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vary very considerably both in colour and extent. I have 

 seen some specimens in which they extended nearly across 

 the medial line, so as to obliterate almost entirely the cen- 

 tral white space. 



46. DOCOPHORUS MEROPIS. Denny. (Louse of the 

 Bee-eater.) 



Plate IV. Fig. 4. 



Ferruginous, smooth, and shining ; head triangular ; cly- 

 peus deeply emarginate ; abdomen dull white. 



Head obtusely triangular, anterior somewhat channelled ; 

 clypeus deeply emarginate, posterior convex and rotunda te, 

 two diagonal impressed lines from the eyes to the occiput ; 

 trabeculae acutely conical, placed very near the anterior 

 portion ; antennae slender ; eyes black and flat ; prothorax 

 conical and narrow ; metathorax transverse and rotundate ; 

 abdomen obovate, dull white and hairy, transverse, lateral 

 fasciae ferruginous, acutely triangular ; legs pale, tawny, 

 rather thick. Length . 



For the only specimen I have seen of this species, I am 

 indebted to Wm. Thompson, Esq. who took it upon a 

 Bee-eater (Merops A piaster), which had been shot near 

 Belfast. 



47. DOCOPHORUS CURSOR. (Louse of the Short and Long- 

 eared Owls.) 

 Plate II. Fig. 1. 



Brilliant chestnut-yellow, with numerous white hairs; 

 head obtusely triangular ; clypeus truncate ; abdominal fas- 

 ciae obtusely triangular. 



Docophorus cursor. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 426. spe. 14. 



Head obtusely triangular ; clypeus broad, truncate, with 



