380 V Miscellaneous, 



I have also lately taken alive, attached to a piece of Esckara 

 ifoliacea by a bi/ssns, a fine specimen of Galeotnma Turtoni. ir'- 



Mr. Coode has also dredged a specimen of Tritoiiia (? Homberyii), 

 The following were my rough notes on its appearance : — 



" Tritonia (? Ilombergii) . A specimen 4 inches in length, taken 

 by Mr. Coode and Mr. Stanley in fifteen fathoms water, off Lulwortlu 

 Colour marble-brown. Head-veil at times bilobed, at other times 

 entire. The margin of veil not fimbriated, but closely set with ten- 

 tacular pohits. Branchif« in about a dozen tufts on each side of the 

 back. Dorsal tentacles issuing from sheaths having their edges 

 jagged. It appears to me to be intermediate between T. Homhergii 

 and T. plebeia," ,.,/ 



I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently, <i)is 



William Thompson. 



Jo Qu^i-M^scriptioti of a second species of the genus Procnia^/^ ^^" 

 ; oon-ro^ ^y Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A. ^it^f^f.!! 



I have seen several examples of Procnias in collections from New 

 Grenada, and have never doubted their being different from the Bra- 

 zilian species. But being aware that a second member of the genus 

 had been described by Dr. Cabanis in the Museum Heineanum under 

 the appellation Procnias Heinei, I applied that name to these birds 

 without much inquiry. Having lately, however, had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining the beautiful collection which contains the type 

 of Dr. Cabanis' description, I find that I was in error in so doing. 

 The specimen there designated Procnias Heinei is a female or young 

 male of Calliste atricapilla, Lafr., and belongs therefore, according 

 to my ideas, to a different family of birds. 



I therefore propose the name Procnias occidentalis for this new 

 species, which may be distinguished from the older one by its smaller 

 size, the less amount of black on the throat, and by the white belly 

 not extending nearly so high towards the breast. ^,^ 



Procnias occidentalis, Sclater. P. Icete viridis : fronte d'A^ 



guste et lateribus capitis cum mento gulaque nigris : ventre 



medio crissoque albis : lateribus nigro radiatis :, alis, c(iudadu$ 



'''Z intus nigricantibus. ''' t"'' /' -f^^^>^^ <^''^^^ '^^' ^^^ "^>'»^ 



'^'^tong. tota 5-0; alee 3-3 T^'^uifie'^iS fiiWP'MJl;^^'^^^ ^^ ^^"^^^ ^^^ 



r Hab. in Nova Grenada. — Proc. Zool. Soc. Nov. 14, 1854. 



.okiibuam iM]- ,^ ^' mji t-- - t ■ - '»'ij no ilBOiig 



nf{J*^f qoi oi^escriphon^pfsomeNew^e(:t^^^q^P;^rd^^^^.f^ ^'vJfilh W 



By the Viscount Du Bus de Gisignies. 



1. Lanio auritus. Mas. L. nigerrimus, subtus nigro-fuliginosus ; 

 supercilio tenuissimo albo, pone oculos in penicillum auricularem 

 rubro-igneum prolongato ; Immevis et tergo flavissimis ; tectricibus 

 alarum inferioribus, fasciculoque plumarum elongatarum axillari can- 

 didis. Rostro et pedibus ^S'K^s^di^i^i^noolrZ'biuo^^Z,^ 



