FLEAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE-WILLIAMS AND HOFF 313 



MERINGIS, species undetermined 



Since the collection contains only females, certain specific identi- 

 fication is not practical. The specimens were taken from Onycho- 

 mys leucogaster melanophrys, just west of the Rio Grande, near 

 Bernalillo, on March 12, 1948. 



PEROMYSCOPSYLLA HESPEROMYS (Baker. 1904) 



Two specimens were taken from Pernmyscus maniculatus, cap- 

 tured just west of the Rio Grande, opposite Bernalillo, on March 

 12, 1948. 



PHALACROPSYLLA ALLOS Wagner, 1936 



We have a record of this flea from Peromyscus maniculatus, 

 taken west of the Rio Grande, near Bernalillo, on March 12, 1948. 



STENOPONIA AMERICANA (Baker. 1899) 



In our collection there is a record of this flea from Peromyscus 

 nasutus (Allen), collected in the Jemez Mountains, about 70 miles 

 north of Albuquerque, on March 27, 1948. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Eads, R. H., and Menzies, G. C. ^ , . ^7 *.^„ 



1948. An undescribed Anormopsyllus Baker from the pack rat, Neotoma 

 micropus Baird. Journ. Kansas Ent. Soc, vol. 21, pp. 133-136. 



HoFF, C. Clayton, and Williams, Lelia A. 



1949. Notes on some fleas from rodent nests in New Mexico. Journ. 



Parasitol., vol. 35, pp. 545-546. 



Hubbard, Clarence Andresen. 



1947. Fleas of western North America, 533 pp. 



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