NOVITATES ZOOLOQICAB XXVI. 1919. 139 



88. Symplectes mentalis Hartl. = Ploceus {Symplectes) mentalis. 



Symplecies mentalis Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn. 1891. p. 314 (Bugudra). 



Type: cJ ad., Buguera near Wadelai, 23. iii. 1889. Emin Pasha leg. (No. 1). 

 (The name Sytnplectes need not be rejected, as Meigen did not anticipate it. 

 His genus was called Symplecta !) 



89. Ploceus graueri Hart. = Ploceus (Hyphantornis) nigriceps graueri. 

 Ploceus graueri Hartcrt, Bull. B.O. Club, xxix. p. 21 (1911 — Usumbura). 



Type : S Usumbura, 31. iii. 1908. Rudolf Grauer leg. No. 2239. 



I expect graueri, though easily distinguishable by the warm brown tinge of 

 the underside, must be a subspecies of P. [H.) nigriceps. The races of this 

 species require further study ; southern and northern birds (Natal and Zambesi 

 and Uganda !) are probably separable. 



90. ploceus BohndorfH Rchw. = Ploceus (Hyphantornis) cucullatus iohndorffi. 

 Floeeus Bohndorffi Keichenow, Journ. j. Orn. 1887. p. 2U (" Stanley-Falle," Bohndorff ColL). 



Type (or cotype) : <? ad., Stanley Falls, Congo, March. F. Bohndorff leg. 



I quite agree with Oscar Neumann, who considers Ploceus abyssinicus 

 and hohndorffi to be subspecies of cucullatus. P. c. hohndorfp, is very closely 

 aUied to P. c. abyssinicus, but separable by the markings on the nape and hind- 

 neck, while the cJ of feminina has the black of the head more restricted. I do 

 not treat nigriceps as a subspecies of cucullatus, as the markings on the back of 

 the male are so very different. (See also This, 1918, p. 434.) 



91. Ploceus heuglini neglectus Neum. = Ploceus (Hyphantornis) lieuglini neglectiis. 



Ploceus heuglini neglectus Neumann, Bull. B.O. Club, xxi. p. 58 (1908 — " Upper Guinea, from Senegal 

 to the Niger "). 



Type: S ad., Gassam, Senegal, 29. viii. 1907. F. W. Riggenbach leg. 

 No. 1254. 



92. Ploceus aurantius rex Neum. = Ploceus (Hyphantornis) aurantius rex. 

 Ploceus aurantius rex Neumann, Bull. B.O. Club, xxiii. p. 12 (1908 — "Uganda"). 

 Type : <J, Entebbi, Uganda. Rud. Grauer leg. 



93. Pachyphantes superciliosus omoensis Neum. 



Pachyphantes superciliosus omoensis Neumann, Journ. /. Orn. 1905. p. 342 (Desor. from one single 

 $ from Omo, between Malo and Koscha). 



This will most probably turn out to be a good subspecies, but one cannot 

 be certain about it from one female specimen. The supposed larger size does 

 not hold good, nor does the lighter coloration of the underside. The upperside 

 is very pale, but as the bird is in a worn plumage, even this requires confirmation. 

 The bill is only very sUghtly larger than that of some Unyoro specimens. 



