MALLOPHAGA. 
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Mallophaga. 
Giebel, C. G. Insecta Epizoa. Die auf Saugethiercn und Vogeln 
Bchmarotzondcn Insecten, iiach Chr. L. Nitzscli’s Nachlass boarboitet. 
Leipzig : 1874, fo. pp. 1-308, pis. i.-xx. 
Pages 48-308, & pis. iii.-xx., refer to the Mallophaga. As the title indi- 
cates, the work may bo considered as pertaining to Nitzsch posthumously, 
but with additional species, &c., added by Giebel. At the commence- 
ment is a systematic list of birds, with the parasite that pertains to each 
indicated, and a copious and exhaustive introductory portion, treating 
upon the bibliography, classification, &c. 
The following genera and species are noticed, the latter being mostly 
figured : — 
Philopteridce. 
Trichodectes, with 22 species tabulated, and more or less fully described. 
Of these the following known species are figured: — T. exilis, pi. iii. 
fig. G, latus, figs. 2 & 3, retusus, figs. 3 & 4, suhrostratiis^ fig. 6, longicornk 
{cervi, Redi), fig. 8, scalaris {hovis, L.), figs. 7-9. 
Philopterus is sub-divided into 6 genera, viz. : — 
DocopJiorus, with 106 species, and about 25 others unknown to the 
editor. Of these the following known species are figured : — D. hrevi- 
collis, pi. X. fig. 7, hrevifronSj pi. xii. fig. 6, platystoma, pi. ix. fig. 5, cursor^ 
pi. X. figs. 5 & 6, hetcrocera^ pi. xii. figs. 1 & 2, rostratus, pi. x. fig. 4, cehle- 
hrachgSj pi. xi. fig. 15, semisignatus, pi. xi. figs. 9 & 14, ocellatus^ pi. ix. 
figs. 7 & 8, atratus, fig. 10, guttatus, fig. 4, crassipes^ fig. Qyfulvus, fig. 11, 
communis {cmbcri^ia'., De Goer, pyrrhulai^ chloridis^ citrinellic, and ruheC- 
ul(U, Schrauk), pi. xi. fig. 13, fuscicollis^ pis. xi. fig. 10, xx. fig. 4, excisus 
(hirundinis, Schrk.) pi. xi. figs. 1-3, leontodon (sturnif Schrk., 2 ^<^stori 8 , 
Denny), pi. xii. figs. 4 ^ , 7 ? , serrilimbus, pi. ix. fig. 12, superciliosus, 
pi. X. fig. 3, scalaris, pi. x. fig. 1 & 2, tricolor, pi. x. figs. 9-11, suhincom- 
pletus, pi. xii. fig. 3, breviloratus, pi. xii. fig. 5, sphenophorus (^platalcc, 
Denny), pi. xii. fig. 4, bisignatus, pi. ix. fig. 9, auratus, pi. xi. figs. 2 & 6, 
pertusus, pi. xi. figs. 3 & 12, icterodes, pi. x. fig. 8, celedoxus, pi. xi. figs. 1 
& IG, ambignus, pi. viii. figs. 12 & 13. 
Nirmus, with 139 species, and 16 additional (described by Rudow) 
noticed ; the known species figured are : — N. discocep>halus {imperialis, 
Giebel), pi. viii. fig. 10, euzonius, pi. viii. fig. \,fuscus, pi. viii. fig. 2. rufus 
{platyrhynchus, Lyonnet), pi. vii. figs. 11 & 12, argulus, pi. xii. figs. 8 & 
9, varius, pi. vii. fig. 23, uncinosus, pi. 7, fig. 1, olivaceus, pi. vi. fig. 10, 
limbatus, pi. vii. fig. 6, cyclothorax, pi. vi. fig. 9, trithorax, pi. vii. fig. 7, 
delicatus, pi. vii. fig. 8, marginalis, pi. vi. figs. 6 & 7, intermedins, pi. vi. 
fig. 8, gracilis, pi. vii. figs. 11 & 12, tenuis, pi. vii. fig. 5, cephaloxys,p\. vii. 
fig. 9, subcuspidatus, pi. viii. fig. 3, hypoleucus, pi. viii. fig. 5, cephalotes, 
pi. vii. fig. 8a, marginellus, pi. vi. fig. 5, fenestratus, pi. vi. fig. 4, asym- 
jneiricus, pi. viii. figs. 8 9, cameratus {lagopi, L.), pi. xii. fig. 7, ancho- 
ratus, pi. viii. fig. 10, bicusjyis, pi. v. figs. 11 & 12, holopthams, pi. v. fig. 1, 
ochropygus, pi. v. figs. 5 & (j,fiirvus, pi.- v. figs. 2 & 3, obscurus, pi. vi. 
figs. 2 & 3, cingulatus, pi. v. fig. 4, minutus, pi. v. fig. 7, attenuatus, pi. vi. 
