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the only objection to this supposition is that only one speci- 

 men of one kind has been found, and several of the other, 

 and the single example was upon a different species of bird, 

 although of the same genus to those which supplied the 

 many. It appeared to me preferable to record the instance 

 and leave it for further research to decide, than to consti- 

 tute it a distinct species. 



43. NIRMUS JUNCEUS. (Louse of the Lapwing.) 



Plate IX. Fig. 5. 



Fuscous smooth, shining, and pubescent ; head elongate ; 

 antennae sub-cordate, lateral margin of the thorax and ab- 

 domen black, stigmatic spaces somewhat fulvescent, ante- 

 rior femora very large. 



Nirmus junceus ? Scopoli Faun. Carniol. 384. n 1048. 



Head elongate, conical ; clypeus produced, with a sub- 

 quadrate depression anteriorly, lateral margin and trian- 

 gular spot before the antennae black, vertex depressed, base 

 sub-truncate ; eyes small, obscure ; antennae pale chestnut, 

 sub-clavate, the second joint the longest, ob-conical; trabe- 

 culae very short; prothorax subquadrate, lateral margin 

 rotundate ; metathorax wider behind than in front, poste- 

 rior margin produced, subangular in the centre, lateral 

 with a broad black patch ; abdomen claviform and acute, 

 slightly fulvescent on each side, centre fuscous, the lateral 

 margin of each segment with a black fascia, and suture of 

 the first segment angular; legs pale chestnut; anterior 

 femora large and sublobate. Length . 



This species, which I suspect to be SCOPOLI 's junceus, 

 I have found upon the common Lapwing (Vanellus cris- 

 tatus) ; my friend William Thompson, Esq. of Belfast, has 

 found it upon the Greenshank (Totanus glottis) and the 

 Wild Swan (Cygnus ferus). 



