1877. ] PUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND, ETC. 101 
nearly the same results, and I use the name alecto; which he adopts, 
for the reasons which he gives, 
8. ARTAMUs INsIENIS, sp. nov. (Plate XV.) 
Candidus : capite cum cervice undique, alis et cauda nigerrimis : 
remigum et rectricum pagina inferiore cineracea ; subalaribus 
albis: rostro ceruleo, pedibus fuscis: long. tota 7 ‘7, ale 5'8, 
caude 2°5. 
Hab. New Ireland (March 1876). 
O6s. Diversus ab 4. monacho capite alis et cauda nigris. 
Here is a second instance of a repetition on the further side of New 
Guinea of a Celebesian type, d. monachus of Celebes being certainly 
the nearest known ally of this fine new species, 
I have examined a specimen of 4. melaleucus (Forst.) of New 
Caledonia in the British Museum, but find it quite distinct, having 
the upper back black. 4. maximus, Meyer, of New Guinea, is of 
the same large size as the present bird, but has the whole back black. 
9. GRAUCALUS PAPUENSIS (Gm.). 
T refer a single skin without exact locality to the wide-ranging 
Graucalus papuensis, as understood by Salvadori (Ann. Mus. Gen. 
vil. p. 771) and Meyer (Sitz. Ak. Wien, Ixix. p- 505). 
10. Epoxiosoma, sp. ine. (2). 
A single skin, without exact locality, belongs to a female of one of 
the species of this genus—perhaps H. muelleri, Salvad. (= plum- 
beum, Miill. nec Wagler). A very nearly similar skin in the British 
Museum is marked £. schisticeps (G. R. Gray). 
11. Lavace xarv. 
Ceblepyris karu, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. p. 633, Atl. t. xii. 
Lalage karu, Salvad. Ann: Mus. Gen, ix. p. 28. 
A male of this species from Duke-of-York Island (Oct. 1875). It 
was originally established on specimens from New Ireland. 
12, Dicranostreptus MEGARHYNCHUS, 
Edolius megarhynchus, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p- 184, 
Atl. t. 6. 
Dicrurus megarhynchus, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1869, p. 119. 
A skin of this fine species, from New Ireland, which is, I believe, 
its true patria. Quoy and Gaimard say Havre Dorey, New Guinea; 
but this is in all probability an error, as subsequent collectors have 
not obtained it in New Guinea. 
The specimen in the British Museum is likewise from New Ire- 
land, obtained in Carteret Harbour by Capt. Lambrick, R.N. 
13. Dicrurus L2MO-STICTUS, sp. nov. 
Nigerrimus : alis caudaque extus eneo nitentibus : capitis, cervicis 
undique et pectoris antici plumis nitente eneo maculatis, his 
