108 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



S. dasyur'), Skuse — Rec. Austr. Mus., ii., 1896, p. 110. 



„ Rainbow — Rec. Austr. Mus., v., 1903, pp. 53-55. 



Baker— Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii., 1904, 

 pp. 430431. 



„ Rothschild— Ent. Monthly Mag., xvi., 1905, 



pp. 60-61, pi. 1., figs. 1, 4. 



Hah. — New South Wales, and Launceston, Tasmania. 



S. tuars, Rothschild — Novit. Zool., v., 1898, p. 544, 

 pi. xvi., fig. 11. 



„ Baker— Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii., 1904 

 p. 431. 

 Ifab. — Argentina. 



K thomnxi, Rothschild— Novit. Zool., x., 1903, pjx 318-319, 

 pi. ix., figs. 4, 5. 



Hall. — Barrow Island, N. W. Australia. Host — MHs/ercvlinus, 

 Thomas. 



,S'. minerva, Rothschild — Loc. cit., p. 319, pi xi., figs. 6, 7. 

 Mab. — Paraguay (near Sapucay). 



aS'. simsoni, Rothschild — Ent. Monthly Mag., xvi., 1905, 

 pp. 61-62, figs. 2, 3. 



Hah. — Launceston, Tasmania. 



In his generic diagnosis, 8kuse says: — "Antennae capitate, four- 

 jointed."^ In respect of this Baker remarks : " The matter of 

 four-jointed antennae must certainly be re-examined. If such a 

 character is presented, then this species must be made the type 

 of a new family differing from all other fleas. But in the 

 description of the apparently congeneric Stephanocircus mars., 

 Rothschild says nothing about four- jointed antennae, and his 

 drawing does not show four joints."** The point i-aised is an 

 important one, and a careful examination of the types discloses 

 the fact that the antenna? are normal — three-jointed. 



■J Skuse- Epc. Austr. Mus., ii., 1893, p. 78. 



** Baker— Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii., 1904, p. 4.31. 



