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XXYIII. — On a new Silver-Pheasant from Burma. 

 By Eugene W. Gates. 



Gennceus affinis, sp. n. 



cJ . Similar to Gennceus Williamsi, Gates, but with the 

 sides of the lower neck and of the breast streaked with white. 



The female is unknown. 



This species may be separated from all the other members 

 of the genus by its brown legs, by the feathers of the lower 

 back and rump being both vermiculated and fringed with 

 •white, the fringe and the first vermiculation being separated 

 by a distinct black band about as wide as the fringe, and by 

 the white streaks on* the lower plumage. 



The type specimen, the only one at present known, was 

 shot by Captain W. G. Nisbett of the Military Police of 

 Upper Burma, near the Namli River, east of Myitkyiua on 

 the Upper Irrawaddy River, at 2000 feet elevation. 



XXIX. — Notes on tie Forficularia. — VII. Some hitherto un- 

 puhUshed Descriptions of new SjJecies, by the late M. Anguste 

 de Bormans. By Malcolm Burr, B.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. 



When the British Museum acquired the de Bormans col- 

 lection of Forficularia, it was found that a number of indi- 

 viduals were marked with manuscript names by de Bormana 

 himself. When the paralysis struck down my unfortunate- 

 friend, I was lucky enough to acquire, together with many 

 duplicates from his collection, all his notes and manuscripts, 

 much of his correspondence, and last, but not least, his album 

 of drawings, containing an illustration of almost every species 

 that had passed through his hands. Among the notes are 

 descriptions of a number of species corresponding with the 

 MS. names referred to, the types of v>'hich are partly in the 

 British Museum, partly distributed among other European 

 collections, the majority being in the Brunner collection, now 

 in the Bofmuseum, Vienna. As all these specimens were 

 determined by him, and labelled by him under these manu- 

 script rames, I have retained them in every case. 



My desire to publish these descriptions, in order to avoid 

 confusion in synonymy, in the event of other authors describ- 

 ing the same forms under different names, has been increased 

 by Mr. Kirby telling me of the forthcoming appearance of a 

 general catalogue of the Grtboptera, including the earwigs. 



