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185. ScLATERiA NAEViA (Gmelin). 



Three specimens, cf and 9 9 , Vicinity of Paramaribo, and Lely- 

 dorp, March. 



186. Myrmoderas ferruginea (P. L. S. Miiller). 

 One adult 9 , Lelydorp, March. 



187. Myrmoderas atrothorax (Boddaert). 

 One adult cf , Rijsdijkweg, April. 



188. Hypocnemis cantator (Boddaert). 



Four specimens. Vicinity of Paramaribo, and Javaweg, February, 

 May, and June. 



Hypocnemoides, gen. nov. 



Type. — Hypocnemis melanopogon Sclater, Proc. zool. soc. London, 

 1857, p. 130'. 



Characters. — Similar to Myrmoborus Cabanis & Heine, type 

 Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, but smaller, bill much longer, more slender, 

 and more flattened, very much like the bill of Sclateria Oberholser. 



189. Hypocnemoides melanopogon (Sclater). 



Three males, two adult and one immature. Vicinity of Paramaribo, 

 Lelydorp, and Javaweg, January, MaTch, and April. 



