Volume Ii Part 11 (2/2)

_P. (G. Caud.) alis atris; anticis fasciis duabus, posticis disco lunulisque marginalibus, flavis: his caudatis, punctorum rubrorum striga intermedia._--G.o.dart.

_P. (G. Caud.)_ Wings black; two bands on the anterior wings, and marginal lunules on the posterior, yellow; lower wings with obtuse tails, and a row of red dots between the nerves.

P. Torquatus. _Cramer_, _pl._ 177. _fig. a. b._ _G.o.dart. En. Meth._ v.

9. _p._ 62.

It is singular that Fabricius appears to have overlooked this species, sufficiently well figured by Cramer to point out its leading characters, though very inferior to the beauty of the insect. M. G.o.dart has, however, recorded it in his account of this superb genus in the _Encyclopedie Methodique_; and the minute and clear descriptions which this able entomologist has given throughout that work, merit the highest eulogium.

Our own figures will, however, render a detailed description in this place unnecessary.

M. G.o.dart says, this insect is found both in Guiana and Brazil. In the latter country, I met with it only in the province of Rio de Janeiro, where it is common.

Pl. 95

[Ill.u.s.tration]

CINNYRIS chalybeia,

_Lesser collared Creeper._

GENERIC CHARACTER.

_Rostrum elongatum, gracillimum, arcuatum, apice acutissimo, integerrimo, ad basin depressum, lateribus compressis, marginibus inflexis, subtilissime dentatis; mandibula inferiore convexa. Lingua jaculatoria, tubularis, furcata? Nares basales, breves, nudae, ovatae, membrana fissa, juxta rostri marginem et basin aperiente, tectae.

Remigum penna prima brevissima, secunda pennis 4 proximis paribus brevior._

Ob.--_Maris cauda pennis elongatis 2 ornata, hypochondriorumque pennae longiores._

Typ. Gen. _Upupa Promerops_ Lin.--_Certhia famosa_ Lin.

Bill lengthened, very slender, arched, the base depressed, the sides compressed, the tip very sharp and entire, the margins bent inwards and minutely dentated; under mandible beneath convex. Tongue retractile, tubular, forked? Nostrils basal, short, and broad, covered by a naked oval membrane which opens by a slit near the margin of the bill. First quill feather very short; the second shorter than the four next, which are of equal length.

_Ob._--Male generally with long feathers in the tail, and the side feathers under the wings rather lengthened.

Generic Types. _Cape Promerops, and s.h.i.+ning Creeper._ Lath.

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