50 Mites hijurious to Domestic Animals. 



case. It will be seen from tlie above that natural infection with 

 Notoedrus is sometimes found in the dog, and may be intense 

 and generali in character instead of being confined to the 

 head. 



Notoedric Mange of Rabbits.— In the case of rabbits, 

 Notoedrus usually attacks the face, especially round the eyes. 



Fig. 32. 



Epidermoptes bilobatus (p. 65), 9 , from below, x 268. 

 (After Neumann.) 



more rarely attacking the ears. In advanced cases the legs and 

 genital regions become affected. Scales and crusts are formed on 

 the diseased parts of the animal. 



It is probable that the Notoedrus of the rabbit [N . cati, var. 

 cuniculi, Gerlach, 1857, figs. 10 and 11) is identical with that of the 

 cat, or is at most merely a variety of the same species, but it is 

 difficult to transmit the mite from the cat to this host. 



