PROMEROPINJS. 



N. omnicolor (Gmel.) Seba, Thes. t. 69. f. 5. 



N. parietum (Lath.) — Sylvia indica Vieill. 



N. leucogaster (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 



N. sola (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 528. 



N. sub/lava (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 494. 



N. ruficollis (Vieill.) Ency. Moth. p. 600. 



N. indica (Gmel.) Seba, t. 19. f. 2. 



N. tabacina (Lath.) 



N. cinereicollis (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 502. 



N. nigrcscens (Vieill.) Encyc. Me'th. p. GOO. 



N. nigrogaster (Vieill.) Encyc. Metli. p. 600. 



N. malaccensis (Scop.) Sonn. Voy. t. 11 6. f. 1. — Ceithia 



lepida Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 35. ; N. javanica Mors/. ; Anthreptes 

 javanica Swains. Zool. Illustr, pi. 121. ; Type of Anthreptes Swains. 

 (1831). 



96. N. cingalensis (Lath.) Nectarinia phoenicotis Temrn. PI. 



col. 108. f. 1. 



97. N. nuchalis (Blyth) Journ. A. S, B. 1843. p. 98O. — An= 

 threptes macularia Blyth. 



98. N. Fraseri (Jard.) 111. Orn. 11. s. pi. 53. 



99' N. Longuemari (Less,) 111. Zool. t. 23. — Anthreptes leu- 

 cosoma Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 17. 



100. N. mehsoma (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 272. 



Arachnothera Temm.*' 



Bill long, curved, slightly depressed, and broad at the base ; the sides compressed to the tip, which is 

 acute ; the gonys long and curved, and the lateral margins finely serrated near the tip : the nostrils 

 lateral, basal, with the opening covered by a large membranous scale. Wings moderate and rounded, 

 with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad, and rather rounded. Tarsi 

 shorter than the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes long ; the outer 

 toe slightly longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe rather long and strong ; 

 the claws moderate, compressed, and curved. 



The species of this division inhabit India, its archipelago, and New Guinea. 



1. A. longirostris (Lath.) PI. col. 84. f. 1. 



2. A. affinis (Horsf.). — Nectarinia inornata Temm. PL col. 84. 

 f. 2. ; Cinnyris longirostris Jerd. 



3. A. chrysogenys Temm. PI. col. 388. f. 1. — Ceithia longiros- 

 tris Raffi, ; Arachnothera flavigenis Swains. 



4. A. magna (Hodgs.) Rev. Zool. 1837, p. 272. — Arachnothera 

 inornata Mac Clell. ; Anthrytes modesta Eyton ? 



5. A. flavigastcr (Eyton) Blyth, Proc. Z. S. 1839, p. 105. 



6. A. latirostris Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1843, p. 982. 



7. A. robnsta Mull. & Sch. Verb. &c. t. 11. f. 1. 



8. A. armata Mull. & Seh. Verb. &c t. 11. f. 2. 



9- A. novceguineee Mull. & Seh. Verb. &c. t. 11. f. 3. 



Dictum Cuv.f 



Bill short, curved, broad, and rather depressed at the base, with the culmen curved to the tip, 

 which is acute, and finely serrated on the lateral margins ; the sides compressed, and the gonys 

 long and ascending : the nostrils lateral, and placed in a broad groove, with the opening linear 

 and closed by a membranous scale. Wings moderate and rather pointed ; with tire first quill Avanting ; 

 the second nearly as long as the third and fourth, which are equal and longest. Tail short and even. 

 Tarsi longer than the middle toe, and strong. Toes moderate ; the outer toe rather longer than 



* Established by M. Temminck (PI. col). 



t Established by Cuvier in 1817 (Regne Animal'). It embraces PrionochUus of Mr, Strickland (1841), Myzantlie and Packyglossus 



(1843) of Mr. Hodgson. 



