BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 299 



Plate XI. 

 Fig. 1. — Section through the head and peristomium of Pohjnoii 

 oclithoeholepis. a. cerebral ganglion ; h, posterior 

 ©y© ; ^. ^> peristoniial tentacles ; d, bases of lateral 

 praestomial tentacles ; e, peristoniial aciculum ; /, 

 parapodium of first segment ; h, aperture of mouth. 

 Fig. 2. — Section of intestine of the same. 

 ,, Vi. — Ventral seta of the same, X 400. 

 ,, 4. — Head and anterior portion of the body of ThalenesRa 



microceras, from above, X 22. 

 ,, 5, — The same, from below. 

 ,, 6. — Ventral seta of the same. 

 ,, 7. — Outline of elytron of the same, magnified. 

 ,, 8. — Appendage from the border of the same, X 200. 



CORRIGENDA. 



The correct title of the paper by Dr. Williams, quoted on p. 257, is 

 " Researches on the Structure aud Homology of the Reproductive Organs 

 of the Annelide.'' 



Page 251, linos 10 and 11, the ^ord " another " should come in after 

 "affords." 



Description of two new Birds from the Solomon Islands. 



By E. p. Eamsay, F.L.S., &c. 



Phlog^nas salamonis. 



Total length 11 inches; wing 6-5 inches; tail 4; tarsus 1*3 ; 

 bill from the forehead 1, from the nostril 0-5, from the angle 

 of the mouth M inch. Bill brown, legs and feet carmine. The 

 bill is strong and much curved at the tip ; the tail rounded, of 

 twelve feathers. General colour reddish chocolate-brown above, 

 slightly tinted with rich metallic violet-purple, which becomes 

 very bright on the wing-coverts, and interscapular region ; the 

 primaries and secondaries, and the inner webs of the tail-feathers 

 and their under surfaces, dull dark brown ; head chocolate colour 



