PROM KQVATOBIAL AFKICA. 427 



26. Lampeocolius auhatus ( Gm.) ; Hartl. t. c. p. 117. 



A large series from Kutschugali and Seuimio. Dr. Hartlaub 

 considers the birds collected by Dr. Emin Bey at Fatico to be 

 referable to L. a?neth//stmus of \:leug\iu, distinguished from West- 

 African L. miratus by the purplish- violet colour of the underparts, 

 instead of the latter being steel-blue with a violet lustre. Mr. 

 Bohndorff's specimens agreed with the Fantee birds. 



27. OisTTcoaNATHUs Haktlaubi, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 291. 

 Several specimens of both sexes killed in Semmio in March. 



" Iris red." 



Identical with specimens from Fantee. This occurrence of a 

 typical West-African genus so far eastwards is interesting. 



28. Pholidau&es leucogaster (Gm.); Heugl. t. c. p. 521 ; 

 Hartl. op. eit. viii. p. 227. 



Apparently rare, as very few specimens were in the collection. 

 A male was procured at Sassa in November, and a female in 

 Semmio in May. 



Phalanx 3. Altinares. 



Fam. GrARRULIKiB. 



29. Cetptoehina afra {L.) ; Sharpe, Gat. B. iii. p. 75. — Pti- 

 lostomus senegalensis, Heugl. t. c. p. 491 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. 

 p. 107. 



A large series of both sexes from Kutschugali and Semmio. 



Phalanx 4. Idiodactyles. 

 Fam. Irrisoein^. 



30. luEisoR ERyiHEORHTNCHUS {Lath.); Heugl. Dm. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 214 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. p. 107. 



A specimen from Kutschugali. 



Cohors V. CiisrNTRiMOEPH^. 



Fam. NECTAEINIINJ3. 



31. Nectaeinia PLATYURA (Fi'eiZZ.) ; Heugl. Dm. N.O.-Afr.i. 

 p. 225 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 10 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. 

 p. 109. — Hedydipna platyura, Slielley, Monogr. Nect. p. 7, pi. 3. 



An adult male from Dem Suleiman, November. It agrees 

 perfectly with Senegambian skins, and has a narrow violet line 

 separating the green throat from the abdomen, not to the same 



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