Body long and slender; abdomen with comparatively few scattered 

 setae on the dorsum, these setae not confined to form a wide median 

 stripe, front of head evenly rounded. In the male, post-antennal con- 

 striction present; greatest width of head in the preantennal region. 



This mallophagan has a world-wide distribution on the domestic 

 chicken. It is known as the "wing louse" and is the only species com- 

 monly found on the primary and secondary wing feathers. 



Lipeurus maoulosus Clay, 1938 



Lipeurus maoulosus Clay, 1938. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, (B) , 108; 



116, figs. 5a, 6a, and pi. 1, fig. e. 

 Type host: Phasianus aolchiaus Linnaeus — Ring-necked Pheasant. 



I do not have a description of this species of Lipeurus. The 

 genus Lipeurus does not naturally occur on New World Galliformes and a 

 great many of the Ring-necked Pheasants in New England are raised in 

 state game farms and released reducing the chances for infestation by 

 Mallophaga. 



Emerson (1951) has reported this species from Connecticut, New 

 Jersey, Oregon, Wisconsin, and British Columbia. 



LUNACEPS 



Lunaceps Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1939. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (11), 4: 

 450. 

 Type species: Degeeviella actophila (Kellogg and Chapman, 1899). 



Head with narrow hyaline margin arising from the clypeal suture; 

 internal and clypeal bands broadly fused anteriorly for about 1/3 

 of their length; dorsal anterior plate small and irregular in shape and 

 may be joined to fused part of clypeal and internal bands. Dorsal an- 

 tennal bands pass inwards on each side to form a transverse suture 

 across head. Dorsal occipital band and transverse antennal band ab- 

 sent. Pterothorax with lateral margins divergent. Abdomen with seg- 

 ment I small; paratergal plates simple without inwardly directed 

 process and only rarely with elongated re-entrant heads. Tergal plates 

 transversely continuous and rarely with partial median division. 



Lunaceps holophaeus (Burmeister, 1838) 



Nirmus holophaeus Burmeister, 1838. Handb. Ent., 2: 427. 

 Nirmus biaolor Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines : 175, pi. 14, fig. ^ 

 Type host: Philomaahus pugnax (Linnaeus) — Ruff. 

 New England hosts : 



Calidris oanutus (Linnaeus) — Knot. 



Erolia maratima (Brunnich) — Purple Sandpiper. 



Croaethia alba (Pallas) — Sanderling. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) — Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



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