DESCEIPTION OF A NEW FLEA — SKUSE. 81 



ECHIDNOPHAGA, Oil. 



E. amhulans, OIL, on Australian Porcupine, Echidna aculeata, 

 Shaw (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., Ser. 2, p. 172, 1886). 



Ohs. — Remarkable on account of its inability to jump. Per- 

 fectly distinct from P. echidiice, Denny, from the same host. 

 New South Wales. 



Type. — In Australian Museum. 



HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA (Bugs). 



Family Acanthid.e. 



Perfect insects parasitic upon warm-blooded animals. 



Acanthi A, Fab. 



Example : 



Acanthia lectularia, Geoftr., tlie bed-bug (Catl. Hem. Hetr. Brit. 

 Mus., part vii,, p. 43, 1873). Universally distributed. 



HEMIPTERA ANOPLURA (Lice). 



Family Pediculid.e. 



Perfect insect parasitic upon the bodies of warm-blooded 

 animals, often confined to particular portions. 



Examples : 

 Phthirius, Leach. 

 P. inguinalis, Leach, on the human body. 



Pediculus, Linn. 

 P. capitis, De Geer, on the human head. 

 P. vestimenti, Nitzsch, on the human body. 



PniLOPTERUS, Nitzsch. 

 Parasitic upon birds. 

 P. (Lipeurus) variabilis, Nitzsch, on the domestic fowl. 

 P. fLipeiirusJ baculus, Nitzsch, on the varieties of pigeons. 



Trichodectes, Nitzsch. 

 Parasitic upon mammals. 



T. latus, Nitzsch, on the domestic dog. 



T. suhrostratus, Nitzsch, on the domestic cat. 



T. sealaris, Nitzsch, on the ox. 



T. equi, Nitzsch, on the horse. 



T. sphcerocephalus, Nitzsch, on the sheep. 



The above list is very incomplete, the object in publishing it 

 being to direct the attention of our " bush " observers to the 



