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Genus Sarcoptes, Lafr. 

 Sarcoptes canis, Gerl. 



Sarcoptes canis, Gerl., Kratz., 1857, p. 141, pi. ii. ami iii., f. 

 11-14. 



Sarcoptes canis, Canest., Prosp. Acarof., vi., 1894, jd. 741, pi. Ixiii., 

 f. 1-3. 



Sarcoptes canis, Neum., Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Do- 

 mesticated Animals, 1892, p. 124 and p. 202. 



Sarcoptes canis, Berl., Acari. Myriap. Scorp. Italia, fasc. 79, (1), 

 1896. 



Sarcoptes sqiiamiferns (part), Fxirstenl)., Kratzm., 1861, p. 214, 

 pi. iv. 



Hosts. — The dog, and sometimes man. 



Hah. — Cosmopolitan ; Australia (introduced). 



Sarcoptes equi, Gerl. 



Sarcoptes equi, Gerl. (non Sarcoptes equi, Hering, 1838), Kratz., 



1857, p 72, pi. ii., f. 8-10. 

 Sarcoptes eqtii, Canest., Prosp. Acarof., vi., 1894, p. 745. 

 Sarcoptes scabiei, var. equi, Megn., Paras., 1880, p. 164, pi. ix. 

 Sarcoptes scabiei, var. equi, Neum., Parasites and Parasitic Diseases 



of Domesticated Animals, 1892, pp. 122, 123, f. 65-69. 



Hosts. — The horse ; sometimes man. 



Hab. — Cosmopolitan ; Australia (introduced). 



Sarcoptes scabiei, Geer. 



Sarcoptes scabiei, Geer, Mem. Hist. Ins., vii., 1778, p. 94, pi. v., 



f. 12, 13. 

 Acarus scabei, Geer, loc. cit. 

 Acarus siro (part) + Acarns exulcerans 1 Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 



X., 1758, pp. 616, 617. 

 Sarcoptes hominis, Hering, N. Acta. Ac. Leop., 1838, xviii., p. 



584. 

 Sarcoptes scabiei, var. hominis, Megn., Paras., 1880, p. 169. 

 Sarcoptes hominis, Canest., Prosp. Acarof., vi., 1894, p. 738, pi. 



70. 

 Sarcoptes hominis, Banks, Proc. U. States Nat. Mus., xxviii , 



1904, pp. 96, 97, f. 181, 182 and 184. 

 Sarcoptes communis (part), Delaf. tt Bourg., Mem. Pres. Ac. 



France, xvi., 1862, p. 290. 



