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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Anoplura. 
Nitzsch’s observations on tbe species of Pediculus have been published from 
his MSS. by Giebel (Zeitsch. ges. Naturw. xxiii. pp. 21-32). The species 
referred to bear the following names and indications of the animals on which 
they occur : — 1. Pediculus JUmdus^ Oanis familiaris } 2. P. oxyrhynchus, Bovis 
tauri ; 8. P. ajfmis, Muris agrarii ; 4. P. uviuSf Suis scrofa) ; 6. P. macro- 
cephcdus, Equi caballij 6. P. reclinatuSj Soricis aranei; 7. P. spinigery 
Lemmi amphibii j 8. P. denticulatus^ Muris decumani ) 9. P. lyriceps, Leporis 
timidi; 10. P. crassicornisy Cervi elaphij 11. P. sphcerocepJialuSy Sciuri vul- 
garis 5 12. P. eurysternusj Bovis tauri j 13^ 14. P. capitis ; 15. P. stetiopsis, 
Caprae hirci ; 16. P. serratus, Muris musculi j 17. P. schistopyga, Antilopis 
rupicaprse ; 18. P, tuhercidatus, Bovis bubali j 10. P. microps, Corcopitheci 
sinici j and 20. P. clavicornisy Merionis. 
ScHWEiNFURT remarks that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the 
Elba and Satura mountains on the Nubian coast, although they dress their 
hair in pads and grease, have no lice on their heads. (Petermann’s Geogr. 
Mittheil. 1866, pp. 338-339; cited by Keferstein, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, 
p. 216.) 
