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base of both wings extended glossy greeuish blue; band yellowisli at the ends. 

 Body glossy greenish blue: abdomen beneath nearly lilack. 



A series ot" both sexes. 



In the deep blue upperside of the wings and the colour of the band this new 

 furm resembles bicalt'itta from the Andamaus, but the hindwings are, as in glaiwa, 

 devoid of a baud. 



In one of the ? ? which is rather worn the band is yellow instead of scarlet. 



auahistidm:. 



7. Phalaenoides proerosia obiensis siibsp. nov. 



?. Uitters above from the Key form of jirorro.sia Urnce, .\iui. X. II. (<i). XV. 

 p. 41 (18"Jo),in the cell of the forewing being crossed by two creamy white bars, one 

 near the base, the other near the apex of the cell, in the discal creamy white baud 

 being broader, the metallic postdiscal spots upon the veins confluent to a band, and 

 in the hindwing, wliich has the longer scales of the fringe all white, being without 

 white admarginal spots, there being only a few white ailmarginal scales present 

 behind vein 2; and is distinguished on the underside by the forewing having a white 

 bar across the cell near the apex of the latter, and by the hindwing possessing a 

 series of admarginal white spots which are widely isolated from one another and 

 stand also sejiarate from the white fringe. Fore tibiae lilack, with an inner orange 

 patch ; fore tarsi black, tips of joints nearly without any white scales. 



One J'emale only. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CASSOWARY. 



Ilv TlIK I KIN. WALTER ROTMSCIIILD. 

 Casuarius philipi sp. nov. 



This new species is founded on a bird now living in the Zoological Gardens, 

 Loudon, whicli, though far from adult, being almost brown in plumage, appears 

 to be full grown, and the naked jiarts are fully coloure<l. It is closely allied to 

 C uniappendiculatus, but ditt'ers luuch in colour. 



Plumage when adult evidently black. Casque as yet undeveloped, jiale yellowish 

 horn-colour. Tiiroat and fore-neck deep purpiisii blue. A single small wattle on 

 fore-neck, round and flat, not pear-shaped as in ('. aiuapiiendiriilalus: upper third of 

 wattle purplish red, rest dark blue. Hairy feathers of neck very thick and reaching 

 high up the neck. Head, occiput, and upper half of liind-nec.k very pale greenish 

 blue; lower half of liiud-ueck pale orange-yellow. Naked skin on lower sides of 

 neck deep crimson, fading into cherry-red on the edges. Legs very stoat and short; 

 body set very low on the legs and very bulky, giving the bird the exact shape 

 JJiiioriiis cli'phantopus must have had. 



Hub. Probably Eastern German New Guineu. 



Named in lioncjur of Ur. Philip Lutley Sclater. 



