26. PTEROPnAJTES. 117 



licejis) ; throat white, dull white, 

 glitteriug- green or blue ; tail 

 uniform. 



/*. Sexes nearly alike 51. Agyrteia, p. 178. 



_/■'. Sexes dissimilar 52. Aeiana, p. 193. 



/"'. Tail uniform, slightly forked ; 

 crown glittering blue, purple, 



S'reen, or dull green 53. Cyaxomyia, p. 194. 



,/". Tail slightly forked, lateral rec- 

 trices white at the base ; crown 



dull green like the back 54. Leucippus, p. 200. 



/". Throat never white, no glittering 

 blue colours or any glittering fea- 

 thers on the upper surface ; lateral 

 rectrices never tipped with white 



or with white bases 55. Amaziija, p. 203, 



d. Culmen bare nearly to the base ; nasal 

 covers fully exposed. 

 f/' . Bill long and straight; tail short, 

 rounded, the lateral rectrices tipped 



with white 56. Floeicola, p. 228. 



//'. Bill much shorter and slightly decurved : 

 tail moderate, rounded or slightly 

 forked. 

 m". Tail forked, the lateral rectrices 



longest, rectrices narrow 57. C'yanophaia, p. 233. 



n" . Tail rounded, the lateral rectrices 

 shorter than the next pair. 

 /«•'". Throat glittering green ; abdomen 

 glittering blue : smaller ; bill 



shorter 58. Damophila, p. 235. 



/'". Throat shining green washed with 



blue : larger ; bill longer 59. Polyerata, p. 237. 



o". Tail nearly even or slightly forked, 

 steel-blue, golden-copper, or greenish 

 gold, with brighter central rectrices ; 

 with or ^vithout a long postocular 

 stripe. 

 m'" . Tail steel-blue, slightly forked ; 



no postocular stripe 60. Eucephala, p. 239. 



>?/". Tail steel-blue, nearly even ; no 



postocular stripe 61. Hylocharis, p. 245. 



<i"'. Tail nearly even, rich golden - 

 copper or greenish gold ; no 



postocular stripe 62. Chrysueonia, p. 248. 



p'". Tail nearly even, purple-black, 

 median rectrices coppery; a long 

 postocular stripe 63. Heliopedica, p. 252. 



2(). PTEROPHANES. 



Pterophanes, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. sub pi. 178 



(June 1849) P. temmincki. 



Diphlogena (Lepidoria), Muh. 8; Verr. Classif. Troch. 

 p. 61 (18G5). 



Mam/e. Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. 



