278 L. de Niceville — Avian genus Harpactes, Sivainson. [No. 2, J900.] 



2. Vanessa caschmirensis, Kollar.' 

 Urtica parviflora, Roxb. (TJrticacem) '. 



3. Vanessa xanthomelas, Wiener Verzeichniss. 

 Salix tetrasperma, Roxb. (Salicinese) . 



4. Thecla sassanides, Kollar. 



Indiyofera atropurpurea, Hamilt. (Legnminosse). 



5. Hysudra selira, Moore. 



Indigofera atropurpurea, Hamilt. (Legnminosse). 



I may note that in the descriptions of larvre above fourteen seg- 

 ments are always reckoned ; all fourteen are very obvious in some larvee, 

 the head being the first, the anal flap the fourteenth ; all fourteen 

 somites are very distinct also in some pupse, hardly distinguishable as 

 regards 13 and 14 in others. Segment 2/3, &c, is the margin common 

 to segment 2 and segment 3. 



XV. — Note on the avian genus Harpactes, Sivainson. — By Lionel de 

 Niceville, Natural History Secretary. 



In a footnote on p. 130 ante Colonel C. T. Bingham points out that 

 the genus Harpactes of Swainson cannot be used for a genus of birds, 

 being preoccupied. This was first pointed out by Cabanis and Heine in 

 Mus. Hein., n. iv, pt. 1, p. 154 (1863), and referred to by Mr. Charles 

 W. Richmond in Proc. United States National Museum, vol. xvii, p. 602, 

 footnote (1894) ; by Mr. Harry C. Oberholser in Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences Philadelphia, 1899, p. 206 ; and in the Ibis, seventh series, 

 vol. vi, p. 555 (1900). Messrs. Cabanis and Heine, Richmond, and 

 Oberholser specify Pyrotrogon, Bonaparte, as the name by which these 

 birds should be genetically known, the typical species being Trogon 

 ardens, Temminck. 



