MALLOPHAGA FROM BIRDS OF FORMOSA. 173 
habitat or it may be caused by the parasites straggling in the game-bag from 
one bird to another. 
The present collection is too small, so until a greater number of hosts 
and of Mallophagan species are investigated, it is scarcely worth while to 
attempt any general remarks concerning the bird-infesting Mallophaga of this 
interesting Island. 
It is my pleasant duty here to express my cordial thanks to Mr. Naga- 
MICHI KuropA whose kindness enabled me to examine not only the present 
collection, but also some of the important materials in my studies of Japanese 
Mallophaga. 
Gen. DocopHorus Nitzsch. 
1. Docophorus communis Nitzsch. 
Germar’s Mag. f. Ent., 1818, m1, p. 290; Kellogg, New Mallophaga 
11, 1896, p. 486. 
Three females and four youngs were collected from Pericrocotus griseigularis 
at Suisha, Distr. Nant6, May 3. 
Gen. NIRMUS Nitzsch. 
2, Nirmus vittatus Giebel. 
Giebel, Insecta Epizoa, 1874, p. 127; Piaget, Les Pediculines, 1880, 
p- 132, pl. xi, fig. 2; Waterston, Ann. South Afr. Mus. x, 1914, p. 
288. 
Three females of this species ‚were collected from Aceipiter virgatus at 
Shüshü, Distr. Nantö, May 4. 
3, Nirmus incoenis Kellogg and Chapman. 
Kellogg and Chapman, New Mallophaga, mr, 1899, p. 81, pl. vı, 
fig. 5. 
Four female specimens were taken from Tringa ruficollis at Enteishö, 
Distr. Tainan, May 9. 
