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or “Chom” in Maya. One specimen of 0. vulturis was also 
obtained off a sparrow-hawk at Chichen Itza, by Dr. J. 
Sandground, February 15, 1929. 
I have fully discussed this species in 1926. I regard O. 
vulturis, O. fossulata Macquart and 0. spinifera (Leach) 
as valid species, separable by structural characters. 
Subfamily Melophaginse 
Lipoptena mazamse Rondani 
Lipoptena mazamse Rondani, 1878, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 
XII, p. 153 ( 9 ; South and Central America ; off 
(i Cervus mexicanus”) . Speiser, 1904, Loc. cit., XLI, 
p. 334. Aldrich, 1905, “Cat. North Amer. Dipt.,” p. 
653. Ferris and Cole, 1922, Parasitology, XIV, p. 185, 
figs. 2A and 2 E (9 $ ) . Ferris, 1930, Canad. Entom., 
LXII, p. 70. Falcoz, 1930, Encycl. Entom., B, Dipt., 
V (1929), p. 51. 
Lipoptena depressa var. mexicana C. H. T. Townsend, 
1897, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XX, p. 289 ( 93 ; 
Paso de Telaya, Vera Cruz, Mexico; off white-tailed 
deer, Cariacus virginianus var. mexicanus) ; 1897, 
Trans. Texas Ac. Sci., II, 1, p. 41. Van der Wulp, 
1903, “Biol. Centr.-Amer.,” Dipt., II, p. 432. Speiser, 
1904, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, XLI, p. 334. Aldrich, 
1905, “Cat. North Amer. Dipt.,” p. 653. Speiser, 1907, 
Ent. News, XVIII, p. 103. Bezzi, 1916, Natura, Riv. 
Sc. Nat., VII, p. 178. 
Lipoptena depressa mazamse Bau, 1930, Konowia, IX, p. 
211, fig. 
Lipoptena conifera Speiser, 1905, Zeitschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt., 
V, p. 354 ( 9 $ ; off Cariacus rufus 111. var simplici- 
cornis 111., from South America, without more definite 
locality) ; 1908, Zeitschr. Wiss. Insektenbiol., IV, p. 
304. 
Lipoptena surinamensis Bau, 1930, Stettin. Ent. Zeitg., 
XCI, 2, p. 175 (9 $ ; without host; Macaraibo, Suri- 
nam) . 
