Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the correct Name of the Shémd. 47 
thorax, the crest at the base of each elytron, the tubercle on 
the prosternal process, and the rather longer posterior tibia, &c. 
Dioristus albolateralis, n. sp. 
Elongatus, subparallelus, fuscus, dense brevissime ochreo-fusco pi- 
losus ; capite, thorace elytrorumque basi rugosis; elytris parce 
punctatis, guttis plurimis in fasciis tribus ordinatis plagaque late- 
_  Yali niveis. 
Long. 11-165 lin. 
Clothed with dense light-brown pubescence, with a slight 
ochreous shade in some lights. The colour is uniform above, 
speckled with brown below. ‘The head is very deeply punc- 
tured, and the surface is uneven. The antenne are brown, 
with the base of each of the joints (and nearly the whole of 
the underside) grey. The thorax is subquadrate (a little 
shorter than broad), subparallel, with a slight projection 
behind each anterior angle, and with a small lateral tubercle ; 
very coarsely and rather closely punctured; the disk flattened, 
with a rugose elevation on each side, and a very small eleva- 
tion a little behind the middle. The base of the elytra is 
rather coarsely asperate-punctate ; the rest of the surface is 
even, with darker punctures here and there. There are 
numerous pure white marks, which range themselves in three 
interrupted arcuate bands ; and the greater part of the sides is 
taken up with an elongate white patch. 
VIII.—On the correct Generic and Specific Name of the 
Indian Shémé. By R. Bowpier Suarpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., - 
&c., Department of Zoology, British Museum. 
Ir we consult the writings of Indian ornithologists at the 
present day, we find this bird always spoken of as Cercotrichas 
macrura (Gm.). A few years ago it was called by Jerdon 
and other writers Kittocincla or Cittocincla macrura, while 
Cercotrichas was employed for the generic name of the Red- 
winged Chat-Thrush of Africa (C. erythroptera). 
The genus Cercotrichas was proposed by Boie in the $ Isis’ 
for 1831 (p. 542) ; and the following species were included 
in it :— 
Turdus phenicopterus, Temm. 
erythropterus. 
macrurus, Lath. 
tricolor, Vieill. 
raxicola leucocampter, Mus. Berol. 
