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20. Euphonia hirundinacea, Bonaparte. 



Euphonia hirundinacea, Bonap., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, p. 117. 

 Turrialba, Costa Rica, March 10, 1864. Mr. J. Carmiol. 



21. Eophonia gracilis, (Cabanis)? 



Fhonasca gracilis, Cab., Jour. Orn., 1860, p. 333? 

 Young birds, which seem to be this species. Mr. J. Carmiol. 



22. Eophonia Annexe, nobis. 



About the size of and resembling E. ruficeps, D'Orb. et Lafres., but with the 

 under parts of body clear yellow, and the under tail coverts white. Bill mode- 

 rate, rather wide at base; wing short, with the third quill longest; tail short. 

 Head above to occiput dark yellowish chestnut, other parts of head, including 

 throat, black; body above, wings and tail fine dark violet-purple, (not steel 

 blue, as in E. ruficeps;) under parts of body clear yellow; under tail-coverts 

 white. Quills black ; inner webs of secondaries and tertiaries with large white 

 spaces ; tail feathers black, edged with violet purple, the outer feathers with 

 large while spots in their terminal halves. Bill and feet dark bluish, (in skin.) 



Total length about 4 inches ; wing 2J, tail If inches. 



Bab. Sauta Rosa, Costa Rica, March 3, 1865. Mr. J. Carmiol. Specimen 

 in Museum Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 



Of this interesting species one specimen only is in the collection of Mr. Car- 

 miol, and is fortunately in adult plumage. It is allied to the South American 

 E. ruficeps, zanlhogaslra and others, belonging to the subgroup designated 

 Acroleptes by Dr. Cabanis. (Jour. Orn., 1861, p. 90.) This bird has the upper 

 pans fine lustrous violet-purple, quite different from the steel blue and violet 

 of E. ruficeps, and it differs also in having the under parts clear yellow without 

 orange or darker shade, as in that species. The under tail coverts are white 

 in this species, but yellow in all its allies. Tail slightly emarginate. 



This handsome liitle bird is dedicated to the lady of my friend Daniel CUraud 

 Elliot, Esq., of New York, whose excellent judgment and exquisite taste have 

 most efficiently aided her husband in the production of the most splendid orni- 

 thological works ever produced in this country. 



New P0LYZ0NIID.E, Gervais. 



BY HORATIO C. WOOD, JR., M. D. 



Glomeris bicolob. 



G. parvus ; dorso olivaceo-nigro, linea mediana brunnea (interdum obso 

 leta) ornata ; lateribus dilute brunneis; oculi utrinque 6. 



The eyes are arranged in two straight linear series, of six each, on the outer 

 edge of the head. The antenna are somewhat elongate, filiform, and com- 

 posed of seven joints. Their last article is very small and inconspicuous, but 

 the penultimate is very large and long. 



The first scutum is semilunar and of a brownish tint. The second is not very 

 large, and has the anterior half of its surface chased with numerous parallel 

 transverse lines. Each scutum has a transverse, somewhat semilunar, dark 

 olive blotch, which, from the second to the last, covers the whole of its dorsal 

 surface. The second scutum has a blotch of about the same size as the 

 others, and another very small one in front of this. The last scutum is brown- 

 ish with a rather indistinct olive blotch on each side. 



This species is very interesting from the fact of its being the first Glomeris 

 found in Asia. As it has only 12 eyes, some naturalists would consider it as 

 representing a new genus, and if it is hereafter found that there are other Asia- 

 tic species with this peculiarity, I myself would regard it generic. Almost, 

 if not quite, all the European and African species have 16 eyes ; but a genus 

 has been described with the name Gervaisia, from the Carpathian mountains, 

 which has but five pairs of eyes. Taking this fact into consideration, I have 



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