J58 MONOGRAPHIA 



3. GONIODES COLCHTCI. Denny. (Louse of the Pheasant.) 



Plate XII. Fig. 4. 



Bright chestnut-yellow ; head subquadrate, temporal an- 

 gles obtuse ; thorax with a broad ferruginous margin ; 

 abdomen pale, yellow-white, nearly orbicular, each segment, 

 excepting the first and last two, with a pitchy black arcuate 

 fascia. 



Pediculus Phasiani ? Fabr. Syst. In8t. ii. 482. 34. Mant. In?t. 310. 



Head nearly quadrate ; clypeus broad and circular, with 

 a deep chestnut margin, terminating in an angular patch 

 before each antennae, temporal angle prominent and obtuse, 

 with a dark spot above and below each ; occiput sinuated, 

 truncate, with a dark bi-lobed patch at the base ; eyes pale 

 rather obscure; antennae similar to the preceding, but 

 without the tooth-like projection to the first joint in the male. 

 In the female the second joint is the longest ; prothorax 

 transverse, base truncate, lateral margin ferruginous ; me- 

 tathorax nearly as wide as the head, lateral margin very 

 rotund, with a broad ferruginous hook -shaped band, pos- 

 terior margin much produced and obtuse ; abdomen broad 

 flat, shining, and pubescent, apex very obtuse, the first 

 segment with a ferruginous margin, the six following with 

 an arcuate pitchy black oblique fascia, last segment ferru- 

 ginous ; legs pale, chestnut yellow, rather thick ; ungues 

 and external margin of tibiae chestnut. Length < 1 5 1 . 



Not uncommon upon the Pheasant ( Phasianus Colchicus). 



4. GONTODES ORTYGIS. Denny. (Louse of the Virginian 



Colin . ) 



Plate XIII. Fig. 6 



Elongate, pale yellow-white; head subquadrate, temporal 

 angles obtuse ; prothorax semicircular ; metathorax trans- 



