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or less distinct stein or pedicel; last segment with narrow trimcate posterior margin, 

 bearing several sliort, separated spiny hairs. 



Female, length 2.4 mm., width 0.67 mm., thus a little longer, and with body 

 twice as wide as male; head also wider and heavier; abdomen not sub-parallel-sided 

 but elongate elliptical and with broad terminal segment with flatly rounded posterior 

 margin; whole body strongly colored, the abdomen with large lateral transverse blot- 

 ches, and only slight indications near the margins and just behind the anterior edge 

 of each segment of the curious shining blotches characteristic of the male. 



Küimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



LiptMirus secretarius Giebel. 



One female from Pseuclogyps africamis. This specimen I refer to secretarius 

 with some doubt, but in the face of the lack of other specimens, especially males, 

 I do not care to establish a new species for it. The species secretarius is recorded 

 only from Serpentarius serpentarius. 



Kilimandjaro-Meru : Steppe. 



Lipounis plataleanim Giebel. 

 One male and one female from Platalea alba. OriginaUy described from Plataha 

 leucorodia. 



Kilimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



Lipeurus hebrsens Nitzsch. 

 One male and two females from Balearica regulormn gibhericeps. 

 Kilimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



Lipeurus bifasciatus Piaget. 

 Males and females from Pelecanus roseus. These specimens differ from typical 

 bijasciatus in having the female provided with only very slight abdominal markings. 

 Kilimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



Lipeurus versicolor Nitzsch. 

 Males and females from Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. 

 Kilimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



Liotheidae. 



Trinotou hnidum Nitzsch. 

 Specimens from Anas erythrorhyncha and one young individual from Hydrnchelidon 

 leucoptera. 



Kilimandjaro-Meru: Natron Lakes. 



Liumobotlirium titaii Piaget. 



Specimens from Circus ranivorus, Buteo augur and Colymbus capensis. One of 



the largest Mallophaga yet recorded, exceeded in size only by L. gypsis (lO.ß mm.) 



from a Griffon Vulture (Transvaal). This forms differs from the Transvaal species 



by having the whole head a little broader (across the temporal angles) than long, 



