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



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

 chestnut markings on head. Head : length, "38 mm. ; margin entire, with 

 very shallow lateral depressions. Front rounded, with nine hairs on each side 

 in front of the slight lateral depressions, one pair of which, arising just before 

 the depression, is quite long. Mandibles prominent. Small chestnut ocular 

 blotches, and two rather long hairs arising on the surface near these blotches. 

 Other shorter hairs occur on the surface of the head, one arising from each of 

 the prominent black ocular flecks. Temples rounded, bearing numerous hairs, 

 three of which are particularly long. Occiput concave with two rounded chestnut 

 blotches ; occipital bands faintly discernible in one specimen. Thorax : length, 

 •36 mm. ; width, '52 mm. ; pro- and meta-thorax about equal. Lateral and 

 posterior margins of prothorax rounded, with but slight lateral posterior angles ; 

 a series of 18 stout spiny hairs on the lateral posterior margin, there being 

 alternately a short one and then a long one. Metathorax with sides broadly 

 diverging ; a series of hairs, alternating in size, across the posterior margin ; 

 narrow lateral marginal bands. Legs with marginal bands on femur and tibia. 

 Abdomen, elliptical ; last segment as wide as the metathorax, rounded ; series of 

 hairs across each segment, alternating in size as on the thorax ; longer hairs in 

 the posterior angles of the segments ; narrow marginal band on all except last 

 segment with transverse blotches faint or lacking, at least on the dorsal siu'face, 



Menopon antennatum, sp. n. (PI. V, flgs. 1, la, W). 



Numerous specimens, both male and female, from the Guinea fowl {Numida 

 mitraia), Azzar, near Bor, Egyptian Sudan (i/. //. King). A small compact species 

 with long slender antennte. Entire insect of a dark golden brown colour, with 

 no special markings and well clothed with hairs. 



Female. — The sexes differ in size and shape of abdomen, that of the female 

 being somewhat elongate and elliptical ; length, 1"3 mm. ; width, '68 mm. 

 Head : length, "3 mm. ; width, "42 mm. ; uniform dark golden brown in colour, 

 almost hemispherical in shape. Front rounded, with numerous long hairs as 

 shown in the figure ; temples narrow, protruding, with angles rounded ; occiput 

 concave with a narrow, darker marginal band ; many long hairs on the temples 

 and on the surface of the head. Antemia3 long and slender (fig. \b) ; fourth 

 segment as long as the other three ; third segment tapering ; second segment 

 about as long as the third but broader ; first segment shortest. Thorax : length, 

 •22 mm. ; width, "44 mm. Prothorax with the colour slightly lighter in the 

 centre ; sides rounded, continuous with the convexly ronnded posterior margin, 

 bearing a series of about 36 long hairs arising from small pustules. Metathorax 

 appearing like the first segment of the abdomen ; three short stout spines on the 

 broadly diverging sides ; a series of long hairs on the posterior margin. Legs 

 small, lighter in colour than rest of body. Abdomen : length, '8 mm. ; width, 

 •68 mm. ; elliptical, almost uniform in colour, which is dark golden yellow ; long 

 hairs on the lateral margins of each segment near the middle ; a series of from 

 20 to over 40 long hairs across the middle of each segment ; eighth segment 

 much wider than the others, with two rows of hairs ; last segment ending in 

 an angle. 



