Cassin's Kingbird is not found in New England but Ricinus arcuatus 

 is not strictly host specific and is found here on Tyrannus tyrannus 

 (Linnaeus) --Eastern Kingbird. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



1 o" , 2 imm. Tyrannus tyrannus Durham, NH VII-19-1965 J.E.K. 



Measurements: Ricinus arcuatus (Kellogg and Mann, 1912a) 



d 



Head Length .61 



Head Width .64 



Prothorax Width .58 



Pterothorax Width .69 



Abdomen Length 1.44 



Abdomen Width .84 



Total Length 2.79 



Ricinus diffusus (Kellogg, 1896) 



Physostomum diffusum Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



518, pi. 70. fig. 3. 

 Type host: Passercula sandwiahensis (Gmelin) — Savannah Sparrow. 



Described from 1 female from the type host in California. Peters 

 (1936) has reported it from Massachusetts and South Carolina. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



19 Passercula sandwichensis Martha's Vine- IV-23-1933 L.B.Lunz,Jr, 



yard, Mass. (USNM) 



19, Id" " " Durham, NH IX-29-1921 P.R.Lowry 



Measurements: cT 9 9 (Kellogg Type) 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Pterothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



Ricinus frenatus (Burmeister, 1838) 



Physostomum frenatum Burmeister, 1838. Handb . Ent., 2: 442. 

 Type host: Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus) — Winter Wren or 

 Regulus regulus (Linnaeus) . 



Beyond the fact that this species has been recorded, I have no in- 

 formation concerning it. Procter (1938) reports it from the Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet in Maine. 



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