70 Ridgivay — Forviicariidse, Furtuiriidae and Dendrocolaptidx. 



without claw, and plantar .si-vit^lla indistinct; differing from Drymophila 

 in having nostrils slit-like and very broadly operculate, tarsus nearly half 

 as long as wing, and other charactei"s. 

 Type. — Myiothera stngilata Maximilian. 

 (Mvp/jLT)^^ an ant; opx^^os, a wren.) 



Myrmoderus gen. nov. (Formicariidae.) 



Related to Myrmeciza Gray but tail much longer ( more than five-sixths 

 as long, sometimes longer than, wing, hill more slender, nostril larger 

 and more longitudinal, and forehead more densely feathered, with feathers 

 more compactly webbed, more decumbent; style of coloration very dif- 

 ferent. 



Type. — Myiothera loricata Licht^nstein. 

 (Mi/p/LiT?^, an ant; dipu, I flay, cudgel.) 



Contains also : Myrmoderus cinnamomens (Gmelin), Myrmoderus rufi- 

 caudus (Maximilian), and Myrmoderus atrothorax (Boddaert). Myrme- 

 ciza pehelni Sclater and M. hemimelscnus Sclater, which I have not seen, 

 may also belong here. 



Phsenostictus gen. nov. (Formicariidfe.) 



Related to Phlegopsis Reichenbach but differing in relatively nuich 

 longer tail (nearly as long as wing), scant loral and frontal feathering, 

 rounded nostrils, partly nude malar region, more sharply ridged culmen, 

 and other characters. 



Type. — Phlegopsis macleannani Lawrence. 



{^alvu, I display, exhibit; <ttikt6s, marked, spotted.) 



Hylophylax gen. nov. (Formicariidw.) 



Agreeing with Pithys Meillot, Anoplops Cabanis, Rhegmatorhitia Ridg- 

 way, Phlegopsis Reichenbach, etc. (and differing from Hypocnemis 

 Cabanis), in having the second phalanx of middle toe partly united to 

 outer toe and the acrotarsium fused (not scutellate) l)ut differing from the 

 first in al)sence of crests and very different character of nostrils, from the 

 second in feathered orbital region and other characters ; nearest (ScZa^erm, 

 but differing in relatively much shorter and broader bill and very different 

 style of coloration. 



Type. — Conopophaga n.rvioides Lafresnaye. 



("TXij, a wood, forest; 0i/Xa|, a watcher, guard, sentinel.) 



Oropezus gen. nov. (Formicariidir.) 



Related to Grallaria Vieillot but tarsus half as long as wing (instead of 

 less), more distinctly scutellate, the inner edge of planta distinctly con- 

 volute; l)ill more slender; ujiper jjarts not squamated. 



Type. — Grallaria rufula J^afresnaye. 

 ("O/jos, mountain; irefis, walking.) 



