Kellogg and Chapman (1899) reported this species from a Cliff 

 Swallow in California and Paine (1914) has collected a single female 

 from the same location and host. These are the only published records 

 of this mallophagan species in the United States. 



The Barn Swallow is a very common bird in New England and sufficient 

 collecting will probably reveal this louse. 



Maahaerilaemus metospizae Emerson, 1954 



Maohaerilaemus metospizae Emerson, 1954. J. Kansas Ent. Soc, 27: 



45, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Melospiza melodia (Wilson) — Song Sparrow. 



This species is similar to M, maestus (Kellogg and Chapman, 1899) 

 but can be separated from it by the fact that M. metospizae has a meta- 

 sternal plate with a long seta at each postero-lateral angle. 



The USNM Collection contains a slide of this species collected at 

 Westmoreland, New Hampshire, by L. 0. Shelley, April 13, 1933. This 

 appears to be the only collection of this species in New England. 



MENACANTHUS 



Menacanthus Neumann, 1912. Arch. Parasit., 15: 353. 



Type species: Menopon robustum Kellogg, 1896. 

 Neumannia Uchida, 1926. {nea Trouessart, 1888). J. Coll. Agri. Tokyo, 



9: 27. 



Type species: Neumannia okadai Uchida, 1926. 

 Eomenacanthus Uchida, 1926. J. Coll. Agri. Tokyo, 9: 30. 



Type species: Menopon biseriatum Piaget, 1880. (A synonym of 

 Menopon stramineum Nitzsch, 1818). 

 Uchida Ewing, 1930b. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 43: 125. (nn for 



Neumannia Uchida, 1926). 

 Zemiodes Eichler, 1944a. Z. hyg. Zool., 35: 172. 



Type species: Zemiodes zumpti Eichler, 1944a. (A synonym of 

 Menopon stramineum Nitzsch, 1818). 



Species referable to this genus are similar in size, shape and ap- 

 pearance to those of the genus Menopon Nitzsch, 1818. In Menacanthus 

 the anteroventral surface of the head bears a pair of large, spine-like 

 processes directed backward and downward. Posterior femur with or 

 without patches of setae on the ventral surface. Abdomen elongate- 

 oval, that of female wider and more robust than that of male. Abdominal 

 sternites either with brushes or marginal spine-like setae at postero- 

 ventral angles prolonged posteriorly. Male genitalia with large basal 

 plate; parameres free with tips turned outward apically. Clay (1938) 

 hesitated to give generic characters because the genus needs consider- 

 ably more detailed study. 



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