139.
Leptasthenura, 209, 210.
Leptolopha, 78, 79.
Leptotila, 262.
Xx5sbia, 223.
lessoni (Spermopliila), 175.
Lessonia, 195.
lesueuri (Bettongia), 57.
Leucippus, 222.
Leuciris, 97.
leucoblepharus (Basileuterus), 16l>, 172.
— (Sylvia). 167.
leucocephalus (Stephanophorus), 171.
Leucochloris, 222.
leucomelas (Turdus), 161.
leucophleps (Scotura). 74.
Leucophoyx, 246.
leucophrys (Ochthoeca), 190.
leucophthalmus (Conurus), 233.
leucopleurus (Oreotrochilus), 222, 223.
leucopogon (Campephilus), 228.
leucoptera (Fulica), 259, 260.
— (Spermophila), 175.
leucopus (Cieratophyllus), 53, 54.
leucopyga (Fulica), 259.
leuc'opyrrhus (Crcciseus). 258.
leueorrlioa (Tachycineta), 168.
k'ucurus (Elanus), 240.
Icvantinus (Pama-ssius), 7.
liburnicus (Parnassius), 8, 9.
Lichenops, 193.
lilloi (.Siptornis), 214.
limicnla (Parnii-ssius), 6.
Liimiopardalus, 256, 257.
LimnoTnis, 215.
lineata (Phaulimia), 308.
lincola (•Spermophila), 175, 176.
Lioptilus, 334.
liparoides (HaUsidota). 287.
Lissochlora, 78, 79, 80. 81.
Listropsylla, 1.39, 141, 143, 156.
lithocrossa (Anisogamia), 124. 125.
Lilocerus, 307.
litoreus (Parnassius), 3.
livida (Agriomis), 189.
loculator (Tantalus), 247.
Loemopsylla, ,53, 132, 139, 144, 145, 1.58.
Lomographa, 94.
longicauda (Bartraraia), 251.
Ivongiclavata, 154.
longioomata (Gyoatega), 96.
( 348 )
longicornis (Agurca), 200.
— (Paia|isyllus), Ii2. 13S. l:!!l. 1 l."i.
longipcnnis (Acantlioplioriis), .'id'l.
longiplaga (Oospila), 83, 84.
loiigistria (Thysanopyga), KKi.
limigutt-a (St'otura), 74.
U)pliospingus, 182.
lophotcs (Pscudoscisuia), 217.
lii.\ias (Parnassius), 19. 2(1.
lunicinvla (Rat'hcolopha), S.!.
lurida (Halisitlota), 281), 281.
liisoinia (Oclu'loiliynchus), 208.
— (L'pu«'i''liiii). -I'S.
Iiitccila (.\utomolis). 44.
Iiitcorosea (.\ul!)inolis). 40.
lutcsccn.s (Antluis), 104, Ui.").
— (Idalus), 23.
lutzi (Rhopalnpsyllus), 13.j. 13U, 14o.
luzonica (Cricula). 300.
Lycopsylla, 139, 144, U."). IM.
maasseni (Halisidota), 289.
Macaria, 127.
Machetomis. 194.
-Machilus, 304.
macioviana (lUiscisaxicola), 194.
Macropsylla. 66, 67, 136-55.
Macroscelides, 332.
Macrosphenus, 334.
macroura (Emberizoide.'^). 180.
— (Piaya), 231.
maculata (Halisidota), 279, 280.
— (Parevia), .36.
maciilatus (Bucco), 225.
— (Limnopardaliis), 257.
— (Thamnophilus), 221.
inaculicollis (Rliynchotus). 205.
inaciilipectus (Phacellodomus), 210.
niaciilijicnnis (Larus), 254.
iiiaculirostris (Musci.saxio(ila), 194.
maculosa (Circus), 238.
— (CoUimba), 201.
— (Nothuia), 266.
magcUanica (Chlocphaga), 242.
niagcllanicus (15ul»o), 23.'i.
— (Turdus), 102.
niagnilica (Mclittia), l.'!2.
magnii'ostris (Phaetliusa). 25.3.
— (Phaetusa). 254.
— (Rupornis), 239.
magnus (Parnassius), G.
maguari (Ardea), 248.
— (Ciconia), 248.
— (Euxenura), 248.
major (.\('chmo|)horus), 255.
— (Crotophaga), 231.
— (Dendrociipu^). 218.
■ — (Thamnophilus), 220.
maji.i(.\iphuc,p|apte.'-). 218. 219, 220.
.Malacopsylla. 138, 1.39. 145, 150.
uialaloucus (Tachyphonus), 173.
.Malludnn. 309.
uiaiuroidcs (Siptornis), 214.
maniimbc (.Myospiza), 179.
Miandscluniac (Parnassius), 12.
manimlK' (.\mmodromus), 179.
mansucta (Hcmihyalea), 277.
marcida (Lissoclilora), 79.
Marcca, 243.
niargaritac'civcntcr (Euscarthmus), 195.
marginata (.^utomolis), 45.
— (Rohinsonia), 21.
maritima (.^griornis). 189.
marniorata (Tigrisoma), 247.
•M.nsuiiialia, 143.
nuuthac (Belcmnia), 295.
niartinica (lonornis). 259.
mathani (Bituryx), 291.
— (Parevia), 270.
maxima (Hyperranestra), 20.
maximiUani (Pionus), 235.
— (Synallaxis). 211.
maximinus (Parnassius), 17.
Mecaspis, 311.
mediosecta (Ischnopteris), 102.
Megalestris, 255.
megalops (Acanthophorus), 3t>9.
megellanicus (Spheniscus), 256.
melaina (Pamassiu.s), 1.
melancholicus (Tyrannus), 2l>4.
Melancrpes, 227.
melanocarpa (Cae.salpina), 183.
melanocephala (Heteronetta), 244.
— (Spermopliila), 17.5.
melanocoryph.a (.Anas), 241.
— (Cygnis"), 241.
niclanocoryphus (Coccyzus), 231.
mclanolcuca (Pnospiza), 179, 212.
melanolcucus (( ioranoactus), 239.
— (Totanus), 252.
melanonata (Pipridea), 170.
ruelanopasta (Idalus), 23.
inclanopliaius (Creciscus). 258.
mclanopliia (Pamassiiis), 3.
mclanophrys (Diomcdca), 255.
melano])s (PIdoeocryptes), 209.
— (Porphyriops), 258.
— (Trichothraupis), 173.
melanoptera (Mctriopelia), 21)2.
melanotis (('<u'vphosphiza), ISO.
mclanura (Rliyiu-hops). 254.
niclanurus (Ilinumtopus). 2.52.
.Melesap, 48, 49, 271-273.
Melittia, 132.
melliculus (Parnassius), 9.
llelochlora, 80, SI.
( 3411 )
meloryphus (Hapalocereus), 1 !!.">.
mendica (Parna,ssins). C.
mendozae (Pseudochloris), ]SI.
nienetriesi (Parnassius). 4.
raentalis (Muscisaxieola), 194.
mercurius (Parnassiu.s), 15.
.Merganetta. 244.
meridensis (Halisidota), 285, 2Sfi.
meridionalis (Automolis), 47.
— (Chaetura), 224.
— (Heterosjjizias), 238.
— (Neritos), 204.
merzbacheri (Parnassius), 7.
mesoleuca (Elacnia). 199.
Mesonotum, 152.
metachryscis (Parcvia), 270.
metacrinis {.\utoniolis). 37.
metapyria (Paranerita), 51.
Metopiana. 244.
Metriopelia, 262.
Mianthochora, 121.
Miantonota, 81, 82.
Microgonia, 107, 108.
Jlicroloxia, 82, 125.
Microsittace, 234.
microspila (Racheolopha), 86.
militaris (Leistes), 186.
— (Trupialis), 187.
Milvago, 237, 238.
Mimomanes, 92.
Mimomiza, 128.
mimus, 162, 16.3.
miniata (Zatrcplies), 32.
minima (Habrura), 190.
minimus (Pania,ssius). 4.
minor (Cillurus), 209.
— (Cinolodes), 209.
— (Endyptula), 02.
— (Paniassius), 13.
— (Rhodochlora), 87, 88.
minorata (Oospila), 83.
Mionectes, 200.
mira (Caenopsylla), 65.
mirabilis (Stemotomis), 312.
mitratus (Conums), 233.
mixta (Halisidota), 299.
mixtilinea (Hyposidra), 121.
mixtus (Dendrocopus), 169, 218, 228, 229.
ninemosync (Parnassius), 1, 2, 20.
modestus (Charadrius), 250.
— (Siptornis), 213.
— (Synallaxis), 213.
— (Zonibyx), 259.
modulator (Mimus), 102.
— (Orpheus), 162.
Moeopsylla, 139, 140, 142-5, 1.54, 157.
mopsehlcri (Halisidota), 280.
mulinae (Conurus), 233.
Molothrus, 184, 185, 262.
^lolylidoplianes, 248.
nionai-luis (Myiopsitta), 23.'!. 234.
inongolitnis (Parnassius). 7.
inonilis (E})hialtias), 71.
-Mc;nocbamus, 310.
.Mimotremata (Allotbt-ria), 143.
montana (Upucertliia), 207.
montanus (Parnassius), 8.
morenoi (Gymnopelia), 202.
morula (Robinsonia), 21.
moschata (Cairina), 242.
Motacilla, 208.
multimaculata (Robinsonia), 21.
raultispinosus (Odontop.syllus). 135. 139.
multistrigata (Ischnopteris). lii:!.
munda (.Serpophaga), 197.
murina (Taenioptcra), li)(l.
Mus, 150.
musagetus (Parnassius). 19.
Muscicapa, 198, 201, 202. 2iit.
Muscipeta, 202.
Muscisaxicola, 193. 194.
Muscivora, 204.
muscosa (Halisidota), 289.
musculi (Ctenopsyllus), 65.
muscuhis (Troglodytes), 104.
musicus (Turdus), 187.
Mustek, 58.
mustelae (Ceratophyllus), 59.
.Myeteria, 247. 248.
myct«ria (Ciconia), 248.
— (Myeteria), 248.
Mydas, 130, 131.
mygdon (Belemnia), 295.
Myiarchus, 169, 203.
M.yioliius, 201, 202.
Myiochanes, 203.
Myiodjmastes, 169, 2(11.
myiopsitta, 233, 234.
Jfyiotheretes, 189.
Myospiza, 179.
myosticta (Bertholdia), 5(i.
m>Tmecoliii (Erhidnophaga), 57.
— (Sareopsylla). 57.
Myrmecobius, 57,
nacimda (Podager), 224, 225.
naevius (Diplopterus), 211, 2.311.
— (Myiobius), 201, 202.
— (Tapera), 230.
nageri (Evotoniys), 68.
namanganus (Parnassius), 17.
nanclianicus (Parnassius), 15.
n.anum (Glaucidium). 230.
nanus (Pamasains), 0,
Nasua, 333.
na^uta (Oospila), 83.
( 350 )
nasuta (Ziiniaiiuia), 1 14.
Neaxia. 26, 27, 2li!l.
Nehessa. lilj.
iU'l)io(lpnsis (Pamassius), 2.
nelnilosa (Halisiilotii). 2SS.
Neidalia, 22.
ncl.s {MHdc-lilora). K(l.
ni'iiu>|iliila ('l'iiiii|itiana), 2!I7.
NeniDria. S2.
nonday (Ooiumis), 233.
nengpta (TiK'iii(iptiT:i), 1SI1.
Neocrasis, ITt.
Neopsylla, 139, 143. 1.50.
Neritos, 291-4.
nervosa (Scotura), 73, 74.
nesiotes (Xenopsylla), 332.
Nesipola, 82, 83.
neurophylla (T\iruptiana), 290.
nevadensis (Parnas.siu.s), 9, 2(1.
newstpadi (Ceratopliyllus), :i9.
nexa (Opliarii.s). 270.
nicetaria (Tliysanopyga), lIMl.
niger (Centiitps), 193.
nigra (Lessonia). 193.
— (Rhynchops), 2.')4.
nigrata (Scotura), 73.
nigrescens (Tricypha), 275.
nigribasalis (C'hrysopiasppda), 112.
nigrican.'i (Limnopardalus), 2.')7.
— (Serpophaga). 197.
nigi'ioep.s (Tiirdus), 102.
nigrioollis (Bvisaicllns), 239.
— (Cygnus), 241.
— (Euphonia), 170.
nigricomata (Tliy.sanopyga), lOli.
nigridiscata (Soraatinopsis), 120.
nigrifrons (Muscisaxicola), 194.
nigripunctata (Leptoloplia), 78, 79.
nigroguttata (Nothura), 260.
nigromaculata (Melesse), 272.
nigiopimotata (.Antomnlis), 37.
nigrnrufa (Poospiza), 178.
nigrostriata (Agiirea). 291.
nilgii'iensis (latofpnis). 3l)7.
— (Phaulimia), 3(18.
niphanda (Pitthea), 118.
Niptcria. Km.
nirius (Parnassiiis), 14.
nitida (Zatreplips), 32.
nivalis (Arvicola), 68.
— ((.'tcnoiihtlialmu.s), 68.
nivatus (Parna.s.sius), 10.
niveomaculata (.\utouiolis), 42.
Noctua, 299.
nominvilu.s (Parnassius), 12.
nomion (Parna,ssius), 12.
Nomony.x, 245.
nordmanni (Pamasaius), 4.
Nc)tliabiaxa,s, 1 1."*.
Notlioprocta, 265.
Nothotprpna, 111.
Notliiira, 200.
Niitliypsa, 116. 117, 118.
not ills (Synallaxis), 211.
luivar.ae (Pariia-ssins), 7.
novus (hycopsylla), 139, 144, 14.1.
niiliilnsvis (Parnassius), 2.
riiidatu.s (.Anomiopsyll\is). 135, 139.
nudifinn.s (Piiiinosiis), 248.
mimmifpra (Ocnotlialia), 1114.
Nycteridop.sylla, 135, 139, 143-5, 153, 155.
Nyctibius, 224.
Nycticorax, 240.
Nyctinomus, .5(i.
obeliscata (Niptpria), ItKI.
oliprthvieri (Parnas.siu.s), l."i.
i)l)fuspata (Ischnoptpris), 10.3.
— (Miorogonia), 1(17, IdS.
nblii|iia ('I'linipliana), 290.
.ililitprata (Panlliera), IIHI.
obspura (El.apnia). 199.
— (Penelope), 263.
obsoleseens (Raeheolopha), 86.
obsolcta (Museieapa), 198.
— (Ornithion), 198.
nbsoletus (Crypt iinis), 204.
nbstructa (.Seotura), 73.
oceidentalis (Automolis), 47.
— (Paranerita), 297.
— (Pspudalus), r>2.
Oehetorbynelnis, 2(17, 20S.
ochracea (.Automolis), 37.
— (Hemibyalea), 277.
— (Parnassius), 2.
oclireata (Automolis), 37.
— (Ciropteryx), 122.
ochreora.aculata (.Mianthoeliora), 121.
ochriciliata (Pliiteoplia), 12(1.
ochroeephala (Cyplorliis), 167.
Oehthoeca, 190.
ockendeni (Agorea), 290.
— (Areomolis), 35.
— (Automolis), 40.
— (Bertholdia), ,50.
— (Oaratliis), 274.
— (Hyponerita), 298.
— (Neaxia), 20.
— ((Jpi.sthoxia), 99.
— (Prumala), 208.
— ('ruru|)tiana). 29(i.
— (Zatrpplips), 29.
Oct^jdon, 02.
Odontopsyllus. 1,35, 139, 143. 156.
odoratissima (Machilus), .3(14.
Oenoptila, 104.
( 351 )
Oenothalia, 104, 105.
oleagineus (Xenicopsis), 218.
olivaceus (Akodon), 68.
olivascens (Embernagra), 180.
olivinus (Veniliornis), 227.
olympiua (Pamassius). 12.
Omphax, 75.
onytes (Noctua), 299.
Oospila, 77, 83, 84.
Opharu.s, 276, 277.
Ophthalraophora, 97, 98.
Opisthocomus, 263.
Opisthoxia, 99.
optimus (Prumala), 268.
orbata (Ophthalmophora), 98.
orbignyanus (Picumiuis), 229.
— (Thinoeorus), 252.
orbygne.sia (Boll)orhynohns), 234.
Oreophilus, 250.
Oreotrochilus, 222, 223.
Oricia, 70-72.
orientalia (Amastus), 279.
— (Ctenophthalmua), 68.
— (Halisidota), 284.
Orleans (Pamassiua), 16.
ornata (Nothoprocta), 265.
Omithiou, 198.
Ornithopsylla, 139, 144, 145, 158.
Orpheus, 162.
Ortalis, 263.
oryzivora (Dolichony.v), 184.
oslari (Halisidota), 283.
ossea (Zatreplies), 29.
ossicolor (Nothypsa), 118.
O.xypiosopus, 311.
Oxyurus, 209.
Pachydota, 273, 274.
Pachyrhamphus, 205.
papkardi (Autoraolis), 43, 47.
pagana (Elainea), 199.
Palaeopsylla, 68, 137, 139. 141. l.->4, l.';5.
palini (.Acanthophorus), .'lOD.
— (Stonodonta), 311.
pallescens (Dendrooolaptcs), 220.
— (Gelasma), 76.
palliatu.s (Haematopus). 250.
pallida (Halisidota). 285.
pallidns (.Myiotheretcs), 189.
pampbilaria (()i)isthoxia), 99.
])aiKlioiia (.Vutumnlis), 41.
Pantliera, 100.
Paiabut«o, 239.
paradisea (.\zativplu's). 33.
Paragale, 57.
paraguaiae (Galliuago), 252.
parambioola (Callipseustes), 101.
paranensis (Leptasthenura), 209.
Pai'anerita, 51, 297, 298.
Paiapsyllus, 62, 138, 139. 143-5, 1.56, 1.58.
pardalaria (Panthera), KKP.
pardalis (.'\maxia), .34.
— (Neaxia), 269.
Parfvia, 36, 270.
Pariodontis, 139, 144, 145, 1.58.
Pamassius, 1-20.
Paroaria, 182.
Paromphacodes, 74, 75.
Parophasma, 334.
Parra, 249.
Panila, 166.
parulus (Anaeretes), 198.
parva (Amaxia), 34.
parvirostris (Crypturus), 264.
— (Elaenia), 198, 202.
parvulus ((Japriniulgus), 226.
parvus (Parnassius). 1.
Passer, 182.
Patagona, 222.
patagonica (Atticora), 169.
— (Cinclodes), 208.
— (Hirundo), 169.
— (Motac'illa), 208.
patagonicus (Mimus), 163.
patagonus (Cyanolyseus), 233.
Patruissa, 128.
paularia (Nemoria), 82.
jjeotoralis (Habrura
Peleeanoidcs, 60.
pcllucida (Bituryx),
— (Phalaena), 291.
pelzelni (Sicalis), 169, 177.
Penelope, 263.
penetrans (Dnrmatopliihis), 61, 139. 140, 144.
145.
penicilliger (t'eratophyllus), 139.
peninsulata (Callipseustes), 101.
pentactenus (Nycteridopsylla). 135, 139. 144,
145.
pentlandi (Nothoprocta), 265.
peposaea (Metopiana), 244.
Pepsis, 130, 131.
perainpla (Lomograplia), 94.
Perizoma, 91, 127.
perlata (Strix), 236.
permagna (Leptoloplia), 79.
perpinnatus (Dasypsyllus), 135, 139.
persoripta (Anapalta), 90.
persimilis (AreomoHs), 270.
■ — (Automolis), 44, 45.
— (Hyponcrit^i), 299.
— (Neritos), 293.
pergpicillata (Liclienops), 193.
Perusia, 108.
peruviana (Areomolis), 269.
— (Hemihyalea), 277.
196.
291.
( 352 )
IK-niviana (Molessp), 48, 271.
— (Pachydota). 274.
— (Parancrita), 297.
jwrvcrsa (Ncrito.s), 2'.I4.
petiolus (Suctoria), 147. 14S.
Petrochelidon, IfiS.
Phacellodoraus. 18.5, I'.ld, 21.")-17.
Ph,aeochla«na, 72.
Phaethusa, 253.
P!ia«tusa, 254.
Plialaerocorax, 241.
Phalaena, 281, 291.
Phalaropus, 251.
Pharambara, 123.
phasianalis (Pharambara), 123.
Phaulimia, 308.
phaulius (Ccratophylhis), 58.
Phcucticus. 174.
Philydor, 220.
Phimosus, 248.
Phloeocryptes, 209.
phoebus (Parna,ssius), i-(<, 8. 11, 2(1.
Phoenicopterus, 245.
phrj'ganophila (Synallaxis), 211, 238.
Phrygilus, 180, 181.
Phyllarthrius, 309, 31' i.
Phyllomyias, 200.
Pliylloscarteci, 195.
Pliytotoma, 20fi.
Piaya, 231.
Pica, 189.
pica (Pica), 189.
picazuro (Columba), 200, 261.
picipenais (Mallodon), 309.
Pieolaptes, 219, 220.
picticollis (Hyp.scus), 307.
picui (CoUimbula), 262.
Pirumnus, 229.
pic-mnniis (nendrncolaptM), 221).
pilcomayensis (Picumnua). 229.
pileata (Zonotrichia), 177.
pileatU3 (Myiochancs), 203.
pilosieollia (Domilia), 310.
— (Hamatirliorus). 310.
pinnata (Botauriis), 247.
Pionu.s, 235.
piperita (Opharus), 276.
Pipilc, 263.
Pipra, 170, 199.
Pipridea, 170.
Piranga, 171.
Pircunia, 188.
Pisorhina, 235.
Pitangiis, 169, 2ul.
pitiayumi (I'anila), lOG.
Pitthea, 116. 118.
Pityeja, 93.
plagiata (Oenollialia), KM.
plagicosta (Patrui.ssa), 128.
planivcntri.s (Rliaphiorhyiipluis), 130.
jilatalea (Spatula), 243.
jilalon.sis (Cistothorus), 163. KW.
— (Embcrizoidcs), 173.
— (Embernagra), 179, 180.
— (I.«ptastlienura), 209.
Platcoplia, 120.
Platypsyllus, 31S.
Plegadis. 248.
Plegaptery.x, 122.
plena (Peru.sia), 108.
Plocedcnis, 310.
PlotiLs, 241.
plumbca (Ictinia), 240.
plumbciceps (.Speriuophila), 174.
plurimaculata (Raoheolopha), S4.
Plutodes, 123.
plynusaria (.Somatina), 126
Podager, 224, 225.
Podiceps, 255.
podiceps (Podilynibus), 256.
Podilymbus, 2o6.
poeta (Parnassius). 15.
poliocephalus (Porphyrio), 259.
poUonotu.s (.\rremon), 172.
Polioptila, 163.
pollionis (Ceratophyllus), 62, 63.
Polybonis, 237.
polychropterus (Paehyrhamplius), 205
polyglottus (Cistothorus). 163.
polyplagia (Robinsonia), 21. .
Polypoetes. 72, 73.
polyxena (Parancrita), 297.
polyxenoidcs (Parancrita), 297.
poncrus (Ceratophyllus), 54.
Poospi/.a, 178, 179,212.
pojipci (Typhloccras), 139.
Por])hyriiii)s. 258, 259.
Porzana. 258.
posterior (Hyponerita), 298.
Posttuberata, 1.54.
praegrandi.s (llydas), l.'!(l, 131.
Praemolis, 52.
pratti (Autoinoli.s), 47.
prezewalskii (Parnassius), 16, 20.
princeps (Lamia), 312.
— (Pama,ssius), 19.
— ( Pro-sopoccra), 312.
— (Sternodonta), 312.
— (Sternotorais). 312.
principalis (Lamia), 31 1.
— (.Stcraotomis), 311. 312.
privcrna (Oricia), 71.
privignata (Parnassius). 12.
Problci)sis, 126.
])robo3cidcus (Macroscclidcs), 3.32.
prui'i'llosa (Halioscia), 77.
( 353 )
Progne, 168, 169.
Prohydata, 84.
projecta (Oricia), 71.
Promeces, 315.
pronubata (Iseliiioptei'is), 1(12.
prophaea (Robinsonia), 21.
propinqua (Automoli.s), 39.
Prosopocera, 312.
Prostoma, 10,5.
])rotraotaria (Nesipola), 82, 83.
— (Rachcospila), 82.
protuberan.s (Craspedia), 1 13.
provincialis (Parnassius), 9.
Prumala, 21, 24, 25, 43, 51, 268.
prumaloides (Aiitomolis), 38.
Psaliodes, 91.
psamas (Neritxjs), 299.
— (Sphinx), 299.
Pseudalus, 52.
pseudameoides (Automolis), 43
pseuderebella (Amastus), 279.
pseudidalus (Automolis), 39.
paeudocarye (Halisidota), 299.
Pseudochloris, 181.
pseudoconiata (Halisidota), 280.
Pseudoleistes, 186, 187.
pseudopraemolis (Automolis), 40.
Pseudoseisura, 217, 218.
Pseudoterpna, 111.
Psittaca, 234.
psittaei (Hectopsylla), 139, 144, 145.
Pterostoma, 289.
pterostomoides (Halisidota), 280.
Ptiloseelis, 250.
Ptycholaemus, 309, 310.
pucherani (Ruporuis), 239.
pulchra (Amaxia), 34.
— (Neaxia), 269.
Pulex, 00, 134, 137, 139, 141, 143 54, 157, 332.
pulex (Hectopsylla), I'Mt.
pullaria (CallipsiHistes), Hil.
— (Hypi'iotis), 101.
inimilus (Coccyzus), 232.
— (Parnassius), 8.
puna (Colapt«s), 220.
punctata (Melesse), 272.
— (Paehydota), 274.
— (Robinsonia), 22.
puncticoi'pus (Pitthea), IIS.
punctularis (Opharus). 276.
pupillata (Nothypsa), 118.
Purpuricenus, 309.
pusilla (Lophospingus), 182.
— (Melesse), 272.
Pygiopsylla, 139, 156.
pyrenaicua (Parnassius), 2, 9.
Pyroceplialus, 200, 202.
pyrope (Taenioptera), 190.
Pyrrhocoma, 172.
Pynhocoiax, 59.
jiyri'lionota (Petrochelidon), 168.
pyrrbopterus (Xanthonuis), 1S7.
Pyrrbula, 174, 175.
quadricolor (Triehothrauijis), 173
quadripunctata (Melesse), 49.
quadripuncta (Scotura), 73.
Querquedula, 242, 243.
Raeheolopha, 78, 82, 84-0, 89.
Racheospila, 81, 82, 88.
raddoni (Mallodon), 309.
radiata (Hydata), 77.
Rallus,2,57.
lara (Phytotoma), 206.
reducta (Sericoptera), 108, 109.
regularis (Zamarada), 115.
remotaria (Dichorda), 75.
resplendens (Ptiloseelis), 2.50.
— (Rhopalophora), 311.
restrieta (Raeheolopha), 85
reticulata (Automohs). 48.
rbaeticus (Parnassius), 10, 11.
Rliamphastos, 229, 230.
Rhaphiorhynchus, 129, 130.
Rhea, 267.
Rbinoerypta, 221.
rboda (Hemihyalea), 277.
Rhodoehlora, 83, 87, 88.
rhodoeraspis (Hyponerita), 298.
rhodographa (Areomolis). 269, 270.
Rhombochlora, 89.
rhomboidea (Phalaena), 281.
Rhopalophora, 311.
Rhopalopsyllus, 135, 139, 145, 157.
RhjTichocyclus, 195.
Rhynchops, 254.
Rbyneliopsylla, 157.
Rhync-lujtuH, 264, 265.
I'liyncobapta, 127.
riggenlj.achi (P.ariodnntis). 139, 144, 11."
riparia (C'otile), ,58, 59.
risoria (Alectrurus), 191.
rixosus (Machetomis), 194.
Robinsonia, 21, 22.
rollandi (Podiceps), 255.
romanovi (Parnassius), 13.
rosacea (Neritos), 292.
— (Paranerita), 297.
— (Zatrephes), 27.
rosenbergi (Automohs), 47.
rostrati (Nothoprocta), 265.
Rostratula, 252.
Rostrhamus, 240.
rothsthildi (Rhaphiorhynchus), 129.
rotunda (Epiplema), 110.
24
( 354 )
ruber (Phacelloiloinus), 215, 21G;
rubetra (Taenioptera), 190.
rubicundus (Parnassius), 14, 15.
nibidus (Parnassius), 8.
rubigastra (Cyanotis), 201.
rubiginosus (Chloronerpes), 228.
— (Laniarius), 335.
rubinus (Muscicapa), 202.
— (Pyroeephalus). 200, 202.
rubripunctata (Microloxia), 125.
rubromaculata (Bertholdia), 50.
rudolfi (Laniarius), 335.
rufa (Hadrostoiuus), 204, 205.
— (Nasua), 333.
— (Tachyphonus), 173.
— (Tityra), 204.
rufaria (Chloromiza), 120.
— (Rhodochlora). 87. 88.
rufescens (Rhynchotus), 264.
— (Zatrephes), 29.
ruficapillus (Agelaius), 185, 18().
— (Thamnopliilus), 221.
ruficaudus (Ochetorhynehus). 207.
— (Upucerthia), 207.
ruficeps (Pyrrhocoma), 172.
— (Thlypopsis), 172.
ruficollis (Hylocharis), 222.
— (Oreophilus), 250.
— (Spermophila), 174.
— (Sporophila), 174.
rutifrons (Lomographa), 94.
— (Pliacellodonius), 215.
— (Fulica), 259.
rulina (Columba), 261.
rulipennis (Geositta), 206.
rufiventris (Mionectes). 200.
— (Myiotheretes), 189.
— (Turdus), 161, 162.
rufivertex (Muscisaxicola), 194.
rufobasalis (Amaxia), 34.
rufobrunnea (Zatrephes), 31.
rufocinctus (Lioptilus), 334.
r uf ocinnamomea (Halisidota), 289.
rufo-dorsalis (Xiphorhynehus), 219.
rufosuperciliatus (Xenicopsis), 218.
rufus (Caprimulgus), 224.
— (Fumarius), 161, 168, 169, 207, 208.
— (Philydor), 220.
rumiuivorus (Thinocorus), 253.
rupicola (Coiaptes), 226.
Rupomis, 239.
ruptimacula (Halioscia), 77.
— (Oospila), 83.
niseeola (Synallaxis), 211, 214, 230.
rustica (Hinmdo), 167.
rutila (Phytotonia), 206.
rutilus (Automolis), 43, 46.
rytirhynchus (Limnopardalus), 256, 257.
saduea (i'ailiydota), 273.
salapia (Hasodima), 109.
salma (Automolis), 44.
salmonaceus (Idalus), 24.
Saltator, 173, 182.
salvadorii (Nothura), 266.
sanuionis (Baritua), 275.
Sarcopsylla, 57.
sardanapatus (Hyponerita), 51.
saturata (Automolis), 47.
— (Prumala), 43.
Satumia, 300, 301, 303, 305.
satuminus (Jlimus), 162.
sayaca (Tanagra), 171.
sayi (Parnassius), 6.
Sayornis, 191.
scansor (Sclerurus), 219.
scapus (Suctoria), 147, 148.
schausi (Agorea), 290.
— (Halisidota), 284, 285.
■ — (Pracmolis), 52.
schulzi (Cinclus), 164.
scintiUans (Opisthoxia), 99.
scissa (Oricia), 72.
scitulus (Ischnopsyllus), 55.
sciurorum (Ceratophyllus), 134, 139.
Sciurus, 63.
sclateri (Hapalocercus), 195, 196.
— (Phyllomyias), 200.
— (Xanthomyias), 20*1.
Sclerurus, 219.
scolopaceus (Aramus), 249, 257.
Scops, 235.
scopulifer (Leomopsylla), 53.
Scotura, 73, 74.
scripturata (Hydata), 78.
sedakovii (Parnassius), 4.
segmentata (Plegapteryx), 122.
segnis (C'tenophthalmus), 135, 137, 139, 145.
semicollaris (Rostratula), 252.
semicostalis (Automolis), 46.
semifulva (Dysphania), 124.
semifumida (Ereunetea), 116.
semimarginata (Diospage), 295.
semispurcata (Drucia), 89.
semiviridis (Oospila), 84.
semivitrea (Agorea), 290, 291.
separata (Oenoptila), 104.
Sericoptcra, 108, 109.
Serpophaga, 197.
serrirostris (Colibri), 222.
— (Euphonia), 170.
scruba (Charidea), 281.
— (Thalesa), 281.
Setophaga, 166.
seychellarum (Copsychus), 333.
sibilatrix (Mareca), 243.
— (Phaeellodomus), 217.
( 355 )
sibilatrix (Syrigma), 246.
sibirica (Ctenopsylla), 68.
— (Palaeopsylla), 68.
— (Typhlopsylla), 68.
sibiricus (Parnassius), 6. 7. 11.
Siealis, 169, 177.
siciliae (Parnassius), 8, 9.
signaticollis (Hamaticherus). 310.
— (Ptyeholaemus), 310.
sikkimensis (Parnassius), 15.
similis (Chloroctenis), 114.
— (Hyponerita), 299.
— (Prumala), 268.
— (Robinsonia), 22.
— (Saltator), 173.
simo (Parnassius), 18.
simonius (Parnassius), 18.
simplex (Gyostega), 96.
— (Idalus), 23.
— (Ischnopsyllus), 135.
simsoni (Stephauocircus), 135, 136.
simulator (Parnassius), 18.
sincipitalis (Phacellodomus), 215.
Siphonaptera, 133.
Siptornis, 212-14.
Sisopygis, 191.
Sittasomus, 218.
Bjoestedti (Moeop.sylla), 139, 140, 144, 145, 151.
smintheus (Parnassius), 5.
sobrinus (Ctenopsyllus), 332.
sociabilis (Rostrhamus), 240.
socialis (Nasua), 333.
solitaria (Helodromas), 251.
solitarius (Amblycercus), 183.
— (Myiodynastes), 169, 201.
Solitothoracica, 154.
solstitialis (Troglodytes), 164.
Somabrachys, 331.
Somatina, 113, 126.
Somatinopsis, 126.
sordida (Melease), 271.
— (Prumala), 25.
— (Siptornis), 212, 213.
— (Thlypopsis), 171.
sordidior ((Jastrica), 48.
Spalacopsylla. 135. 139, 154, 156.
sparganura (Lesbia). 223.
sparvprius (Cerchneis), 240.
Spatula, 243.
speciosus (Cerambyx), 311.
— (Oxyprosopus), 311.
Speotyto, 235, 236.
Spermophila, 174. 175, 176.
Spermophilus, 65.
Spheniscus, 256.
Sphinx, 299.
Spilopsyllus, 139, 144, 1,50, 154, 156.
spiloptcra (Porzana), 258.
spinicauda (Aphrastura), 209.
— (Oxyurus), 209.
spixi (Synallaxis), 211.
Sporophila, 174.
squalida (Pharambara), 123.
stabilis (Prostoma), 105.
staudingeri (Parnassius), 17.
Steganopus, 251.
steinbachi (Bertholdia), 50.
— (Diospage), 295.
— (Halisidota), 283.
— (Neritos), 291.
— (Siptornis), 213.
slellataria (Racheospila), 82.
Stenodontes, 309.
Stenoplastis, 74.
stenosemus (Parnassius), 18.
stenura (Culicivora), 196.
Stephanocircus, 135, 136, 139, 144, 148, 151, 1.54,
155.
Stephanophorus, 171.
Sterna, 253.
stemaria (Patriussa), 128.
Stemodonta, 311, 312.
Sternotomis, 310, 311, 312.
Stigmatura, 197.
stipulata (Halisidota), 288.
stoliczkanus (Parnassius), 17.
stolzmanni (Oreotrochilus), 222.
strangulatus (Euporus), 311.
strepera (Elaenia), 198.
striata (Butorides). 246.
striaticeps (Knipolegus), 193.
— (Phacellodomus), 216.
— (Siptornis), 212.
— (Synallaxis), 212.
striaticolbs (Anumbius), 216.
— (Myiotheretes), 189.
— (Phacellodomus), 215.
striatipectus (Bucco), 170, 225.
striatus (Agriomis), 189.
strictifascia (Perizoma), 91.
strigatus (Pseudalus), 52.
strigulosa (Halisidota), 281.
Strix, 236.
Stuart i (Halisidota), 287.
stubbcndortii (Parnassius). 2. 3.
stygius (Asio), 235.
stylosus (Dolichopsylla), 1.38, 139, 141.
styriacus (Parnassius), 5, 20.
styx (Ceratophyllus), 59.
— (Parnassius), 17.
suana (Prumala), 24.
subbifasciata (Eualloea), 75.
subcana (Microgonia), 107.
subcristata (Serpophaga), 197
subfasciata (Anisogamia), 124.
subflammans (Automolis), 41.
( 366 )
subflavesoens (Zatrephes), 31.
Sublcgiitus, 197. 200. 202.
sublutesccns (Zatrephes), .■{;{.
subniiiculata (Sternotomis). :U2.
submarginalis (Prumala). 24.
submaiginala (Epirrhoe), 120.
.subpulchra (Miiuomane.s). 92.
subrosea (Cophocerotis), 92.
subrufeseens (Gelasma), 76.
subruHcoUis (Tringites), 2.51.
subsignata (Callipseustcs). 101.
substitutus (Parnassius), 10.
subtcrranca (Halisidota). 281.
subtrita (.\napalta), 91.
subtnincata (.\utonioli.s), 41.
Suctoria, 133, 134-53. 1.5.5.
suffet'ta (Tliy.sanopyga). I(K>, 107.
suffuiuata (Parnassius), 17.
suft'usa (.\ma,stus), 278.
— (Eualloea), 75, 70.
— (Paranerita), 298.
— (Robinsoiiia), 21.
Suiiiri, 200.
suiriri (Suiriri), 200.
sulfuratus (Pitangus), 201.
.sulphurescens (Rh\Tichocyclas), 195.
sulphurifera (Siptornis), 214.
superba (.4utomoli.s), 44.
— (Mi'littia), 132.
supeibas (Parnassius), 13.
supereiliaris (Lcistcs), 180.
— (Sterna), 253.
superciliosa (Dianienia), 57.
— (Synallaxis), 210, 211, 2.30.
supremus (Parnassius). 19,
surdus (IIpIpsso), 273.
.swainsdiii (.\tyiarchus), 203.
sylvestri.s (Oi)luMil)a). 201.
Sylvia, 107.
.sylviellus (Dendroeolaptos), 218.
— (Sittasomus), 218.
Symphytophleps, 69.
Synallaxis, 185, 210-13, 230.
Syndromodes. 112.
sypilus (.\utoinolis), 43.
Syrigma, 240.
syrissa (.-Vntaxia), 20.
szechenyi (Parnassius), 10.
Tachycineta, 168.
Tachyphonus, 173.
Tachyphyle. 89, 90.
Taenioptcra, 189, 190.
Tagalina, 319, 323.
talpacoti (Chamaepclia), 203.
talpao (Hystriehopsylla), 139.
talpoides (Hcmiincrus), 327.
Tanagra, 171, 173.
Tantalus, 247, 248.
Tapcra, 230.
laiK'ra (Prognc), lOS, 109.
tartarus (Parnas.sius). 3.
tasmanicus (L'ropsylla), 139.
tataupa (Crypturus), 264.
tayazu-giiira (N^'cticorax). 246.
tondinosa (Phaenohlaona), 72.
tcncbrosa (Cymatophora). 100.
tenedius (Parnassius), 18.
tenuirostris (Geositta) 206
tenuis (Mclochlora) 80.
Tephrina, 120.
Teplirinopsis, 12(K
Terina, 117. 118.
Terpna, 124.
terra (Elysius), 275.
terranea (Halisiduta), 281.
terraoidcs (Elysius), 275.
tesquoruni (Ceratopliyllus), 05.
tessellaris (Halisiduta), 283, 285, 286.
testacca (.-Vutomolis), 270.
— (Hemiliyalea), 277.
texana (Halisidota), 279.
thalassina (Pitthea), 118.
Thalcsa. 281.
Thamnophilus, 220, 221.
tharus (Polyborus), 237.
Thaumapsylla. 139, 143, 144, 15.5.
thibctanus (Parnassius), 15.
thilius (.Agelaius), 185.
Tliinoeorus, 252, 253.
Thlypopsis, 171, 172.
'rhyraretia, 21.
Thysanopyga, 105-7.
tigridata (Pityeja), 93.
Tigrisonia, 247.
'I'ityra, 204. 205.
toco (Rlianiplia,stos). 229.
torquata (Cbryle), 232.
— (Poospiza), 178.
— (Querquedula), 24.3.
torquatus (C'heiromeles), 313.
tortus (Lcomopsylla), 53.
'I'otanus, 251, 252.
transiens (Parnassius), 17.
triangularis (Nerit«s), 293.
'I'richosurus, 57.
Trichothraupis, 173.
tricolor (Stoganopus), 251.
tricristata {(Jyostega), 96.
Trieypha. 275.
trifaseiata (Rhodochlora), 88.
trifenestrata (Crieula). 300, 301-0.
— (Satumia), 303-5.
trilunaria (Racheolopha), 86.
triniaculata (Ischnopteris), 101, 102.
Tringa, 251.
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Tringites, 201.
trinitatis (Paranerita), 298.
(8|)ei'nio])hila), 175.
tristis (Ischiiacampa), 275.
triui'Us (.Mimus), 162.
troberti {Ptyoholaenuis). 3lM.
'rrogloclyto,s. 164.
tnicloauii (.Sterna), 253.
Trupialis. 1S7.
tsaidamensis (Paniassius), 15.
tucumana (.\aiazona), 234.
— (Columba), 261.
— (Halisidota), 280, 285.
— (Ochthoeca), 190.
tucumanus (Cliloronerpes), 228.
— (Cistothorus), 163.
— (Cyanocorax), 188.
— (Piciimnus), 229.
turatii (Painassius), 2.
turbidus (C«ratophyllua), 59.
Tuickheimeria, 117.
Tuidus, Kil, 162, 187.
tunieri (Merganetta), 244.
Turuptiana, 296, 297.
tybris (Automolis), 48.
Typhloceras, 139, 153.
Typhlopsylla, 68, 135.
tyianriulua (Myiarchus), 20.
TyranniLs, 201, 204.
tyrannus (.Muscivora), 2(J4,
tyrianthina (Dysphania), 124.
iimlicr (.\m;ustus), 279.
umbrctta (Sclerurus), 219.
underwoodi (Automolis), 47.
— (Halisidota), 284.
Ungulata, 145.
iiiiiamuilata (Bordeta), 127, 128.
uiiioiiictiis (Paiabuteo), 239.
utiioolor (Automolis), 45.
— (Plirygilus), 181.
— (Pliyllarthrius), 310.
uniformis (Automolis), 42.
— (Uichorda), 75.
Upucerthia, 207, 208.
uralensis (Parniussius), 5, 20.
urinatrix (Peleeauoides), 60.
Uropsylla, 139, 157.
uropygialis (Pseudochloris), 181.
Urubitinga, 240.
urubitinga (Cathartes), 236.
— (Urubitinga), 240.
urumtsiensis (Parnassius), 13.
ustimargo (Rhodoohlora), 88.
Vaena, 122.
vagilinoa (iVIelochlora), 81.
valesiaous (Parnassius), 10.
validirostris (Upucerthia), 207.
varia (Empidonomus), 204.
— (Muscicapa), 204.
variabilis (Parnassius). 14.
— (Pliarambara), 123.
variegata (Anapalta), 90.
— (Zatrephes), 28.
velata (Geotlilypis), 16G.
velutinus (Mus), 150.
venata (Scotura), 74.
venezuelensis (Halisidota), 286.
— (Pipridea), 170.
VeniUomis, 227.
vcntralis (Phylloscartes), 195.
venturiana (Columba), 260.
vcnturii (Phrygilus), 180.
venustus (Parnassius), 19.
Vermipsylla, 133, 135, 136, 139, 144, 145, 1.30-53,
1.57.
versicolor (Quer([ucdula), 243.
vestita (Oenothalia), 105.
vidua (Polypoetes), 72.
viduata (Dendrocj'gna), 242.
vigetus ( Loemopsylla), 53.
— (Xenopsylla), 332.
vigvia (Phalacrocorax), 241.
villacresi (NeidaUa), 22.
vinningensis (Parnassius), 9, 20.
viola (Hyponerita), 298.
violitiucta (Diospage), 295.
Vireo, 167, 184.
virescens (.\utomolis), 270.
— (Pseudolcist«s), 186.
— (Setophaga), 166.
— (Stemotomis), 312.
virginianus (Chordeiles), 225.
viridieata (Elaenia), 199.
viridioeps (Eiisearthmus), 195.
viridifascia (Ciropteryx), 122.
viridipennis (Hamaticliorus), 310.
— (Plocederus), 310.
viridis (Gyclorhis), 167.
— (Pachyrhamphus), 205.
— (Plegaptcryx), 122.
— (Tityra), 205.
vitrea (.\utomolis), 47, 48.
vittata (Erismatura), 244.
— (Graueria), 334.
— (Nasua), .333.
vittatus (Conurus), 232.
Volatinia, 176.
vulpecula (Trichosurus), 57.
whitfordi (Automolis), 44.
whitii (Hacmophila), 178.
— (Zonotriehia), 178.
wilsoni (Phalaropus), 251.
wiskotti (Parnassius), 9, 10.
( 358 )
Xanthomyias, 200.
xanthoptcryx (Amazona), 234.
Xanthomus, 187.
Xcnocopsychus, S33, 334.
Xenopsaris, 132. 192, 218.
Xenopsylla. 332.
.Xiphocolaptes, 218. 21<J, 220.
Xiphorhynehus, 219.
yetapa (Gubemetes), 191.
yolofus (Acanthophorus), 3tl9.
ypacaha (Aramidcs), 257.
Zamarada, 114, 115.
Zatrephcs. 21, 27-33.
Zcnaida. 251.
zonaris (Chactura), 224.
Zonibyx, 250.
Zonotrichia. 177, 178.
zuleika (Saturnia), 300, 301, 305.
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than 2,000 .tprcics, icill be pnbUithcd xhorth/.
Skins and Eggs seat on approval if desired.
CoUectors In many parts of the World.
t^iiryest KNttihlisliiiieiit ott the Cotitiiteiil.
W. F. H. ROSENBERG,
Importer o[ EXOTIC ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS,
57, HAVERSTOCK HILL, LONDON, N.W.
Fresh consignments are constantly arriving, in
eluding MAMMALS, BIED SKINS, BIRDS' EGGS
REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, FISHES,
OF ALL ORDERS, SHELLS, etc., etc
parts of the world.
Localities Guaranteed.
Specimens Sent on Approval,
INSECTS
from all
Hymenopterai — The <vteimrc eoUeefinn of
tlicge iniectn formed hij the late Cnhmel Bini/ham
han been jfiaced in my hands for disposal entire.
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TO ORNITHOLOGISTS AND MUSEUMS
W. F. H. ROSENBERG,
57, HAVERSTOCK HILL, LONDON, N.W.,
I'.egs to announce tlie publication of a new I'rice
List (No. 11) of BIRD SKINS. This catalogue
contains over 5,000 species, and is the largest and
most complete price list of birds ever published.
It is arranged in systetnatic order, based on the
classification of the British Museum ** Catalogue of
r.inls," with authors' names, indications of localities,
and an index to Families. It will be sent gratis and
post free on application, as will the following Lists :
No. 7, MAMMALS; No. S, BIRDS' EGGS; No. i»,
RKCTIJ.KS, AMl'HIBIA, and KISHES.
Larffcat »foek in tlw ivotid oj^cpct-iiaens in all bmiichc»
of Zool4)()ii. Specimens sent mi approvnJ.
ROWLAND WARD, Ltd.,
"The Jungle,"
166, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.
MAMMALS, BIRDS,
ETHNOGRAPHICAL SPECIMENS
for Museums.
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