224 Mr. P. L. Sclater on two new Species of American Parrots. 



Order PHYSAPODA. 



Phlceothrips stenomelas. Ater, antennis concoloribus, capite 

 glabro, thorace striis transversis, abdomine lineari apice lanceolate. 



Deep black. Antennae submoniliform. Head smooth, nearly 

 as long as the thorax, which is transversely striated. Abdomen 

 linear, lanceolate at the tip. Fore legs thick. Length 1|^ lin. 



XXIV. — Descriptions of two new Species of American Parrots. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., Secretary to the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



1. Conurus holochlorm, 



Lsete viridis unicolor ; subtus dilutior : remigibus et rectricibus infra 

 saturate flavicanti-olivaceis : rostro albo : pedibus clare brunneis. 

 Long, tota 11*0, alae 6*5, caudse b'b. 

 Hah. in vicinitate urbis Jalapa in rep. Mexicana. 



The large collection of birds made in the vicinity of Jalapa, 

 in the Mexican State of Vera Cruz by Senor Rafael Montes 

 de Oca, contained four examples of this Parrot, — the first which 

 have come under my notice. It is a close ally of Conurus pavua 

 (Bodd.) (Psittacus guianensis, Gm.), but readily distinguishable 

 by the absence of red and yellow on the under wing- coverts, 

 which are green like the body. 



The Parrots of which I have now seen examples undoubtedly 

 from Mexico, are the following : — 



1. Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Sw.), Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 429. 

 Hab, Table-land of Mexico from Rio Grande into State of Vera 

 Cruz. 



2. Conurus holochlorus, Sclater. Hab. Vicinity of Jalapa, 

 probably table-land. 



3. Conurus Petzii, Hahn, Papag. t. 64. Hab. Tierra caliente 

 of Vera Cruz; Acapulco (Boucard). 



4. Conurus astec, Souance,Rev. Zool. 1856, p. 154. Hab. Tierra 

 caliente of Vera Cruz; Cordova (Salle). 



5. Conurus lineolatus (Cassin) ; Psittacula lineola, Cass. Pr. 

 Ac. Sc. Phil. vi. 372. Hab. Vera Cruz, vie. of Cordova (SalM). 



6. Pionus senilis (Spix); Ps. leucorhynchus, Sw. Hab. Vera 

 Cruz, vie. of Cordova (Salle). 



7. Chrysotis ochroptera (Gm.) Hab. Tierra caliente of Vera 

 Cruz (Salle), 



8. Chrysotis viridigenaliSy Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. vi. 371. 

 Hab. Tierra caliente of Vera Cruz (Salle). 



9. Chrysotis astivalis, Bp. MS.; C. autumnalis, Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 205. Hab. Tierra caliente of Vera Cruz. 



