CYCLORRHAPHA 



EPROBOSCIDEA 



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Nycteribiidae 



Fig. 121. Nycteribia (Listropodia) pedicularia 

 Latr. var. blasii (Kolenati) Scott. ? 2'2 mm. ventral 

 view. From Vespertilio daubentoni, Henley-on- 

 Thames. 14 ii. 1906. From micro-slide, Rothschild 

 collection, Tring. (By permission.) 



Fig. 122. Nycteribia (Stylidia) biarticulata Hermann. $ 3 mm. dorsal view. From 

 Rhinolophus ferrum equinum. 12 v. 1912. From micro-slide, Rothschild collection, Tring. 

 (By permission.) 



In Parasitology (University Press, Cambridge), vol. IX. no. 4, July 27, 1917, will be found 

 an interesting general account of the Nycteribiidae, with description of two new genera 

 by Dr Hugh Scott. And in The National Review of Aug. 1919, another account by 

 Mr H. Russell in a paper entitled "Wingless Flies" is of interest to students. 

 I am indebted to Dr Scott for the names of the three British Nycteribiidae illustrated in 

 these pages; and to Mr Harold Russell for his trouble to secure the loan of Nycteribiidae 

 for my illustrations. It should be here stated that blasii and pedicularia are " not absolutely 

 identical," but Dr Scott considers the difference insufficient to entitle the former to specific 

 rank, but rather that they should be looked upon as two forms of the same species. 

 Nycteribiidae of different genera and species have been found not only on the same bat 

 species, but upon the same bat individual (Scott). 



