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C. Phoeniceus.* Culmen much arched; commisst hed; upper m 
dible not as deep as lower, and with grooves forward from the "ean 
parallel with the curve of the culmen. Bill whitish- brown. Black patch 
restricted to the chin, its posterior outline deeply conca 
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feathers stiff and compac lack above, or on lores; crest 
re vermilion; ru ght vermilion, much lighter than the back, ‘which 
1s without gray edges to feathers. Cu men, “75; gonys, °39; height of bill, 
w » 3°90; crest, 2°20. é Li wing buff; 
e ashy , becoming pure ash on head and neck, except their 
under side. Crest feathers vonali with black mapipi o red tinge on 
w 
ings, and only a slight tinge of it on tail. Fore part of cheeks and 
middle of throat white: rest of lower part deep fed hi a Black 
around bill as in male. Hab. Northern South America, Venezuela; New 
Granada. 
ON THE OVIPOSITION OF THE YUCCA MOTH. 
BY PROF. CHAS. V. RILEY. 
To complete the natural history of Pronuba yuccasella, a de- 
Scription of the method of oviposition is necessary. In a former 
article on this insect occur the following sentences :— 
I am satisfied that the eggs are no deposited on the outside of 
the fruit. They are either thrust ra it from the side or from the 
stigmatic opening, following, most probably, the course of the pol- 
len tubes. I strongly incline to the latter view, for, though many 
iePidoptera are ett with neti ovipositors, which enable 
them to thrust their eggs into crevices and other orifices, I know 
of none which actually attra nor have I been able to discover 
any trace of punctures leading to eggs. 
Neither have I been able to discover the egg in situ; which is 
not to be wondered at, however, as when examined i in the female ab- 
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exact color of the flesh of the young fruit. The ovipositor is so 
very fine and extensile that it may be thrust into the most minute 
and narrow passage. 
babl va A from latitude 20° as far at least as Nicaragua. North of 20°, and on the Tres 
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‘Arias Islands, itis roi Aen a ka Gd be eus, and on the Atlantic coast, from Tam- 
Pico south to Hondura ny Hen a AEE 
the very long, stift. orest-fenthers; a ~ ight red oe go this variety of C. Virgin- : 
dy us closely approximates to C. niceus, but in other r cid is very dis- 
*Cardinalis Pheniceus (Gould) Bonap. P. Z. S., 1837, p. 111; Consp., i, 501.— 
Sclater & Salvin, Ex. Orn., Pt. vii, 1868, pl eli, ea 
