NEW MALLOPHAGA. 481 



margins with two longish. hairs ; occipital margin weakly 

 concave, almost straight and bare ; narrow antennal bands, 

 and temporal borders shining dark brown. 



Prothorax short, with narrow marginal band and no 

 hairs. Metathorax acutely angled on abdomen, the angle 

 produced; beginning in lateral angle five long hairs along 

 each latero-posterior margin, the mesal third of the pos- 

 terior margin being free from hairs; a narrow, indistinct, 

 lateral border. Legs concolorous with body, with nar- 

 row, dark brown, marginal markings. Sternum with 

 narrow distinct intercoxal lines. 



Abdomen elongate, subparallel-sided; a single longish 

 hair in posterior angles of segments 3-4, and two hairs 

 in angles of segments 5-8; two hairs also in middle of 

 lateral margin of segment 8; segment 9 uncolored, nar- 

 rowed and slightly emarginated behind; narrow, trans- 

 lucent, brown lateral bands, and faint indications of 

 median transversal blotches which are probably the light 

 brown transversal blotches of the under side showing 

 through. 



Docophorus jungens n. sp. (Plate lxvi, fig. 4.) 



Found on two specimens of the Flicker, Colaptes aura- 

 tus (Lawrence, Kansas). The new form belongs to Pia- 

 get's group august if routes, found on the woodpeckers, and 

 presents the characteristic narrow clypeal front, the small 

 trabecular, and elongate Nirmoid body. The members of 

 the group undoubtedly stand in the position of gradatory 

 forms between Docophorus and Nirmus. 



Description of the male. Body, length 1.75 mm., width 

 .65 mm. ; very pale brownish, with darker marginal mark- 

 ing's. 



Head, length .56 mm., width .50 mm.; triangular, with 

 narrow, anteriorly tapering clypeus which is concave in 



