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Calyphantria eminentissima, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken’s 
Reise, iv. p. 406. 
a E. Indies ( J . LocJcwood) 1837. 
Agrees with Bonaparte’s description of this East- African species. 
PYROMELiENA. 
Euplectes, Swainson, Zool. 111. ser. 2, sub pi. 37 (1830) ( nec 
Leach) : Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. vii. p. 31. 
Pyromeloena, Bonaparte, Saggio di una Distr. M et. An. Vert, 
p. 141 (Aggiunte 1832). 
1200. Pyromelaena orix. 
Emberiza orix, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 309. 
Pyromelana oryx, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken’s Reise, iv. 
p. 410. 
a S. Africa ( Gapt . Alexander) 1838. —b Australia (AsJcew) 
1840. 
The locality assigned to b is no doubt erroneous. The specimen was 
unnamed by Strickland who, however, suspected its African origin. 
1201. Pyromelana flammiceps. 
Euplectes flammiceps, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 186, pi. 13. 
Pyromelana flammiceps, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken’s 
Reise, iv. p. 414. 
a W. Africa (N. G. Strickland) 1838. — b (Argent) 1851. 
These specimens agree with one in the Swainson collection, 
which is probably the type of the species. 
1202. Pyromelana franciscana. 
Loxia franciscana, Isert, Schrift. Gesellsch. Naturf. Berl. ix. 
p. 332, pi. 9. 
Pyromelana franciscana, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken’s 
Reise, iv. p. 412. 
Fringilla ignicolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xii. p. 198. 
Pyromelana ignicolor, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218. 
a Cape of Good Hope (Askew) 1834. — b , — c Kordofan, 
September (J. Petherick) 1848. 
1203. Pyromelana taha. 
Euplectes taha, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 7 : Gurney, in 
And. B. Damara-1. p. 171. 
