LOUSE FAMILY TROCHILIPHAGIDAE — CARRIKER 337 



Diagnosis: Frons transverse, with two slight, median protuber- 

 ances; frontal, transverse carinae wide and deeply and uniformly 

 colored; sides of prothorax undulating; pleurites very wide, extending 

 inward beyond spiracles. 



The measurements (in nun.) for T. grandior and T. brevicephalus 

 are as follows: 



Body 



(frons 

 temples 

 occiput 

 Prothorax 

 Pterothorax 

 Abdomen 



Trochiliphagus jimenezi (Carriker), 1903 



Physostomvm jimenezi Carriker, Univ. Nebraska Studies, vol. 3, p. 163, pi. 5, 

 fig. 1, 1903. Host: Amazilia t. tzacatl (Delallave), Juan Vifias, Costa Rica, 

 March 1902. 



Represented by the 9 holotype and 1 9 paratype, in the collection 

 of the author. 



Diagnosis: Frons flatly convex; pterothorax with concave sides and 

 definite anterior angles; head small (0.76X0.63; frons 0.37); sides of 

 prothorax undulating; pleurites wide, with submarginal carinae across 

 their median portion. Measurements follow the next species. 



Trochiliphaiiiis periianus, new species 



FlOURE 11, C 



Type, female adult, from Adelomyia melanogenys inornate (Gould), 



collected by the author at Santo Domingo, Peru, June 30, 1931, in the 

 collection of the author. Known from the 9 holotype only. 



Diagnosis: Frons uniformly rounded; gular setae well developed 

 (5-6); head rather narrow, frons 0.32; temples 0.63; prothorax 

 without anterior angles and with undulating, convex sides; anterior 

 portion of preantennary carinae bent inward to join base of mandibles. 



The measurements (in mm.) for T. jimenezi and T. peruanus are 

 as follows: 



Body 



(frons 

 temples 

 occiput 

 Prothorax 

 Pterothorax 

 Abdomen 



