ZAP INSECTS AFFECTING DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
Menopon biseriatum Piaget;—WM. stramineum Nitzsch. 
Under the above name Piaget describes a species of louse taken from 
the Gallophasis cuvieri, and which he speaks of as occurring also on 
the domestic fowl], the pheasant, and other birds. He says: 
Sur un Gallophasis (Euplocamus) cuvieri j’ai retrouvé le méme parasite sur un 
Gallus domesticus, sur un Phasianus colchicus, sur un Pavo spiciferus male et femelle en 
assez grand nombre et dernierement aussi sur une Meleagris gallopavo. I1 se rap- 
proche évidemment du stramineum de N., promenent d’une Meleagris gallopavo, 
dommage que la diagnose de Giebel (Epiz., p. 291) soit trop vague pour lidentifier, 
mais plus encore du Pediculus meleagridis de Panzer (51, f. 20). Peut-étre est-ce le 
parasite de Schrank No. 1019, recueilli sur le méme oiseau. 
It seems very probable that the description of Panzer, Nitzsch, Giebel, 
and Piaget all apply to the same insect, and if such is the case it would 
carry the recognition of the species back to 1793, when it was described 
by Panzer under the name of Pediculus meleagridis. 
It would seem to be confined more particularly to the Phasianide, 
and of these to infest particularly the peafowls and turkey, though its 
occurrence on the hen is frequent. It would evidently pass readily 
from any of these birds to others in the same family. From specimens 
received it would seem to be rather common on chickens in the United 
States. 
THE PHEASANT MENOPON. 
(Menopon fulvo-maculatum Denny; M. productum Piaget.) 
Denny, in his monograph published in 1842, describes and figures, 
under the name of Menopon fulvo-maculatum, a species of louse occurring 
on the quailand pheasant. Piaget describes also a species occurring on 
pheasants (Phasianus pictus and P. colchicus), which he considers as 
probably the same as Denny’s, though neither the description nor the 
figure enable him to determine certainly. 
According to Denny, ‘“‘it is fulvous yellow and pubescent; head semi- 
lunar, with a pitchy transverse spot on each side; abdomen clavate, 
with pale spots on the lateral margin.” 
Piaget says it is very similar to M. pallidum, though distinct, and 
calls the color, ‘‘jaune ocre, fauve sur les cotés de ’abdomen.” 
Piaget also describes a variety (major) taken from the Lophopharus 
resplendens. 
THE PEACOCK LOUSE. 
(Menopon phastomum Nitzsch.) 
This species is apparently confined to the peafowls, as since its descrip- 
tion in 1818 it has been taken only from these birds. Piaget states that 
it occurs on three different species, Pavo spiciferus, P. cristatus, and P. 
javanicus. It has not been recorded from this country, but is likely to 
be found by searching these birds, 
