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vein between the forked nervures, and since it agrees in every 

 essenli:il generic character with Sycorax it has been referred 



to that .uToup, although ;i comparison with the European mate 

 rial max necessitate the erection of a ne\\ "'enns for its reci-p 

 tion. 



i:\IM. A! NATION (! I'l.ATK. 

 1-11. Ventral plate of I'syeliodidie. < .1 . ) 



l, II. SJ). (2.) J'rriro/nil tri<l<tcli/l<t, ll.sp. (3.) 



<>!t/iiijti(i Kinc. (4.) /'i/<-//o</ii jx/d/ifii Kinc. (.">.) rx>/rliinln 

 flrf/iiiis Kinc. i(J.) /'crn'oiiiii lri!o/><t, n. sp. (7.) r<rt<'<nn 

 rtiricf/d/n, n.sp. (S.) I'n-iroiiHt hifni iiclohi , ll.sp. i <). ) I'rri 

 /ir.in-d. n.sp. (10.) I'n'lronnt fntitcn/ti, n.sp. ill.) 

 !ticrn!<il<t. n.sp. Fij>'. ( 12.) Win.ii' of tit/rord.r /tnn-'n 

 Inln. denuded of hair to show venation. ('KVi Ventral plate of 

 I't'riroiiiii 1'iirciilti. ]). sp. 



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ON TWO NEW AND ONE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN FLEA, 



BY < 1 . V. B.\KI-:I{, Auburn. Ala. 



I'nlc.i- /loiriinlii Baker. In the ^I'oup wliieh inelndes tlli^ 

 liea and faxr'uiliix and its allies, tlie males determine the s|c 

 eies. 1'or this reason iricklninii and //iJ/rfri are not \\cll 

 founded. 'Fhey were separated on characters whose valin^ 

 could not have been correctly estimated at the time. The\ 

 sliould be reduced to synonyms of lioin/rilii . 

 Pulex irritans, var dugesii, n. var. 



Dr. DUI^T- In- -ni! MM- a tloa taken on Spertnophihl-S nnn-roarus 

 at (Ju ma .iialo. Me\-.. n h'n-li agrees very closely in its character* 

 with /'. irritans, Ini! is vi nailer, pal ei and! he le^-s are more > lender. 

 I n 1 hc-e ji'irl iciilar- it aiijiroaclie- /inH/<li:s. but the male cla-per> arc 

 I a r-e and half oval, and the mandibles about ct|iii! the torecdx.-e. 

 Named for its discoverer, who Ins feen diligently investigating 

 the .Mr \ii-:i n Si|>ln>irij>!rr,i for many ye:ir>. 



Hystrichopsylla americana. n -i). 



',;._:, nun. A typical Hystrichopsylla. &\\o. i- lovely iv- 

 <>!> I !!!<;<< i,.<. Color dee] i che-l i.ut l.rown. I lead not an^n- 

 l-itcil in Iron! almve. luit evenly roundi-l troai (M-ripiit to month. 

 ! I !:!(! ron di not perpendicular, as in <ibfn>ii<-c/>x. I nit. ou lowi-r margin 

 of head, and consisting of ft.nrieci: spb;e> on cai-h -\(\c. 1'mnotal 



coml) of alniiit iifly >ma 1 1 . -.lender, t 'lose-set teeth. First aluioinina 1 

 segment only with a comb of about forty teeih. Abdomen \tr\ 

 heavily bristle. I. as in o/,//>.v/V<yw Seventh dor- d Moment witli ten 



