. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 49 'all agree in referring the figure by Redi to this species, Linuteus places it under his Pediculus caponis, which is equivalent to Lipeurus vari- abilis N. The annoyance that this one species causes poultry is probably equal to that of. all the other species com- bined, for it occurs in great abundance and almost every fowl examined will be found infested. The:i, too, it passes readily to other species of birds, and many in- stances are recorded where horses kept near henroosts have been very seriously trouble
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 49 'all agree in referring the figure by Redi to this species, Linuteus places it under his Pediculus caponis, which is equivalent to Lipeurus vari- abilis N. The annoyance that this one species causes poultry is probably equal to that of. all the other species com- bined, for it occurs in great abundance and almost every fowl examined will be found infested. The:i, too, it passes readily to other species of birds, and many in- stances are recorded where horses kept near henroosts have been very seriously troubled by them. Some of these accounts seem hardly credible taken in connec- tion with the habits of the insect, and we are inclined to think that the worst cases, at least, may have been ^j^ ^T—Menovon due to the presence of itch mites on the poultry and pamdim. (After the migration of them to the horses, though in such case ^®°°y'- we should expect the fowls themselves to show more serious injury. It is, at any rate, important to keep lousy chickens away from horses. The louse is pretty easily distinguished from other common species infesting the hen by its light color and its great activity, running with great celerity among the feathers and from them upon the hands of persons holding fowls. It is from 1 to 1^ millietres in length, rather slender, and of a light straw-yellow color. Remedies for this species must aim to reach the hiding places of the lice on the roosts and in the cracks of the walls of the henhouse as well as to destroy those on the fowl. Thorough fumigation and whitewash- ing, with careful attention to cleanliness, will do much to keep them in check. Pyrethrum, kerosene, etc., may be used direct upon the fowls, and if they are liberally supplied with ashes and road dust they will do much to protect themselves. {Menopon biseriatum Piaget; Menopon stramineum Nitzsch.) Under the above name Piaget describes a species of louse taken from the Gallophasis cuvieri,
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