Palmeria mirabilis

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COMMENTS: Rothschild did not designate a type in the original description or indicate how many specimens he examined but gave the range as Maui Island. Hartert (1919 a: 171), by citing Palmer’s unique field number ‘‘ 1764 ’’ for the above specimen, designated it the lectotype; it had been marked ‘‘ Type’ ’ by Rothschild. The following paralectotypes, all collected by Palmer on Maui, are in AMNH: AMNH 453042 (Palmer no. 1766), male, 26 September 1892; AMNH 453043 (1763), male, 26 September 1892; AMNH 453044 (1748), male, 16 August 1892; AMNH 453045 (1725), immature female, 13 August 1892; AMNH 453046 (1726), immature male, 13 August, 1892; AMNH 453047 (1746), female, 16 August 1892; AMNH 453048 (1747), immature female, 16 August 1892; AMNH 453049 (1723), female, 16 August 1892; AMNH 453050 (–), unsexed, no date; AMNH 453051 (1787), male, Olinda, 31 October 1892; AMNH 453052 (1790), male, Olinda, 31 October 1892; AMNH 453053 (1788), male, Olinda, 31 October 1892; AMNH 453054 (1786), female, Olinda, 31 October 1892. Other specimens may be in BMNH as part of the Rothschld Bequest. Rothschild (1893 f: 113) had considered mirabilis a species in the Meliphagidae and had described the genus Palmeria at the same time. He (Rothschild, 1893 e: ix) soon realiz- ed his error and noted that mirabilis was a synonym of Himatione dolei, which should be placed in his genus Palmeria. Wilson and Evans (1890 – 1899: 15 – 16, unnumbered pl.) discussed and illustrated this species. In August and September, Palmer (Rothschild, 1900: (Di )) was on the slopes of Mt. Haleakala, 20.43 N, 156.10 W (Times atlas).