Family Pulicidae Stephens 25 



spine. Genal ctenidium consisting of seven or eight curved 

 spines on a side; the first slightly smaller than the second, and 

 the most posterior very small. First antennal segment with 

 four or five bristles, second with six or seven bristles. Post- 

 antennal region of the head with two or three bristles in addi- 

 tion to the four or five that make up the marginal row (Plate 

 VI, fig. 23) . Pronotal ctenidium consisting of about eight spines 

 on a side. Pronotum, meso-, and metanotum each armed with 

 a single row of long bristles. Modified segments: Process of 

 the clasper not distinct. Movable finger lobular, armed with 

 numerous bristles along the margins. Manubrium finger-like, 

 somewhat wider distally than basally. Penis truncate, wide and 

 heavy; spring not completing a single turn. For further details 

 concerning the structure of the male genitalia, see Plate VI, 

 fig. 25. 



Female. Head longer and narrower than in the male (Plate 

 VI, fig. 22) . Chaetotaxy of the head and general structure 

 essentially as in the male. First genal spine as long as, or longer 

 than, the second. Head of the receptaculum seminis half again 

 as long as wide; much shorter than the tail. 



Records. ALABAMA— Dale County, March 30, 1937, on 

 "rabbit," female. CONNECTICUT— Storrs, no host given, male 

 and female (J. A. Monter) ; Arcadia, October 24, 1913, on "cat," 

 male and female (Bigelow) . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— 

 Washington, July, 1912, no host given, female, two males (K. 

 Knab) ; August 3, 1933, "in house," three females (A. Howell) . 

 FLORIDA— Orlando, May 28, 1922, on "man," male; Immoka- 

 lee, February 7, 1937, on "raccoon," female (B. V. Travis) . 

 GEORGIA— Fort Valley, May 27, 1935, no host given, male, 

 four females (O. I. Snapp) ; Savannah, June 25, 1935, no host 

 given, female; Camden County, April 25, 1933, on "Urocyon 

 cinereoargenteus," two females (F. Harper) . IOWA — Iowa 

 City, 1933, no host given, female; Sioux City, November 8, 1928, 

 on "fur coat," male and female (C. N. Ainslie) ; Rogers, 

 October 26, 1936, in "house," two males, two females: Mt. 

 Pleasant, March 19, 1929, on "cat," two females (H. E. 

 Jaques) ; Ames, October, 1938, on "dog," numerous specimens 

 (H. H. Knight) ; December, 1933, on "cat," male, two females 

 (R. L. Roudabush). ILLINOIS — Urbana, July 5, 1935, on 

 "cat," three females (O. Mohr) . LOUISIANA— New Orleans, 

 August 20, 1917, no host given, male and female (H. E. Hubert) ; 

 May 19, 1924, on "man," male (H. K. Plank) ; Jeanerette, on 

 "dog," four females (Dikeman). MASSACHUSETTS— Am- 



