Masxett.—On a Parasite of the Penguin, 19 
I venture to suggest for this purpose the name Kermaphis. It is not so 
far removed from the other as to be strange, and it would relieve entomology 
of an absurd confusion whilst still indieating something of the old relation- 
ship. On this idea, the insect above described would be Kermaphis pini var., 
unless the differences noted in my description should be sufficient to raise it 
to distinct specific rank. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIL., Fres. 1-11. 
Fig. 1. Eggs x 2 
Fig. 2. Young larva. 
Fig. 3. Antenna of larva x 350. 
Fig. 4. Rostrum of larva. 
Fig. 5. Oviparous female, dorsal vi 
Fig. 6. The same, after xit e in iio: The legs are not shown in 
this figure. 
7. Antenna of oviparous female x 400. 
Fig. 8. Abdominal spines of oviparous female x 400. 
9. Foot of oviparous female. 
Fig. 10. Pine twig infested; the leaf-tufts are cut away on the centre 
portion. 
Fig. 11, Antenna of C. corticalis, after Buckton. 
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Art. III.—On a Parasite of the Penguin. By W. M. Masxetu, F.R.M.S. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 13th February, 1885.] 
Plate VII., figs. 12-14. 
Mr. A. Retscuex has collected at Dusky Sound a parasite of which the 
following description may be sufficient. 
Orver. ARACHNOIDEA. 
Fam. Gamasinz, 
Genus Ixodes. 
Ixodes eudyptidis, sp. nov. 
Body almost 1 inch in length, of a light brown colour, elliptical, some- 
what convex, with a tough, leathery skin, covered with numbers of short 
fine hairs which are longest and most numerous on the abdominal region. 
Eyes absent. On the back, at the cephalic end, is a small shield Fh 
no hairs, smooth, shining, and marked with numerous minute circ 
shallow pits. Skin also finely striated with minute transverse wavy 
wrinkles. On the dorsum are two longitudinal shallow grooves, and on the 
under side the median portion is a broad longitudinal depression, the anal 
orifice placed near the extremity. Legs somewhat long and strong, seven 
jointed, each joint having a few spiny hairs: claw double, with a small 
