TYPE SPECIMENS OF LICE IN USNM — JOHNSON 43 



Type No. 5178, U. S. N. M." There are five poorly preserved females 

 on the slide. The second slide has on the left-hand label in Osborn's 

 handwriting: "8526 (80/13), Haematopiniis columbianus Osb., on 

 Spermophihis columbianus, Pullman, Wash., July '96, C. V. Piper," 

 and contains eight females and six nymphs. The best preserved 

 female on this second slide has been chosen as lectotype and has been 

 circled with a diamond point pencil. 



Present status: A junior synonym of Neohaematopinus laevius- 

 culus (Grube), 1851. 



NeoJiaematopinus inathesoni Rubin, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 48, No* 

 5, p. 121, figs. 1, 8, 10, 12, 1940. 



Type data: USNM 57685. Holotype female from Citellus v. 

 couchi (Bah'd) [Citellus variegatus couchi], at Nuevo Le6n, Mexico, 

 August 12, 1938, collected by H. Hoogstraal. 



The holotype female bears the following host and locality data: 

 "Citellus v. couchi, Ojo de Aqua, Municipio de Galeand, N. L., 

 Mexico, Aug. 11, 1938," (not Aug. 12). The localities are properly 

 Municipio Galeana and Agua del Oro. 



Present status: A junior synonjan of Neohaematopinus marmotae 

 Ferris, 1923, new synonymy. One would expect Neohaematopinus 

 laeviusculus (Grube) rather than A^. marmotae, which is a normal par- 

 asite of Alarmota and Cynomys, to occur on Citellus. However, the 

 type and paratypes of A'^. mathesoni agree w4th Ferris's figures and 

 description of N. marmotae and with specimens from the normal hosts. 



Haeniatopinus montanus Osborn, U. S. Dep. Agr. Bull. 5, new. ser., p. 184, 

 fig. 107, 1896. 



Type data: On western gray squirrel, Fort Collins, Colo. (Baker). 



There is in the collection a slide containing two males and two 

 females and labeled as follows: Left label: "Linognathodes f montanus 

 Osb. (crossed out)] laeviusculus (Grube)." Right label: "Near Ft. 

 Collins, Colo., 9-11-92, Stannard. From Spotted grey squirrel." 

 These labels are both in Ewing's handwriting. Although the above 

 specimens may be type material, the absence of a label in Osborn's 

 handwriting and the disparity in host names and the difference in what 

 may be the collector's names do not allow them to be considered as 

 such. Apparently no type material of H. montanus is in existence. 



Present status: A junior synonym of Neohaematopinus laevius- 

 culus (Grube), 1851. 



Neohaematopinus patiki Rubin, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 48, No. 5, p. 

 121, figs. 2, 5, 7, 11, 1946. 



Type data: USNM 57686. Holotype female, 11 paratype females, 

 from Citellus (Ammospermophilus) sp.. Delta, Utah, Apr. 27, 1938, 

 Nual Walter collector. Eight paratypes are in the Cornell collection, 

 the rest are in the U. S. National Museum (No. 57686). 



