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stout bristles; in tlie male it is scarceh^ bifid and provided ^vith 

 two prominent foliaceous appendages, i^, re- 

 ticul'ifer comes from California. 



In Mtvoltasid the species are rather short and 

 broad, all legs of about equal size; the male body 

 is deeply bilobed at tip, each lobe provided 

 with a very long hair. They are ver}" small 

 species, and some occur on domestic fowls. 



In Mlcroliclius the species are similar to Bi- 

 voltasia^ but the legs are shorter, and end in 

 distinct claws, and there are two hook-like pro- 

 jections each side of the rostrum near its tip. 



In Pterolichus ih.Q legs are all subequal in size. 

 There is much variation in the shape of the 

 bodv, which in the male is bilobed at tip and in 

 the female more or less entire. • It is a very 

 large genus, and three species are known to 

 occur in the United States. P. aqiiUinus 

 Trouessart has been taken on the golden and 



Fig. 173. — Axalges passeki- 

 nus, female. 



bald eagles; P. hucJiholzl Canes- 

 trini on the o-odwit and p-olden 



■ Fm. 171.— Analges passerinus, .male. Fig. 175.— Megxinia typ.p.elli. 



plover; and /-*. long! renter Megnin and Trouessart on the barred owl. 



