272 Miscellaneous. 



Descriptions of some Neto Species of Tanagers. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.Z.S. &c. 



Nemosia guirina. 



Nemosia yuira, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 155. 



Flavescenti-olivacea, superciliis longis cum plaga cervicali utrin- 

 qiie conjunctisfavis : guttiire et capitis lateribus nigris : rlorso 

 postico cinnfnnomeo, pectore item citinamomeo sed saturatiore et 

 magis castaneo : abdomine cinerascenti-fiavido, crisso favicante. 



Long, tota 5-0, alse 2-9, caudee 2-0. 



Hah. New Grenada, Bogota ; East Peru. 



Three specimens of what would at first sight appear to be N. guira, 

 in my possession, two of which are from New Grenada and the third 

 from Peru, offer such a marked difference in the length of the wing 

 on comparison with specimens from the eastern coast, that I cannot 

 avoid separating them specifically. They are also distinguishable, as 

 the yellow colour is more developed on the sides of the neck, but 

 does not form a band between the breast and black throat, as in 

 N. guira. And in the N. guirina the breast has more of a deep chest- 

 nut tinge, which extends quite up to the black throat. 



Nemosia insignis. 



Nigra, hrunnescente tincta : speculo atari et corpore subtus albis : 

 interscapulio et dorso inferiore cum gv.tture et crisso fiavis. 

 $ brunnescenti-olivacea, alarum et caudcB marginibus Jlaves- 

 centibus : subtus favida, lateribus obscurioribus. 

 Long, tota 5-5, alse 2*9, caudae 2-1. 

 Hab. South Brazil. 



Obs. Similis N. flavicolli, sed crassitie majore, dorso ^avo altius 



ascendente et gutture palUdius fiavo, dorso fere concolore, 



distinguenda. 



I possess three specimens of this Nemosia, male, female and young 



male, out of a collection formed, I believe, in the southern part of 



Brazil. They are certainly larger in all their dimensions than the 



N.flavicolUs, besides showing the other differences above noted, and 



I think can hardly be passed over as merely a local variety of that 



species. 



Nemosia auricollis. 



Nemosia flavicollis ex Cayenna, auct. 



Saturate nigricanti-brunnea ; speculo atari parvo albo : dorso 

 postico, gutture et crisso aureo-flavis, abdomine albido. 



Long. tota4'G, alse 2*7, caudse 1"9. 



Hab. Cayenne; East Peru, river Ucayali {Hawxwell). 



Mus. Brit., &c. 



Obs. N. flavicolli simillima, sed colore brunnet), et dorso postico 

 aurescentiore flavo, necnon speculo atari magis celato, distin- 

 guenda. — Proc. Zool. Soc, May 13, 1856. 



