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21. DOCOPHORUS AQUILINU?. Denny. (Louse of the 



Eagle.) 

 Plate II. Fig. 7. 



Bright chestnut, smooth and shining ; head large, trian- 

 gular, much produced in front, and deeply notched ; ab- 

 domen broad, pale, yellow white; lateral fasciae bright 

 chestnut, and acutely angular. 



Head large, triangular, much produced in front, deeply 

 notched, from which proceed an oblong depression to the 

 centre of the vertex, and two dark depressed diagonal bands 

 extending from the anterior lateral margin to the occiput ; 

 trabeculse prominent, pale yellow ; antennae tawny ; eyes 

 very small ; prothorax bright chestnut, transverse, sub- coni- 

 cal, channelled in the centre ; metathorax nearly as wide 

 as the head, sub-triangular, with two depressions at the 

 base, a line down the middle, and two dark humeral spots, 

 posterior margin ciliated ; abdomen large, broad, obtusely 

 ovate, each segment with the central portion, pale, yellow- 

 white, the lateral angular fasciae very acute, deep chestnut, 

 shading into black; legs pale chestnut, rather short and 

 stout. Length 1. 



I find this species tolerably common upon the Golden 

 Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos), from which bird it has also been 

 sent me by the Rev. William Little of Moffatt, Sir Wm. 

 Jardine, Bart. Mr. Calvert of Leeds, and Mr. G. R. Denny 

 of Norwich, Mr. Thompson of Belfast has sent the same 

 species from the White-tailed Eagle (Aquila albicilla). I 

 have also found it on the Honey Buzzard (Falco apivorus). 



Metathorax terminating posteriorly in an angle ; head without dark 

 diagonal lines. 



22. DOCOPHORUS CEPHALUS. Denny. 



Plate II. Fig. 8. 



Deep pitchy chestnut, shining and smooth ; head very 



