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We have one specimen of this species from Biikit Besar, 2500 ft., State of 

 Nawngchik, Eastern Malay States, May 17th, 1001, from Sc/'urus niyrocittatus. 

 We are indebted to Mr. H. liobinson for this species. 



5. Ceratophyllus vicinus spec. nov. (PI. XIII. fig. 7). 



Closely allied to C. agrippinae and C. dorippae Rothsch., but distinguished 

 Viy the following characters : — 



Head. — The rostrum i.s shorter than in the species mentioned and the relative 

 lengths of the segments different, the last segment being twice the length of the 

 last but one. The e3'e is vestigial. It has no pigment. 



Thorax. — The pronotal comb consists of twenty-four spines in the S and 

 twenty-eight in the ? . 



Abdomen. — The numbers of ai)ical spines on the tergites are as follows: 17, 

 1-, 7,5, 1. 



There is no bristle beneath the stigma on tergites 5 to 7. The seventh tergite 

 hears three apical bristles in both sexes. The sternites of the present species have 

 one or two Ijristles less than those of ('. uyrippiiuw. 



Legs. — The hindfemur bears five to seven bristles at the ventral edge behind 

 the basal sinns, instead of the one pair found in C. agiipjjinae. There are two 

 ventral subajjical bristles on the outer side, as in C. agrippimie. The first hiudtarsal 

 sogmout is ])roportioiially much longer than in C. agrippinac, the proportions 

 being almost the same as in C dorippae. The first and second midtarsal segments 

 are shorter than in C. dorippae. The measurements of the mid- and hindtarsi are 

 as follows : 



modified Segments. — The eighth sternite of the <S bears only eight bristles 

 above the sinus and two short ones farther back, besides six to eight below the 

 sinus. The two processes of the clasper (PI. XIV. tig. 7) are of nearly the same 

 length, while in C. agrippinae the second process is much the longer of the two. 

 The finger is very much broader in the new species, and bears a heavy bristle 

 at the ventral edge near the base (f). The manubrium is pointed. The seventh 

 sternite of the ? is more distinctly emarginate than in C. agrippiiuic. 



We have a pair of this species from Ilcrpestcs badius, collected by Mr. 

 C. H. B. Grant at Wakkerstroom, Namaqnaland, Caite Colony, March 1904. 



0. Ceratophyllus stratiotes spec. nov. (PI. XIV. fig. 8). 



Head. — The frons is notched. There are three long bristles before the eye, 

 which are ])laced in an obtuse triangle some distance from the eye. Between the 

 second bristle and the oral edge there is further a short bristle, and above the third 

 bristle two more. The occiput bears one lateral bristle and a widely interrupted 

 subapieal series, the second bristle of this row not being developed. The small 

 hairs along the antennal groove stand rather far apart. The eye is evenly rounded 



