20 A LIST OF MALLOPHAGA 



Swan {Cygnus, dom.) 



1. Lipenrus crassicornis (Olfers). Victoria. 



2. Ornithobius fuscus, Le Souef (1902, p. 91) — Melbourne 



Zoological Gardens. 



3. Ornithobius cygni (L.) Victoria, Sydney. 



Starling {Sturnus vulgaris). 



1. Philopterus leontodon, Xitzsch. Sydney. 



2. DegeerieUa nebulosa (Burmeister). Sydney. 



3. Meiwpon spiuosum, Piaget. Sydney. 



Skylark {Alauda arvensis). 



1. Mcnopon parviceps, Piaget. Richmond,* (X.S.W.) 



Ostrich [Struthio camelus). 



1. Lipeurus quadrimaculatus, Piaget. Richmond 



(X.S.W.). (In collection of Entomological 

 Branch, Dept. of Agriculture, Sydney). 



MAMMALS. 

 Ass {Equus asinus). 



1. Trichodcctes pilosus, Giebel {nee. Piaget). Victoria. 

 Horse {Equus cabaUus). 



1. Trichodectes pilosus, Giebel. Victoria. Lea (1908, 

 p. 105), refers to this species, but does not state 

 whether it occurs in Tasmania. Linnaeus (Syst. 

 Xat. TI., 1018), described Pediculus equi from the 

 horse. In 1842, Denny (1842, p. 191), gave an 

 account of a parasite which he regarded as belong- 

 ing to Linnaeus" form, as Trichodectes equi. In 

 1874, Giebel (1874, p. 59), described Tr. pilosus, 

 ostensibly renaming Tr. ecjiii, Denny and Pediculus 

 equi, Linn. Piaget (1880. p. 397), in 1880, 

 separated Denny's Tr. equi from Linnaeus" form, 

 redescribing the former as Tr. parumpilosus, while 

 on p. 395, he described what he believed to be 

 Tr. pilosus, Giebel, giving as a synonym Pediculus 

 (qui, Linn. A little later, Taschenberg (1882, 

 p. 214), stated that Piaget was correct in identify- 

 ing Tr. equi. Denny with Tr. parumpilosus, and, 



*We are indebted to Mr. C. T. Musson, of the Hawkesbury Agricul- 

 tural College, Richmond, N.S.W., for specimens from this locality. 



