A LIST OF MALL()1>HA(;A 



FOUND ON INTRODUCED AND DOMKSTICATED 



ANIMALS IN AUSTIIAUIA. 



By T. HARVEY JOHNSTON, M.A., D.Sc , and 

 liAUNCELOT HARRISON. 



Read before the Royal Society of Queensland, April 'lUh, 1912. 



The present communication contains a list of the 

 Mallophaga previously recorded as occurring on introduced 

 animals in Australia, as well as several whose presence is 

 now noted in literature for the first time, though some 

 of them are common, well-known forms. We have recently 

 pubUshed (J. & H., 1912, a,) a census of the sp?cies 

 recorded from the native Australian fauna. 



The application of the law of priority has necessitated 

 the alteration of some well-known names. 



BIRDS. 

 •Common Fowl {Gallus domesticus). 



1. Lipeurus cafonis iJAnn). Syn. X. variabilis, Sitztich. 



— Common. X.S.W., Victoria,* Q'land, W. Austr. 



2. Lipeurus heterographus, Nitzsch.^ — Vict., Svdnev 



(N.S.W.) 

 3 Goniodes dissimilis, Xitzsch ■ — Vict., X.S.W. 



4. Goniocotes gigas, Tasch. — X.S.W. , Q'land. The 



occurrence of this parasite (quoted as 

 Gc. abdominalis) on fowls in X.S.W., has already 

 been recorded by Bradshaw (1909, p. 51). It is 

 fairly common. 



5. Goniocotes hologaster, Xitzsch. — Uncommon. 

 Melbourne (Victoria). 



*We are indebted to Mr. A. S. Le Souef for most of the Victorian 

 material referred to in this paper. 

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