436 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 



spots, and the name is therefore a synonym of fraseri. A synonym of T. t. tym- 

 panistria is : 



Tympanistria bicolor Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. p. 78 (1852 — ^Nomen 

 nudum) ; id. Atlas, p. 258, ic. 1435 (the date when these plates appeared is 

 uncertain ; they are quoted in the list of 1852, but whether they had actually 

 appeared at the time is doubtful ; Salvadori quotes them with the " Tauben " 

 as of 1862, but they must have appeared long before that date. The figure is too 

 bad to indicate any locality, the name bicolor of 1852 is therefore to be regarded 

 as a nomen nudum, as no habitat is given ; id. Vollst. Naturg. Tauhen, p. 78 

 (1862 — Description and habitat : S. Africa : bicolor of 1862 is therefore a 

 synonym of T. t. tympanistria). 



