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eye and throat fine velvety black ; a spot on the side of the lower jaw fine 
dark blue; inner edge and under side of quills dusty black; under side 
of tail glaucous blue. Length 5^, of wing 3 of tarsus 7 inches, of 
bill 5 lines. Inhab. Molucca. Collection of Capt. Hay. 
Olive Pachycephale^ Pachycephalus olivaceus. Above yellowish 
olive brown; head blackish grey; throat, chin, and sides of the face 
white varied with black; breast palo brown; sides of the abdomen and 
vent white; quills and larger wing coverts dark brownish with yellowish 
edges; feet strong; bill thick, and short; whiskers rather long, black. 
Length 7^- inches, tarsus 1 inch, 4 lines; bill to gape 8 lines. Inhab. 
. Collection of the British Museum, given by Gen. Hardwicke. 
JV'epaul Pomatorhine. Pomatorhinus Nepalensis. Olive brown ; 
sides of neck and abdomen paler ; chin, throat, and beneath white ; 
bill and feet pale horn colour. Nepaul. Collection of the British Museum. 
Crishna Drongo. Edolius harhatus. Crishna Crow, Lath. Hist. 3. 51. 
t. 40. Black with green reflections, especially on the wing, tail, and breast; 
tail divaricate, even; the outer feathers bent upwards; forehead with 
three or four long reflex bristles; bill very large, as long as the head ; 
only slightly bent down at the tip; quills, first, second and third graduated, 
the fourth and fifth longest and equal. Length llj, wing bill 
inches. 
Description of a new genus of Hemipterous Insect, discovered by 
Major General Hardwicke in India. 
Gen. Ptilocerus. Fam. Reduviadee. 
Antennae setaceous, moderate, inserted at the inner angles of the 
eyes, of four joints, first, thick, short, bent, bald ; second, very long, 
linear; third, very short ; fourth, rather longer; all coveted with two- 
rowed hairs ; beak short ; exposed ; head moderate ; neck, narrow, 
distinct ; eyes prominent ; body short, convex ; thorax narrow in front, 
dilated, and two lobed behind ; scutellum moderate ; elytra longer than 
the abdomen, nerved; wings short; legs moderate, fringed with a series 
of long hairs. 
Brown Ptilocerus. Ptilocerus fuscus. Pale brown ; head, thorax, 
and body dark; base of wing yellowish. Length 4J lines. Most allied 
to Holoptilus of Serville, but the antenna is 4-jomted. 
Description of two new species of Celliferous Corals, discovered by 
Miss Elliot in the Harbour of Kinglade, near Cork. 
EllioVs IHppoihoa. Hippothoa Elliotce. Coral attached; irregu- 
gularly branched; pearly white; cells ovate; base contracted; mouth, 
large, roundish, placed near the apex of the cell. Attached to Pinna 
ingens, Montagu; when alive appears like dew drops ; and is easily 
separated from the shell by a pin ; but is strongly attached when dry.— 
