Peters (1936) reports this on Bubo virginianus from Maine, Michigan, 

 North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, and on Stvi-x varia from South 

 Carolina. Brimley (1938) reports it on Bubo virginianus from North 

 Carolina. 



Specimens Host 



1 slide 

 19? , 5cf 



5 ?, Acf 



Strix varia 

 Bubo virginianus 

 Strix varia 



Locality 



Acadia Park, Me. 

 Lincoln, Me. 



Northwood, NH 



Date 



XI-21-1935 

 Jan. -June, 1941 

 X-11-1965 



Collector 



A.E.B. 



W.J.Clayton 



A.H.Mason 



Kurodia painei (McGregor, 1912) 



Colpocephalum painei McGregor, 1912. Ent . News, 23: 305, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Otus asio (Linnaeus) — Screech Owl. 



McGregor (1912) described this species from several specimens 

 collected in Dallas, Texas. It has been reported, Peters (1936) from 

 Washington, D. C. , and Judd (1953) from Ontario. 



Measurements of Type Male : 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



.39 

 .53 

 .75 

 .57 

 1.30 



MACHAERILAEMUS 



Machaerilaemus Harrison, 1915. Parasitology, 7: 389. 



Type species: Machaerilaemus latifrons Harrison, 1915. 

 Hirundoecus Ewing, 1930. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 77: 12. 



Type species: Hirundoecus americanus Ewing, 1930. 



Menoponidae with head more than twice as broad as long and without 

 a preocular notch or slit; temporal lobes reduced, rounded; gular plate 

 large, squarish with or without a central perforation and lateral 

 processes. Prosternal plate well developed with more than 2 median 

 setae; 3rd femora and all of the abdominal sternites without combs of 

 setae but 1 or more spine-like setae may be present laterally on ab- 

 dominal sternites. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 



Machaerilaemus americanus (Ewing, 1930) 

 Hirundoecus americanus Ewing, 1930. 



art. 20: 13, fig. 6 and 7f. 

 Type host: Progne subis (Linnaeus) — Purple Martin. 



77: 



Described from a single female collected from the type host in New 

 Mexico, May 25, 1927, by H. H. Kimball. This one specimen, as far as is 

 known, is the only collection ever made of this species. The fact that 

 the genus Machaerilaemus is quite rare and that the Purple Martin is an 



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