ON THE GENUS MYZOMELA. 93 



named Certhia cardinalis of Gmelin ; and the habitat assigned is " New- 

 Holland and Isle of Tanna," evidently copied from Latham's account of 

 the last-named species. 



GEOGEAPHICAL DISTEIBUTION. 



The genus Myzomela has rather a wide range, from Celebes on the 

 west, to the Fiji and Samoan Islands on the east, and from Guam, in 

 the Marianne group (in 13 N.) to S. Australia and Victoria (in 38 S.), 

 but is strictly confined to the Australian region, in three out of the 5 

 subregions of which it occurs, being absent in New Zealand and in the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



The Papuan subregion is, as might naturally be expected, the richest 

 in species, having 16, of which no less than 14 are peculiar. Australia 

 proper has 5 species, of which three are peculiar, two occurring also in 

 the Papuan subregion. In the Pacific subregion 7 species occur, of 

 which all are peculiar. 



Celebes has one species peculiar to itself (M. chloroptera), as likewise 

 have Banda and Timor (M. loicei and M, vulnerata respectively). 



The Halmahera group (Gilolo, Batchian, Morty, Ternate, &c.) have 

 one (M. simplex), which on Obi is replaced by M. rubrotincta. Curiously 

 enough, the genus, as far as we yet know, is absent from the Sula Islands, 

 from the Ceram group, and from the islands between Timor and the 

 Arus, though represented in all the islands around this area, and even 

 in the little island of Banda. 



In the western half of New Guinea six species occur, of which M. 

 adolphince is peculiar to the Arfak country. M. rosenbergi reoccurs in 

 the mountains of southern New Guinea ; and M. cruentata apparently 

 extends to New Ireland. M. nigrita occurs on the mainland, as well as 

 in Jobi and Miosnom (where it is the only species), and in the Aru 

 Islands. My sol, Waigiou, and Salwatti have only M. eques, which also 

 occurs on the mainland both in the N.W. peninsula and on the south 

 coast. M. obscura occurs both in S.W. and S.E. New Guinea, and also 

 in N. Australia. Mysore is tenanted by a single peculiar species (M. 

 rubrobrunnea) ; whilst the Aru Islands have two species, neither peculiar, 

 one (M. erythrocephala) occurring in N. Australia and S. New Guinea, 

 if specimens from all these three localities are really identical. New 

 Guinea east of 140 has four species, none of which is peculiar, three P. Z. S. 1879, 

 occurring on the mainland of the west part, whilst two are Australian P" **** 

 (M. obscura and M. erytJirocephala}. In the Admiralty Islands there is a 

 single peculiar species, M. pammelcena, replacing M. nigrita of the 

 further west. One species, also peculiar, is found in the Solomons {M. 

 lafargii) ; but on which islands has yet to be ascertained. On New 

 Ireland and in the Duke-of-York group only one species, which is pro- 



