52 Fleas of Eastern United States 



concerning the structure of the male genitalia, see Plate I, and 

 Plate XII, fig. 61. 



Female. General structure and chaetotaxy as in the male. 

 Head of the receptaculum seminis long and slender, much 

 longer than the tail. Sternite VII divided into two lobes by a 

 deep sinus, the upper lobe acutely pointed, the lower lobe 

 variable in shape, its termination either pointed or rounded. 

 For further details concerning the structure of the female 

 genitalia, see Plate XII, fig. 60. 



Records. CONNECTICUT— Pomfret, June, 1933, in "tree 

 swallow nest," numerous specimens (K. B. Wetherbee). ILLI- 

 NOIS — Clarksville, January 5, 1933, in "bird nest," numerous 

 specimens, (Frison and Ross). MAINE — No specific locality, 

 July, 1930, in "swallow nest," male, two females (E. C. Grant) . 

 MARYLAND— Bell, September 23, 1926, in nest of "Progne 

 snbis," male, two females (W. L. McAfee) ; August 16, 1927, on 

 "martin," male, two females (H. P. Sheldon) . MASSACHU- 

 SETTS— Groton, June 14, 1933, in "nest of tree swallow," male 

 and female (W. P. Wharton) ; Worcester, June 28, 1931, in "tree 

 swallow nest," two males (Mrs. K. B. Wetherbee). MICHI- 

 GAN— McMillan, May 15, 1935, on "purple martin," female 

 (O. M. Bryens) . 



Eastern hosts. Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieil- 

 lot) ) , House-wren (Troglodytes aedon aedon Vieillot) . Eastern 

 Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus)), Purple Martin 

 ("Progne subis") . 



Eastern localities. Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, 

 Massachusetts, Michigan. 



Type material. Male and female from Okanagan Landing. 

 British Columbia, in the N. C. Rothschild Collection (British 

 Museum) . 



Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank) 

 (Plate XIII, figs. 62, 63) 



1803 Pulex gallinae Schrank, Fauna Boica, 3: 195. 



1895 Pulex avium Baker, Can. Ent, 27: 111. 



1896 Pulex avium Osborn, United States Dept. Agric. Div. Ent, Bull. V 

 (n.s.),p. 147 



1920 Ceratophyllus gallinae Jordan and Rothschild, Ectoparasites, 1:70. 

 1924 Ceratophyllus gallinae Ewing, Parasitology, 16:342, PI. XTV, fig. 1. 



1927 Ceratophyllus gallinae Stewart, Jour. Econ. Ent., 20: 132. 



1928 Ceratophyllus gallinae Stewart, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta., Mem. 

 101, p. 869. 



1928 Ceratophyllus gallinae Garman, Connecticut Exp. Sta., Bull. 294. p. 

 279, PI. XXIX, fig. B. 



