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deep fuscous ; abdomen obtusely ovate, yellow, white, and 

 hairy, the lateral fasciae bright chestnut, margined with 

 deep brown, and a row of punctures, lateral margin serru- 

 lated towards the apex ; legs pale, fulvous, very thick ; pos- 

 terior femora very much incrassated, acutely angulated 

 beneath, apex with a dark band ; tibiae short and clavate, 

 apex with a dark annulus. Length f . 



I have seen but one specimen of this species, for which I 

 was indebted to the Rev. L. Jenyns, who took it from the 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Picus major). 



8. DOCOPHORUS COMMUNIS. 

 Plate V. Fig. 10. 



Chestnut and shining, with white hairs ; head elongate, 

 triangular, anterior part much produced ; trabeculse very 

 large, curved; posterior femora much incrassated and 

 toothed below. 



Docophoru8 eommunis, Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. in. p. 920. Burmeister 

 Hundbuch, ii. pt. ii. p. 425. Steph. Cat. pt. ii. p. 230. Children Appen. 

 to Back's Land Expe. p. 536. Ricinis Emberizse. De Geer, vii. pi. 4. 

 fig. 9. Pediculus Emberizse. Fab. Ant. 349. Stewart, ii. p. 300. Turt. 

 iii. p. 699. Pediculns Curvirostrae. Paiiz. Faun- 51. fig. 23. Schr. 

 Beitr. Taf. 5. fig. 7-10. Pediculus Pyrrhulse. ^'chr. A. 506. Stew. 

 ii. p. 300. Pediculus Chloridis. Schr. A. 506. Stew. ii. p. 300. Pedi- 

 culus Citrinelle. Schr. A. 507. Stew, ii p. 300. Pediculus Rubecuke. 

 Schr. A. 507. Stew. ii. p. 300. Nirmus Globifer. Olfer. 91. 



Head and thorax bright chestnut and shining, the former 

 very long, triangular, the anterior part much produced, 

 with a large depression, and two .dark diagonal bands from 

 the antennae to the occiput, base convex and rotundate; 

 trabeculae large, slightly curved and acute ; eyes small and 

 black,. prominent ; antennae rather thick, second joint very 

 long; prothorax transverse, angle rotundate, channelled 



