Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



minates comprise (i) a key map and (2) an orographical 

 rriap of Mexico and Central America, on a scale of i : 

 12,000,000 (i inch - : 189 statute miles), five (3-7) maps of 

 portions of this area on a scale of i : 3,000,000 (i inch - : 47.35 

 stat. mi.) and (8) a map of part of Guatemala showing Mr. 

 Champion's route 1879-1881 (i inch 15.5 stat. mi.), all 

 beautifully executed. 



This Introductory Volume is dedicated "To My Beloved 

 Wife, Alice Mary Godman, who has taken the deepest interest 

 and given me much assistance and sympathy in the completion 

 of this work/' and special acknowledgment is made in the 

 preface to Mr. G. C. Champion and Mr. A. Cant for "valuable 

 assistance" and "very important help." 



Cervophthirius crassicornis (N.) (Anoplura). 



By G. F. FERRIS, Stanford University, California. 



Through the kindness of Professor W. B. Herms, of the 

 University of California, the Department of Entomology of 

 Stanford University has recently received some specimens of 

 an Anopluran from the black-tailed deer, Odocoileus colum- 

 biainis, taken at Laytonville, Mendocino County, California. 

 I regard the species as identical with one Hacmatopimis cras- 

 sicornis N., which has previously been recorded only from 

 Cervus claphns, the "noble stag," of Europe, the last record 

 being that of Giebel in Insecta Episoa (1874). The rediscov- 

 ery of the species in North America being a matter of some 

 interest, I had prepared a short paper for publication and was 

 on the point of sending this to press when there came to hand 

 a paper which necessitates an entire readjustment of my own. 



The description and figure given by Giebel leave much to be 

 desired, but there are certain peculiarities about the species 

 that could not well be overlooked and the identification is rea- 

 sonably certain. The species has nothing to do with Hacmato- 

 pinns and I regard it merely as a rather peculiar member of 

 the genus Linognathns. However, Mjoberg (Entomologisk 

 Tidskrift, Vol. 36, pt. 2-4, p. 282, Dec., 1915) has established 



