',i'3l- f^ <^. V( »3 -=?! -t^f^R: :/-v^^^ ■^^^ ^^-Ar^-)) ■ ,^X' 'r:f,:^^^m^:: 1^ NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. H Journal of Zoology. The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dr. K. JORDAN, Vol. XYII. No. 1. Pages 1—112. Plates I. — IV. Issued March 3iid, at the Zoological Museum, Teing. PRINTED BY HAZELL. WATSON & VINEY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. 1910. Vol. XVII. N0VITATE8 ZOOLOGICAE EDITED BY WALTER ROTHSCHILD, ERNST HARTERT, and KARL JORDAN. CONTENTS OF NO. I. PAOEa 1. THE ARCTIAXAE IN THE TKING MUSEUM, WITH NOTES AND DE- SCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES . . WaUer Rothschild . .1—85 2. DIE GEOSSEN KANGURUHS UND IHRE GEOGEAPHISCHEN FORMEN (Plates ^•— I^-) Ernst Schwarz . 6Q — 109 3. NOTES ON EAGLE-OWLS .... Wcdter RotJischild ami Ernst Uartert . . 110—112 3 ^^ NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE, Vol. XVIL, 1910 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. H 3ouvnal of Zooloo^ IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM. EDITED BY The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dk. ERNST HARTERT, and Dr. K. JORDAN. Vol. XVII., 1910. (WITH FIFTEEX PLATES.) Issued at tiik Zoolooicai. Museum, Thing. {'RINTED I'.Y HAZKLL, WATSON & VINEY, Ln., LONPON AND AYJjESDUUY. 191(1. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVII. (1910). MAMMALIA. 1. Die grossen Kiinguruhs und ihre geographischen Foiuien. (Plates I,— IV.) Ernst Sciiwarz 8G— 109 2. Notes on Sea Elephants. Walter Rothschild 445 — 44G AVES. 1. Notes on Eagle-Owls. Walter Rothschild and Ernst Hartert . . 110—112 2. The Birds of Hainan. (Plates V. and VI.) Ernst Hartert . . 189—254 3. The Birds of the Rio Madeira. C. E. IIellmayr 257—428 4. Miscellanea Ornithologica. Ernst Hartert 477 — 483 5. On the Eggs of the Paradiseidae. Ernest Hartert .... 484—491 G. On some necessary alterations in the Nomenclature of Birds. Gregory M. Mathews 492—503 7. Notes on Meliomis novaehoJlandiae novaehoUandiae and i/. n. diemenenns. Gregory M. Mathews 504 LEPIDOPTERA. 1. Catalogue of the .Ird/ftHrte in the Tring Museum, with Notis and Dcscrip tions of New Species. Walter Rothschild .... 2. Ditto [cnvlianiilioii) .......... 3. Descrijitioiis of New Species of Arctimiae in the Triiig Musi'um Walter Rothschild 4. Some Now Moths. Karl .Iihiiiax .... 5. De.scription3 of New Si/ntoiuiiUi,-. Walter Rothschild 1—85 113-171 172-188 255— 25G 429-445 ( vi ) PACES 6. List of the Sphingidae collected by the late W. Hoffmanns at Allianca, Kio Madeira, Amazonns. Walteh Kothschild and Karl Jordan ............ 447 — 455 7. Some New Sphingidue. Walter RornsciiiLD and Karl .Jordan . . 45(3 — 459 8. New Forms of tho Aeraeine genera I'laneiiut and Actinote. Karl Jordan 4G2— 4G9 9. New Satumiidae. Karl Jordan 470 — 476 10. Notes on Arclianae and Descriptions of a few New Species. Walter Rothschild 504 — 006 11. Description of a New AUaciis. Walter Rothschild 507 DIPTERA. I.' A New Species of the Dipterous genus Ac/iias Fabr. (Family Orlalidae). (Plato XV.) Ernest E. Austen 459—401 LIST or PLATES IN VOLUME XVII. I._IV. Skulls of .}facropjis. By A. J. E. Terzi. V. Tail of Temnnrns nigra. VI. Urocissa whitelieadi. By H. Gronvold. VII. Species of Spelaeornis and Sphenocichla. By H. Gi'onvold. VIII., IX. Sea Elephants. By H. Gronvold. X. Eggs of ParadUeidae. By H. Gronvold. XI.— XIV. Arctianae. By H. Knight. XV. Diptera and Pepsis. By A. J. E. Terzi. NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. Vol. XVII. MARCH, 1910. Ho. 1. CATALOGUE OF THE ARCTIANAE IN THE THING MUSEUil, WITH NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OE NEW SPECIES. By the HON. W. ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. I HAVE arranged my Arcikinae according to the Catalogue of the Lepidoplera Pkalacnae in the British Museum, vol. iii., this being tlie most recent work on the fiimily as a whole. I have, however, included the three genera Goiiotrephcs, A/tta.ria, and -Xeozatrephes, placed by Sir George Hampson among the Si/ntomiilae, because I consider these genera, in spite of the absence of the costal vein of the hindwing, more nearly allied to the Arctianae than to the Si/nlomidae. Considering the great use and imiwrtance to lepidopterists of the British Museum Catalogue, it is to be regretted that not sufficient distinction has been empiuisised between Subspecies and Aberrations. In several instances Sir George Hampson has cdrrectly separated the subspecies, but in by far the larger number of cases he has united them indiscriminately under the term " aberration." It cannot be too often reiterated that a Subspecies is a local race or geographical representative of a given species, in which the variation from the " type " is more or less uniform and constant : on the other hand, an Aberration is a sporadic or individual variation occurring among the typical individuals, and in which, even if several specimens occur, the variation from the type is rarely if ever uniform and not persistent. A difference from the type, liowever small, if confined to one locality and to the bulk of or the whole of the individuals from that locality, is sufficient to separate this group of individnals as a subspecies ; but, be the difference ever so great, if it is pnrely individual, not confined to any one locality, and occurs casually with the typical form, it can (inly be considered an aberration, and, in my opinion, should not be named. Subspecies, on the other hand, should be named trinomially, thus : Arctia caja americana. I have, in the body of this catalogue, given the localities, in many cases, in an abbreviated form, in order to save time and space. I here enumerate the principal localities and dates, in full. They are arranged from north to south eastwards, returning northwards and westwards. Gold Hill, Oregon, September 1900 (Biedermann). Duraugo, Colorado, VM)l (E. J. Oslar). Glenwood Springs, Colorado, .June 1901 (E. J. Oslar). Grand Junction, Colorado, July 19U1 (E. J. Oslar). Fort Garland, Colorado, 1901 (E. J. Oslar). Almosa, Colorado, 1901 (E. J. Oslar). Frescott, Arizona, July 1902 (E. J. Oslar). Nogales, Arizona, April — September 1903 (E. J. Oslar). 1 ( 2 ) HniU-buco Moiuitains, Arizona, August 1901 (Brenninger), and August 1003 (E. J. Oslar). Cuernavaca, Mexico, September l'.io4 (Dr. Gadow). Ilnatnxco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Orizaba, Mexico, March 1896 (W. Schaus). Jalapa, Mexico, May — .Tune 1897 (W. Schaus). Vera Crnz, Mexico. Guadalajara, Mexico, October 1896 (W. Schaus). llolgnin, ( 'iiba (H. S. Parish) and (Tolliu). Newcastle, Jamaica, October 1893 (Tayl(ir). (^iudad de Guatemala (Rodriguez). San liamon, Rio Wanks, Nicaragua, 1T."> ft., May — Tune 190o (M. G, Palmer). •linotega, Nicaragua, 4ln0 ft., January 1900 (M. G. Palmer). San Jose, Costa Rica, May 15 — Jnue iD, 1899 (Underwood). Costa Rica, loUO m. (M. de Mathau). Cartage, Costa Rica, June 1899 (Underwood). Asahar de Cartago, Costa Rica, February 1899 (Underwood). Escazn, Costa Rica, August— October 1903 (Underwood). Carablanco de Sarajjiijui, Costa Rica (Underwood). Carreblanco, Costa Rica (Lankester). Bogava, Chiri(ini, 800 ft. (Watson). Bonijiietc'', Chirii[ui, 3o00 ft. (Watsmi). Vulcan de Chiriqui, oUUU— 9(J0i.i ft. (Wats-un). Tobago, March 1897 (Dr. Percy Rendall). Trinidad (F. Birch). Port of Si)ain, Trinidad, January 1897 (Dr. Percy Rendall). Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad (E. Lafond). Caparo, Trinidad, December 19U5 (S. M. Klages). San Fernando, Trinidad. Maraval, Trinidad, July 1891. Tabai^uite, Narieva District, Central Trinidad. St. Anne's, Trinidad (F. E. Tryhane). Onaca, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 2'MO ft. (wet season), Septemlier — October 1901 (Engelke). Cncuta, Venezuela. Jlcrida, Venezuela, November 1898 — March 1900 (Briceuo). Tachira, Venezuela (Briceuo). Valencia, Venezuela. Snapurc, Venezuela, May 1899 (S. M. Klages). Palma Sula, Venezuela, 1890 (Wliytman). Patao Guiria, Venezuela, August 1891. Cindad Bolivar, Venezuela, September — December 1898 (S. M. Klages). Maipnres, Orinoco, Venezuela, December 1898 (C^herrie). Guyapa, (Jaura River, Venezuela, November 24 — December 10, 1902 (S. M. klages). Maripa, I'aura River, Venezuela (S. M Klages). La Vuelta, C'aura River, Venezuela, June 1903 (S. M. Klages). La Union, Caura River, Venezuela, September 1901 -May 1902 (S. 31. Klages). ( 3 ) Wiikenaaiu Island, British Guiana. Esseqiiibo River, British Guiana (B. Daffus). Tumatnraari, British Guiana, December 10U7 (S. M. Klages). Rio Deinerara, British Guiana. (Jhristianabnrg, Rio Demerara, British Guiana. Omai, British Guiana, June 1908 (S. M. Klages). British Guiana (bought at George Town, Rev. M. Whitlbnl). (This collection was one made up of several lots sent for sale by the miners at Omai, and caught at the electric light ; it contained a remarkable number of great rarities. — W. R.) Bartica, British (juiaua, June I'JOl. British Guiana (B. Duffus). Potaro, British Guiana, May 1008 (S. M. Klages). Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Suriuaiu, Dutch Guiana, April 1905 (S. M. Klages). St. Laurent de Maroni, French Guiana (Le Moult pere and E. Le Moult). Obidos, Lower Amazons, Brazil, October — November 1904 (M. de Mathan). Itaitnba, liio Tapajos to Obidos, Amazons, Brazil, .January — April 19(i6 (W. Hoffmanns). On board steamer between Mauicapurei and Teffe, Amazons, Brazil, April 1906 (S. M. Klages). Teffe, Ujiper Amazons, Brazil, June 1906 (W. Hoffmanns). Teffe, Upper Amazons, Brazil, .September 1907 (M. de Mathan). Santo Antonio do Javary, Upper Amazons, Brazil, June 1907 (S. M. Klages). Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, Brazil, May 1906 (S. M. Klages). Oodajas, Upper Amazons, Brazil, August 1907 (S. M. Klages), ( 'alama, below Rio Machados, Rio Madeira, Brazil, August — October 1907 (\V. Hoffmanns). Hnmayta, Kio Madeira, Brazil, July — September 1906 (W. Hoffmanns). Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, Brazil, November — December 1907 (W. Hoffmanns). Minas Geraiis, Brazil, October 1900 (Kennedy). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (E. May). Corcovado, Brazil (W. Schaus). Castro Parana, April Is'.is (E. D. Jones). Rio Grande do Snl, Brazil. Elsenan, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, February 19o.j (Dr. Martin). Sapucay, Paraguay, November 1903 — January lOOij (W. Foster). Patino-cue, Paraguay, January — May 1904 (Montforts). Salta, North Argentina (J. Steinbach). Tncuman, April — May 1905 (J. Steinbach), and May I9n-^ (Dinelli). Cindad de Tncuman, March 1903 (L. Monetti). Buenavista, East Bolivia, 750 m., August 1906 — April 1007 (J. Steiabiich). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, East Bolivia, 19o5 — 1906 (J. Steinbach). San Ernesto, Bolivia, lOOO m., 08° W., 15° S., August^September 1900 (Simons). Charaj)laya, Bolivia, 1300 m., 65" W., 16" S., July lool (Simons). Rio Solocame, Bolivia, 1000 m., 67 W., 16' S., January lOol (Simons). Rio Songo to Rio Suapi, Bolivia, IIOO m., March— Juue 1896 (Garlepp). Yungas de Coroico, Bolivia, 1800 m., October 1896 — March 1897 (Garlep[)). (4) Ciijan, Onzco, Bolivia, November 1901 (Garlejjp). Upper Rio Toro, La Merced, Bolivia, 30iMi m., Angust. 1001 (Simons). Clmhimaiii, Bolivia, "iDOi) m. (bej^iuniug of wet season), December (Simous). Rio Tanampaya, Bolivia, 18',)4 ((iarlepp). Chimate, Bolivia, ToO m., September lOuu (Simons). Cnzco, Bolivia, April 1901 (Garlepp). Yungas de la Paz, Bolivia, H'OO m., September 1890 (Garlepp). Rio Siiu'iui, Soutli-East Pern, 2.")0o ft. (dry season), Juno lOol (G. U. Ockenden). Carabaya (various localities, 2.100-0000 ft.), Jnne 10o4 (G. R. Ockenden). La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Carabaya, Sonth-East Peru, 3100 ft. (wet season), March lOO.'i and (dry season) September lOoo (G. R. Ockenden). Rio Inambari, Carabaya, South-East Pern, 0000 ft., November lOol and 1002 (wet season) (G. R. Ockenden). La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, t'arabaya, South-East Porn (wet season), December 1904 (G. R. Ockenden), Rio Hnicamayo, Carabaya, South-East Peru (dry season), Jnne lOOl (G. R. Ockenden). Tingnri, Carabaya, South-East Peru, ;UOii ft. (dry season), August 190 1 (G. R. Ockenden). Santo Domingo, Carabaya, South-East Peru, (iOOO ft. (dry season), Octobn- 1002 and .Inly 1004 (G. II. Ockenden). La Union to Santo Domingo, Carabaya, South-East Peru, 2000— (JoOO ft., December 1004 (wet season) (G. R. Ockenden). Oconeqne, Carabaya, Sonth-East Porn, ToOo ft. (dry season), July 1004 (G. R. Ockenden). Agualani, Carabaya, South-East Peru, Oooo ft. (wet season). May 1004 (G. R. Ockenden). Jjimbani, Carabaya, Soutli-East Peru, OoOO ft. (dry season), May 1904 (G. K. Ockenden). Marcapata, East Peru, 4.")00 ft. (G. R. Ockenden). Caradoc, Marcapata, East Peru, November 1001 (G. R. Ockenden). Chiri-Mayo, South-East Peru, lOOO m. (dry season), July lool ((J. R. Ockenden). Rio Chuchurras, Rio Palcazu, Pern, 32o m. (W. Hoft'manns). Palcazn, Department of Jnnin, Peru (Sedlmayor). PozMzn, Ilnanuoo, Pern, Soil— looo m. (\V. Hoffmanns). llnaneabaujba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (E. Boettger). Chanchaniayo, East Pern, 2100—7500 ft. Chanchamayo, East Peru (Schuucke). Pebas, Upi)er Amazons, Peru, November lOoCi (M. de Mathan). Cushi, Province Huanuco, Peru, lOOo m. (W. Hoffmanns). Rio Mi.\iollo, Province Loreto, Central Peru, June — December 1900 (G. A. Baer). Kio t!olorado, Peru, 2500 ft., .Vugnst- September ( Watkius). El Purveuir, East Porn, OOO m., April 1908. Oxapampa, North Peru. Lita, f]cuador, 3000 ft. (Flemming). Quito, Ecuador (W. Goodfellow). ( 5 ) Pambilar, Eenador (Flpinminp: & Minnetta). Coroiidalet, Ecuador (Flemming &: Mi(jiu'tta). Qaevedo, West Ecuador (von Bnchwald). St. Javier, Rio C'acliabi, West Ecuador, GO ft. (Fleiuming & Mi'iuetta). Rio Cayapas, North- West Ecuador (Fleraraing & Miqiietta). Salidero, North-West Ecuador, Srd) ft., Fsbrnary 1001 (Fleraraing & Mi.iuetta). Rio Dnrango, North-West Ecuador, 35i) ft., February 1901 (Fleraraing & Miqnetta). Paraniba, Ecuador, 3.")00 ft., January— June IS'-iT, November — ■December 1898, and January — July 1899 (W. Rosenberg). Cachabe, Low Country, Ecuador, November 1890 (W. Rosenberg). Bnlim, Ecuador, 160 ft., December 1900— February lOul (Flemming & Miqnetta). >Suno, Upper Rio Napo, Ecuador, May Is'.tO (W. Goodfellow). Coca, Upper Rio Najw, Ecuador, May — Inly 1899 (W. Goodfellow). Rio Tiputini, Rio Napo, August 1899 (W. Goodfellow). Rio Dagua, W. Colombia (W. Rosenberg). Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann). Purnio, Colombia, 28 m. (end of rainy season), October — November 189G (Dr. Biirger). Cananche, Cundinamarca, Colombia, September 1903 (M. de Mathan). Guadalite, Cundinamarca, Colombia, July 1903 iM. de Matlian). San Antonio, West Colombia, November 1907 (M. G. Palraer). 1. Thyrarctia cedo-nuUi (Stoll). 5 dS Tingnri; 1 cf Santo Domingo ; 1 6 Oconeque ; 1 i Rio Demerara ; 1 S P.artica; 1 c? British Guiana (Whitford) ; 1 cJ Fonte Boa ; 1 c? San Ramon. 2. Gronotrephes friga (Drnce). 5 (?c?,4 ? ? Fonte Boa; 3 c? (? La Oroya ; 1 S Tingnri. 3. Robinsonia marginata Rotliscb. 2 ? ? British Gniana (Whitford). 4. R. prophaea Dogn. 11 c?(?, 1 ? Fonte Boa; 21 tJcJ, ■.' ? ? La Oroya; 4 S and ."> and 'i, has a dark patch before the tornns and a postmedian and snbterminal row of spots from torn us to termen. Hub. Caracas, Venezuela. 2 cJc?,5 ??. 21. I. rosea Schans. 1 c?, 1 ? Colombia (W. E. Pratt) ; 1 S ? (Felder coll.); .3 ? ? Costa Rica; 1 ? Tuis, Costa Rica. 22. I. lineatus Drnce. 1 ? Snapnre. 23. I. hippia Stoll. 9 (5' r? Aroewarwa Creek ; 'i -i S Fonte Boa ; 1 c? Tumatnmari ; ~ S S Potaro ; 1 c? La Union, Carabaya ; 2 :l Pr. saturata (Walk.). i:i SS Tdtiiro; 1 (J Alliaiica; 1 S I'crliicc, I'iritish (Juiana; 1 c? Fonto l?oa ; 1 J Pulias, Aiua/.oiias, Xovember lOmi (M. de Mathan); 1 ? British Guiana ; I (^ Amazouas (Felder coll., type of Eiwyrta praetexla Feld.). 54. Pr. sordida Rothsch. 1 S La Union, Carabaya ; 1 J"?; 1 c? Amazonas (Me3'er coll.); 1 ? Sapucay ; 2 ? ? Amazon River (Felder coll.). S.'). Pr. flavicoUis Rothsch. 1 c? Foute Boa. oH. Pr. incisa Rothsch. 1 ? Fonte Boa. 57. Pr. prostrata Uogn. 1 i Fonte Boa ; 1 ? British Guiana ; 1 ? Amazonas (Felder coll.). us. Pr. albicoUis (Feld.). 1 ? Amazon (Bates), Type (Felder coll.); 4 c^c?, 2 ? ? Aroewarwa Creek; 1 (? La Union, Carabaya ; 2 ? ? Fonte Boa. 59. Pr. submarg^inalis Rothsch. 1 . Azatrephes discalis \Vaik-. I'i ??, S 66 Fonte Boa; 2 66 Tinguri ; I 6, 1 l!io Iluacamayo ; 2 ? ? AUianea -,266 La Union, Carabaya ; I 6 Codajas ; 266 Tetie (Mathan). lu9. Az. paradisea Bull. 1 6 Codajas; 3 6 6, 1 ? Kio Hiiacamayo ; \1 66 Fonte Boa; 2 66 La Union, Carabaya. 11 1 1. Az. fuliginosa Uothsch. ]2 6 6 Fonte Boa. 111. Neaxia ockendeni Rothsch. 1 6 Rio Huacaujayo : 1 6 Fonte Boa. 11-.'. N. klagesi Rothsch. 2 66 Aroewarwa Creek ; 1 6 I'otaro. IKi. N. gnosia Jichans. 1 6 Santo Antonio do Javary ; 1 6 6 Huatuxco. 133a. A. pardalis parva Uothsch. 12 c?cJ Aroewarwa Ureek ; 1 ? Manaos. 134. A. erythrophleps Ilmiisn. 1 J Uuiai ; •'> J J Tuiualnniuri : 2 J J Tutaro ; 8 cJr?, 3 ?V Fonte l!oa ; 1 cJ Amazonas (Meyer coll.). 1 3."). A. hebe JScbaiis. I S Uio de Janeiro ; 1 ? llio de Janeiro (Felder coll.) ; 4 J J Minas Gurai's. 13(j. A. chaon Dnice. II Jcf, 24 9 V Aroewarwa Creek. 138. Neonerita dorsipuncta lliupsn. 1 6 Calama; 2 ? ? Sapucay. I3y. N. haematosticta haematosticta Dogn. 8 66, 1 ¥ Limbani ; 'So 6 6 , <3 ? ? Agnalani; 2 66 Ucouciiue ; 1 6 Rio Hiiacamayo. I 39a. N. haematosticta parvimacula subsp. nov. DiHer.-. trum hm'm. iMciiiatti/itirta in the subajiical i)atcb of the t'orewing being smaller and more wedge-shaped, and the gronnd-colour of the dark markings paler. 'i 6 6 San Antonio, W. Colombia (U. M. Palmer). ( 17 ) 140. Areomolis sang^uinea Hrapsn. 5 (? J Potaro; 3 cJc? La Oroya; Id J d Fonte Boa; 1 S Tingnri. This insect has two distinct forms: a smaller one, with the yellow ground-colour almost obliterated by dense fiery scarlet crimson scales, and the slate-coloured transverse bands powdered with red ; and a larger form where the red scaling is sparser, more scarlet, and the yellow more visible, the slate bands being broader and quite devoid of red. 141. A. rhodographa Hrapsn. 1 c? Teffe (Mathan) ; 49 c? (?, 12 ? ? Fonte Boa ; 1 c? Santo Antonio do Javary ; 3 cJc? Codajas. 141a. a. rhodographa peruviana Rothsch. 1 S La Union, Carabaya. 142. A. persimilis Rothsch. 7 (?c?, 3 ? ? Fonte Boa; 0 cJcJ, 3 ? ? Aroewarwa Creek; 2 S ii La Oroya ; 3 c?(^ Tinguri ; 1 S La Union, Carabaya. ( 24 ) a23A. A. persimilis marginata Uothsch. ] (J Tuis ; 2 ? ? Foiite Boa : 1 ? Codajas. 224. A. separata Walk. 13 c? c^ J La Oruya ; s 6 6 Fonte Boa ; 1 cJ Buenavista ; 2 d SS Potaro ; 4 c?c? San Ernesto ; 1 i Fonte Boa ; 3 c?cJ Yungas de Coroico. 283. Hypei'andra appendiculatus (Herr.-SchaefF.). 1 c? no label ; 1 ¥ Fonte Boa ; 1 ¥ Suapnre. 284. Hypaedalia enervis (Schans). 4 (? cJ Sao Paulo ; 1 S Preto, Minas Geraes. 285. Cissura unilineata (Dogn.). 8 c?c?, 5 ? ¥ Santo Domingo. 286. Cissura decora Walk. 1 S Santa Catharina ; 2 ¥ ¥ Sao Paulo ; 2 ¥ ¥ ? (Felder coll., 1 type of Cratosia parallela Feld.). 287. Cissura plumbea Hamps. 8 c?c?, 2 ¥ ? La Oroya; 3 cJJ Santo Domingo; 4 iS, 2 ¥ ¥ La Union, Carabaya ; 1 ¥ Ynugas de Coroica. ( 30) 288. Melesse amastris Drnce. 27 .\: Miqnetta). 34:.'a. 0. pronapides major subsp. iiov. Similar to jji-on. jjronapidcs, but very mucli larger. Hab. Chiriqui. 1 ?. 343. 0. similis Rothsch. 12 (?c?, 12 ? ? Fonte Boa; 7 cJt?, 23 ? ? Codajos ; 2 ? ? Sauto Aatouio do Javary. 344. 0 afSuis Rothsch. 3 6 ? ¥ Fonte Boa; 1 S Santo Antonio do Javary ; 1 S Maripa ; 1 S La Union, Carabaya ; '2 ¥ ¥ Aroewarwa Creek ; 1 ¥ La Vnolta. 372. Syntarctia oenone (Bntl.). Tiiis i.s quite distinct from (cstacca Moeschler. 24 S6, 15 ¥ ? Fonte Boa; 1 S Itaituba to Obidos ; 3 c?c? Manaos to Yutalii River (Maxwell Stnart); 2 oA. 0. astur cubensis Rothsch. 2 (?(J,2 ?? Cuba. 483b. 0. astur arizonensis Rothsch. 2 (J0. A. rosenbergi sjiee. nov. Allied iojlavicauda Rothsch. ?. Pectus earth-brown ; antennae fuscous; palpi fnscous ; head earth-brown; collar crimson ; thorax dark brown, patagia with central blackish stripe and greyish tips; abdomen above rosy crimson, last three segments yellow. Forewing cinnamon rufous, a subbasal and antemedian broad irregular blackish band, the latter with brownish centre, a discocellular triangular blackish patch, a postmedian transverse band of large conjoined brown half-moons bordered with black, a subterminal similar band, but the halfmoons are more irregular ; hindwing serailiyaline testaceous. Length of forewing : 38 mm. Hah. San Antonio, W. Colombia, 5800 ft., December, 1907 (M. G. Palmer). 1 ?. 551. Hyalarctia sericea Schaus. 3 <$ S La Vueita ; 1 S La Union, Caura ; 1 3 La Union, ( 'arabaya ; 1 S Maripa ; 1 cj Foute Boa; 1 ^ Codajas. 623. H. stipulata Rothsch. I 6 AUianca; 0 cj cJ cJ ( 'aparo, Trinidad (F. Birch). 707. N. holophaea Hamps. 2 l (Oslarj ; 3 cJ (J Sapelle Canon, New Mexico, July 1902 (E. J. Oslar); 5 (Felder coll.). ( 77 ) 746. V. rosenbergi spec. nov. ?. Pectus, legs, palpi, antennae, head, and thorax black-brown ; abdomen above orange with dorsal black band. Fore wing brown. Hind wing orange, a narrow black border from base of costa roniid wing to vein 3, whence to tornus it expands into a large patch ; inner margin to tornns orange. Length of forewing : 22 mm. Hab. 4 ? ? llio Dagna, Clolombia (Llosenberg); 1 ? Paramba ; 1 ? S. Javier ; 1 9 Bnlim. 747. V. lehmanni spec. nov. 6 Pectus, leg.s, palpi, head, antennae, and thorax black ; abdomen above orange with very broad black dorsal band. — Forewing brownish black. ^Hindwiug orange with almost even black border. Underside of forewing uniform black- brown. Length of forewing : 17 mm. Hab. 3 cJc?, 1 ? Popayan (Lehmann) ; I 'gt'if:-'Y\\t. recht abweichenden Form entwickelt. Das Material zu der vorliegenden Arbeit stammt zum groasten Teil aus der Sammlung des British Museum, das icli mit der freundlicheu Erlanbnis des Herrn O. Thomas benntzen durfte. Baron AV. von Rothschild gestattete mir giitigst auch die Benutznng seines Museums in Tring und Herr R. H. Bnrne die der Schiidel- sammlung des Royal College of Surgeons. Fiir frdl. Auskiiufte bin ich Herrn Prof. Matschie, Dr. Nieden und Dr. Heinroth, alle in Berlin verbunden. Allen diesen Herren fitr ihre Unterstiitzung besten Dank. In der Nomenklatnr der Zahne bin ich dem " Catalogue of Marsupials " gefolgt. Der " Secator" ist der " p, " desselben. Dagegeu nenne ich das, was Tliomas " old " nennt "erwachsen" (ad.), und was er "adult" nennt, " nicht ganz erwac-hsen " (snbad.). Von Literatur gebe ich nur die wichtigere, nach dem " Catalogue of Marsupials " erschienene. Die verschiedcnen Arteu sind folgendermasseu zu nnterscheiden : Nach Schadelcharakteren : «, Interorliitalregion stark konve.x. A, I3 sehr lang, mit 2 Kerben, vordere Querleiste der Molaren rait Langsbriicke ; Jochbogen breit. Proc. coronoideus des Unterkiefers gedrnngen ......... M. yiijitnteitii. ( 87 ) ij I3 kurz, glatt ; vordere Qnerleiste der Molaren ohne Liingabriicke. Jochbogen scbmal. Proc. coronoideus sebr schmal nnd spitz. M. rufus. «2 Interorbitalregiou nicht konvex ; oberer Rand der Aiigeiibuhle scbarfkantig. (?, Nasenboble sebr stark erweitert ; Gaumen vorn sehr breit. Vordere Querleiste der Molaren mit deutlicber Lilngsbrucke . M. antilopinus. c-i Nasenbohle nnr wenig gevvOll)t, oder wenn erweitert, Gaumen vorn schmal. Vordere Querleiste der bintereu Molaren ohne oder mit ganz undeutlicher Lilngsbriicke. f/, Facialindex beim erwacbsenen is zur Mitte der Nasalia reich)-. Die Profillinie des Schiidels steigt von hinteii sehwacli konkav an bis znm hinteren Ansatz des Joclibogens, von da scbwiiclicr (in last geiader Linie) bis zu ibrem liocbsten Pnukt iiber dem Vorderende des Proc. zvgomaticns des Scbbifenbeins, nnd liinft von da in fast gerader Linie (abgeseben von dem Knick am Hinterende der Nasalia) nach vorn. Unterkiefer : Der Corpus ist sebr lang nnd scbmal nnd bildet mit dem scblanken, niedrigen Ramns einen stiirapfen Winkel. Der C"ond_vlus ist sdiwacb konkav. J'roressus coronoidcas kurz, scbmal, oben weuig uacb binten umgebogeu nnd mit scharfer Spitze. Zahne : Oberkiefer: Scbneidezahne lang (in verticaler Ricbtnng) nnd mit mebr senkrecbter Wnrzel als M. giganteus ; in der borizontalen Liinge alle drei recbt variabel, I3 jedocb im Vergleich zu den verwandten Arten kurz. Nnr letzterer bat bisweilen (besonders bei jungen Tieren) eiue undeutlicbe Vertikalrille. P3 liinglieb, binten breiter als vorn ; Secator iibnlicb, aber scbmitler. Molaren gewubnlicb mit wobl entwiekelter vorderen Querleiste, die aber grosse Neignng zeigt sicb abzn- schleifen {Mao: mrignus!) und keine Liingsbriicke triigt. Dagegen findet sich biiufig ein hinterer mittlerer Fortsatz der mittleren Qnerleisten. Liingsbrucke zwischen der mittleren nnd binteren Querleiste wobl entwickelt. Unterkiefer: I, seitlicb komprimiert, mit sebarfer Scbneide nnd nnteren Kante nnd stnmi)fer medialen Kaute. Eine li^rizontale Rille parallel mit der nntereu Kante. Secator iibulicb wio im Oberkiefer, aber viel schmiiler und kleiner. Molaren an der Krone breiter als an der Wnrzel, mit gnt definierten Langs- nnd Qnerleisten. Hierher gehort aacb das beriihmte " Owen's Kiingnrnb " (Mac/: [BoriogaW] magnus Ow.), das so lange in der Literatur herumspnkte nnd sich jetzt bei sorgfiiltigem Vergleicb mit einer grossen Reihe von ?ve ; er ist jedocb scbmiiler und seine obere Begreuzung ist weniger konvex. Der Proc. infrazygomaticiis ist lang nnd scbmal. Die Offnnng des Trilnenkanals liegt ganz im Lacrimale. Die Pars horizontalis des Gaumenbeins hat ziemlicb viele Locher und steht in dieser Beziebung in der Mitte zwiscben M. robustus nnd rnfus. Die eigentlicbeu Foramina palatina liegen ganz in der Pars borizontalis ; ausserdem finden sicb gewobnlich vor ibnen, in der Maxilla, zwei mebr oder weniger grosse Locher. Der vordere Gaumen ist sehr lang nnd scbmal, seine geringste Breite geht etwa 3imal in die Lilnge des Diastemas ; seine seitlichen Rilnder sind, obwobl abgernndet, wobldefiniert. Die Praemaxilla reicht hinten nnr etwa bis zu einem Drittel der Nasalia. Der Proc. paroccipitalis ist scbmal nnd sehr lang. Die Profillinie ist iibnlicb der von M. ruftis, steigt hinten jedocb steiler an and ist im vorderen Teil gerader. Unterkiefer : Corpus lang und gedrnngen. Ramus ziemlicb breit; er bildet mit dem ( 'or])Us einen etwas stnmpfen Winkel. Der Condjlns ist konkav. Der Proc. coronoideus ist gedrungen, oben scharf umgebogen und zngespitzt. Zahne : Oberkiefer : Schneidezahne kurz in vertikaler, lang in horizontaler Richtung, mit scbriig eingesetzter Wurzel ; hocb hinanf mit Schmelz ilberzogen. Wnrzeln der beiden I, weit von einander entfernt. I, mit einer Vertikalrille in der Mitte ; Fj mit zentraler Kerbe ; I3 mebr als doppelt so lang (horizontal) als der recbt lange Ij, mit zwei Kerben in der vorderen und ein bis zwui Vertikalrillen in der hinteren Hiilfte Pj mindestens so lang wie der Secator, sehr breit, sandnhrfiirmig. Secator sehr klein, hinten breiter als vorn ; er filllt gewobnlich selir friih ans. Molaren mit breiten vorderen Qnerleisten (mit Liingsbriicke) und bohen Liings- briicken. Unterkiefer: I, lang nnd seitlich stark komprimiert ohne mediale Kante. Secator noch kleiner als im Oberkiefer. Muhiren mit bohen Liings- und Qnerleisten. ? kleiner nnd schmiiler. Das Riesenkiingnruh findet sicb in den Kiistendistrikten ganz Anstralien ausser dem ilnssersten Norden und dem Westen urmen mehr oder weniger nackt, bei anderu dicht behaart. Mittelkralle des Hinterfusses kurz und oft ganz unter den langen Haaren an ihrer Basis verborgen. Krallen der Finger miissig lang, kaum gebogen und vorn abgernndet. ? immer viel kleiner und langhaariger und in der Regel wesentlich anders gefitrbt als S. Schadel: Die Nasalia sind kurz und breit; die Interorbital region ist niclit konvex, sondern in der Regel eingesunken ; der obere Rand der Augenhiihle ist scharfkantig und wohldefiniert. Ein Proc. postorbitalis fehlt, biswoilen findet sich an seiner Stelle eine kleine Unebenheit. Die mediale Wand der Augcnbiihle ist glatt. Der Jocbbogen ist sehr breit und hat seinen hOchsten Punkt ganz hinten, fast tiber dem Ansatz. Die Foramina incisiva sind kurz oder miissig lang. Die Pars horizontalis des (ianmenbeins ist sehr vollstiiudig und hat ausser den beiden Foramina i>alaLiua uur wenige ganz kleine Locher. Der vordere Teil des Gaumens ist seitlich wohldefiniert ; er ist entweder breit, dann ist die Nasenhohle seitlich nicht erweitert oder schmal, dann ist die Nasenhohle seitlich erweitert. Intertemporalbreite sehr gering. TTnterkiefer: Recht variabel aber in den einzelnen Formen sehr konstant. Im Allgemeinen gedrungen. Proc. coronoideus oben abgerundet. Zahne : Oberkiefer: Schneidezahne kurz und in der Regel senkrechter eingesetzt als (96) bei il. qi/jnis: B. M. 4. 1. 2. 8. S ad., Box Soak ; Tnnney coll., 20. 9. 01. Maasse (ks Tt/pus : Rnmpflange 1050 mm.; Schwanz 925; Uinterfuss 300 ; Obr 100. (Im Fleisch gemessen.) Macropus robustus woodward! Thos. Thos , Nni: Zool. viii. p. 395 (1901). Macr. woodioardi Cahn, Zool. Beob. xlviii, p 2 (1907). Bebaarnng des un rohiiMiix Thos., Cat. Mar.t. Mn,i. Brit. Mnx. p. 'JS (IHHH). 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O -'iH — r-iCJ t4 O 11 ^■s ooooco.-<0^ocoos':or-t--o»oo i—Ocicoooco Ij-u:50:iG^C1C^I>.i-i'rt(MO'*-t(MiO |'^f-..-ii-(C1 •§■§' "S CO ijO uO O 2.S o* ciOciX^ODr-oiaom-^t^OOCt-- lOCiro-f |0 ^1 i^-t^c-. c»ci>-«t-T-(-^co.-<-*'-iic*'y5 i,-,-.,-,^ 1^ o 'o §■ •*••>. ^ 35 > 5 is . . .-S w 1 JS (jj Q w ;• - "" "3. S 1 ' »■" ^ -111 ' ' g ' ' 1 ' ' ■ a"! = ■ -s ^ '- ' J i - ^ ■ « -g ><• ""^ a a a B' a ^ O i I g 1 1 ^ = •■ 1 5 5 1 -i ^ -3 ^ = — - = = g" ( 108) Weiss behaart ; AVangeu gelbgraii. Minulsviuki-l gelblicli, daruber ein schwarzer Stricli. Gliedmassen hell weissgraii, Pfoteu mid Zeheu scbwarz. Schadel: Die Gesichtspartie ist im Vergleich znr Gebinikapsel sehr lang (Facialindex beim nocli nicht erwachsenen cj 278). Die Schnaaze ist seitlich gewolbt, und verjiiiigt sicli naeh vorn. Die Nasalia siud ziemlich kiirz nnd schinal ; sie sind hinteii am broiti'ston, verjiuigeii sich iiaoh vorn, niid sind ill der Mitte scharf eingescbniirt ; ilire seitlicheii lliluder lauf'en hinten znerst parallel, habeii daim einen Kuick und konvergieren voii da iu S-fOrmiger Liiiie. Eiu Proc. postorbitalis ist dentlich ausgebildet. Der Processus infra- zygomaticus ist kurz nnd scbmal. Die Offuuug des Triinenkanals liegt ganz im Laerimale. Die Foramina incisiva sind knrz und liegen ganz in der Praemaxilla. Der Proc. paroccipitalis ist kurz und scbmal. Der Gaumen ist voru laug und schmal; seine geringste Breite geht etwa 2Jmal in die Liinge des Diastemas. Die Profillinie steigt hinten steil, konkav, bis znni hcichsten Pnnkte, ilber dem hiuteren Ansatz des Jochbogens, an und liiuft von da fast gerade nach vorn. TTnterkiefer : Corpus miissig lang und bildet mit dem Ramus einen verhaltniss- miissig stnmjifen Winkel. Condylus konkav. Proc. coronoidens sehr lang schmal, oben scharf nach hinten umgebogen, mit langem Fortsatz. Zahne : Wie rohiistus. Dieses Kiinguruh gehOrt seiner iiusseren Erscheiuung nach, sowie der Tatsache, dass das ? grau ist in die Niihe von M. r. eruhescens und reg'mae. Es ist besonders durch die grauschwarze Innenseite der Oberschenkel und die reiche Farbe (cj) ausgezeichnet. Der Schadel ist charakterisiert dnrch die Form der Nasalia, des Proc. corouoideus nnd den grossen Facialinde.x. Ilttb. Angeblich Nord-Australicn ; genauer Fundurt unbekannt. Macropus hagenbecki Kothsch. Rothschild, Noe. ZjoI. xiv. p. 14 (1907). ilaa'npun magnuA Rothsch., Nin\ Zonl, xii. p. 500 (11)05). Behaarung dicht und wollig, etwas lilnger als bei \f. rufm Riickenhaare alle nach hinten gerichtet ; kein Wirbel im Nacken. Rhinarinm wie M. robustus, ebenso Ohreu. Korperbau gedrungen. Anordnung der Haare im Gesicht wie M. robustits. cf . Oberseite stumpf kastanienrot, ebenso Scheitel ; Stirnhaarc mit schwiirz- licher Spitze ; Xasenriicken graubranu, nach voru zu heller. Waugenhaare rot mit dunkler Sj)itze, nach unten zu schiefergrau ; Augen rot eingefasst. Am Kinn ein schwarzer Fleck. Keble weisslich, scharf von den dunkeln Wangen abgesetzt (wie lufas). Oberliiipe rein weiss, zu beiden Seiteu von einem schwarzen Fleck scharf begrenzt (wie mfus). Ohreu hinten braunschwarz, innen dicht gelblich weiss behaart. Schultern dunkel blaugrau ; Arme dunkelgran mit etwas weiss gemischt ; Innenseite der Arme weisslicli (Haare mit rcitlich grauer Basis). Pfoten schwarz. Beine ansspn dunkelgran, Zehen scbwarz ; Innenseite der Oberschenkel grauschwarz, der Unterschenkel weiss. Schwanz fahl gelblich. Brast nnd Hinterbanch weisslich (Haare mit dunkler Basis). Der grOsste Teil des Banches dunkelschiefergrau, nur in der Mittellinie etwas mit weiss gemischt. Schadel : Die Gesichtspartie ist im Vergleich zur Gehirnkapsel sehr lang. Die Nasenhiihle ist seitlich wenig gewolbt nnd die Schnanze verjiingt sich nach vorn. Die Nasalia sind ziemlich lang; sie verjiingen sich nach voru und sind ( inn ) in der Mitte nicht eiugeschniirt. Die liiterorl)ita]region ist nicht gewrilbt ; der obere Rand der Angenhohle ist scliarf bcgrenzt. Ein Proc. postorbitalis ist deutlich entwickelt. Die mediale Wand der Angenhohle ist glatt. Der Jochbogen ist im Allgemeinen robiigfus-a,Ttig, jedoch nicdriger und rait kurzem, breitem Proc. infrazygomaticiis. Die Oflfnung des Trilnenkanals liegt ganz im Lacrimale. Die Foramina iiicisiva sind lang nnd werden hinten von der Maxilla begrenzt. Der Proc. paroccijiitalis ist breit, ahnlich wie bei M. nifus. Die Pars horizontalis des Ganmens ist fast vollstiindig, ganz wie bei M. robitstus. Der vordere Ganmen ist lang nnd .schmal, vorn eingeschniirt und seitlich scharfkantig. Zahne : OberMefer : Wnrzeln der beiden Ij nabe znsammen. I, lireit und selir stark gebogen, mit Vertikalrille etwas hinter der Mitte. Wurzel des L ganz nalie an der I,. L schmal. I3 schief eingesetzt, seine Wurzel weit von der des I2 eutfernt, lang (in horizontaler Riclitung) mit Kerbe im vurderen Drittel, ganz unten an der Schneide. Molaren mit ziemlich schmaler vorderen Qnerleiste (ohne LiingsbrUcke). Unterkiefer : Corpus lang und schmal, bildet mit dem Ramus einen stumpfen Winkel. Condylus konvex. Proc. coronoideus schmal, oben umgebogen mit hinterem Fortsatz. Zahue: I, seitlich komprimiert, mit scharfer Schneide nnd nnteren Kante nnd stumpfer medialer Kante und horizontaler Rille nahe dem oberen Rande. P3 sehr klein, dreispitzig. Molaren mit normaleu Qner- und Liingsleisten. Abgesehen von dem "Schwarzen Wallaby" (.1/. hernardus) ist dieses Kiingnrnh wohl die interessanteste Entdeckung der letzten Jahre. Von den einzigen zwei bekannten Exemplaren ist das eine verloren gegangen, und der Typus ist ganz jung. (Der Milchsecator und P3 .stehen noch, nnd die beiden letzten Molaren stecken noch mehr oder weniger im Knochen). Trutzdem ist der Facialindex 278, d.h. ebenso gross, wenn nicht grosser als bei M. rufus. Das Anffallendste ist aber die iiussere Erscheinnug : die wollige Behaarung, die Gesichtszeichnnng, die scharf abgesetzte helle Kehle, Eigenschaften die stark an M. rufus erinnern. Andrerseits ist der Gesamthabitns recht rohustus-Avi\g nnd erinnert einigermassen an M. rob. argentatus. Die Heimat dieses interessanten Ktingnrnhs soil, wie mir Herr Baron W. von Rothschild frdl. mitteilt. die Gegend des South Alligator River (Northern Territory) sein, also das gleiche Gebiet, das anch von M. rob. alligatoris, M. aiiti- lojnnus nnd .1/. hernardus bewohnt wird. Hoffentlich liegt bald mehr Material vor, das es ermOglicht, eine endgiiltige Meinung ilber die genane systematische Stellung nnd die Verbreitnng dieser scbOneu Art abzugeben. ( 110) NOTES ON EAGLE-OWLS. By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD and ERNST HARTERT. ABOUT a year ago we were told that a form of the Egyptian Eagle-Owl occurred in Asia Minor. We therefore asked Mr. Carl Hilgert, who lias a correspondent in Asia Jlinor, to procnre ns some specimens. This he did, and we received four adnlt Eagle-Owls from Eregli, north of the Taurns Mountains. They were, however, in no way like the Egyptian Eagle-Owl, bat very closely allied to Bubo bubo turcomanus. They led us to compare the series of Eagle-Owls in the Tring Museum, in which we have been particularly interested for some time, with the following results : Bubo bubo bubo (L.). Sirix Bulm Linnaeus, Si/tt. Nat. ed. x. p. 92 (1758—" Habitat in Europa." Terra typica : " Sweden," from the first quotation : " Fn. svec. 45 "). We have examined thirt3'-eight skins from Europe which we consider to belong to this form. We are not able to separate any subspecies, except from the farthest south-west (Spain) and the south-eastern parts of Russia (Southern Ural and Caucasus). A good series from Norway and Sweden, and numerous skins from Germany, show these birds to be absolutely the same, and examples from Dalmatia, Croatia, Greece, and Italy are inseparable. Far from being in any way smaller, we find very large examples among the series from Southern Europe. This form is the darkest of all. The black shaft-stripes on the chest are broad, and there are generally very distinct cross-bars. It extends into Northern and Central Russia. An Eagle-Owl which must be very closely allied to B. bubo bubo is found in Northern Algeria. Loche distinctly says that he had specimens, and Taczanowski saw a stuffed one in the possession of an officer. Probably the Algerian Eagle-Owl will he found to differ slightly from the North European one. We suspect that it will only be found in the Northern Atlas Mountains, while B. b. ascalaphus inhabits the southern ranges. Bubo bubo hispanus subspec. no v. ? Bnbn maxhims ncculrnlnlis A. E. Brehm, Vei-. Santinl. p. 2 (ISStj — Nomen nudum !). The examination of seven Spanish Eagle-Owls, from Aguilas (Gray coll.), Malaga, and Madrid, shows that they differ slightly from B. bubo bubo. As long ago as 1857 A. E. Brehm remarked {Naturh. Zeitung iii. p. 441) that he was almost inclined to consider the Spanish Eagle-Owls as synonymous with B. sibiricus. Also, Professor Koenig remarked to one of us {in litte)-i-s) that he thought the Si)anish form was separable. This is indeed the case, for the under surface is as a rule much paler, and the wing averages from 2 to o cm. shorter. The black longitudinal marks on the chest are sharply defined, and generally without cross-markings laterally. No name is available for this form. A. E. Brehm, in the list of C. L. Brehm's collection, mentions a "Bubo maximus occidentalis" without description and locality. This name was probably meant for the Spanish race, as it is scratched on the label of the Spanish Eagle-Owl in the Brehm collection. The type of Bubo bubo hispanus is a male in the Tring Museum shot at a nest containing two eggs near Aguilas, February 12, 1898, by Mr. Graj'. An adult female from the same place, also shot from a nest, resembles more the ( 111 ) northern B. bubo bubo, except that the black stripes on the chest are very wide. It is also rather larger than other Spanish skins, the wing measuring nearly 47 cm. Bubo bubo interpositus subspec. nov. This form is intermediate between B. bubo bubo and B. bubo turcomana, but nearest to the latter. It differs, however, from B. b. turcomana in having wider shaft-stripes to the feathers of the abdomen, a darker brown ground-colonr on the feathers of the hind-neck and upper back, and, usually, more black on the scapulars, lower back, and upper tail-coverts. The underside of the quills is also darker than in B. b. turcomana, while in B. b. bubo it is often still darker. B. b. interpositus is lighter above and below than any specimens of B. bubo bubo, and not so blackish above as the Spanish form (/>. b. Itispanm). In size this new form does nut differ from B. bubo bubo. Type : o ad., 15. iii. 1909, Eregli, north of the Cilician Taurus, in Asia Minor, collected by Mr. C. Hilgert's collector. Besides the specimens from Eregli, those from the Caucasus (Wladikawkas), and from the Lower Wolga (Sarepta), belong to this form. It is jiossible that other forms — viz. B. b. sibiricus and B. b. turcomana — visit the Lower Wolga in winter; but four specimens which we were able to examine are indistinguishable from the type of B. b. interpositus, and not like any of the other forms. We have examined five skins from Eregli — four in the Tring Museum and one in Professor Koenig's collection ; two from Wladikawkas, Northern Caucasus ; and four from Sarepta. Bubo bubo turcomana Eversm. Strix turcomana Eversmann, Addenda ad PaUtisii Zooyraph. Roxso-Asiat. i. p. 3 (1835— Between the Caspian and Aral Seas). This race is much lighter than B. b. bubo and B. b. Iiispanus, and also distinctly lighter, more yellowish and more sandy, than B. b. interpositus. Especially the ground-colour of the occiput, hind-neck and upper back is lighter, also the under surface of the quills. Generally B. b. turcomana is also smaller and slenderer than B. b. bubo, but some specimens are apparently as big as any northern Eagle-Owl. Single specimens are sometimes hardly distinguishable from B. b. interpositus, but as a rule they are very well separable. We have before us twenty-two .sjiecimcns belonging to B. b. turcomana. They are from Transcaspia, llussian Turkestan (Issik Kui, Tian Shan, Aksu, Djarkend, Karakol, MargeJan, Merw), Kerat in East Persia, Persian Baluchistan, and one from Blagoslovenka, near Orenburg, in the Southern Ural. The latter was obtained on December 5, 1888, by N. Zarudny, and marked as Bubo iynavus (= B. b. bubo). It is absolutely like Transcaspian and Turkestan examples, and neither to be confounded with B. b. bubo nor with D. b. sibiricus. The latter, however, appears to be found in winter near Orenburg as well. We are not acquainted with Bubo b'lbo ni/wls/ni Zarudny. The author described (Orn. Jahrb. 1905. p. 142) this form as being closely allied to B. b. turcomana, but smaller, and having a smaller area on the chest covered with bold markings, which merge almost without transition into the very narrow shaft-lines on the lower breast, while the markings on the abdomen are finer and the upperside is more rusty. Mr. Zarudny had a pair from Arabistau (Chusistan) in West Persia. ( n-^ ) Bubo bubo sibirica (ISc.hlegel & Susemihl). '• Slrix fiihiririi Lichtenstein " on plate H of "Die \'ili/'l Enrojxis" by Susemihl, with text by Schlegel and others (1843. No text, but the plate is evidently taken from the specimen marked Slrix .■ubirira by Lichtenstein, in the Berlin Museum, from the '■ Ural "). This beautiful Eagle-Owl is easily recognisable by its inucli lighter coloration, the brownish yellow ground-colour being for the most part replaced by white. The feet are very heavily feathered, and the size is very large. Instructive plates and very detailed descriptions of D. b. sibirica and B. b. turcomana are to be fonnd in Menzbier's Ornitholoi/ie (In. Titrkfstnn, 4 livr. (1804). The Siberian Eagle-Owl breeds in Siberia, and appears partially to wander southwards in the winter. Bubo bubo aharonii subspec. nov. This is by far the most interesting form of Eagle-Owl known to us, inasmuch as it connects the northern Eagle-Owls with the ascalaphus group. It dift'ers from the latter by the sides of the head and neck being distinctly barred with blackish ; the feathers of the nape are dift'erently marked. In the northern Eagle-Owls there are almost straight, wide black longitudinal stripes, while in B. b. ascalaphus there are roundish light cream-coloured lateral patches to the feathers which invade the black shaft-stripes, so that they become somewhat crenated ; in B. b. aharonii these crenations are visible, but not so well developed as in B. b. ascalaphus, and they are much more distinct in the supposed male, less so in the supposed female. Altogether the supposed male is much more like an ascalaphus, the female more like a bubn. The underside of the wings is marked as in ascalaphus. In the supjiosed male the abdomen is marked as in ascalaphus, while in the other specimen it is more distinctly and more frequently cross-barred than in any ascalaphus, more as in bubo. The tarsus in ascalaphus is uniform, while it is barred in bubo. In the supposed female of the new form the tarsus is marked with narrow but distinct broad arrow-shaped cross-lines, while in the male there are merely indications of cross-markings. The two specimens are alike in size, the wings measuring 41 — 42 cm. We have received one pair from Mr. Aharoni in Jerusalem. They were obtained on the Wadi Suenit, in the valley of the Jordan in Palestine, on April oth or 6th, 1909. The supposed female (the type-specimen) is now in the Tring Museum, while the other one had to be returned to Jerusalem. The specimen-? were not sexed ; but it would seem that the lighter, more ascalaphus-\ike^ specimen is a less heavy bird, its beak being somewhat slenderer, and therefore we think that it must be the male, the other the female, as the two are said to be a pair. "We have named this most interesting form in honour of Mr. Aharoni, who is an enthusiastic naturalist. Bubo bubo ascalaphus Sav. 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II. — Conliiiuei-l from Pinje 85. By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 8 Li. Phragmatobia kindermanni kindermanni (Stand.). ~y 6 6 TLe defile of Turgan Ak^ii, Tian-sliaii, July ~'2 — August 16, 190.5; T.J 6 6 The defile of Little Ki/,il-sn, Tian-shan, July lu — 14, 1905 (Kutseuko). . 8LiA. P. kindermanni pomona (Staud.). 5 6 6,2 ^9 Kuldja (Groum-Grschiuailu coll.). «13ii. P. kindermanni ferghana (Stand.). 1 6 Alexander Bits, (from U. Taiicre). Si 3c. P. kindermanni issyka (Staud.). ti 6 6, 12 ?? Issyk-Kul {^6 6, 7 ?$ from Tancre ; 2 6 6 , 2 9 2 Groum- Grschmailo coll.; 1 (J, 3 ¥? ?). t?14. P. brucei (H. Edw.). 1 c? 13ulIion rcuk, South Park, Colorado, U.S.A., 14,200 ft., August 23, 1001 (Oslar). slo. P. glaphyra glaphyra (Ev.). 1 o ? (Groum-Grschmailo coll.). 81.5a. p. glaphyra manni (Alph.). 1 6 Alai Mts., 2 6 6, 2 2 '2 Borokoro, I 6,1 '2 Issyk-Kul (Groum-Grschmailo C(dl.); : 6 6, 4 ?? Issyk-Kul (TancrO); 2 66 Naryii Kol, June .5, lOol ; 1 6 Kuldja ; 1 (J?; 10 6 6 The defile of Turgau Aksu, Tiau-shau, July 22 — August 16, lOO.J; 11 66, 1 ? The defile of Little Kizil-su, Tiaa-shan, July 10—14, 100.3 (Kntsenko). 816. P. y-albula (Oberth.). 3 cJ(J Ta-Tsien-La, West China, 8300 ft., June 1800 (A. E. Pratt) (one with red, two with yellow hindwiugs) -,266 West China (yellow hindwings). 817. P. trigona (Leech). i 66 North of Ta-Tsieu-Ln. ( 114 ) 81>. P. cervina (Fall.). •2 laiia, Engadine, .Inly 20, l'.»03 (forewings almost entirely black) (Osirnig); 2 larvae, Albula Pass, Canton Grisons, Switzerland, June l!>Ol ; 2 66 Uliawe ; 1 6 Urga, Mongolia; 1 6 Altai. ( lis ) S24a. p. flavia uralensis Heyiu'. 1 (J, 2 ? 9 Uml Momitaiiis, July 22, 15, 20, 1908. This form lias the white lines on the forewings much narrower than jlar.ia Jlavia, and the hindwiugs are orange buff in both sexes. 825. P. fuliginosa fuliginosa (Linn.). 1 (J Notliiighaui, I'.iol (Hendersay); 1 , i ^ Munich, Bavaria (Bnchecker coll.); 0 .^(J, 11 ?$ (.^rimmitschaii, Sa.xony, April 17 -July 25, 1898 (Th. Wagnor) ; 1 (J, 1 9 Ostnau, 8axony, August 'i, 1896; 3 (?(J, 2 9? Liebenau, Bohemia, July 11)118 (Emil Gradl) ; 3 cJcJ, 4 9 9 ? (Austria?) (Felder coll.); 0 6S Csehtelek, Bihar Comitat, Hungary, July — August 1907; 2 i? 842. M. burmeisteri (Berg). 1 J, 1 ? "Brazil"; 1 son, Lindsay). ( 122) 8fi4. D. flavifrons sjioo. ikiv. ?. Pectus n:rey ; palpi black; bead, collar, and te.ii'iilae yellow; antennae fuscous; patagia white ; thorax yellow : abdomen yellow, a dorsal and two lateral rows of black spots. Forewing, basal half of costa sooty brown, terminal half yellow (in some specimens also sooty), a discoeelhilar sooty spot, rest of wing semihyaline creamy white. Hindwing semihyaline creamy white, a sooty "-rev spot near termeu, and two (sometimes three) at tornns. Length of forewing : 15 mm. lldlj. 4 (Jgs black in front with a few white rings; pectus, head, and thorax pure white ; antennae above white, below sooty ; abdomen dark orange with a dorsal row of black dots, basal and anal segments white. Fore- and hin0 ; 2 o o Sabathu, Simla ; 2 (J (Capt. Rattray); 2 c? ?$ Miiuapna, German East Africa (Dr. Baxter); 1, Mriili, Unyoro, May 19, IsiC (Dr. Ansorge) ; 1 ? Canhoca (Dr. Ansorge) ; ^; cJ o I'ihe, Angola (Kilward Sanders); 1 S Kilwa, 1 S Dar-es-Salaam, (ierman East Africa (Ueimer) ; 1 J iPennngah, N.E. Borneo, December 29, 1893 ; 1 (J, 1 9? (tJ ex Felder coll.): 1 3 Java; 1 ij, 1 9 Buitenzorg, Java [S Bogor ; 9 Felder cull.); 1 J Bali (W. Doherty) ; 1 tJ Engano, Sejitember 1800 (W. Doherty). There are probably three if not four subspecies here, bnt the species is too variable to be able to decide withont a much larger material. 9 ( i-"o ) '.HIT. D. species ? 2 $ $ Ootacamniiil, Nili^iiis. These iire very dilt'ui-eut tVoiu oue auothei-, and I cauiiot tliiuk they are punctata. ^i^)i<. D. fuscitincta Hmpsii. 4 o3 South Java, loOO ft., ISOI (II. Friihstorler) ; 3 . D. scioana scioana (Oberth.). 7 S6 Nairobe to Blount Kenia; ~ . D. pilosa spec. nov. S. Pettns buff ; paljii black; head and thorax orange; abdomen orange. Forewing orange-butt'. liinJwing yellowish buff. ?. Larger; pale bully yellow, with dorsal and lateral row.s of black duts on abdomen. Length (if forewing : i? IT mm. ; V ~~ mm. Ilab. Khasis, September ISO.j (native collectors). 1 S. '•HO. D. kannegieteri spec mi v. ?. Pectus grey ; head and thorax biiiF; abdomen banded black aud orange. Forewing orange-buff, a broad antcmedian and ])ostuiedian sinuous transverse band of brown-grey, and a sj)ot of same colour between. -lliudwiiig orange- buff, a minute cellular stigma and a short band of brown iietween veins ■,' and ."). Length of forewing: 'JO mm. Hub. Hili Madjedja. North Nias, September — December lS'.»o (L. Z. Kaune- gieter). 1 ?. '.I2U. D. flavens (Moore). 1 0% H 9? vSikkim (Mandelli) (Felder coll.); 3 ?? Sikkim, 4(inii_:MUii ft. (Utto Moller) (H. J. Flwes coll.); 1 ? Merkara, October VMi. '•(21. D. flavalis (Moore). 0 (JcJ Bhutan (1 J. G. Pilcher, June 4, 1.^SU); \-> cJo", 1 ? (Sikkim, Tniiu ft. (H. J. Ehves, August ll^t>6 ; A. V. Knyvett ; Otto Moller, September ISSS-U) (H. J.Ehvescoll.); 1 o Darjeeling ; 1 *?; 3 cJ S S , 1 ? Sikkim, May ISS'J, 3 6 3 Bhutan, July 1889 (J. G. Pilcher;; 4 cJcJ, 1 ? Darjeeling (Dr. Lidderdale ; J. (i. Pilcher). • 123. D. erythrophleps Hmpsn. 1 o Naga Hills, Assam., o.jnn_:iHiii ft., September— October ISSl'l (W. Doherty, type, 11. J. Elwes coll.). '.1-4. D. everetti spec. nov. o. Pectus orange; legs, tarsi black; tibiae and coxae black inside, orange outside ; antennae black, strongly pectinated ; head and thorax dark buffy orange ; abdomen dark bulfy orange. Forewing dark bufly orange, two dark brown spots ( 133 ) two-fifths from liase on each side of subcostal vein and one above vein 1, an elbowed postmedian transverse liand of similar spots from costa to inner margin. Hind wing bnffy orange. Length of forewing : lo mm. I [ah. Sonth Flores, dry season, November ISDII f'A. Everett). 1 3. 925. D. unilinea si)ec. nov. (J. Peetns ami sides of thorax crimson ; palpi pale crimson, last joint black; head and thorax creamy white; abdomen jjale crimson, with dorsal row nf blade dots ; antennae black. Forewing creamy yellowish white, an obliipie, somewhat broken dark brown band from termen to centre of inner margin. llindwing pnre white, a cellular stigma, a spot at vein ■">, and an oblique row of spots from tornus to vein 3 dark brown. ?. Similar, but forewing yellower and the band of spots from tornus of hindwing absent. Length of forewing : S 21 mm. ; ? 23 mm. Hab. Pu-tsu-fong, West China, 9820 ft., .Tnne— July ls90 (native collectors); Nanchnen, Szechnen, China, July — September. 2 (?ots on costa and between cell and termen are (tream-rolonr. Hindwing pale crimson, onter half almost covered with large sooty patches. Length of forewing : S 25 mm. ; ? 30 mm. Ilab. South Flores, dry season, November 180(1 (A. Fverett) : Sapif, Loiubok, 2000 ft., May-June isiir) (H. Frulistorfer). 1 rj, 1 ¥. 034. D. pseudolutea sjiec. uov. , and 0, and a dot on each side of vein 1 at tornns. -Hindwing orange-bnff, a cellnhxr stigma, a double spof at vein T), and an obliqne baud of spots from tornns to vein 3 brownish. Length of forewing : IT mm. Ildb. Japan. 1 (J. 035. D. leopardina (Koll.). 1 cJ Mnssorie (S. Robson) ; 1 S Knln District, North-West India ; 1 c?, 1 9 Sikkim ((? May 1893, J. G. Pileher) ; 1 ? Knmaon, Jnly 1893 f.I. (i. Piicher) ; 1 ? ?; 3 $ ? ? (Stoliczka, .Taunary LSOT, ex Felder coll.). 936. D. inaequalis (Bntl.). 2 (J(? Japan; 2 U0— SOOU ft, June— Angnst ls89 (W. Dolicrty) (H. J. Elwes coll.). 9411. D. flaveolum (Lcerh). 1 ? ? 941. D. diplosticha Hmpsn. 2 33 Natal (A. J. SjiilltTj ; 1 + Mpuajma, 1 9 Dar-e.s-Salaam, German East Africa; 1 mm. ; 9 31 mm. Il'ib. Biagi, Manibare River, 5000 ft.. North British New Guinea, March 1900 (A. S. Meek) ; Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, February 19o3(A. S. Meek); Milne Bay, Sonth-East British New Guinea, January 1S99 (A. S. Meek) ; Fergnsson Island, D'Entrecasteanx Islands, December 1895 (A. S. Meek). 9 3 3, 3 9 9. ( 140) /'. latf-ieens, etc. Uiuler this name Sir George Haniiison has iiichnlcil what I am convinced are three distinct species— viz, hitescens Walk., mumlaUt A\'alk., and jieidcilUtta Walk. I give here the ke_v to these three forms : fGronnd-colour creamv white in both sexes .... mnndata. ' { ,■, „ orange-biitl' „ „ „ /-Forewings with internervnlar grey hands entirely absent in lioth sexes r, J or barely indicated in the . D. albicornis Ilmpsn. 1 o' Ceylon. '.•T'J. D. mbilinea (Moore). 1-J oo, ;: ?? Bbutan (2 ? ? J. G. I'ilcher, May— July 1889); 42 cj wn ; jialpi and sides of frons black, rest of head and thora.\ pale bronzy gall-stone yellow ; antennae brown ; abdomen salmon-colour with dorsal central dark fuscous line. Forewing pale bronzy buff with four irregular transverse bands of apricot orange, the ante- and postmedian oues joined by a longitudinal band of same colour along the median nervure, a big patch of ajiricot orange at apex of cell. Hind- wing bronzy buff washed with jiale crimson, a median and postmedian band of large black blotches, and from apex to vein 4 a submarginal row of five black spots. ¥. Similar but larger, and liindwing salmon crimson. I have described tlie form of male 1 luive most of, as ty]iioal, but it is a very variable insect, and one male has the forewing wood-brown, the bands deep orange golden, and the hindwing i)aler wood-brown slightly flushed with rose ; while ( 145 ) several others have tlie hiiidwhi;^ l):ile or salmon crimson and the black patches almost absent. Length of forewing-: (3,28 mm.; ?,33mm. Hab. Biagi, Marabare River, 5000 ft., Jannary— April lOOG; Angabiinga River, afflneiit of St. .Toseph's River, OOOO ft. npwards, British New Guinea, November 1904— February 190.") (A. S. Meelv). 21 SS, 1 ?. 985. D. fraterna spec. nov. S. Pectus black; palpi and sides of frons black; liead, antennae, and thorax cinnamon brownish bulf, a largi; we Ige-shaped central patch on thorax velvety black ; abdomen orange bntl' witii traces of a central fuscous dorsal line. Fore- wing cinnamon brownish buff; costa, an antemedian and two postraediaa lines orange-ochre ; two spots on costa and tliree rows of paired dots at nervures and on discocellulars black. Hindwing orange bufl", a discocellular patch and an indistinct submarginal line black. Length of forewing : 23 mm. Hab. Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 ft., British New Guinea, April 1906 (A. S. Meek). 2 cJ. nici'tfi niceta (Stoll.). 1). niceta eocjcna (Walk.). D. niceta semiiosea (Dntl). ■ D. niceta papnana Rothsch. D. niceta intermedia Rothsoli. I), niceta satinata Kothscb. .I>. obcrthiieri (Semper). There are apijarentl)- a few more forms, but without examining certain types 1 cannot decide about them. 1009. D. eldorado spec. nov. (?. Pectns crimson ; palpi crimson, last joint black ; antennae black ; head and thora.x golden orange; abdomen crimson, a central black dot on each segment except the last two ; clasper tiifts yellow. Forewing golden orange ; two black spots above vein 1 one-fifth from base ; a row of five black spots from centre of inner margin carving ontwards to veiu 4. Hindwing : basal three-fourths crimson, outer one-fonrth crimson, washed with golden ; a cellular stigma and an oblique row of six spots from tornns to vein •> black. ?. Larger, the two spots above vein 1 on forewing only; hindwing golden, only faintly tinged with pale crimson. Length of forewing : o 20 mm.; ? ~T mm. IJab. Khasia Hills, Assam (native collectors); Ceylon (Nietner, e.x Felder coll.), 1 atches black. Length of forewing : 2*i mm. Hab. Ceram (Felder coll.). 1 ?. loll. D. semperi spec. nov. a. Pectns crimson ; palpi crimson, last joint black ; antennae black ; head and thorax Imfif ; abdomen crimson, clasper tufts buff. Forewing buft', a dot above vein 1 one-fourth from base, and a spot above and below same vein in centre black. Hindwing bull', a cellular black .stigma. S. Larger; forewing has, in addition to the three marks in o, dots above and below veins 2 and 7 ; hindwing has the cellular stigma large, and in addition a submarginal row of six sooty patches ; anal tuft buflf. Length of forewing : o , 22 mm. ; ? , 29 mm. ( 151 ) Hah. Mount Tiilrtng and Bafaiig l'roe()np, Padang Boveiilaiidcn, AVest Sumatra. 1 sn. They describe the larva as follows : The four anterior segments pale orange, rest of body black, hairs very thickly placed and black, mixed here and there with single white hairs. Feeds on a sjiccies of fern. 1025. Acantharctia metaleuca Hmpsn. b 6 6,\ ? Nairobi [F. J. Jackson (1 6, 1 ? March 1905;], 6 o^ Nairobi to Mount Kenia, i 3S Athi-ya-Mawe, April — May 1899 (C. S. Betton, Legros); 3 9 (W. Doherty) (Elwcs coll.); 1 3 Japan (I'ryer) ; 1 ? Mandi, N.W. Himalayas, 3000— 5U00 ft., 1883 ( 159 ) (d. Young); 1 ? Sikkira, 1000— 400U ft. (Otto Mollor) ; 1 c? Ganjam, 1 (J,2 ?$ Bangalore, Mysore ; 1 ? Nagiwre ; 1 ? Kliasia Hills, Assam, 4000 ft., September 1880 (H. J. Elwes) (H. J. Elwes coll.) ; 2 9 ? Asia (Meyer coll.). 1048. Am. negrita (Hrapsn.). 5 (Penrice). I<'"i0. C. gangis (Linn.). 1 cj South Java, l.")UU ft., \s'J\ (11. Friihstorfer) ; 1 it, 2000 ft., Lombok, May — June ISOO (H. Frnhstorfer): 1 is Obertb. but larger. Differ.s as follows : pectus black, not wbite ; legs deep steel-blue with si.K narrow whitish bands, not white with nine or tea black bauds ; palpi black, not wbite ; head pale grey, not white ; tegulae grey, not white ; two steel-blue lines start from a common point some distance from base forming a V on each tegula, not two widely separated ]iarallel lines starting from base ; j)atagia steel-blue with uiouse-grey borders, not greyish white with two parallel black lines; thorax grey with two steel-blue j)arallel bauds, not greyish-white with four hair lines. Abdomen, basal three segments and anal segment white, rest steel-blue. Forewing semihyaline white, basal one-third, inner area to vein 2 and costal area pale grey, not white; spots on costal and inner areas larger, grey, not white, with distinct much broader steel-blue borders, not hair-like black ones. Hiudwing white. Hah. Preto, Minas Geraes. 1 (J. ~. Ecpantheria mus brasiliensis subspec. uov. cJ. iSimilar to /«'/.s mi(s, \mi larger, and ground-colour grey, not wbite; mark- ings more prououuced. ?. Ground-colour of forewiugs mouse-grey, not white. Ilab. Castro, Parana, Brazil, July 1897 (Type) (E. U. Joues) ; Sapucay, Paraguay, October l'JU2 (W. Foster); Oorcovado. 6(J5,7 ??. 3. Ecpantheria magdalenae steinbachi subspec. nov. marginal row of pale testaceous patches. Length of forewing : S 24 mm. ; ? 30 mm. Hab. Peru: Poznzu ; La Oroya and La Union, Carabaya ; Chanchamayo. 14 Jc? ,5 ? ¥. 7. Ecpantheria icasia trinitatis snbspec. nov. S. Differs from icasia icasia by the absence of the black patches on the dorsal surface of abdomen, which are replaced by white bauds. ? . Differs by the absence of the dark rings to the white patches on the abdomen and paler markings on forewings. Ilab. Caparo and Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad. 41 66, 1 ?. ( 174 ) 8. Ecpantheria melanoleuca spec. nov. d. Pectus, legs, head aud antennae sooty brown; palpi golden buff; tliorax sooty brown, paler margins to tegnlae and patagia ; abdomen sooty brown, a testaceous central and orange lateral Viands. ^lAtrewing white, five broad irregular transverse bands of sooty brown coalescing blotches, the third and fourth forked from vein 0 to costa. Hiudwing white, two dark grey dots at tornus, a subapical one, and one in cell. Length of forewing : 20 mm. Bab. Suncho Corral, Santiago del Esterro (J. Steinbach). 1 Steinbach); Sapucay, Paraguay fW. Foster) ; Province of Kio de Janeiro; Preto, Minas Geraes. 3 iW m., June — July 1907 (,!{. Grauer). 23 SS, 18 ??. 51. Utetheisa sumatrana sjiec. nov, (?. Head and thorax orange ; abdomen white. Forewing orange-scarlet, a central cream-white band from base to within one-fourth of apex of cell, a round cream spot in black patch above it, a cream spot in black ring at apex of cell, vein 1 from base broadly cream, fringe white. Hindwing semihyaline white. One male has some cream spots on disc. Length of forewing : 19 mm. Hab. Deli, North-East Sumatra. 3^'. 0. Club, i. p. xix. Styan : On the Birds of Hainan. Jbis, 1S'.»3, p. 424. Ilartlaub : Ein Beitrag zur Oruithologie Chinas. Abhinidl. natitnv. ]'er. Bremen, xii. 2, p. 295 (1892)^ Ilartlaub: Ein dritter Beitrag zur Oruithologie Chinas. Ahhundl. natiirio. Ver. Bremen, xiv. 3, j). 341 (1^97). Ilartlaub: Nachtrilgliches zur Oruithologie (liiuas uud iusbesoudcre Hainans. Abhandl. naturw. Vur. Bremen, xvi. 2, p. 24.') (1899). R. Ogilvie-Grant : On the Birds of Hainan. P. Z. S. 1900, p. 457. W. Rothschild : Descrijition of Seven New Forms. Ball. B. O. Club, xiv. p. 7 (1903). R. Ogilvie-Grant : Additions to the Avifauna of Hainan. P. Z. &. 1910. This article was in press when the present article was about to appear, and could therefore not be quoted by me. * 1 find un the map 22UO m. as tbc highest elevation, wliile twice that lieight is marked on Formosa. ( 191 ) 1. Gallus ferrug^ineus (Gm.). Telran ferrugineus Gmelin, Si/sl. Nat. i. p. 761 (1788— ex Sonnerat, China). Gallusferriigineus (Gm.) Hartert, Noo. Zoo}. 190-2. p. 218. GaViix gallus Grant, P. Z. S. I'JOO. p. 504. 12 c?(?, 4 ? $ from Mt. Wachi, Cbeteriaiig and You Boi (No. 115). Au egg was takea ou May 25, I'M-i. It measures 50 x 38 mm. 2. Gennaeus whitehead! Grant. Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 503, pi. xxxiv, J ? . We have received 7 cJcJad., 7 ? ? ad., and 1 J'jnv., all from Mt. Wuchi. The young male was shot on November 30, 1905. Its plumage is e.'cactly like that of the adult male ; but the latter is, of course, larger, with a much longer tail. (No. 174.) 3. Polyplectron bicalcaratus katsumatae Rothsch. PolypUetron halsiimatae Rothschild, Bull. D. 0. C. xvi. p. Ill (June 1906 — Mt. Wuchi, Hainan). 5 Sy. en Chine, ii. p. 32G, 1771." Tlie edition of 1771, however, is an English translation, and to the second volume has been added a "Faunula Sinensis "by Forster. The author of the name chinensis is therefore Forster, not Osbeck, who wrote his book in iSwedish in 1757, i.e. before the 10th edition of Linnaeus. ( 193 ) 10. Treron bicincta domvilii (Swinb.). Osmnireron domrilii Swiahoe, Ibis 1870. p. 354 (Haiuan). OsmolreroH hicincia Orant, P.Z.S. 1900. p. 501. 5 . Hoihow (Hartlaub and Styan). — Migrant. (200) 58. Limosa lapponica novaezealaudiae Gray. Limosa novae zealandiae Grant, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 496. Hangpe and Hoibow (SwiQlioe, Hartlaub).— Migrant. o!t. Numenius phaeopus variegatus (iScop.).* Numeniiis variegnlns Grant, P. Z. 8. 1900. p. 49ii. Hoihow (Hartlaub, Styan). — Migrant. fill. Numenius arquatus lineatus Cuv. N}imsniug anptatuA Grant, P. Z.S. 1900, p. 496. Not obtained by Katsumata. — Migrant. 61. Aegialitis alexandrinus (L.). Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 495. A large series from Loi Miiimon and Hoihow, January and Febrnary (No. 21), one female from Kiungcbau, Febrnary iyo2 (No. I'M). — Migrant. *i2. Aeg'ialitis diibius (Scop.). Grant, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 495. 2 3 3 ad., 1 juv. Hoihow, November, Febrnary (No. 2U). — Migrant. fi3. Ochthodromus geofFroyi (Wagl.). Grant, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 49.5. 1 cJ Hoihow, January (No. 155). — Migrant. 64. Ochthodromus mongolicus (Pall.). Grant, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 495. (Chilian River, Hangpe, Hoihow (Swinhoc, Hartlaub).— Migrant. 65. Charadrius dominicus fulvus (im. Charmhhisfiih-m Grant, /'. Z. S. 1900. p. 495. Hoihow, October and November (No. 118). — Migrant. 66. Squatarola helvetica (L.). Grant, /'. Z. S. 1900. p. 497. 2 cJ J Hoibow, November (No. 125). — Migrant. 67. Hoplopterus ventralis (Wagl.). Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 495. Lingshuy, K.E. Hainan, 18. iii. (Swiuhoe). * Hartlaub {Ahh. .\at. I'er. Bremen, 1897. xiv. 3, p. 375)also quotes JV. jihmiojiuf jihaenjius, but most likelj- in error. (CI. Grant, /'. Z. S. 1900. p. 496, who simply repeated Hartlaub's statement.) (201 ) 68. Arenaria interpres (L.). Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 494. . lempiji and is perfectly similar to s])ecimeus of 0. lempiji from India, Assam." He apparently overlooked that (>. lempiji was described from Java. * About the generic name o! the " Scops-owls ' cf. Auk x.x, p. 273-5 and Bull. Amer. Mm., x.xiii. p. 334. ( 205 ) 90. Glaucidium cuculoides persimile snbspec. nov. [Nociua cuculnkleK Gould, Cent. Jlinuil. B. pi. 4 (l«:j-2.— Himalaya).] Glaucidium whileiyi (non Blyth !) Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 488 (Hainan). 15 i/s. The female of A. ffiiluri.s resembles that of .1. nis/is, bnt it is even smaller than the male of the latter, the upper surface is somewhat daikcr, the throat has only one irregular mesial line instead of a number of stripes, and the under wing-coverts are tinged with rusty buff.— The young birds are, of course, striped or spotted instead of barred. A male shot by the late Bingham at Nyaung-pyne in the Northern Shan States, Upper Burma, on December ID, 1900, is a rather aberrant one, unless it belongs to another, hitherto unde.-^cribed race. The mesial strijie along the pure white throat is 2—3 mm. wide, and extends down over the jugular region, and the sides of the body are half barred and half striped witii pale grey on a rusty brown ground, so that very little remains of the whitish colour which prevails in the middle of the breast and abdomen. This bird breeds in East Siberia (Lake Baical, Dauria, or Transbaicalia), North China and Japan, and it migrates to the south, thus being found together with A. riryatiis, in Borneo, Java, and India. (Another sparrowhawk from the East is Accipiter rhodogaster (Schleg.), from Celebes. It is well described by Schlegel, Gurney, Sharpe, and last by Meyer and Wiglesworth, in their great book on the Birds of Celebes, i. p. 25. I do not see why this should be a subspecies of A. rirgatKS, but there can be no doubt whatever that .1. rhodoqaster siihu'/isis, from the Sula Islands, is a subspecies of rhodogaster. Our only adult example of sulaensis diflers from our single female of .-I. rhodogaster rhodoqastc.r in the thighs being viuaceous cinnamon, instead of grey, as in the latter, and perhaps the cheeks are less pure grey and more tinged with rufous. Messrs. Meyer and Wiglesworth, with exceptional inconsistency, have named this form binomially, " Accip/ti'r sulariisis," at the same time stating that it varies geo- graphically in Sula in the same manner as Spilornis rujipectus sulaensis, which they name trinomially. — The different colour of the thighs in our adnlt ^1. rhod. sulaensis appears to be of no importance, as Schlegel figures his sulaensis with grey thighs.) 114. Buteo buteo plumipes Hodgs. Uuteo plumiim Hodgson, /'. /^. .S. lH4j. p. .37 (' Procured in the central hilly region,'' sc. of Nepal!) ; Grant, P. Z. S. UKIO. p. 490. ? Hoihow, February 10(i2 (No. fis). 2 . India iii. p. 161) united all these forms, but as both these authors, and cs])ecially the latter, did not distinguish geographical forms, unless tliey " sjjraug into their eyes," this need not disturb us. AVe have received the following series : 7 o'? No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 25). 3 o"o Hoiliow, February 1903 (No. 25). 2 J i^ Lei Mniraou, 30. xii. 10o2, 10. i. 1903 (No. 25). 1 ? Kiungehau, 26. xii. 1902 (No. 25). 134. Nyctiornis athertoni (Jard. & Selby). Grant, P.Z.S. 1900. p. 486. (For the first time recorded from a specimen obtained by White- head.) 1 wnx Linnaeus, %a7. Ntil. ed. xiii. i. p. 183. No. 5(1767 — " Habitat inPhilippinis."— This species wa.s already enumerated in the ed. xii. p. 183, but the name had been— probably by a printer's error— omitted. On account of the e.^istence of the Ed. .\iii., printed at Vienna in 1767, Graelin's edition should never have been called the thirteenth edition, and must simply be quoted as''Gmelin, Sii^l. N'at."). 1 ? No-Tai, L's. ix. mil',' (No. lnO). 14 (J 9 Mancbow, Hainan, May l!)o4 (No. liiO). Not previously recorded from Haiuaii. loll. Merops bicolor sumatranus Haffl. Merops sumatranus Grant, P.Z. S. IHOO. p. 486. 9 (J ? You Boi, May and June 10(i4 (No. 239). 5 (J? South Hainan, May 19u4 (No. 239). This form differs from M. bicolor bicolor from the Fhilippines not ouly in the deep chestnut colour of the head and mantle, and the constantly blue tliroat, hut also in the colour of the central rectrices, which are pale blue towards the end without black tips. Nevertheless we may look upon it as the geograjjhical representative of J/, b. bicolor. Eight clutches of four eggs each were found in holes in the ground on May 30 and June 4. The glossy white eggs measure from 215 x 19, 222 x 19-6, 22-2 X 201, and 24 x 20 1 to 242 x 20 and 246 x 205 mm. 137. Harpactes erythrocephalus hainanus Grant. Harpades haiiiniins Grant, /'. Z. S, lOOU. p. 4^5 (Hainan). Whitehead obtained this liird on the Five-Finger Mountains, Tetsu at, Lei Jlnimon in south-west Hainan. Katsumata sent us : 15 cJ ? Mt. Wuchi, March and April 1903 (No. ISO). This subspecies differs from //. erythrocephalus eri/throcephalm by having a slightly shorter wing, generally a darker red head, throat, and jngnlnm, conspicuously darker brown upperside and somewhat lighter, less brilliant abdomen. The female differs from that of //. cnjthrorephalus cri/throcephalus in being darker l)rown. 138. Rhopodytes tristis hainanus subspec. uov. Rhopodyks trlslis Grant, P. Z. .. 48.'i. 12 (J? ad. No-Tai, 20—30. ix. 1902 (No. 54). 2 3S,\ ? ad. Secha, 9. iv. 1902 (No. .''>4), (All forms of the geuiis Microjiterniis arp geographical representatives of Alicroptern us brachyurus. ) lfl2. lyngipicus scintilliceps swinhoei snbspec. no v. lyiigip'iciis Iculeeitsls Grant, P. Z. S. I'JOl). p. 4s:i. 2 , R 192). 7