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6. Papilio Neodamas. Very near P. Polydamaa and Protodamas. 

 From the Antilles. 



7. Euterpe CcBsarea. Smaller than E. Charops, to which it is 

 allied. Inhabits Columbia. 



8. Euterpe Notha. Wings white with black nervures, and more 

 or less spotted and edged with black. Inhabits Venezuela. 



9. Euterpe Hebra. Wings blackish brown, with a greenish white 

 band, which is much broader on the posterior wings than in E. Nim- 

 bice. From Columbia. 



10. Euterpe Cora. A little smaller than E. Nimbice. From the 

 environs of Cusco. 



In No. 6— 



1. Euterpe Telasco. From Cusco. 



2. Euterpe Semiramis. Allied to E. Nimbice and Toca, but with 

 the wings more strongly toothed. From Columbia. 



3. Euterpe modesta. Allied to the preceding. From Cusco. 



4. Euterpe Sebennica. From Mexico. 



5. Leptalis Bero'e. Allied to L. Amphione. Bogota. 



6. Leptalis Lewyi. Somewhat hke L. Nemesis, but with the an- 

 terior wings not acuminate at the apex ; the inferior wings not tra- 

 versed by a black line. Also from Bogota. 



7. Leptalis Euryope. Allied to the preceding. From Mexico. 



8. Leptalis Foedora. Like the preceding, but smaller. From 

 Venezuela. 



9. Leptalis Kollari. Alhed to L. Thermesia ; wings white ; ante- 

 rior with a black spot at the apex ; posterior bordered with black. 

 From Venezuela. 



10. Pieris Ccesia. Somewhat allied to P. Calydonia ; wings 

 brownish black ; superior with a large bluish white longitudinal 

 band, and a smaller transverse band of the same colour; inferior 

 with the costal margin and the disc bluish white. From Quito. 



VI. Observations made in America upon the habits of various spe- 

 cies of Humming-birds, followed by some notes upon the anatomy 

 and habits of the Hoazin, the Caurale and the Savacou, by M. Emile 

 Deville (V. pp. 209-226). 



The author was five years in South America attached to the sci- 

 entific mission of M. de Castelnau ; during this period he occupied 

 himself vrith the study of the habits of birds, of the geographical 

 distribution of animals, and as far as was practicable of comparative 

 anatomy. The present paper contains the author's notes upon the 

 subjects indicated in its title. 



' On Humming Birds. 



After giving a general view of the habits and mode of life of these 

 beautiful little birds, the author proceeds to record the pecuharitiea 

 of those species which he had an opportunity of observing in South 

 America. 



According to M. Deville these birds are met with throughout 



