THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 



No. 62. FEBRUARY 1883. 



X I. — Anatomy and Physiology of Hasmatopinus tenuirostris, 



Burm. By Oscar Strobelt*. 



[Plate III.] 



It is only of late that some considerable attention has begun 

 to be paid to the Pediculina. Among the more important 

 works upon this group of animals we must here mention those 

 of Denny (10)f, Giebel (13), and Piaget (15). The last- 



* Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwiirde einer hohen 

 philosophischen Facultat der kouiglichen Akademie zu Munster. Diis- 

 seldorf, 188:2. Translated by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. 



t The numbers in parentheses refer to the works of which the titles 

 are given below : — 



1. Lixne, C. Fauna Suecica. Holmue, 1761. 

 Lin.ve, 0. Systenia Naturae. Vindobonse, 1770. 



3. Fabbicius, J. C. Systema Entomologise. Flensburgi, 1775. 



4. Berkenhout, John. Synopsis of the Natural History of Great 



Britain and Ireland. London, 1789. 



5. Turton, W. A General System of Nature. London, 1806. 



6. Stewart, C. Elements of the Natural History of the Animal 



Kingdom. London, 1817. 



7. Nitzsch, 0. L. u Die Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsekten 



(Insecta epizoica)," Germar's Magazin der Entomolosrie, Band iii. 

 Halle, 1818. 



8. Stephens, J. F. A Systematic Catalogue of British Insects. Lon- 

 don, 1829. 



9. Bixrmeister, H. " Handbuch der Eutomologie," Band ii. Abth.-l 



& 2. Berlin, 1835 and 1838.. 



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