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  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  FIVE 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  ANOPLURA 
  AND 
  

  

  MALLOPHAGA. 
  

  

  By 
  Bruce 
  F. 
  Cummings, 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History)* 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  systematic 
  work 
  was 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Department 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  and 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection. 
  An 
  

   endeavour 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  usually 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  

   systematist 
  in 
  his 
  search 
  for 
  characters, 
  although 
  the 
  author 
  is 
  well 
  aware 
  how 
  far 
  

   short 
  of 
  the 
  ideal 
  in 
  this 
  matter 
  the 
  paper 
  falls. 
  The 
  species 
  described 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Anoplura. 
  

   Haematopinus 
  taurotragi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  Linognathoides 
  spermophili, 
  gen. 
  et 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Mallophaga. 
  

   Colpocephalum 
  mjobergi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  Goniocotes 
  waterstoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  Menopon 
  robsoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Haematopinus 
  taurotragi, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (figs. 
  1, 
  2). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  carded 
  material 
  mounted 
  dry, 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  Haematopini 
  was 
  

   found, 
  labelled 
  : 
  " 
  From 
  the 
  Eland, 
  Boselaphus 
  oreas, 
  Knowsby 
  Menagerie, 
  1857." 
  

   In 
  spite 
  of 
  their 
  age 
  and 
  dried 
  condition, 
  these 
  specimens 
  made 
  excellent 
  prepara- 
  

   tions, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  description 
  below 
  is 
  drawn 
  up. 
  

  

  H. 
  taurotragi 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  tuberculatus 
  " 
  group 
  founded 
  in 
  1851 
  by 
  Lucas 
  (l)f 
  

   with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  H. 
  tuberculatus. 
  Subsequently, 
  Piaget 
  (3) 
  described 
  a 
  variety 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  penicillata, 
  which, 
  as 
  Neumann 
  (2) 
  points 
  out, 
  is 
  

   probably 
  no 
  other 
  than 
  H. 
  eurysternus 
  (Nitzsch). 
  

  

  Thus, 
  starting 
  with 
  H. 
  tuberculatus 
  and 
  H. 
  eurysternus, 
  we 
  must 
  include 
  in 
  the 
  

   group 
  the 
  doubtful 
  species 
  of 
  Rudow, 
  H. 
  punctatus 
  (4), 
  the 
  perfectly 
  distinct 
  form, 
  

   H. 
  bufali 
  (Geer) 
  — 
  the 
  same 
  perhaps 
  as 
  Gervais' 
  H. 
  phtiriopsis 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  

   now 
  under 
  consideration. 
  

   Below 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Parasite. 
  Host. 
  

  

  H. 
  tuberculatus 
  (Burm.). 
  Bos 
  bubalus, 
  " 
  Bos 
  americana" 
  

  

  Camelus 
  dromedarius 
  (2), 
  

   " 
  Chinese 
  Water 
  Buffalo" 
  (5). 
  

   H. 
  eurysternus 
  (Nitzsch). 
  Bos 
  taurus. 
  

  

  H. 
  bufali 
  (Geer). 
  Bos 
  coffer 
  (2). 
  

  

  H. 
  punctatus, 
  (Rudow). 
  Bos 
  grunniens 
  (6). 
  

  

  H. 
  phtiriopsis 
  (Gervais). 
  Bos 
  coffer 
  (6). 
  

  

  H. 
  taurotragi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  Taurotragus 
  oryx. 
  

  

  External 
  Form, 
  Male 
  and 
  Female. 
  — 
  A 
  description 
  of 
  those 
  characters 
  only 
  in 
  

   which 
  this 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  H. 
  tuberculatus 
  is 
  sufficient. 
  In 
  H. 
  tuberculatus 
  the 
  

   sternal 
  plate 
  is 
  quadrilateral, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  projecting 
  a 
  little 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees. 
  

   fPor 
  references 
  see 
  page 
  176. 
  

  

  