Ml". P. L. Sclatcr on u new species of JJ'outljjecker. 127 



XIV. — Desa'iption of a new sj)ecies vf Woodpecker discovered by 

 Mr. Thomas Hkidges in Northern California. By Philip 



LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A. 



Melanerpes rubrigularis, sj). no v. 



Supra nitenti-niger ; liiica circuiu-nnchali ab oculis inciplente, altera 

 utrinque suboculari a rictu latiore, tectricibus alarum superioribus, 

 dorso postico et caudae tectricibus superioribus, necnon maculis 

 secuudariaruni triuui extimarum apicalibus et in pogonio externo 

 priniariarum tertiic, quartse et quintac albis ; subtus nitenti-niger, 

 gula media ruberrima, abdoniine medio flavicante, lateribus et 

 crisso albo nigroque variegatis ; tectricibus alarum inferioribus et 

 remigum pogoniis interioribus cinerascenti-nigris, maculis (juadratis 

 numerosis albis ; caudae rectricibus omuino uigris ; rostro et pedi- 

 bus nigris. 



Long, tota 8*5, alfe 5-4, caudae 3\0, rostri a fronte 1*0, tarsi 0*8. 



This Woodpecker, which is represented by Mr. Bridges as 

 very rave, api)ears to have escaped the researches of the American 

 naturalists; at least, I am acquainted with no record of" its exist- 

 ence, though it may have been described quite lately. It appears 

 to be well placed in the genus Melanerpes, of which no less than 

 six species are already known to inhabit California; namely 

 M. erythrocephalus, M. torquatus, M. thyroideus (Cassin, B. CaJ. 

 pi. 32; Picus natalia, Malherbe, Cab. Jonrn. f. Orn. 1854, 

 p. 271), M. forinicivorus (Cassin, B. Cal. pi. 2), M. albolarvatus, 

 and M. ruber. From all these it is quite different in colouring, 

 and may be recognized at once by its black breast and bright 

 scarlet, longitudinal throat-mark, — whence I have named it 

 M. rubrigularis. The single specimen sent was procured by 

 Mr. Bridges in Trinity Valley, Northern California, in the pine- 

 forests. 



XV. — List o/Coleoptera 7-eceived from Old Calabar, on the West 

 Coast of Africa. By Andrew ]\1urray, Edinburgh. 



[Continued from vol. xx. j). 126.J 



Chlaeniidae. 



Homalolachnus, Laferte, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (serie 2), 



ix. 293. 



1. //. dongutus, niihi. 



ClilcEtiiu.t elongutus, mihi, Annals, 2n(l scries, xix. pi. 13, fig, \). June 18.57. 



Capite nitido, antice subviresccnti, postice leviter punctulato ; 

 thorace nigro, angusto, confertissime et profunde punctato, 



