104 THE LONG-NOSED CATTLE-LOUSE. 



sene and soft soap, well rubbed in, will quickly and thor- 

 ovLghly kill these intruders. 



THE LONG-NOSED CATTLE-LOUSE. 



{II(('matoj}!nus lufull Linn). 



This parasite (fig. 74) possesses a long and narrow 

 body, measuring 2 to 2.30mm. The small head, pointed in 

 front, shows very plainly the long and projecting beak. A 

 very small eye is found behind each feeler. The head is 

 wedged into a squarish thorax. The legs are not of the 



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Fig. 74. — Long-nosed cattle-lotise. Greatlj- enlarged. Original. 



same length, increasing in length from the first to the third 

 pair. The abdomen is long and narrow, almost spindle- 

 shaped, not sharply segmented, and lacks the chitinous 

 plates along the sides. The head and thorax are brown, 

 the abdomen bluish-graj% the legs brown, darker at the tips. 



THE GOAT-LOUSE. 



{Hcematojnnus stenopsis Burm . ) . 



This insect possesses a long head with a wedge-like and 

 pointed basal end. The feelers are shorter than the head, 

 the thorax is square, the legs short, with strong and heavy 

 claws. Head and thorax brownish-yellow, end of feet brown, 

 abdomen gravish- white or gravish-vellow. It measures 



