576 MR ANDREW MURRAY ON THE PEDICULI 
as thumb, wider at base than at top, salient angle slight, re-entering angle 
distinct, filled with a rather broad lamina below the tassel; claw about the length 
of the penultimate joint, simple, the distal half of its length narrow and slender, 
the base thicker. 
From a Chinaman in San Francisco. (Mr W. Murray.) : 
fast Indian —ég Dusky. Anterior leg—Thumb tolerably long, not very thick, 
projecting, scarcely bent on the exterior; apical spine distinct, but not very 
strong; penultimate joint wider at bottom than top ; salient angle distinct and 
well defined, but small; claw of the length of the penultimate joint, rather thick, 
and tapering sharply towards the point; very much toothed, the teeth sharp, 
somewhat irregular, half serrated and half waved, pointing backwards. 
? Anterior leg—Thumb distinct, about length of apical spine, which is short; | 
penultimate joint short, and rather narrow ; claw a half longer than the penulti- 
mate joint; not toothed, a good deal curved, and tapering all the way from the 
base to the apex. 
From both Hindus and Mahomedans in Calcutta. (Dr Fayrer.) 
This Pediculus has the claw more toothed than any other I have examined. 
In some the teeth or serrations are better defined and larger, but in these in- 
stances they are fewer in number; here almost the whole edge of the claw is 
tolerably deeply toothed, so much so as to be visible with an ordinary lens. 
Australian (King George's Sound).—Dark brown; obovate. 
¢ Anterior leg—Thumb projecting, but not robust; antennze more slender 
than in the European species, less so than in the Andean species; apical spine 
moderate; penultimate joint robust, very little curved, not greatly wider at base 
than apex, inner plate nearly awanting; claw longer than penultimate joint, 
not slender, and with two very well marked serre or teeth, one in the middle, 
the other intermediate between it and the apex, and the trace of a third inter- 
mediate between the second and the apex. 
From the natives of King George’s Sound. (Mr G. MAxwELL.) 
Australian, Wimmera Tribe-—Dusky ; rather elongate. 
é Anterior lee—Thumb slender, about half the length of the penultimate 
joint, slightly rounded, not bent on the exterior; apical spine rather short. Pen- 
ultimate joint truncato-conical, much wider at the base than the apex, with 
scarcely any inner plate or projection; claw curved, and tapering gradually, not 
toothed. 
Wimmera tribe, Australia. (Mr LEARMONTE. ) 
Caffre.—Orange-coloured, oblong ovate. 

