Abstract

One male and one female of the feather louse Harrisoniella hopkinsi Eichler, 1952, collected in October 1772 from a Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758) by J.R. Forster and G. Forster during Captain J. Cook's 2nd voyage, have been found in the Invertebrate Unit of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Australia. The history of these lice and the published references to them are discussed. Photographs of the two specimens as they were found and after their slidemounting are included.

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