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Bell, July 7, 1928, in "bird's nest," female; Plummer Island, 

 April 25, 1915, on "man," female (R. C. Shannon) ; same lo- 

 cality, May 19, 1913, on "woodchuck," three males (H. S. 

 Barber) ; Takoma Park, July 15, 1930, on "flying squirrel," 

 female (H. E. Ewing) ; Bladensburg, March 31, 1901, in "nest 

 of white-footed mouse," female; Laurel, February 21, 1930, on 

 "weasel," two males, two females (E. B. Marshall) . MASSA- 

 CHUSETTS — Amherst, June 7, 1907, on "Sciurus carolin- 

 ensis" male (E. A. Chapin) ; Muskegett, June 18, 1926, on 

 Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (Fischer) , male and fe- 

 male (F. Harper) ; Wenham, October 12, 1923, on "red squir- 

 rel," two females. MINNESOTA— Rapidan, March, 1935, no 

 host given, two females (W. P. Moore) . NEW YORK— Adiron- 

 dack Lodge, Essex County, July 31, 1925, on Peromyscus mani- 

 culatus gracilis (LeConte) , female; Avalanche Lake, Essex 

 County, July 30, 1926, on "Peromyscus maniculatus," female, 

 two males; Cornwall, July 9, 1925, on Peromyscus leucopus 

 noveboracensis (Fischer) , male (F. Harper) ; Ithaca, on "red 

 squirrel," female (MacGillivary) . NORTH CAROLINA — 

 Pisgah National forest, March 2, 1936, on "raccoon," female 

 (J. H. Stone) ; Asheville, July 18, 1935, on "opossum," male 

 (F. J. Ruff) . SOUTH CAROLINA— Clemson College, Novem- 

 ber 1, 1929, on "squirrel," female (R. B. Casey) . VIRGINIA— 

 East Falls Church, May 11, 1930, from "nest," male and female; 

 January 30, 1918, on "Sciurus hudsonicus," male and female; 

 February 27, 1934, on Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus) , 

 numerous specimens (E. A. Chapin) ; Difficult Run, September 

 14, 1913, in "nest of flying squirrel," male, four females (R. C. 

 Shannon) . 



Eastern hosts. Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis carolin- 

 ensis Gmelin, etc.) , Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans volans 

 (Linnaeus) ) , Red Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus loquax 

 Bangs) , Fox Squirrel ("Sciurus niger") , Chipmunk ("Tamias 

 striatus") , Mink ("Mustela vison subsp.") , Woodchuck ("Mar- 

 mota monax subsp.") , Weasel (Mustela noveboracensis nove- 

 boracensis (Emmons) ) , "Opossum," Bobcat (Lynx rujus 

 floridanus (Rafinesque) ) , White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus 

 leucopus noveboracensis (Fischer) , etc.) , Roof-rat ("Rattus 

 alexandrinus") , Black Rat ("Rattus rattus") , House-mouse 

 ("Mus musculus") , Short-tailed Shrew ("Blarina brevicauda 

 subsp.") , Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata (Linnaeus) ) , 

 Cottontail Rabbit ("Sylvilagus sp.") , "Man," Raccoon 

 ("Procyon lotor") , Screech Owl ("Megascops asio") , "Dog." 



