104 THE LONG-NOSED CATTLE-LOUSE. 
sene and soft soap, well rubbed in, will quickly and thor- 
oughly kill these intruders. 
THE LONG-NOSED CATTLE-LOUSE. 
(Hematopinus vituli Lann). 
This parasite (fig. 74) possesses a long and narrow 
body, measuring 2 to 2.30mm. The small head, pointed in 
front, shows very plainly the long and projecting beak. A 
very small eye is found behind each feeler. The head is 
wedged into a squarish thorax. The legs are not of the 

Fig. 74.—Long-nosed cattle-louse. Greatly enlarged. Original. 
same length, increasing in length from the first to the third 
pair. The abdomen is long and narrow, almost spindle- 
shaped, not sharply segmented, and lacks the chitinous 
plates along the sides. The head and thorax are brown, 
the abdomen bluish-gray, the legs brown, darker at the tips. 
THE GOAT-LOUSE. 
(Hematopinus stenopsis Burm.). 
This insect possesses a long head with a wedge-like and 
pointed basal end. The feelers are shorter than the head, 
the thorax is square, the legs short, with strong and heavy 
claws. Head and thorax brownish-yellow, end of feet brown, 
abdomen grayish-white or grayish-yellow. It measures 
