. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. LICE. 385 Like the preceding section, this also has derived its name from its food, viz. from Greek word dt/in, signifying blood. The genera belonging to this section arc few, and so far as known have five joints to the antennae, and only one claw to the tarsi. Genus {Piag.). Head rostrate ; antennae lenticular; legs moderate in thickness. H/EMATOMYZUS ELEPHANTis {Piagct, Tijdsclir. voor Eiit., 2d Ser. iv. 254). —22. Specimens; 23. Enlarged sketch of ditlo; 24. Illustrative vignette (elephant). Texture of skin h
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. LICE. 385 Like the preceding section, this also has derived its name from its food, viz. from Greek word dt/in, signifying blood. The genera belonging to this section arc few, and so far as known have five joints to the antennae, and only one claw to the tarsi. Genus {Piag.). Head rostrate ; antennae lenticular; legs moderate in thickness. H/EMATOMYZUS ELEPHANTis {Piagct, Tijdsclir. voor Eiit., 2d Ser. iv. 254). —22. Specimens; 23. Enlarged sketch of ditlo; 24. Illustrative vignette (elephant). Texture of skin hard and chitonous, antennae lenticular five-jointed, head wi'h a long slender rostrum like that of an Api'on but less curved, body ovate and convex on the back, scutellum broad and narrow, tarsi with only one claw. Colour reddish madder brown, smooth and shining, impunctate. Infests the Genus H.^matopinus {Leach). Head not rostrate ; legs thick. This is the principal genus that is parasitic on mammals. With the exception of the preceding insect takea on the elephant, it includes all the blood-sucking lice that attack mammals other than man. Those that attack man have been separated from the rest, but in truth cannot well be separated, especially when regard is had to the louse of the monkey, which is excessively like that of the human species, and indeed forms a transition between them and the other species of this genus. They leave the body much sooner after death than the mallo- phagous specie?, vhich adhere to the feathers or fur for 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 Murray, Andrew, 1812-1878. [London] Chapman and Hall
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