A CEXSrs OF ArSTKALIAN MAI.LOPHAGA. 



By T. HARYEY JOHNSTON, MA. D.Sc, F.L S., 

 and liAUNCELOT HARRISON. 



Read before the Royal Society of Queensland, April 24t/?, 1912. 



With the exception of a few short papers by Messrs. 

 Le Souef and Bullen, in the Victorian Xaturalist (see Liter- 

 ature list), no work on Mallopkaga has been done in 

 Australia. The forms from Australian hosts that we list 

 have been described by various European writers, rarely 

 from material collected from the hosts in their natmal 

 state, but more often taken from skins in European 

 museums, or from animals in captivity in the collections 

 of the various Zoological Societies. It is to be expected 

 that records of this nature will require some revision, 

 as some straggling is bound to occur. 



The names of bird hosts are in accordance with 

 Mathew^s' Handlist (1908), which is itself based on Sharpe's 

 Handlist of Birds (1899). The synonym under which 

 the host was originally quoted is in all cases given. 

 Parasites from domesticated and introduced animals are 

 dealt with in a separate paper. We have not included 

 parasites described elsewhere from species, the range of 

 Avhich includes Australia, and the Australian seas : nor 

 those from oceanic birds, except where a definite Australian 

 reference is given. In one or two instances, new names 

 have been used to replace others which were preoccupied. 



Mr. Le Souef having kindly placed his collection of 

 Mallopkaga at our disposal, we are able to establish some 

 synonymy after examination of his types. The making 

 of new records from our own collections is left for a later 

 communication. 



It wall be seen that Mallophaga have been recorded 

 from but 48 out of nearly 900 bird species listed by Mathews ; 

 and from only 7 marsupials. 



