148 V. L. KELLOGG AND J. H. PAINE — ANOPLURA AND 



Nirmus vulgatus, Kellogg. 



Numerous specimens from the starling and one from an owl, Malachal, Egyptian 

 Sudan {H. H. King). This is the first record of this American species, which is 

 found widely distributed on American passerine birds, from a host in the Old 

 World. 



ConioCOteS gigas, Taschenberg. 



Two males and a female from a guinea fowl (Numida mitrata ?), Azzar, near 

 Bor, Egyptian Sudan (//. H. King). 



Goniocotes aegypticus, sp. n. (Pi. v, figs. 2, 2a). 



One female from a blue pigeon, Malachal, Egyptian Sudan {H. H. King). 

 Resembles Piaget's G. major, but differs in the hairs of the abdomen, last segment 

 of the abdomen in the female, &c. It also resembles Taschenberg's G. procerus, 

 but differs from it in about the same particulars and also in the shape of the 

 abdomen, which is broader than in G. procerus. 



Female. — Length, 2'3 mm. ; width, 1"8 mm. ; light yellowish brown, with 

 dark red-brown mai-kings. Head : length, '6 mm. ; width, "8 mm. ; broad, 

 conical, front rounded, with five short prickles on either side. Marginal frontal 

 band yellowish brown, a little darker than ground-colour of head, turning inward 

 just before the antennre and ending in a red-brown blotch. Antennse short ; 

 length of segments diminishing towards the end ; a hair on the dorsal surface 

 near the base of the antennje. Eye with a short prickle. A marginal band 

 extending around the temples and occiput, with colour little different from the 

 ground-colour of head, except around the eye, where there is a red-brown blotch, 

 and on the sinuous occiput which is also red-brown. Angles of temples acute, 

 protruding, with two long hairs and one shorter one arising from a large curious 

 pi-ojecting pustule (PI. V, fig. 2a) ; also a minute prickle between the two long 

 hairs. Thorax : length, 'o mm. ; width, '7 mm. ; with red-brown marginal bands. 

 Prothorax trapezoidal ; sides straight, diverging ; a long hair in the posterior 

 angles ; posterior margin straight. Metathorax with lateral margins convex ; 

 two long hairs set close together arising from the central lateral angle. Posterior 

 margin angled on abdomen, angle rounded, obtuse. A hair on each side of 

 posterior marginal angle and another on the surface about midway between the 

 meson and the lateral margin. The coxal bands distinct. Abdomen elliptical ; 

 last segment divided. Long hairs in the posterior lateral angles and two hairs 

 on each side of all the segments, except the last, arising midway between the 

 meson and lateral margins ; median hairs apparently lacking on all but sixth and 

 seventh segments. 



Akidoproetus stenopygus, Nitzsch (Pi. V, figs. 6, 6a, 6h). 



Three female specimens of this pale form from the spurwing goose (Plectrop- 

 terus gamhensis), Khor Felos, Egyptian Sudan {H. H. King). Wo figure this 

 form owing to the fact that the only female heretofore known was headless. 

 Taschenberg is of the opinion that this species is identical with A. maximus, 



