(52 [March, 



(^ : Finger with two stout bristles, upper one halfway 

 between apex and lower bristle (fig. 43). ? : Seventh 

 sternite not deeply sinuate (fig. 44) .fasciatus 



27. 1$: Finger long and slender, without black spines (fig. 47). 



$ : Seventh sternite rounded, without sinus (fig. AS) . . .sciurorum 



^ : Finger broad, with black spines. 5 : Seventh sternite 

 with sinus 27 



27. (^: Finger widest proximally to middle, narrowing thence 

 towards base and apex, with a long stout bkmt spine at 

 widest point and two stout pointed bristles further 

 upwards (fig. 53). $ : Seventh sternite with a small 

 sinus (fig. 54) • mustelae 



(^ : Finger broadest in centre, bearing two short blunt 

 spines at widest point and two spiniform bristles further . 

 upwards ; eighth sternite with one very long bristle 

 (fig. 49) . $ : Seventh sternite with shallow sinus ; stylet 

 I length of pygidium (fig. 50) penicilliger 



(J: Finger broad, not narrower towards apex, with two 

 short black spines apically, and one black spiniform 

 bristle proximally (fig. 51). ^ : Seventh sternite deeply 

 sinuate (fig. 52) walkeri 



a. Bied-Ceratophylli. 



Comb of pronotum with 24 or more spines. Second segment of 

 antenna always with long bristles at apex, these bristles reaching to 

 ( (J ) or much beyond ( $ ) the apex of the club. Stylet always with 

 two fairly long bristles beside a long apical one, with the exception of 

 gaUinidae, in which one of the lateral bristles is short. 



8. CEBATOPHYLLtrs GALLINULAE Dale (1878). 



(Figs. 13, 14). 



Head with three rows of bristles in front of eye and 3 rows on the 

 occiput. Spines of the pronotal comb longer than the pronotum. 

 Apical margin of seventh tergite distinctly incurved below the ante- 

 pygidial bristles, these bristles being placed on a projecting lobe. The 

 upper and lower antepygidial bristles minute in both sexes. The third 



