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A new species of Colubrina from the Amazon region of Ecuador is described and illustrated. The species is characterized by its elliptical and distichously arranged leaves, 10–18 × 4–8 cm, and the presence of basal, concave elliptical, glands, the short-shoots of the inflorescence with few nodes and seeds with two inner sides flat-concave and third side, as wide as the previous two and convex. The new species has been widely collected in areas below 700 m, and is expected to occur in similar habitats in the border areas of Colombia and Peru.

Eleven new species of the spider genus Belisana are reported from South China: Belisana galeiformis sp. nov., B. bawangensis sp. nov., B. chaoanensis sp. nov., B. diaoluoensis sp. nov., B. longinqua sp. nov., B. parallelica sp. nov., B. erromena sp. nov., B. lata sp. nov., B. colubrina sp. nov., B. tianlinensis sp. nov., and B. yangi sp. nov. Somatic and genitalic features are described and illustrated.

The genus Kali is a member of the deep-sea fish family Chiasmodontidae with seven valid species. A taxonomic revision of Kali was recently conducted by Melo (2008), which included the description of two new species: K. colubrina and K. falx . I was unaware that parallel to that revision, Prokofiev (2008) was describing K. caribbaea . Both publications were published during a very short time interval. Upon having access to Prokofiev (2008), it became clear that K. colubrina and K. caribbaea are actually synonyms. After further investigation about the date of publication of both works, K. colubrina Melo, 2008 is herein placed as the senior synonym of K. caribbaea Prokofiev, 2008.