36 Fleas of Eastern United States 



wide, tail much shorter than the head. For further details con- 

 cerning the structure of the female genitalia, see Plate X, fig. 46. 

 Records. ALABAMA— Dale County, April 5, 1937, on "wood 

 rat," female (R. E. Dyer). DISTRICT OF C0LUM3IA— 

 Brookland, November, 1912, in "nest of mole," numerous speci- 

 mens. GEORGIA — Thomasville, December 5-6, 1937, on 

 "Pitymys pinetorum" male and female (Komarek and Travis) ; 

 February 8, 1937, in nest of Peromyscus polionotus polionotus 

 (Wagner) , female (E. V. Komarek) . INDIANA— Chesterton, 

 June 8, 1935, on Scalopus aquaticus machrinoides Jackson, 

 female, two males (R. Komarek) . IOWA — Osceola, August 23, 

 1935, on "field mouse," two males; July 15, 1934, on "mole," two 

 males, two females; July 24, 1935, on "cottontail rabbit," two 

 females (G. S. Cantonwine) ; Ames, July 4, 1936, nest of 

 "Blarina brevicauda." numerous specimens; July, 1934, on 

 "Citellas tridemlineatus," female (R. L. Roudabush) ; Ruthven, 

 June-July, 1938, on Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus 

 (Ord) , female (E. R. Becker and P. C. Waters) . MARYLAND 

 — Burnt Mills, March 24 and 29, 1932, on "pine mouse," num- 

 erous specimens; same date and locality, on "Blarina brevi- 

 cauda," female, two males; Chillum, May 17, 18, 1932, on "pine 

 mouse," female, two males (R. Greenfield) ; Plummer Island 

 September 3, 1921, in nest, probably of "Scalopus aquaticus,' 

 female; same locality, May 2, 1927, on "young Microtus," male 

 and female (H. S. Barber) ; Silver Springs, February 23, 1932 

 on "pine mouse," six males (R. Greenfield) ; same locality 

 April 25, 1928, on "Blarina brevicauda" male and female 

 (Ewing and East) ; College Park, May, 1929, on "pine mouse,' 

 four males (H. E. Ewing and H. S. Peters) ; Beltsville, May 10 

 1935. on Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus (Linnaeus) , female (T 

 Lehto). MASSACHUSETTS— Fall River, June 7, 1936, on 

 Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (Fischer) , female (F. C 

 Bishopp) ; Edgartown, September 22, 1937, on Peromyscus 

 leucopus fusus Bangs, female (C. N. Smith) ; same locality 

 June. 1936, on Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord) 

 numerous specimens (F. C. Bishopp and C. N. Smith) ; West 

 Tisbury, June 9, 1936, on Blarina brevicauda aloga Bangs, male 

 (F. C. Bishopp); Squibnocket, June 11, 1936, on "Microtus 

 pennsylvanicus," female (C. N. Smith) ; Newton Center, Janu- 

 ary 28, 1926, on Blarina brevicauda talpoides (Gapper) , male 

 (F. Harper) ; Scraggy Neck, June 18, 1936, on Microtus penn- 

 sylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord) , female (C. N. Smith) . MIN- 

 NESOTA— Cloquet, September 12, 1933, on "Blarina brevi- 



