NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAB XXVI. 1919. 129 



35. Paradisea minor jobiensis Rothsch. = Paradisea minor johiensis. 



Pamdieea minor jobiensis Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, vi. p. xlvi (1897 — Jobi Island). 

 Type : <J ad., Jobi Island, 9. xi. 1883. H. Guillemard leg. 



36. Loborhamphus nobilis Rothsch. = Loborhamphus nohilis. 



Loborhamphus nobilis Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, xii. p. 34 (1901— Dutch New Guinea). Figured : 

 Nov. Zool. 1903. pL i. 



Type : Adult male, from some part of Dutch New Guinea. Purchased 

 from van Renesse van Duivenbode. Another S reached the Tring Museum 

 afterwards. 



t 37. Pseudastrapia lobata Rothsch. probably = Pseudastrapia ellioti. 



Pseudastrapia lobata Rothschild, Bull. B.O. CUib, xxi. p. 25 (1907). 



Type: (J immat. (probably). Dutch New Guinea. Imported by Bensbach. 



Rothschild, Ibis, 1911, p. 361, has quite correctly stated, that " Epimachus 

 ellioti " belongs to the same genus as the very curious Pseudastrapia lobata. In 

 fact, in view of the females (and probably young males) of Astrapia nigra and 

 rothschildi bearing exactly the same relation to the adult male as this Pseu- 

 dastrapia lobata does to Psetidastrapia ellioti, 1 believe that lobata is the young 

 male (or female) of Pseudastrapia ellioti. The name Pseudastrapia is well 

 chosen. Of neither P. ellioti nor " lobata" do we know the exact locality. The 

 latter is unique, while of ellioti only two adult males are known, one in London 

 (an imperfect skin without wings and feet !), and one in Dresden. Nearly thirty 

 years ago a perfect male was offered for sale in London and shown both to Lord 

 Rothschild and Dr. Sharpe, but the price was so exorbitant that both rejected 

 it. Sharpe says he does not know what became of the specimen, but there 

 can be no doubt that it is the one which the late A. B. Meyer bought for the 

 Dresden Museum, at the same time, i.e. in 1889 or 1890. 



38. Astrapia rothschildi Foerster = Astrapia rothschildi. 



Astrapia rothschildi Foerster, Foerster & Rothschild, Two New Birds of Paradise, p. 2 (1906—" Moun- 

 tains of German New Guinea"). 



Type : 3 ad., Rawlinson Mountains, 800 — 1,000 m. Carl Wahnes leg. 



39. Astrapia splendidissima Rothsch. = Astrapia splendidissima. 



Astrapia splendidissima Rothschild, Nov. Zool. 1895. p. 59. pi. v. (" Said to come from the foot 

 of the Charles Louis Mountains ' '). 



Type : ,J ad., found among plumassier's trade-skin, bought from van 

 Renesse van Duivenbode. In view of the fact that this magnificent species 

 has been found by Albert Meek on Mount Goliath, and by C. Boden Kloss's 

 Dyaks on the Utakwa River, slopes of Snow Mountains, the original locality has 

 probably been quite or nearly correct, though information about the Papuan 

 trade-skins is generally unsatisfactory. 



40. Epimachus astrapioides Rothsch. = Falcinellus astrapioides. 



Epimachus astrapioides Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, vii. p. 22 (1898— Dutch New Guinea) ; Nov. 

 Zool, xviii. pi. vii. 



Type : J ad., Dutch New Guinea, trade-skin. Still unique ! 

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