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thorax pale fulvous, the former with the anterior very acute, 

 lateral margin with chestnut and pitchy spots. 



Nirmus nebulosus. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 429. spe. 16. 



Head short, sub-triangular ; clypeus very acute, with a 

 conical chestnut spot on each side in front, and two nearly 

 black on the temporal margin, vertex concave, base trun- 

 cate ; eyes small ; antennae filiform, pale yellow ; prothorax 

 narrower than the head, transverse ; metathorax wider than 

 the head, transverse, lateral margin oblique with a chestnut 

 spot on each side, posterior rotundate ; abdomen large, 

 sub-claviform, obtuse ; legs pale fulvous-yellow. Length f . 



Communicated by the Rev. L. Jenyns, from the Star 

 ling (Sturnus vulgaris), from which Bird I have since 

 taken it myself. 



29. NIRMUS APIASTRI. Denny. (Louse of the Bee-eater.) 



Plate X. Fig. 4. 



Bright fulvous -yellow, shining and smooth, lateral mar- 

 gin chestnut. 



Head triangular ; clypeus produced, with a bifurcate de- 

 pression in front, lateral margin with a sinuated chestnut 

 fascia, vertex depressed, base truncate, with a transverse 

 chestnut band ; antennae short and filiform, the second 

 joint the longest; trabeculse small and acute; prothorax 

 transverse ; metathorax transverse, lateral angles produced, 

 posterior margin acutely angular ; abdomen claviform, 

 apex acute, stigmatic orifices large and prominent, lateral 

 margin chestnut ; legs pale yellow. Length |. 



Only one specimen of this species has come under my 

 notice, which was forwarded by Mr. Thompson from Bel- 

 fast, who found it upon the Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). 



