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genus, but of an altogether new family of the Hemiptera Hete- 

 roptera, coming very near to the bed-bugs ( Acant hid&) . It is a 

 huge sucking louse. From the discussion which followed, it 

 seems that the parasite had several times been seen before, and 

 was none other than E. Piaget's Htematomyzus elephantis. 

 Excellent figures accompany Richter's and Piaget's descrip- 

 tions. Notwithstanding Piaget's explanation, I think the 

 specific name, longirostris, would have been a more appropriate 

 appellation. 



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The parasites of the Rhinoceridte have been even less studied 

 than those of elephants. In 1856 Prof. Peters described a 

 tapeworm from Bruce's rhinoceros (R. Africanus), which he 

 named Taenia gigantea. In 1870 Dr Murie, under the provi- 



