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LOUSE OF THE GUINEA FOWL. 
(Goniodes numidianus Denny.) 
We have only the record given by Denny (Monog. Anop. Brit., p. 
163, PI. xiii, Fig. 7) as authority for this species. His diagnosis of the 
species is as follows : " Pale straw-yellow, shining and smooth, margined 
with black; head suborbicular ; abdomen acuminate, with pitchy 
brown, interrupted transverse bauds." He states that " the only speci- 
mens of this species I have seen are two males, which I took from oft' 
a pintado (Numida meleagris). v We have not had the opportunity to 
search for this species and can not say whether any effort has been 
made in this country to obtain parasites from the guinea fowl. It is 
most likely that a careful examination of a number of the fowls would 
furnish examples of this species and possibly still others not yet recog- 
nized. 
THE PIGEON GONIODES. 
(Goniodes damicornis Xitzsch.) 
According to Giebel this species was first de- 
scribed by Xitzsch, and his reference is " Zeit- 
schrift f. ges. Xaturwiss., 1866, xyii 119." 
is a rather large species, a little more than two 
millimetres in length and of a bright-brown color. 
The head is very much rounded in front and 
strongly angular behind. It occurs only on pig- 
eons, but upon these appears to be rather com- 
mon, though not yet met with in our own collec- 
ting. 
Fig. 23.— Goniodet damicvr- 
7i i>. (Original.) 
THE LITTLE PIGEON GONIODES. 
(Goniodes minor Pi a get.) 
Piaget (Les Pediculines, p. 256) has described as a distinct species. 
under the above name, a form quite similar to the preceding bat smaller 
and presenting some differences of the antenme and form of the head. 
According to this author it is found on the domestic pigeons and also 
on Columba tigrina, C. risoria, and C. bitorquata. It has nor to our 
knowledge been recorded in this country as yet, but is likely to be 
found along with the other forms. 
