30 Bangs — A Neio Race of the Hepatic Tanager. 



Piranga hepatica dextra subsp. nov. 



Type — From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico, adult d^. No. 2090, coll. of E. 

 A.and O. Bangs. Collected April 18, 1S97, by C. B. Isham. 



Characters. — Similar to true F. hepatica, but smaller; the adult c? much 

 more richly colored ; back much redder, less grayish ; pileum darker, 

 more intense red — dull scarlet — vermilion; under parts, darker, deeper 

 red — deep orange — vermilion { flame-scarlet in true P. hepatica). Adult 9 

 darker in color throughout with the back decidedly less grayish. 



Measurements. — Type, adult cJ*, wing, 96.; tail, 74.5; tarsus, 23.; cul- 

 men, 18.5. 



