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3. That Mr. E. Cambridge Phillips be asked to join with 

 Dr. Salter in endeavouring to secure protection for the Kites, 

 and in the administration of any funds that the Committee 

 may deem advisable to depute to them for that purpose. 



The sum of £47 was subscribed in the room by the 

 Members present, for the above-mentioned fund, and £7 in 

 addition towards the fund for rewarding any one obtaining 

 a conviction. Further subscriptions are solicited. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander described some new species, ex- 

 amples of which he had obtained from Fernando Po : — 



Nesocharis, n. gen. 



Simile generi Spermestes dicto, sed rostro cyanescente debili, 

 valde compresso et cauda brevi rotundata, pedibus 

 caudam apicalem excedentibus distinguendum. Typus 



est 



1. Nesocharis shelleyi, n. sp. 



$ . Viridis, uropygio et supracaudalibus paullo lsetioribus et 

 fiavicaDtioribus ; pileo, facie laterali et gula nigerrimis ; 

 corpore reliquo subtus cinereo. Long. tot. circa 3'2 poll., 

 culm. 0"35, alee 1*6, caudse TO, tarsi 0*5. 

 Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 12, 1902. 



2. Phlexis lopezi, n. sp. 



? . Similis P. rufescenti, sed gutture et abdomine fulves- 

 centibus, hoc minime albo, subcaudalibus castaneo-rufis, 

 facie laterali, gutture et pectore totis castaneis, et pedi- 

 bus nigricantibus distinguendus. Long. tot. circa 5*5, 

 culm. 06, alse 2*25, caudse 2"21, tarsi 1*02. 

 Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 11, 1902. 



3. Lamprocolius chubbi, n. sp. 



$ . Similis L. splendido, sed dorso medio et scapularibus 

 viridescenti-chalybeis, gutture metallice chalybeo vix 

 purpurascente, corpore reliquo subtus chalybeo- cy an eo, 

 nee metallice violaceo, nitore seneo vel bronzino nullo 

 distinguendus. Long. tot. circa 1T5, culm, l'l, alae 6*0, 

 caudse 4*7, tarsi 1*2. 



Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 16, 1902. 



