474 KELLOGG AND KUWANA 



length .4 mm., width .31 mm.; elongate conical, with rounding 

 front ; one weak marginal hair near the front, three along front of 

 suture and two behind, and one prickle in front of the trabeculje ; 

 trabeculas small but distinct, extending nearly to end of segment i of 

 antennas ; antennae short, segment 2 longest, segment 5 a little longer 

 than segment 3, segments 4 and 5 colored; eyes flatly round, con- 

 spicuous, with one long hair and one prickle ; temporal margins flatly 

 convex with two long hairs and two prickles ; occipital margin nearly 

 straight, bare ; signature distinct, broad, convex in front and truncate 

 behind ; antennal bands distinct, interrupted by suture ; occipital bands 

 narrow, extending to posterior rami of mandibles ; temporal margins 

 with narrow black borders, which are wider behind the eyes. Pro- 

 thorax short, broad, with lateral margins slightly converging an- 

 teriorly, a single longish hair in posterior angles ; posterior margin 

 flatly convex ; lateral borders extend inwards along the posterior mar- 

 gin. Metathorax broad, short, obtusely angled on the abdomen, with 

 a series of pustulated hairs on lateral portions of posterior margin ; a 

 lateral marginal blotch extends inward. Legs concolorous with 

 thorax, with dark marginal marking. Abdomen elliptical, one fifth 

 wider than head ; with one or two longish hairs in posterior angle of 

 each segment, and a single transverse series of long hairs and a few 

 weak hairs along posterior margin of each segment ; dark lateral 

 bands, and golden-brown transverse blotches entirely across all seg- 

 ments ; genitalia extend beyond last abdominal segment. 



Female. — Body, length 1.33 mm., width .45 mm.; head, length 

 .41 mm., width .33 mm. ; color, pale yellow with dark brown margin; 

 last abdominal segment deeply emarginated, with a few short hairs. 



NIRMUS VULGATUS Kellogg. 



Kellogg, New Mallophaga, 11, p. 496, pi. lxvii, fig. 5, 1896. — Kellogg, 

 List of Mallophaga, p. 56, 1899. 



One female from Geosfiza fuliginosa from Albemarle. This 

 specimen agrees well with the type specimens collected from Cali- 

 fornia and Kansas birds. 



NIRMUS VULGATUS GALAPAGENSIS var. nov. 



Many males and females from Geospiza fuliginosa., 19 specimens 

 from Albemarle, 5 from Narboro, 3 from Chatham, i from Hood ; G. 

 fortis., 3 specimens from Albemarle ; G. dubia, 2 specimens from 

 Chatham ; G. co7iirostris, from Hood and Gardner ; G. ifzte?-?nedia 

 from Chatham ; Nesoinimus viacdonaldi from Hood and Gardner ; N. 



