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Subfam. II. MerophlSB, Bp. 1831. 



. MEROPS, L. 1756. 

 Ispida, L. 1744. Apiaster, Briss. 1760. 

 8w. C. ofB. f. 289, a; G. of B. i. p. 85, pi. 30. f. 1 ; Reich. 8. 

 A. t. 34. f. . 



a. MEROPS. 



1201. apiaster, L.; P. .938; Naum. Vog. t. 143; Lev. Guep. Eur.,N.&W.Afr., 

 t. 1. 2. Palestine, Arab. 



schaeghagba, ForsJc. ; chrysocephalus, Gm. Egypt, Cashmere, 



galilasus, Hasselq. ; hungarias, Brehm. 



333. b. MELITTOPHAS, Reich. 1852. 



1202. bicolor, Bodd. ; P. E. 252 ; Lev. Gudp. t. 12. Sumatra, Java, 

 badius, Gm. ; castaneus, Lath. Borneo, 

 sumatranus, Eaffl. ; Latreillei, V. 



cyanopygius, Less. ; hypoglaucus, Reich, 

 americanus, Mull. 



1203. chlorolaemus, n. sp.? ? 



334. c. BLEPHAROMEROPS, Eeich. 1852. 



1204. superciliosus, L. ; P. E. 259 ; Lev. Guep. t. 19. Madagascar, 

 ruficapillus, V. ; Vaillianti, Bp. Port Natal. 

 Bonnelli, Lev. 



1205. ? aegyptius, ForsJc. ; Descr. de VEgypte, t. 4. 3 ; Lev. Guep. 



t. 6. 16. E.& S.E.Europe, 



persica, Pall. ; Savignyi, Cuv. N. Africa,, 



ruficollis, V. ; superciliosus, Licht. 



1206. ? Savignyi, Sw. B. of W. Afr. pi. 7 ; Lev. Guep. t. 6 bis. S. & W. Africa, 

 segyptius, Bp. ; longicauda, V. 



chrysocercus, Cab. 



1207. philippinus, L. ; P. E. 57. Philippine Isl. 

 philippensis, Tern. 



1208. Daudini, Cuv.; Lev. Guep. t. 14; Gould, B. As. pi. India, Ceylon, 

 cyanorrhous, Tern. ; javanicus, Horsf. Java, Flores, 

 typicus, Hodgs.\ philippinus, p., G. E. Gr. Lomb., Timor. 



335. d. AEROPS, Eeich. 1852. 



1209. albicollis, V. ; Lev. Guep. t. 9 ; Sw. Zool. III. pi. 76. W. Africa. 

 Cuvieri, Licht. ; Savignyi, Sw. Nile below Khar- 

 toum. 



33 O. e. PHLOTHRUS, Eeich. 1852. 



1210. viridis, L. ; Edw. B. pi. 183; Lev. Guep. t. 10, 11. India, 

 torquatus, Lath. ; Lamarckii, Cuv. 



orientalis, Lath. ; ferrugineiceps, Hodgs. 

 indicus, Jerd. ; citrinella, V. 



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