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not difficult to find in the city slums, but they are by no means confined to these, as 
the medical inspection of school children in town and country has shown. 
Phthirius inguinalis, Leach—On Man. ‘Though much less frequent than the 
above, this also, medical men in Edinburgh tell me, is still not so uncommon as 
one would like to think. 
Fam. Echinophthiriide. 
Echinophthirius phoce (Lucas) A Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) shot on the 
Isle of May by one of the lighthouse staff (W. Mouat), in Jan. 1913, was terribly 
infested with this interesting species. On a small piece of its skin (from in front 
E. phoce, 2, x 16. 
of shoulder) which was sent me I found them in hundreds—43 were taken off one 
square inch—and every hair had one or more eggs attached to it. I am not 
aware of any published record of ZH. phoce from the British Isles, but I under- 
stand the Rev. James Waterston has recently obtained it in Shetland.? Its 
thick coating of stiff hairs no doubt serves to retain a supply of air for respiration 
while its host is under water. 
1 The egg of this species is figured by Mjoberg (loc. cit., p. 259). 
* Mr Waterston has since recorded this occurrence in Hnt. Mo. Mag for May 1913, 
p. 113. 
(Issued separately, 19th November 1913.) 
