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eyes black; prothorax nearly as wide as the head, semicir- 

 cular, with two lateral depressions, and a transverse line in 

 front, terminating on each side in a puncture ; metathorax 

 the width of the head, short, transverse, posterior margin 

 rotundate, and slightly reflexed ; abdomen large, somewhat 

 orbicular, pale fuscous, with obscure bands, rather darker 

 on the sides ; legs fuscous, anterior femora enlarged. 

 Length 2. 



I once found this species in tolerable plenty on a Gold- 

 finch (Fringilla carduelis). 



Professors Nitzsch and Burmeister enumerate the fol- 

 lowing species, which I have not been fortunate enough to 

 obtain in order to figure. 



1. MENOPON STRAMINEUM (Meleagris gallopavo). Germ. Mag. vol. iii. 



p. 300. Pediculus Meleagridis. Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. 51. fig. 20. 



2. MENOPON CUCULLA.RE (Sturnus vulgaris). Testaceum capite, lunula 



utrinque temporal! punctisque duobus clypei fuscis. Long. |. 

 Menopon cucullare. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 300. Menopon cucul- 

 lare. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 439. Pediculus Sturni can- 

 didi. RedL Exp. tab. 17. fig. sup, $. 



3. MENOPON MINUTUM (Passerum Linn. plur.). Germ. Mag. iii. p. 300. 



Pediculus curruca. Schrank. Beitr. tab. v. fig. 1. 



4. MENOPON PHANEROSTIGMATON (Cuculus canorus). Germ. Mag. iii. 



p. 300. Pediculus fasciatus. Scopoli Ent. Carniolica. 



5. MENOPON TRIDENS (Fulica atra). Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 



440. Fusco-testaceum, capite pedibus incisurisque segmentorum pal- 

 lidis ; stria occipitis puuctoque genarum utrinque nigris -, clypeo macu- 

 lis 3-fuscis. Long. . 



6. MENOPON GONOPHAEUM (Corvus corax). Burmeister Handbuch ii. 



pt. ii. p. 440. Pallide-testaceum, fusco-fasciatum; capite macula 

 elliptica genarum, punctisque 4-clypei nigris. Long. 1. 



7. MENOPON LUTESCENS (Totanusmaculatus. Tringa pugnax, Alca torda). 



Pallidum, fasciis fulvo-testaceis ; capite punctis 5-obsoletis fulvis. 

 Long, f . Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 440. 



8. MENOPON LEUCOXANTHUM (Anas crecca). Burmeister Handbuch ii. 



pt. ii. p. 440. Testaceum, incisuris pallidioribus ; capite hemisphajrico, 

 signatures o-fulvis. Long. f. 



