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Arachnoraphis rohitsia (partim), Shelley, Mon. Nectar, p. 367, pi. 

 118 (1878). 

 ' 2 specimens (ad. cf and 9). 



»Iris brown, bill and feet dark brownish black." 



I cannot agree with Capt. Shelley and Dr. Gadow who 

 consider A. armata Mull. & Schl. (Verb. Nat. Gesch. p. 68, 

 pi. 11, fig. 2) to be identical with the present species. All 

 three typical specimens of A. armata differ from rohusta 

 by the decidedly grayish olive chin , throat and chest , 

 which parts in rohusta are olive green and strongly tinged with 

 yellow. The bill in armata is much shorter than that of 

 rohusta , measuring in a straight line from front to tip only 

 47 mm., while in rohusta it is in all the five specimens 

 before me 53 — 55 mm. The difference in the length of 

 the wing is not very remarkable, the wing of the three 

 males in A. armata measuring 85, that of the three males 

 in A. rohusta 88 — 90 mm. The two females of the latter 

 species have the wings considerably shorter, as they are 

 scarcely as long as in the male of armata. 



The specimens from which Capt. Shelley described his A. 

 rohusta, as well as that from the Turin Museum which is 

 figured on the accompanying plate, are dXXirue A. rohusta, 

 and I think that if this excellent observer had really had 

 before him a true armata, this latter would certainly stand 

 in his Monograph as a distinct species. There must be 

 added that the yellowish tinge on throat and chest in A. 

 armata Mull. & Schl. (pi. 11, fig. 2) is decidedly incorrect 

 and ought to be represented by a grayish olive color. This 

 incorrect representation is certainly for a great deal the 

 reason that the species is not acknowledged by Capt. Shelley. 



Besides the typical specimen of A. rohusta, the Museum 

 Collection contained a specimen (Q) from Sarawak (Borneo), 

 presented by Mr. Sharpe , and another from Western Su- 

 matra , presented by Mr. von Faber. 



105. Arachnothera mode sta. 

 Anthreptes modesta, Eyton , P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105. 

 Arachnothera modesta, Blyth , J. A. S. B. XII. p. 981 (1843); — Sal- 

 Notes from tlie Leyden Museum, "Vol. IX. 



