I9i4«] KeIvLOGG & Paine : Mallophaga. 243 



Head shape of triangle with corners cut off, broader than long ; 

 front very obtusely but distinctly angled, with six or seven long 

 hairs and several shorter ones ; the concavity of the margin at 

 point where palpi would project is all but imperceptible and the 

 ocular emarginations are shallow with a conspicuous ocular fringe. 

 Temples rounded, not angulated nor expanded, with five long hairs 

 on each side and two short ones, also two short spines. Occipital 

 margin concave, almost straight in the middle with four long 

 hairs. Ground colour pale tawny with small, black, ocular flecks, 

 blackish mandibles, brownish blotches on each side of the clypeus, 

 and very small, weakh'' coloured ocular blotches. 



Thorax just as long as the head. Prothorax trapezoidal with 

 shortest side behind; sides converging, almost straight, and poste- 

 rior margin slightly rounded ; a long hair and two spines in the an- 

 terior angles, a hair on the rounded posterior angles and four on 

 the posterior margin. Line of fusion between the meso- and meta- 

 thorax plainly visible, marked by lateral emarginations and by a su- 

 ture ; metathorax appearing as the first abdominal segment^ with 

 four short spines along the mesothoracic suture, two stout spines 

 in the posterior lateral angles and a row of hairs across the posterior 

 margin. Legs rather long, concolorous with the thorax, the first 

 pair with broad, short femora and the last pair with a patch of many 

 short hairs, invisible from above, on the under side of the femora. 



Abdomen elongate, widening to the fourth segment, then 

 rounding evenly to the last which is truncate and bears a fringe 

 of fine hairs ; several short spines on the posterior margin of the 

 first three segments near the lateral angles and each segment with 

 a row of hairs across the posterior margin ; posterior lateral angles 

 with the usual long hairs. Colour an even yellowish brown with no 

 blotches visible; narrow, transparent, lateral bands are present. 

 Beneath, the sutures are laterally distinct and here is borne on 

 each side a row of from five to eight short spines. In the male the 

 last segment is narrower, more rounded and slightly protruding, 

 not truncate. 



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