. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses / Nihon do?butsugaku iho?. 49° S. UCHIDA Gen. Myrsidea Waterston. 18. Hyrsidea teraokai n. sp. (Fig. 2) A single female specimen was taken from Dcmiegretta jiignlaris grayi shot in the Ponape Id. (April 26). This new species somewhat re- sembles Myrsidea insolita Kellogg and Paine/5 and also M. extranea Carriker,2) but differs from both in the more developed metathorax as well as in the shape of abdominal segments. The members of Myrsidea have heretofore been found chiefly on Passerine birds, especially on the higher groups such as the Corvida?. Myrsidea di
. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses / Nihon do?butsugaku iho?. 49° S. UCHIDA Gen. Myrsidea Waterston. 18. Hyrsidea teraokai n. sp. (Fig. 2) A single female specimen was taken from Dcmiegretta jiignlaris grayi shot in the Ponape Id. (April 26). This new species somewhat re- sembles Myrsidea insolita Kellogg and Paine/5 and also M. extranea Carriker,2) but differs from both in the more developed metathorax as well as in the shape of abdominal segments. The members of Myrsidea have heretofore been found chiefly on Passerine birds, especially on the higher groups such as the Corvida?. Myrsidea diffusa Kellogg and Chapman, which was taken from the as well as from several passerine hosts, was the only species of the genus which was recorded to have been ever taken from the Ardeidaj. Description of the female :—Body a. Myrsidea teraokai n. sp., female. short> broad> MI mm. long and X50. b. Ventral aspect of the anterior mm. wide; with enormously developed part of abdomen, x 50. metathorax. Ground colour or body pale brownish ; with distinct markings of pitchy brown on head and with smoky brownish lateral bands on abdomen. Head , long, wide; front broadly rounded, with two short hairs at middle and two long and a few short marginal. 1) Kellogg and Paine, Ree. Ind. Mus., X, 1914, p. 238, fig. 4. 2) Carriker, Univ. Stud. Nebr., Ill, 1903, p. 173, pi. vi, fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nihon Do?butsu Gakkai; To?kyo? Do?butsu Gakkai. Tokyo : Societas
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