124 tkochtijT. 



/). Abdomen uniform shining grass-pToen ; second- 

 aries buii' hitcti(P, p. 126. 



e. Lower abdomen cinnamon. 



c'. A white pectoral band vioUfera, p. 126. 



d'. Breast shining green. 



(■". Tail cinnamon, narrowly edged with bronzy 



green osculans, p. 127. 



d" . Tail widely edged with bronzy green .... dichroura, p. 128. 



1. Helianthea typica. 



Ornismya helianthea, Less. Fev. Zool. 1838, p. 314. 



Trochikis helianthea, GoiiM, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 11. 



Helianthea tvpica, £p. Cotisj). i. p. 74 ; id. licv. Zool. 1854, p. 251 ; 



Bcich. Aiifz. d. Vol. p. 9 ; id. Troch. Fmum. p. 6, pi. 732. ff. 4677-79 ; 



Goidd, 3Ion. Troch. iv. pi. 235 (Oct. 1854) ; id. Mr. Troch. p. 130 ; 



Cab. S)- Heine, Mvs. Hein. iii. p. 79 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 ; 



Elliot j.Ibis, 1874, p. 332 ; id. Syn. Troch. p. 71; Scl. ^- Salt. P.Z. S. 



1879, p. 530 ; Salv. Cat. StricM. Coll. p. 366. 

 Diphlogrena (Helianthea) helianthea,'iVfM/s. ^Ferr. Class. Troch. p. 61. 

 Trochiius heliantheus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. 

 Helianthea porphy vogaster, Mtds. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 293, 



iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. j). 210. 

 Hypochrysia helianthea, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 323. 



Adult mcde. Upper surface nearly black, with a tinge of green on 

 the middle of the Isack and wing-coverts : upper tail-coverts glittering 

 greenish plumbeous; head and neck deep black ; forehead glittering 

 green, a crescent-shaped glittering violet gular spot ; abdomen 

 glittering silvery rose ; under tail-coverts dark purple ; tail dark 

 greenish purple ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 

 2-85 ; tail, central rectrices 1"25, lateral 1'75 ; bill 1"5. 



Female. Upper surface shining grass-green, the rump like that of 

 the male but with a rosy tint ; under surface cinnamon, the sides 

 of the breast green ; abdomen scantily marked with dark glittering 

 rosy spots ; under tail-coverts dusky green, edged with cinnamon ; 

 tail dark olive-green. 



Hub. Colombia. 



fl-^. c? ad. ;/*-Hi. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godmau, 

 c? iuv. ; n-q. Gould, & Sclater 



5 "ad. sk. Colls. 



r. c? ad. st. Colombia. Purchased. 



s, t. Ad. St. Purchased. 



2. Helianthea bonapartii. 



Ornismya bonapartii, Boiss. liev. Zool. 1840, p. 6 ; Bowc. Ann. Soc. 

 d'Agr. Lyotis, 1842, p. 307, pi. 14 ; Lodd. P. Z. S. 1843, p. 122. 



Trochiius aurogaster, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1840, p. 16. 



Helianthea bonapartii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 74 ; id. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 251 

 Govld, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 236 (Oct. 1854) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 130 

 Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 80 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 308 

 Elliot, Ibis, 1874, p. 332; id. Syn. Troch. p. 72; Mids. Hist. Nat 

 Ois.-Mmiches, ii. p. 295, iv. p. 211 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn, Lyon, xxii 

 p. 216 5 Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 367. 



