1883.] MR. H. O. FORBES ON A NEW MYZOMELA. 115 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate XIX. 



Fig. 1. Scissurella umbilicata, p. 88. 



2. Cyclostrema tencrum, p. 91. 



3. valvato'idcs, p. 92. 



4. simile, p. 92. 



5. affine, p. 92. 



6. hithynoide^, p. 93. 



7. Tharsis romeftensis, p. 93. 



8. Ganesa pniinosci, p. 94. 



9. nitidiuscida, p. 94. 



Plate XX. 



Fig. 1. Troehus fidgid^is, p. 95. 



2. minutuhis, p. 95. 



3. laminarum, p. 95. 



4. cancellatits, p. 96. 



5. cinctus, var. affinis, p. 98. 



6. euspira, p. 98. 



7. delicatus, p. lOL 



8. Cifhna cincfa, p. IIL 



9. carinata, p. 111. 



10. adanisi, p. 111. 



11. naticiformis, p. 112. 



12. Iphitus tiiberatus, p. 114. 



3. On a Species of Myzomela from the Island of Boeroe. 

 By Henry O. Forbes, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceired February 20, 1883.] 



On a recent journey, unfortunately of very short duration, which 

 I made in the island of Boeroe, one of the Ceram group, I was able 

 to reach the but thrice previously visited lake of Wakolo lying in 

 the very centre of the island. Here 1 was fortunate enough to 

 obtain several specimens of a beautiful species of scarlet Myzomela, 

 which I cannot identify with any of the species of which diagnoses 

 have been given by Mr. W. A. Forbes in his paper in the P. Z. S. 

 1879, pp. 256 et seqq, I did not meet with any specimens of this 

 bird in the country passed through in our eight days' journey up to 

 the lake. The natives say it does not occur near the coast. About 

 the lake itself it seemed by no means uncommon, and was mostly to 

 be found in the fields cultivated by the Alefuros, but which they 

 would not allow a stranger to enter. The women who went daily to 

 fetch the produce of these fields, brought me large numbers of this 

 bird alive tied together by a string, which they caught by smearing 

 the trees with "gutta ;" consequently most of the specimens were in 

 a condition unfit for preservation. By offering, however, a higher 

 remuneration for good specimens, I obtained a few in very fair con- 

 dition. All are males however : only one appears to be in full plu- 

 mage ; two are nearly so ; and several are young birds. 



The full-dress bird is entirely scarlet, the bases of the feathers 



