172 ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. [1872. 



NECTARINIID.E. 



Nectaeixii.vj:. 

 Ar.\chnotheiu\, Temminck. 



91. ARAcnxoTnEPvA ■ 



Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.), S. Miiller, Yerhandel. Zool. Aves, p. G9, ex Celebes. 

 I have not had an opportunity of examining an example of the Celebean Arachnothera, and 

 am therefore unable to determine its correct title. 



Aktoreptes, Swainson. 

 92. A.xTHRErTES MAL.vccE.vsis (Scopoli), Del. Fl. et Faun. Insub. ii. p. 90. no. G2 (17SG); 

 Waldcn, Ibis, 1870, p. 47. no. 38*. 

 Tr. Z. S. Tiii. JIah. Celebes ( Wallace) ; Menado {mus. nostr.) ; Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malacca {S. Miiller) ; 



^■"^' Sula Islands, Flores {Wallace); Aracan, Tenasserim {Bhjth); Labuan {Motley & Mlwi/n); 

 Banjermassing {Sclater); Siam {Gould); Cambodia {Wahlen). 



This must be a common species in the neighbourhood of Menado, judging from the number 

 of examples sent from that locality. 



Chalcostetha, Cabanis. 



. 93. Chalcostetha porphyrol^ma (Wallace), P. Z. S. 18G5, p. 479, "Macassar; " Walden, 



Ibis, 1870, p. 46.no. 35*. 



Nectarinia aspasia (Less.), Schlegel & S. Miiller, Vcrhand. Zool. Aves, p. 58, "Macassar " {\). 



Hah. Macassar (IFffZ/acf). 



Arachnechthra, Cabanis. 



94. ARAcn.vECHTHEA FREXATA (S. Miiller), Verhandel. p. 173, "New Guinea, Menado " (1843) ; 

 op. cit. Zool. Aves, p. 61, pi. 8. f. 1 ; AValden, Ibis, 1870, p. 26. no. G*. 



Ilab. Celebes, Sula Islands, Mysol, Moluccas, Kaisa Island ( Wallace) ; Batchian, Temate, 

 Am Islands, New Guinea, Islands of Torres Straits {G. B. Gray); North-east coast of Australia 

 {J. Macgillivray). 



A. flav'ujastra (Gould), ex New Ireland, is closely related to this species. The male, as 

 described by Lesson and Garnot (Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 344, note), is undistinguishable. 



Nect.\rophila, Reichenbach. 



95. Nectaeophila gk.\ti (WaUace), P. Z. S. 1865, p. 479, " Menado ; " Walden, Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 42. no. 30, pi. 1. f. 2*. 



Hah. Menado ( Wallace). 



.^THOPYGA, Cabanis. 



96. tEthoptoa fl.\vostrlvta (Wallace), P. Z. S. 1865, p. 478, pi. 29. f. 2; Walden, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 35. no. 18; Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 141*. 



Hob. Menado ( Wallace). 



• {^Anteh, pp. 76-90.— Ed.] 



