THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 120.] 



SEPTEMBER, MDCCCLXXIII. [Price 6d. 



The Elephant's Louse. By Edward Newman. 



Elephant's Louse, H^matomyzus Elephantis (copied from the figure in 

 'Science Gossip' for 1871): kugth of the living insect one-twelfth of 

 an inch. 



The discovery of this insect on elephants in Ceylon might 

 have been anticipated : the existence of such a parasite is in 



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