Vor,. XVII. 



NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. 



EDITED BY 



WALTER ROTHSCHILD, ERNST HARTERT, and KARL JORDAN. 



CONTENTS OF NO. III. 



PAOES 



1. THE BIRDS OF THE ElO MADEIRA . C. E. llellma</r . . 257—428 



2. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SYNTOMIDAE . Waller Rothschild . . 429—445 



3. NOTES ON SEA ELEPHANTS {MIROUNGA) 



(Plates VIII., IX.) Walter Rothschild . . 445— 44C 



4. LIST OF THE SrillNGIDAE COLLECTED 



BY THE LATE W. HOFFMANNS AT 



ALLIANCA, RIO MADEIRA, AMAZONAS Walter Rothschild and 



Karl Jordan . . 447 — 455 



5. SOME NEW SPEINGIDAE .... Walter Rothschild and 



Karl Jordan . , 456 — 459 



6. A NEW SPECIES OF THE DIPTEROUS 



GENUS ACUIA.'i Fabr. (Family ORTA- 



LIDAE) (Plate XV,) Ernest E. Austen . . 459—461 



7. NEW FORMS OF THE ACRAEINE GENERA 



PLANE MA AND ACTINOTE . . . Karl Jordan . . .462—469 



8. NEW -S'.irry^V///).!^ Karl Jordan. . .470—476 



9. MISCELLANEA ORNITHOLOGICA : (Pt. VI.) 



(Plate VII.) J^mst Uartert . . 477—483 



10. ON THE EGGS OF THE PARADISEIDAE 



(Plate X.) Ernst Hartert . . 484—491 



11. ON SOME NECESSARY ALTERATIONS 



IN THE NOMENCLATURE OF BIRDS . Gregory M. Mathews . 492-503 



12. NOTES ON MELJORXIS NOYAEHOLLAX- 



DIAE KOVAEIIOLLAXDIAE AND .)/. X. 



DIEMEXENSIi^ Gregwy M. Mathews . 504 



13. N0TP:S on ARCTIAXAE and DESCRIP- 



TIONS OF A FEW NEW SPECIES . Walter Rothschild . . 504—506 



14. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ATTACVS . Walter Rotfischihl . . 507 



(Plates XL — XV. will appear with the Index number,) 



