140 DesGvvption of three Neva SjMcies. 



This is possibly the same us the species referred to ,5'. cine- 

 rea by Mr. Salvia {This, 1869, p. 319), for which it iniglit 

 easily be mistaken at first sight, or by a too hasty detenniiia- 

 tion, but from wliich, in my opinion, it is quite distinct. 



Note on Eugenes spectabilis. 



Mr. Salvin {This, 1869, p. 316) expresses doubt as to the dis- 

 tinctness of this species from E. fulgens. Having lately pro- 

 cured, fi-om Dr. C. H. Yan Patten, several adult males of E. 

 spectahilis, collected near San Jose, Costa Rica, I have been 

 enabled to make more satisfactory comparisons with E. fulgens, 

 the type of E. spectabilis being a female. The differences 

 between them, pointed out below, seem to me to clearly estab- 

 lish the validity of my species. 



The dimensions are somewhat larger than those of specimens 

 of E. fulgens from Mexico and Guatemala ; in the color of the 

 crown they are much alike, but it appears to be of a rather 

 deeper violet in E. spectabilis, in wdiich species the green on 

 the front is much greater in extent ; the entire hind neck and 

 the back as far as the middle are sooty black, whereas E. fulgens 

 has a narrow band of black next the bright color of the crown, 

 and only a wash of fuliginous on the hind neck and upper 

 back, not so decided or extensive as in the other ; the color of 

 the lower part of the back and upper tail coverts is grass 

 green, not golden as in the northern species ; the tail above is 

 bronzy brown, and underneatli is washed with fuliginous, much 

 darker than in E. fulgens ; the color of the throat in E. specta- 

 bilis is much deeper, being bluish-green, instead of silvery- 

 green ; the entire under surface below the gorget is clear green, 

 whereas in E. fulgens there is a M'asli of smoky black from the 

 gorget extending over the breast ; the under tail coverts are 

 darker in E. spectabilis. 



