1863.] MR. G. HARTLAUB ON A NEW SEDGE WARBLER. 165 



35. ROUGETIUS BERNIERI, Bp. ; Haiti. I. C. p. 80. 



" Waterhen : native name, Skosa : shot in the highest part of the 

 wood near Analaraazotra. Iris pink." 



36. PoRPHYRio MADAGASCARiENSis (Gm.), Hartl. I. c. p. 81. 

 " Green Waterhen, from Lake Hivondro." 



37. Gallintjla pyrrhorhoa, Newton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 19. — 

 G. chloropus, Hartl. /. c. p. 81. 



One example without label. 



38. Nettapus auritus (Bodd.), Hartl. /. c. p. 82. 



Several examples of this little Goose, from Lake Hivondro. " Iris 

 brown." 



39. Dafila erythrorhyncha (Gm.), Hartl. I. c. p. 82. 



Two examples from the marshes near Analamazotra : iris sienna- 

 brown. Native name, Harki. 



40. PoDiCEPS pelzelni, Hartl. I. c. p. 83. 



" Voron-kohi : iris dark brown : from the marshes and rivulets 

 bv Beforona." 



2. Characters of a New Species of Sedge Warbler from 

 Madagascar. By Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



Calamoherpe NEWTONi, nob. 



S . Supra obscurius olivacea, subunicolor, siibtus multo pallidior, 

 medio subjlavicans ; mento gulaque albidis ; jugulo maculis lon- 

 gitudinalibus fuscis conspicue notato ; subalaribusjlavo-albidis ; 

 subcaudalibus obscuris ; maxilla fusca, mundibula obscure au- 

 rantiaco-rubente ; ore interno l<^te aurantiaco ; iride helvola ; 

 ala brevi; cauda longa, rotundata, rectricibus angiistatis, 

 apice rotundato-attenuatis. 

 Long. 6i" ; rostr. a fr. 6^-'" ; rostr. a rict. 9'" ; al. 2" 7'" ; caud. 

 3"; tars. 11'". 



Two male specimen^ of this unquestionably new species were col- 

 lected by Mr. Edw. Newton near Soamandrikazay, in the island of 

 Madagascar. 



3. On SOME Insects collected in Madagascar by Mr. J. 

 Caldwell. By F. Walker, Esq. 



The insect-fauna of Madagascar is to a great extent almost un- 

 known ; but enough has been ascertained to show that it contains 

 several peculiar forms, though some of its species are identical with 

 those of South Africa, and others with those of Hindostan. Various 



