4 PUHCIDiE. 



punctato et setoso, metathorace nigro-costato supra sulcis latioribus, tar- 

 sorum anticorum articulo quinto posticormn prima longissimo. Long. 

 1 lin. 



As large as P. mitans. Each eye beneath with two downward-point- 

 ing bristles. Hind border of the mesothorax fringed loith little spines, 

 which appear like black ribs on the metathorax. Fore coxes large, coarsely 

 punctured, and, like the others, beset with a few bristles. Femora bare. 

 Tibia and tarsi, the hinder especially, bristly. Joints of the fore tarsi in 

 relation to their length, 5, 2, 1, 3, -1 ; of the hind tarsi, \, 2, 5, 3, 4. 



Infests the hedgehog. (E. S. I.) 



8. Talpae (Sam. Comp. 1. 35) Curt.! B. E. pi. 114 (1826); 

 Bouclie. — fasciatns, Latr. ; Rose. Fusco-flava, capite nitente setoso, an- 

 tennis fusiformibus, prothoi'ace costato nigro, coxis anticis sjnnosis, tarso- 

 rum omnium articulo primo longissimo. Long, f-1 hu. 



Legs dark. Joints of the fore tarsi in reference to their length, 1, 5, 2, 

 3, 4 ; q/ the hind tarsi, 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. Hind metatarsi very long and 

 thick. Fern. Apical abdominal segment extended on each side, and so 

 forming tico vertical semicircular discs. 



Infests the raole. (E. S. I.) 



9. Musculi, Duges, A. S. N. xxvii. 163. 3. pi. 4. f. 3. 10 (1832) ; 

 Boucbe. — Maris, Curt. 



Fusco-flava, antice attenuata, capite punctato setoso, temporibus spinu- 

 lis nonnuUis abbreviatis ciliatis, prothoraee costato, femoribus arcuatis, 

 tarsorum anticorum articulo quinto, posticorum primo longissimo. Loug. 



Body much attenuated in front. Head wholly clothed with short 

 bristles ; temples with some short, small black spines. Legs almost without 

 spines ; femora and fore tibice curved; the latter fringed with black 

 bristles ; fore coxcb coarsely punctured with black bristles. Joints of the 

 fore tarsi with reference to their length, 5, 2, 1, 3, 4 ; of the hind tarsi, 

 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. Fore ungues incrassated. 



Infests the common mouse. (E. S. I.) 



10. Vespertilionis, Sara.; Duges, A. S. N. xxvii. 164. 4. pi. 4, 

 f. 4(1832); Bouche; Stepli. ; Curt. — elongatus,C\wi.\ B. E. pi. 417. 

 — trifasciatus. Curt. Fusco-flava, atitice valde attenuata, capite longo 

 setis postice incimibentibus, prothoraee abdominisque segmentis primo se- 

 cundo quinto sexto et septimo nigro-costatis, pedibus gracilibus, tarsorum 

 omnium articulo jrrimo longissbno. Long. |- lin. 



Body much attenuated in front. Head long, pointed. Antemice fusi- 

 form. Gence with two black conical little spines on each side. Legs 

 long, slender, pale yellow, iciCh black articulations. Joints of all the 

 tarsi tcith reference to their length, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



Infests the bat. (E. S. I.) 



IL Fringillse, Steph. MSS. Parva, brevis, lata, testacea, nitens, 

 supra nigricans, P. Ilirundinis minor ct brevior, jjedibus gracilioribus 

 7ninusque setosis. Loug. 1 lin. 



