PROCEEDINGS

Vol. 34, pp.77-80

March

31, 1921

PROCEEDINGS

OFTHK

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

GENERAL NOTES.

THE NAMES FOR TWO GENERA ^OF AFRICAN ARTIODACTYLA.

The

generic

name

Koiropotamus Gray, ^{1843 (List Spec.}

Mamm.

Brit.

Mus.,p. xxvii),^isusually^{cited as}

anomen nudum,

^butproveson examination tobea validname. Althoughprintedⁱⁿone_placeinthe

body

^{ofthetext as}

"

Choiropotamiis," ^itappears ^inthe "Systematic^{List" inthe front ofthe}

book and

intheindexasKoiropotamusonly,

and was

_evidentlytakendirect fromthespecific

name

koiropotamus^ofDesmoulins.

As C

koiropotamus,ⁱⁿthe

body

^ofthetext(p.185),^ithasbeen_acceptedasa validname, but^hasbeen consideredaspreoccupied

by

Chaeropotamus,'^'Cuvier, 1821,^"which

name

in reality^firstdates as a technical

name

forafossilpig, notfrom_Cuvier,but from Desmarest,¹⁸²²(Mammalogie,^vol.2,suppl., p. 544). In 1854,

when

he proposed the substitute

name

Potamochcerus,

Gray

^{cited in}

synonymy

fromhis 1843

work

the

name

Koiropotamusonly,

and

took Choiropotamus

Gray

^{fromtheAnnals}

and Magazine

^ofNaturalHistory^forOctober, 1852.

ItseemsclearthatChoiropotamusGray,1843,^isa lapsus^forKoiropotamus inthe

same

work; ^thatnoerror of transcription, lapsus calami, nor typo- graphical^errorisevident inthe case ofKoiropotamus, ^sinceit

was

taken direct from thespecific

name

koiropotamus ^of Desmoulins;

and

that the generic

name

Koiropotamus

Gray

^isnot invalidated

by

^{theearlierChaero-} potamus ^ofDesmarest.

The

bushpigswouldrightlybe known, then,

by

the generic

name

Koiropotam,us

Gray

^(type

Sus

africanus Schreber, not Gmelin,=»Sus koiropotamus Desmoulins).

Another genus^ofAfrican ungulates thatthrough^{error lost}the

name

first

proposed^{for it is} that currently

known

as Bubalis. It

was

first

named

Alcelaphus

by

^{BlainvUlein1816}(Bull. Soc. Philom.,p. 75), type A.^busela- phus. Laternames, ^allwiththe

same

_typespecies, are Bubalis Goldfuss, 1820 (Handb.Zool., vol.2,p.367);Damalis HamiltonSmith, 1827 (Griff- ith'sCuvier,^vol.4,p.343); AcronotusHamiltonSmith,1827(1.c,p.346);

and

Bubalus_Ogilby, 1837 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1836, p. 139; not of Smith, 1827).

The name

recently usedforthe genus, "Bubalis Lichten- stein, 1814,"^isnot avalidgeneric

name

(seeLyon, ^{Proc.Biol.Soc.}

Wash-

ington, vol. 27, p. 228, 1914).

With

the suppression^of Bubalis Lichten- stein,^itfollows that the generic

name

forthe hartebeests, instead^of

becom-

ing Bubalis Goldfuss, should revert ^to the time honored _Alcelaphus of Blainville, solongⁱⁿuse beforeit

was

erroneouslysupplanted

by

^Bubalis.

— N.

Hollister.

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78 Proceedings

of^the Biological Society of

Washington.

LOPHOTRICCUS VERSUS COMETORNIS.

In the Bulletinofthe

Museum

ofComparativeZoology,^Vol.

LXIV,

^No.

4, 1921, p. 372,

we

stated that the earliest designation ^of the type ^of Lophotriccus

was

that ofLophotriccusspicifer (Lafresnaye),

by

^Sclaterin 1888,

and

accordingly

we

substituted Lophotriccus^forColopteryx, creating the genus Cometornis ^for Todirostrum sqitamaecrista Lafresnaye. Dr.

Charles

W. Richmond

hasjust calledourattentiontoa

much

earliertype fixation

by

Sharpe (Zoological Record, ^Vol.

XX,

1884, Aves, p. 34)

who

designated Lophotriccus squamicristatus ^{(Lafr.) \}

=

Lophotriccus squamae- crista _(Lafr.)]. Unfortunately

we had

overlooked this type designation which, no_doubt, istheearliest.

Our

Cometornisisthus apure

synonym

^ofLophotriccus,

and

Cometornis vitiosus

Bangs and

^{Penardbecomes}Lophotriccus^vitiosus (Bangs

and

Pen- ard). Also, the bird formerly

known

as Colopteryx galeatus (Boddaert), forwhich

we had

substituted Lophotriccusgaleatus, should continue tobe

known

as Colopteryx galeatus (Bodd.).

— Outram Bangs

^and

Thomas

E. Penard.

A NEW NAME FOR PACHYRAMPHUS POLYCHOPTERUS ^COSTA- RICENSIS CHUBB.

Inour reviewoftheformsof

Pachyramphus

polychopterus(Bull.

M.

C.Z., 1921, 64, p. 391)

we

used the

name Pachyramphus

polychopterus ^costa- ricensis

Chubb

for the form inhabiting

Panama and

western Costa Rica.

This

name

however,^is preoccupied

by

Pachyratnphus ^versicolorcostaricen- sis

Bangs

(Proc.N.E.Z.Club,1908,4,p.26).

It

was

our intentionto

make

thiscorrectionbeforethe publication^ofour paper,but

we

neglected^todoso.

We

^therefore

now

propose

Pachyramphus

polychopterus tantulus,

nom.

nov., forthe form ^of

Panama and

western Costa Rica to replace

Pachyramphus

polychopterus costaricensis

Chubb

preoccupied.

— Outram Bangs

^and

Thomas

E. Penard.

TEXTOR TEMMINCK VERSUS ALECTO LESSON.

The

_generic

name

Textor

Temminck

isusuallycitedfrom thisauthor's

"Nouveau

Recueil Planches Colorizes," III,livraison 75,January5, 1828, wrapper,andtextep. [1]topi.446,

and

its type

commonly

^considered

by monotypy

^{to be Textor alecto}

Temminck,

sp. nov., which equals Cocco- thraustes albirostris Vieillot.

Temminck

_had, however, previously used (Nouv. Rec. Planch. Col.,II, livr.54,February ^12, 1825, p. [2]totexteof genus ^Oriolus

Lmn.

[in text]) thisgeneric

name

for Oriolustextor

Gmelin

{=Oriolus ^cucullatus

MuWer =

Hyphantornis ^cucullatus Auct.) ⁱⁿ the following manner: "Oriolus _{textor, lb. sp.} 22 [Latham, Index Ornith., ^I, 1790, p. 180], est

du

genre Tisserin (Textor)."

As

Oriolus cucullatus Miilleristhe onlyspecies mentionedin thisconnection, ^{it is}thereby

made

the type

by monotypy

^ofthe generic designationTextor, which

must

there- forebe transferred tothegroup

now

called Hyphantornis.

General

Notes.

79 The

earliest usable

name

for the genus ^heretofore

known

as Textor is

Aledo Lesson (Traits d'Ornith., about

March

1, 1831, p. 433), type

by

monotypy, ^{Textor aledo} Temrainck

=

Coccothraustes albirostris Vieillot.

The

forms

now

referable to thisgroup appear^tobeas follows:

Aledoalbirostris albirostris (Vieillot).

Aledoalbirostrisnyansae

(Neumann).

Aledoalbirostrisintermedins (Reichenow).

Aledoalbirostris senegalensis (Shelley).

Aledoniger (Smith).

The

changeof generic

name

from Textor toAledo, ^asabove _indicated, necessitatesthechangeofthe family

name

Textoridae toAlectuidae.

— _Harry

C. Oberholser.

HYPHANTORNIS GRAY BECOMES TEXTOR TEMMINCK.

As we

havealready

shown

(Proc. Biol. Soc.Washington,

XXXIV,

1921, p. 78),the_original useofthe generic

name

Textor

Temminck

(Nouv.Rec.

Planch.Col.,II, livr.54,Feb. _{12,1825, p. [2]}totexte ofgenus^OriolusLinn, [intext])

makes

Orioluscucullatus Miilleritstype

by

monotypy,

and

_{it is,}

therefore, applicable, astheearliestgenericname, ^tothe group^heretofore

known

asHyphantornis Gray. ^{If this}group be recognized^asgenerically distinct from thegenus Ploceus, the_species composing ^itshould bear the

name

Textor;^ifconsideredbutsubgenerically^distinctthe

name

willnever- theless supplantHyphantornis ^as the subgeneric designation.

The

forms apparently

now

referable to thisgroup^are as follows:

Textor_nigriceps (Layard).

Textorcollaris (Vieillot).

Textorcucullatus cucullatus (Miiller).

Textorcucullatus bohndorffi (Reichenow).

Textorcucullatusfemininus (Grant).

Textorcucullatusabyssinicus (Gmelin).

Textorspilonotus (Vigors).

Textor_spekii(Heuglin).

—

_HarryC. Oberholser.