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PLATE CCXCI. 



PEDICULI COLUMBiE. 



Pigeon's Louse. 



APTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Six Feet. Eyes two. Mouth contains a fting. ' Antennse length 

 of the Thorax. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONl'^MS. 



Body flender, thickefl towards the end, whitifh, a ferruginous hne 

 along each fide. 



Pediculus Columb-^ : corpore filiformi ferrugineispofticeclavato. 



FaL Syji. Ent. 809. 31. 

 Pediculus oblongus filiformis albicans, corporis lateribus utrinque 



ferrugineis. Geoff. Inf. 2. 599. 7. 

 Pulex Columb^e Majoris. Redi de InfeSiis tab. 1. fig. i. 



This is the kind of Loufe found on the common Pigeon. It 

 differs fpecifically from thofe of other Birds and Animals, as may be 

 conjedured from its fignificant name, P. Columbx. 



It 



