NEW MALLOPHAGA. 531 



brown ocular blotch; occipital margin narrowly edged 

 with brown; mandibles and adjacent lateral regions dark 

 chestnut brown. 



Prothorax with lateral angles narrowly rounded, and 

 with a longish spine; posterior margin curving at sides, 

 but nearly straight on metathorax, and with a marginal 

 series of strong, long hairs; transverse chitin bar pale to 

 uncolored, but distinct, as also the longitudinal bar at its 

 ends. Metathorax of about same length as prothorax, 

 and but very little if at all wider ; with five strong, short 

 spines along each lateral margin, and a series of hairs 

 along the straight posterior margin; lateral margins nar- 

 rowly bordered with blackish brown, and linear brown 

 blotches projecting backward from anterior angles, and 

 tapering and fading out posteriorly. Legs pale, con- 

 colorous with body. 



Abdomen elliptical, with segments projecting but little 

 laterally; posterior angles with several hairs of different 

 lengths, the hairs longer on posterior segments until on 

 segments 8-9 some of them are very long; lateral bands 

 with short processes projecting inward, one in middle of 

 lateral margin of each segment and one along each suture ; 

 no transverse blotches, or only faint indications of brown- 

 ish color; last segment broad, rounded behind, with 

 numerous long hairs. 



Female. Body, length 2.3 mm., width .9 mm.; head, 

 length .4 mm., width .72 mm.; last segment of abdomen 

 more flatly rounded, with a tuft of hair at each posterior 

 angle and a fringe of hairs of equal size along the pos- 

 terior margin, giving the tip of abdomen a truncate ap- 

 pearance. 



