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Trichodectes neumanni Stobbe 
1913. Trichodectes univirgatus var. neumanni Stobbe, Entomologische Rundschau 30: 112. 
Previous Recorps. Recorded by Stobbe from Dendrohyraz sp. in the Berlin 
Museum, without indication of locality. 
Notes. The description of this consists merely of the statement that it 
differs from 7’. wnivirgatus in the absence of the processes on the posterior lobes 
of the head. As on this basis it might well be any one of several species it must 
stand as unrecognizable until the types have been re-examined. 
B. A MALLOPHAGAN FROM A VIVERRID 
Kight or more species of Trichodectidae have been recorded from the family 
Viverridae and still others are present in the material that is at hand. Thus far, 
however, there is no evidence of the occurrence of two or more species upon a 
single host such as has just been described for the Procaviidae. Practically all 
the species that have been named are very poorly described, the essential features 
being in almost every case entirely ignored. It is consequently a dubious 
matter to identify anything with a named form. The material sent me by Dr. 
Bequaert contains a single species from a viverrid which I am thus doubtfully 
referring to a named species. 
I would here note that all the species of Trichodectidae from viverrids that I 
have seen agree in possessing but three pairs of abdominal spiracles. This 
character may perhaps be used to define a generic group when the family has 
finally been reviewed. 
Trichodectes rammei Stobbe 
Previous Recorps. Known only from the original description, from 
Herpestes galera, Amani, German East Africa, in the Berlin Museum. 
PRESENT ReEcorp. Numerous specimens of what is possibly this species 
from Galerella brunneo-ochracea Matschie, Ruchuru, BELG1an Coneo, February 
22, 1927 (J. Bequaert). 
ANOPLURA 
HAEMATOPINIDAE 
Polyplax calva Waterston 
Previous Recorps. Recorded by Waterston and by Ferris from various 
subspecies of Cricetomys gambianus in Zanzibar and from numerous localities 
in Africa. 
Present Recorp. From Cricetomys gambianus osgoodi, Uluguru Mts., 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY, October 1926 (A. Loveridge). 
Hoplopleura enormis pelomydis Ferris 
Previous Rrecorps. From species of Pelomys and Lemniscomys from various 
localities in Africa. 
Present Recorp. From Pelomys fallax fallax, Uluguru Mts., TANGANYIKA 
Territory, October 15, 1926 (A. Loveridge). 
