February 6, 1903 Vol. Ill, pp. 105-106 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES OF 

 MANACUS CANDEI (PARZUD.). 



BY OUTRAM BANGS. 



It has been customary to give the range of Manacus candei i as 

 extending from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, the species having 

 been described originally from specimens from Truxillo, Hon- 

 duras. 



Last winter Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., secured a large series of speci- 

 mens at Ceiba, Honduras, (spelled on some maps Laceiba) less 

 than a hundred miles west of the type locality. Both towns are in 

 the hot coastal plain, and the faunal conditions are undoubtedly 

 the same at each place. Therefore Mr. Brown's specimens can be 

 considered as being practically topotypes of true Manacus candei 

 (Parzud.). On comparing these skins with a large series from 

 Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Mexico, a very great difference in color 

 in the adult males is at once obvious, and the Mexican form must 

 be distinguished by name. Besides the pronounced differences in 

 color, the Mexican form averages slightly larger than the more 

 southern true M. candei. It may be known by the following brief 

 diagnosis. 



1 Pipra candei Parzud., Rev. Zool., 1841, p. 306. 



