plate quadrate, each side with 4 long hairs, the posterior one being 

 the longest. Prothorax large, lateral angles each with a spine and a 

 long hair; lateral margin slightly convex, each bearing a spine and a 

 long hair; posterior margin nearly straight, bearing 3 long hairs on 

 each half. Mesothorax reduced; metathorax short, broader than prothorax, 

 posterior angle with 2 spines; posterior margin almost straight, bearing 

 5 long hairs and a spine on each half. Abdomen broadly elliptical, 

 widest at segment IV-V. Male similar to female but smaller. 



Menaaanthus ohrysophaeus (Kellogg, 1896) 



Colpocephalum ahrysophaeum Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif, 



6: 520, pi. 71, fig. 1. 

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



Acad. Sci, 



Measurements of Kellogg 's specimens: 



d 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



This is the most common mallophagan collected from the 

 Sparrow. 



Song 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Melospiza melodia Cape Cod, Mass. 

 " " Groton, Mass. 



Taunton, Mass. 

 Durham, NH 

 Peterboro, NH 



Weare, NH 

 Westmoreland ,NH 



Date 



IV-8-1938 



IV-10-1938 



IV-13-1938 



V-17-1938 



V-31-1948 



IV-10-1933 



IV-13-1964 

 IV-4-1931 



" " IV-1-1935 

 Wells River, Vt . IV-10-1935 



Collector 



C.M.Herman 



W.P.Wharton 



(USNM) 



K.E.Hyland 



E.O.Hooghkirk 



C.L. Whittle 



(USNM) 



J.E.K. 



L.O.Shelley 



(USNM) 

 II II II 



W.P.Smith 

 (USNM) 



Menaaanthus colaptis (Durrant, 1908) 



Menopon colaptis Durrant, 1908. Ohio Nat., 8: 355, fig. Ih. 

 Type host: Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus) — Yellow-shafted Flicker. 



Described from 12 specimens collected at Columbus, Ohio. Peters 

 (1936) reports this species from New Hampshire and Virginia, and 

 Whitehead (1954) reports it from Quebec. 



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