316 Mr. 0. Salvin on Mr. Lawrence's 



him, that this supposed species has been based upon immature 

 specimens of T. cal'ujatus, Gould. Mr. Lawrence describes the 

 female of my T. clathratus ; but he will find it already character- 

 ized (P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151). Trogoii hairdi, described by Mr. 

 Lawrence, is a fine new species bearing the same relationship to 

 T. venustus (Cab.) that T. puella does to T. aurantiiventris. 



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Eugenes spectabilis. I do not think this species satisfactorily 

 established as yet, and believe that it may prove to be E. ful- 

 gens, Sw., which undoubtedly dues occur in Costa Rica. All the 

 specimens of Heliodoxa jacula that have passed through Mr. 

 Lawrence's hands appear to have been immature. Mr. Godman 

 and I have specimens both from Costa Rica and Veragua pos- 

 sessing the bright frontal and gular spots very conspicuously. 

 In his remarks upon the vexed question as to the position of 

 Oreojnjra custaneiventris, Mr. Lawrence overlooks the pi-esence 

 in that bird of the long postocular stripe which extends back- 

 wards from the eye. This character alone, in my opinion, shows 

 that the bird has no near relationship to Panterpe insignis. 



Whatever name be applied to the Costa-E-ican Heliomaster of 

 the H. longirostris group, it is very improbable that more than 

 one is found in the country. I should, for reasons before given 

 (P. Z, S. 1867, p. loo), call it H. longirostris, Vieill., while 

 Mr. Lawrence prefers H. sclateri, following Cabanis. If the 

 races are to be maintained as distinct, their range is anomalous. 

 It is as follows : — Vieillot's H. longirostris is from V^enezuela or 

 Trinidad ; Dr. Cabanis's H. sclateri, also from Venezuela, and 

 according to both him and Mr. Lawrence from Costa Rica ; Mr. 

 Lawrence's H. stuartce, from Bogota and Panama. I am not 

 convinced that the Guatemalan H. pallidiceps is really separable; 

 but as far as I can see, the head is constantly lighter in colour 

 than in the more southern bird. Eupherusa eximia is probably 

 the bird Mr. Sclater and I have recently separated as E. egregia 

 (P. Z.S. 1868, p. 389). 



Khamphastid.*:. 

 Uhamphastus approximans, Cab., if kept separate from R. cari- 



