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primo secundo 3 plo longiore. Abdominis segmentis ventralibus 2-4 
carinatis. 
2. Nigra, capitis pronotique maculis ac lineis angustissimis seu subobso- 
letis; ventre-nigro, linea latero-apicali albida abdominis segmenti_ tertii 
excepta. Long. corp., 10 mm. 
Halitat. Sokotra (Elh¢é, Hadibu Plain, 30/i./99). 
Cimicide. 
(9) Aspongopus assar. 
Niger, antennis unicoloribus ; pronoti parte basali, scutello, clavo, corio 
castaneis. Jugis tylo longioribus et anterius contiguis, marginibus laterali- 
bus nonnihil sinuatis. Corii margine apicali sinuato. Long. corp., 15 mm. 
Habitat. Sokotra (Jena-agahan, 1200 ft., 29/i./99). 
(10) (?) Chroantha hataska. 
Virescens ; plus minus flavo-virescente marmorata ; marginibus lateralibus 
anticis scutelli subcallosis, levigatis; exocorio rufoflavo; abdominis dorso 
nigro, connexivo pallide virescente, fusco-virescente maculatu. Punctata ; 
tylo latiusculo, lateribus subparallelis, jugorum marginibus lateribus distincte 
sinuatis ; pronoto haud carinato, marginibus lateralibus haud seu levissime 
reflexis, latere prominulis, haud spinosis. Long. corp., 124 mm. 
Halitat. Abd-el-Kuri, 5/xii./98. 
Apparently closely allied to C. ornutula. (Schiff). 
Note on Three rare and not hitherto figured Species 
of Zosterops in the Derby Collection. 
By H. C. Ropinson. 
(PuatE I. Zosteropide.) 
Zosterops chlorates, Hartl.—Fig. 1 of our plate represents a species 
originally discovered by Salomon Miiller in the Padang Highlands of Sumatra, 
where he obtained two specimens. The species remained uncharacterised for 
many years, in the Leyden Museum, and was first diagnosed by Dr. Hartlaub 
(who, however, erroneously gave the habitat as Morty Island) in his mono- 
graphic essay on the genus in the “Journal fiir Ornithologie,” 1865, p. 23. 
It was re-discovered in 1880 in Southern Sumatra by Mr. H. O. Forbes, at 
over 10,000 ft., on the summit of the Dempo Volcano in the Palembang Resi- 
dency, feeding on the flowers of a species of Vaccinium (V. forbesii). He 
obtained six specimens, one of which is in the British Museum, three are in 
the Liverpool Museum, while the fate of the remaining two is unknown. 
Besides the types of the species at Leyden and the above-mentioned 
specimens, we are unaware of the existence of any other representatives of 
this rare bird in European collections. 
as 
related to Z. palpebrosa, Temm., from Peninsular India. It is characterised 
by the b¥oad stripe of sulphur yellow running down the centre of the 
abdomen. It occurs in Burmah, Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 
and Western Java. The specimen figured is a male from the last-mentioned 
locality, obtained by Mr. H. O. Forbes. 
Zosterops aureiventris, Hwme, represented in Fig. 2, seems to be nearly 
