INDEX 



Abdomen, 31 

 Ancestors of fleas, 3 

 Antennae, '25, 47 

 Aphaniptera, 4 

 Aptera, 34 

 Arachnids, 1 

 Arctomys, 95 

 Armadilloes, 14 

 Arthropods, 1, 2 



Bacillus pestis, 84 

 Badger, 9, 68 

 Baker, Mr Carl, 70 

 Bat-fleas, 24, 106 

 Bat-fleas, head-flaps of, 27 

 Bats, 12, 107 

 Bettongia, 15 

 Bibliography, 118 

 Black death, 86 

 Blood-system, 60 

 Blue, Doctor, 98 

 Boden, Mr, 18 

 Bombay, Plague in, 95 

 Brain, 45 



British fleas, list of, 110 

 British fleas, number of, 11 

 Brown snake, 15 



California, plague in, 98 

 Carnivora, 14, 16 



Caterpillars, attacked by fleas, 1 8 



Catesby, 75 



Cat-flea and dog-flea distinct 



species, 70 



Catholic and Protestant, 9 

 Caudal stylets, 37 

 Ceratopsyllidne, 17, 106, 110 

 Ceratophyllus anisus, 103 

 C. farreni, 11 

 C. fasciatus, 89, 96, 102 

 C. gallinae, 70 

 C. gallinulse, 70 

 C. rothschildi, 11 

 C. vagabundus, 11 

 Chigoes, 74 



on bats, 75 



burrowing habits, 78 



distribution of, 83 



on parrot, 75 



pregnant females of, 81 



post-oral process of, 27 



on rats, 101 



rostrum of, 77 



Chitin, 21 



Classification of fleas, 17 

 Claws of feet, 31 

 Coleoptera, 34 

 Collection of fleas, 113 

 Combs, 26 



Corsica, fleas attack flies in, 19 



