NOVITATB8 ZOOLOaiOAB XXVI. 1919. 139 



88. Symplectes mentalis Hartl. = Ploceus (Symplectes) mentalis. 



Sympleetes mentalis Hartlaub, Jown, f. Om. 1891. p. 314 (Bugudra). 



Type : ^ad., Buguera near Wadelai, 23. iii. 1889. Emin Pasha leg. (No. 1). 

 (The name Symplectes need not be rejected, as Meigen did not anticipate it. 

 His genus was called Symplecta !) 



89. Ploceus graneri Hart. = Ploceus (Hyphantornis) nigriceps graueri. 

 Ploceus graueri Harterfc, Bvil, B.O. Glvh, xxix, p. 21 (1911 — ^Usumbura). 



Type : <? Usumbura, 31. iii. 1908. Rudolf Grauer leg. No. 2239. 



I expect graueri, though easily distinguishable by the warm brown tinge of 

 the underside, must be a subspecies of P. {H.) nigriceps. The races of this 

 species require further study ; southern and northern birds (Natal and Zambesi 

 and Uganda !) are probably separable. 



90. Ploceus Bohndorffi Rchw. = Ploceus [Hyphantornis) cucullatus bohndorfp,. 

 Ploeeua Bohndorffi Reichenow, Jowm, f. Om. 1887. p. 214 (" Stanley-Palle," BohndorfE ColL). 



Type (or cotype) : <J ad., Stanley Falls, Congo, March. F. Bohndorff leg. . 



I quite agree with Oscar Neumann, who considers Ploceus abyssinicus 

 and bohndorffi to be subspecies of cucullatus. P. c. bohndorffi is very closely 

 allied to P. c. abyssinicus, but separable by the markings on the nape and hind- 

 neck, while the S of feminina has the black of the head more restricted. I do 

 not treat nigriceps as a subspecies of cucullatus, as the markings on the back of 

 the male are so very different. (See also Ibis, 1918, p. 434.) 



91. Ploceus heuglini neglectus Neum. = Ploceus {Hyphantornis) heuglini neglectus. 



' Ploceus heuglini neglectus Neumann, BvU. B.O. Glvh, xxi. p. 58 (1908—" Upper Guinea, from Senegal 

 to the Niger "). 



Type: 3 ad., Gassam, Senegal, 29. viii. 1907. F. W. Riggenbach leg. 

 No. 1254. ^ 



92. Ploceus aurantius rex Neum. = Ploceus [Hyphantornis) aurantius rex. 

 Ploceus aurantius rex Neumann, BvU. B.O. Glvh, zxiii. p. 12 (1908 — " Uganda "). 

 Tjrpe : cj, Entebbi, Uganda. Rud. Grauer leg. 



93. Pachyphantes supercOiosus omoensis Neum. 



Pachyphantes superciliosvs omoensis Neumann, Jowm. f. Om. 1905. p. 342 (Descr. from one single 

 $ from Omo, between Malo and Koscha). 



This will most probably turn out to be a good subspecies, but one cannot 

 be certain about it from one female specimen. The supposed larger size does 

 not hold good, nor does the lighter coloration of the underside. The upperside 

 is very pale, but as the bird is in a worn plumage, even this requires confirmation. 

 The bill is only very slightly larger than that of some Unyoro specimens. 



