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long hairs on the posterior margin of each segment; 

 transverse blotches of dark cliestnut-brown continuous 

 across the segments, with l)ut a very narrow, pale, pos- 

 terior marginal line; the lateral marginal l)ands are wide 

 and distinctly darker brown, and they do not reach the 

 posterior margins; the last segment broadly emarginate, 

 with two long, dorsal hairs on the rounded, posterior 

 angles, and two very short spines on the inner margin 

 of the emargination; the ventral surface with dark 

 transverse bands and a series of hairs along the poste- 

 rior margin of each segment. 



Menopon paululum n. sp. (Plate Vlll, fig. 2). 



Specimens from three out of thirty-four individuals 

 shot of the Black-bodied Shearwater, Pu§inus opistho- 

 melas, from two out of fourteen shot of Pu^nus griseus, 

 and from two specimens out of six shot of Puj^nus 

 creafopus. The first Menopon species recorded from 

 Piiffi.imf>. The new species shows no special resem- 

 blance to forms taken from allied birds, like Fulmars. 



Description of the male. Body, length 1.13 mm., 

 width .5 mm.; small, pale yellow with distinct brown 

 ocular blotches; abdomen with golden transverse bands 

 and brown marginal blotches. 



Head, length .26 mm., width .38 mm.; front round- 

 ing, with four short hairs on the margin, one marginal 

 hair at the suture, three long and one short hair in 

 front of the ocular emargination which is distinct but 

 shallow, with an ocular fringe; maxillary^ palpi long, 

 last two segments extending beyond the margin of the 

 head; eyes inconspicuous but with a distinct ocular 

 fleck; temples but little expanded, with four long hairs 

 and several short spines on the angles; occipital mar- 

 gin but slightly concave; head pale yellow with'a brown 



