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11. COLPOCEPHALUM 4 PusTULATUM. (Louse of the 



White Stork.) 

 Plate XVIII. Fig. 8. 



Fulvous, smooth, and shining ; head pale, with the cly- 

 peal, orbital, and occipital markings fuscous ; mesothorax 

 very narrow ; abdomen with chestnut bands darkest at the 

 lateral margin. 



Colpocephalum 4 pustulatum. Burmeister Handbueh ii. pt. ii. p. 438. 5. 



Head and prothorax pale tawny-yellow, the former trans- 

 verse, with two small spots on the anterior margin, and two 

 large sub-quadrate at the orbits, terminating near the ver- 

 tex in a black patch ; occiput with two transverse chestnut 

 fasciae, lateral margin slightly sinuate ; eyes flat ; prothorax 

 sub elliptical, with a depressed line across the upper part, 

 and a longitudinal one at each lateral angle ; mesothorax 

 very small and narrow ; metathorax transverse, sub-conical, 

 nearly as wide as the head ; abdomen elongate ovate, seg- 

 ments nearly equal, with broad chestnut bands, sutural mar- 

 gins pale tawny-yellow ; legs tawny, thick, and strong, the 

 superior margin darker. Length 1 to 1 J. 



To Dr. Burmeister's kindness I am indebted for this spe- 

 cies, who took it from the White Stork (Ciconia alba). 



12. COLPOCEPHALUM HALIJGETI. Denny. (Louse of the 



Osprey.) 

 Plate XIX. Fig. 1. 



Bright fulvous, shining, and smooth; head transverse, 

 with two large pitchy orbital spots ; mesothorax short, trans- 

 verse ; abdomen oval, with chestnut bands. 



Head pale fulvous-yellow, very wide ; clypeus rotundate, 

 with two deep chestnut angular spots in front, and two at 

 the occiput ; orbital sinus shallow, terminating in a large 



