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28. DOCOPHORUS LIMOS^E. Denny. (Louse of the 

 Godwit.) 



Plate IV. Fig. 2. 



Head elongate, chestnut; thorax fulvous; abdominal 

 fasciae pitchy black. 



Head chestnut, elongate, triangular; clypeus produced, 

 with two transverse lines united in the centre, base rotun- 

 date, with two depressed lines, from the occiput to the 

 antennae, where they unite with two black transverse bands ; 

 antennae thick, the second joint large, pale ferruginous; 

 trabeculse conical ; prothorax transverse ; metathorax small, 

 pentagonal, the centre angle very acute, base and central 

 channel dusky ; abdomen obovate, pale, fulvous, hairy, the 

 first and last two segments and lateral obtuse fasciae of the 

 remainder pitchy black, a chestnut humeral band extending 

 through the first three ; legs thick, pale, ferruginous ; an- 

 terior femora enlarged arid angular. Length . 



Communicated by William Thompson, Esq. from the Bar- 

 tailed Godwit (Limosa rufa), from the Black- tailed Godwit 

 (Lirnosa melanura), by Mr. G. R. Denny. 



29. DOCOPHORUS MEGACEPHALUS. Denny. (Louse of the 

 Black Guillemot.) 



Plate V. Fig. 5. 



Pale fulvous ; head large, obcordate ; abdomen yellow 

 white. 



Head and thorax pale, fulvous, yellow, the former very 

 large, obcordate, a diagonal line from the occiput to the 

 antennae on each side, lateral margin, with a chestnut band, 

 interrupted at the trabeculae ; clypeus small, rotundate ; 

 antennae short, thick, and cylindrical, pale fulvous yellow ; 

 trabeculse conical and strong ; prothorax transverse, nearly 



