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rounding, the uncolored region expanding slightly in front of the sutures ; four mar- 

 ginal hairs, one in the rounding anterior angle of the clypeus, one just behind this, 

 one at the suture, and one in front of the trabecules ; trabeculae prominent ; antennae 

 short, reaching barely two-thirds of the distance to the occipital margin, first three 

 segments almost uncolored, last two distinctly fulvous ; eyes flat with short prickle and 

 long slender hair ; tem|ioral margins broadly rounding, with two long hairs and a 

 short stiff prickle on the margin ; occipital margin slightly concave ; clypeal signature 

 shield -shaped, constricted slightly anteriorly ; anterior half fulvous, posterior half 

 almost uncolored ; antennal bands distinct, dark brown and interrupted at the suture, 

 posterior extremity bending sharply in ; temporal borders narrow but distinctly dark 

 brown growing paler toward the occipital border. 



Prothorax quadrangular ; sides slightly diverging ; posterior angles rounding with 

 one short hair ; marginal borders dark golden brown ; median portion pale fulvous. 

 Metathorax with widely diverging sides, strongly angulated on abdomen ; lateral angles 

 with three long pustulated hairs, postero-lateral margin with two long pustulated 

 hairs, narrow dark brown marginal markings, anterior extremities bending strongly- 

 inward, durk marking broadening in posterior angle. Legs concolorous with the 

 palest color of the thorax ; darker brown annular markings. 



Abdomen elongate elliptical, posterior angles of the segments slightly projecting ; 

 one or two hairs in posterior angles after first segment ; four long pustulated hairs on 

 the posterior margin of the segments, two long hairs being near the posterior angles 

 and the other two on each side of the median line ; segment 8 with four long pustu- 

 lated hairs along the lateral margin, segment 9 angularly emarginate with a few very 

 short and one longer marginal prickle. Color fulvous with broad segmental median 

 bands of dark brown to black, broad uncolored sublateral band and uncolored posterior 

 margins on segments 1-8 ; segment 9 with two pale brown blotches. 



From the turnstone, Areiiaria inferpres (Pacific Grove, Calif.) 

 This Nir)mis belongs to the group internipto-fasciata hitherto found 

 exclusively on passerine birds, especially birds of the finch family. 



Nirmus splendidus Kellogx^ Mallophaga from Birds from Panama, 

 Baja California, and Alaska, in New Mallophaga III, 1899, p. 16, 

 pi. II, figs. 3 and 6 ; List of Mallophaga, 1899, p. 56. 

 From Polyhortis cherijtmy (Tampico, Mexico). 



Liperus ferox Giehel, Zeitsch. f. Ges. Naturwiss., XXIX, 1867, p. 

 195 ; Kkllogg, List of Mallophaga, 1899, p. 59. 

 From Diomedia nigripes (North Pacific Ocean). 



Liperus faraPonii Kellogg, New Mallophaga I, 1896, p. 103, pi. V, 

 fig. 4 ; List of Mallophaga, 1899, p. 60. 

 From Phalacrocorax pencillatus, and P. resplcndens (Calif). 



Liperus mcilhenyi Kellogg 6-' Kiewana, Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., 

 1900, P- 155. pl- VII, fig. 3. 



