TIIK IJATKAClllA OF NOUTJI AMEltlCA. 



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f^iiigular iiic()iii[»U'teii('ss of the cranial box set'iiis to mark Thoropa, 

 which lias the stroiij;' iia.sal ro()liii}4' of this second scries. 



Chorophihis c.\hil)it.s an atlinity to the (',vstij;iiatiii(ia!, as docs also 

 Thoi'oi>a, wiiich represents in inferioiity I'^iisophns in I lie same family. 



The lollow inn istiie j;('oyrai)hicaldistril>nti(»M oithejicneraandspecics: 



'rripi Idii 



|liiif;lrii;i 



0|ii.slli>iili-l|>li\ s . 

 'l'ia(liMi|p|i,iliis 



< lst('()l-|-)tlKllllS . . . 



Nnliiiii ma 



Sr\ htpiH 



NMlllMiUllis 



I'livlluiiiiiliisa . .. 



Ai;iil.\rliiiiH 



Siiiili>^cii 



Ciiiliiilrlinii 



M V psilKMH 



Ilvia ... 



Il\l.lla 



All is 



('Ii<iiii|iliiliis . . . . 

 Tlioiiiiia 



u. i;. K. It. 



Aii.sliall.s. Ni;iitii)|iii'a. .NituiLtiia. I'ala aii-tii a. 



i;. K. 



.Dlliiiipira. I>ala'iitii>|ik'a. 



:i 

 I 

 II 

 1 

 i:! 



I 



:i 

 III 

 (ill 



t 



Tdlal 



.11 



l:» 



lU 



The only fi'eiius in the above series wliich is not contined to a zooloj-ical 

 realm is llyla, and the species ul' this jnenns arc all restricted to their 

 icspcctivc renions. Sniilisctt Ixditlinii extends from the Ncotroj)ical into 

 the Itordeis of the Ncar(li(! icj^ion, and it is i»ossiblc that llyla v<vn(ha 

 extends from the Australian Islands into those of the Paheotropical 

 antliipi'laiio, thoii;^h the ideiitilication of the si)ecies may not be strictly 

 correct. Acitordinj;- to llleekcr it is fonnd in Java and as far west as 

 Tadanj;', on the west coast of Sumatra.* 



The follo\vinj> is a distribution of these j-eiieric forms among tlie dis- 

 tricts ((!' the Ncotrojiittal region: 



Wist 

 Iiiiliaii. 



Mi'xiiaii. ('iil(iiiil)ian. (Jliiliaii. IvihIcmi. 







V 



h 



Tiital 



:!l 



i;i 



HO 



Our present kiiowle<lge, as above, indi<!ates considerable localization 

 in tin; distribution of geiuMa, and a marked prtMloaiinance of the eastern 



*Ovt'r tic lv('iilili|!ii I'aima van Sumatra, 1'. Mlcckur, IJataviii, W>0, p. 8. 



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