20 Fleas of Eastern United States 



a distinct sinus. Head of the receptaculum seminis round, tail 

 finger-like, somewhat wider distally than proximally. For 

 further details concerning the structure of the female genitalia, 

 see Plate V, fig. 19. 



Records. ARKANSAS — Imboden, 1928, no host given, two 

 females (B. C. Marshall) . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— Wash- 

 ington, June 13, 1933, on "woman" (C. Ford). FLORIDA— 

 Little River, November 30, 1912, no host given, numerous 

 specimens (Knab and Mosier) ; same locality, December 20, 

 1913, on "man," male (C. A. Mosier). GEORGIA— Griffin, 

 April 25, 1935, on "dog," two females (T. L. Bissell) . ILLINOIS 

 — Elmwood, July 2, 1914, on "hogs," numerous specimens (J. 

 M. Morey). INDIANA— Frankfort, April 29, 1914, no host 

 given, four males, two females (Mrs. F. R. Davis) . IOWA — 

 Fairfield, April, 1934, no host given, male and female (C. J. 

 Drake) ; Ottumwa, July, 1931, on "man," female, two males (G. 

 Hazen) ; Henry County, May 21, 1936, no host given, male 

 (M. Jaques) ; Lineville, December, 1936, on Vulpes regalis 

 Merriam, numerous specimens (E. Sanders) . LOUISIANA — 

 Tallulah, July 1, 1929, collected by airplane, 200 feet, female 

 (P. A. Glick) . MARYLAND— Laurel, June 16, 1931, on "dog," 

 male, two females (E. B. Marshall) . MISSOURI— Columbia, 

 June 20, 1932, in "house," female; May 24, 1937, on "hogs," male 

 and female (L. Haseman) ; Gilliam, August, 1914, on "man," 

 numerous specimens (A. Cramer). NEW JERSEY — New 

 Brunswick, September 18, 1916, on "dog," female. NORTH 

 CAROLINA— Halifax, August 14, 1931, on "dog," two females; 

 July 10, 1935, on same host, female (E. B. Marshall) . PENN- 

 SYLVANIA— Oxford, June, 1912, in "house," male, three fe- 

 males (Mrs. W. R. Woolf) ; Chaddis Ford, April, 1921, no host 

 given, several specimens (W. W. Betts) . VIRGINIA — South 

 Richmond, July 6, 1914, no host given, numerous specimens 

 (Mrs. E. A. Hawthorn) ; Blacksburg, October, 1938, on "hogs," 

 numerous specimens (J. M. Grayson) . 



Eastern hosts. "Man," "Dog," "Hog," "Cottontail Rabbit," 

 "Cat," "Gray Squirrel," Opossum ("Didelphis virginiana") , 

 Rabbit ("Lepns species") , Red Fox (Vulpes regalis Merriam) . 



Eastern localities. Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, 

 Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa- 

 chusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jer- 

 sey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 

 Texas, Virginia. 



Type material. From man, the type locality apparently 



