Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



Quisaalus quiscula Durham, NH III-2-1963 



III-3-1963 

 " " " " VIII-31-1964 J.E.K. 

 " " " " VII-22-1965 J.E.K. 



The number of individual Mallophaga on a single bird ranged from 

 1-136. 



Bruelia pallidula (Harrison, 1916) 



Nirmus pallidus Osborn, 1896 (nee Piaget, 1880). Bull. U. S. Bur. 



Ent. (n. s.), 5: 227. 

 Degeeriella pallidula Harrison, 1916. Parasitology, 9: 120 (nn 



for N. pallidus Osborn, 1896). 

 Type host: Pheuctiaus ludoviaianus (Linnaeus) — Rose-breasted 



Grosbeak. 



Head bluntly conical in front; lightly sclerotized along premar- 

 ginal carinae and mandibles; trabeculae pointed, transparent, reaching 

 to the end of the 1st antennal segment; temples with a single seta. 

 Prothorax small; pterothorax with 6 long setae on each side arranged 

 along the posterodorsal margin. Legs colorless. Abdomen colorless ex- 

 cept for the light brown pleurites. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



4 imm. Pheuctiaus ludoviaianus Augusta, Me. IV-7-1964 A.E.B. 



1 ? " " Durham, NH 1948 E.O.Hooghkirk 



II 



Bruelia picturata (Osborn, 1896) 



Nirmus piaturatus Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. Ent. (n. s.) 5: 



226. 

 Type host: Stumella magna (Linnaeus) — Eastern Meadowlark. 



Head elongate; premarginal carinae dark except at apex; temporal 

 carinae narrow; antennae with joints subequal , annulate. Posterior mar- 

 gin of prothorax black; pterothorax with broad, black margin on segments 

 I-VII, broad ventral median bands on segments I-V, faint on I-II , not 

 separated by a median clear space, but having a transverse light band. 



Osborn (1896) records this species from Iowa; Geist (1931) Ohio; 

 Thompson (1934) Quebec; Peters (1936) Maryland and South Carolina; and 

 Whitehead (1954) Quebec. 



Bruelia rotundata (Osborn, 1896) 



Nirmus rotundatus Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. Ent. (n. s.), 5: 



226. 

 Type host: Corvus braahyrhynahos Brehm — Common Crow. 



Head wider than long; premarginal carinae dark modified medially, 

 with anterior hyaline margin; antennae slightly dimorphic, the male 

 1st antennal segment more robust than in the female. Tergal plates 

 II-VIII approximate, IX entire. 



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