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in the centre, anterior part with a transverse impressed line ; 

 metathorax small, transverse, lateral angles acute ; abdomen 

 clavate, obscure chestnut, with fulvous spots on the lateral 

 margin of each segment, except the last three ; legs long 

 and thick; femora stout ; tarsi long, rather thick. Length 1. 

 I have received this species from my brother, taken on 

 the Quail (Perdix Coturnix), and also from the Common 

 Pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus), in Norfolk. 



3. MENOPON FUSCO-CINCTUM. Denny. (Louse of the 



Red-backed Shrike.) 



Plate XXI. Fig. 4. 



Elongate, olivaceous, shining and pubescent ; head with 

 a pitchy spot on each side ; prothorax with three punctures 

 united by a line ; mesothorax distinct ; sutural rings pale. 



Head sub-conical, vertex depressed, lateral margin with 

 a pitchy transverse spot before each eye, and several long 

 hairs ; prothorax ob-conical, truncate behind, anterior part 

 with three punctures connected by a transverse impressed 

 line, lateral margin depressed ; mesothorax short and trans- 

 verse; metathorax short, sub-conical, truncate behind ; ab- 

 domen elongate, with dark olivaceous bands, sutural mar- 

 gins pale, inclining to fulvous; legs long; femora thick. 

 Length 1. 



I obtained this species from the Red-backed Shrike (La- 

 nius collurio). 



4. MENOPON PICI, Denny. (Louse of the Green 

 Wood-pecker.) 



Plate XX. Fig. 5. 



Bright, fulvous and shining ; head obtusely sub-triangu- 

 lar ; prothorax ob-conical, transverse ; abdomen banded with 

 pale chestnut. 



