members of the genus Cuculiphilus collected from the Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo, Cocoyzus conevicanus (Linnaeus) are not Cuculiphilus decovatum 

 (Kellogg, 1896). 



I have collected 2 immature male Cuculiphilus sp. from a Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo in Durham, New Hampshire, June 1, 1964. This undescribed 

 species is the only member of the genus known to occur on New England 

 birds, although it is likely that with sufficient collecting a species 

 will be found on the Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus 

 (Wilson) . 



Cuculiphilus altematus (Osborn, 1902) 



Menopon altematim Osborn, 1902. Ohio Nat., 2: 175, pi. 2, fig. 1. 

 Falcophilus coragypsis Eichler, 1948a. Entomologist 81: 251, 



figs. 1-7. 

 Type host: Cathartes aura (Linnaeus) — Turkey Vulture. 

 Other North American host: 

 Coragyps atvatus (Bechstein) — Black Vulture. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



14? , 7d" Coragyps atratus Lincoln, Me. VI-17-1938 W.J.Clayton 



DENNYUS 



Nitzschia Denny, 1842 (nee Baer, 1827), Mon. Anopl. Brit.: 230. 



Type species: Nitzschia burmeisteri Denny, 1842. (A synonym of 

 Pediculus hirundinis Linnaeus, 1761). 

 Dennyus Neumann, 1906. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr . , 20 : 60. {nn for Nitzschia 



Denny, 1842). 

 Takamatsuia Uchida, 1926. J. Coll. Agri. Tokyo, 9: 32. 



Type species: Takamatsuia major Uchida, 1926. 

 Ctenodennyus Ewing, 1930. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus . , 77: 9. 



Type species: Dennyus {Ctenodennyus) spiniger Ewing, 1930. 



Shape of head characteristic; lateral margins continuous with eyes 

 and slightly swollen above the base of the antennae. Temporal lobes 

 somewhat expanded and quadrangular. Antennal fossae partly roofed over 

 dorsally by expansion of the integument. Eye double, the 2 corneas 

 appearing to be partially fused; occiput slightly concave. Prothorax 

 rather narrow but pronotum expanded laterally into a pair of spine- 

 bearing lobes; prosternal plate well developed with heavily sclerotized 

 borders. Mesothorax small but usually distinct and separated from meta- 

 thorax by a dorsal suture. First pair of legs short; other legs long. 

 Femur I very short, frequently as broad as long; posterior femur very 

 long with a patch of ventral setae. Abdomen long and quite narrow; 

 pleurites typically with a marginal row of spines and a small tuft of 

 long, hair-like setae. Abdominal tergites bare except for a posterior 

 marginal row of setae. Some abdominal sternites with patches of setae 

 about the size of those clothing the body. Genitalia of male sym- 

 metrical with long, narrow, basal plate. Parameres free, clasper-like 



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