166 [July, 



Typhloceras poppei, Wagner. 



9 , Mus musculus, in nest, Ollaberry. l.v.ll. 



15 <? <J,23 ? ?, nest of Mus sylvaticus, Ollaberry. J.Williamson. 23.i.l2. 



In Shetland Mus musculus haibours fleas evidently associated elsewhere 

 with M. sylvaticus. This at least is true of the country district where house 

 mice do not come much indoors till after harvest. During summer-time they 

 abound in outhouses and round the crofts. The Shetlanders call M. sylvaticus 

 the " Hill " mouse. 



Hystrichopsylla talp^;, Curt. 



9 , Talpa curopxa, S. Sutor of Cromarty, N.B. W. E. 0. Grant. July, 1893. 

 (British Museum). 



In the Eothsch. Coll. are the following : — 



9 9 • Crossopus ciliatus, Ackergill, Wick, Caithness. M. E. Pryor. 

 31.viii.1896. 



3 , ? host, Edinburgh. W. Eagle Clarke. 31.viii.05. 



S, Mus sylvaticus, Balminnoch, Wigtownshire. Harold Schwann. 

 9.viii.04. 



9 , Mus sylvaticus, Carie, Eannoch, N.B. F. J. Cox. 17.vii.08. 



Collected by L. G. Esson — 



(a) On Talpa europsea — 



2 (? $ , Achmore, Assynt, Sutherlandshire. 14.V.11 and vii.ll. 

 2 $ $ , Kintore, Aberdeen. 30.xii.ll. 



(b) On Sorex vulgaris — 



6<? <? , 7 ? ?, Banks of Don, Berrie Hill, Hilton, Eosehill, nr. Aberdeen. 

 Nov., 1910— Oct., 1911. 



?, Maidencraig, Aberdeenshire. 21.ii.ll. 



7 6" 3 , 7 9 9, Nigg, Kincardineshire. Nov., 1910— Dec, 1911. 

 2 S3, 9> Cove, Kincardineshire. 2.1.11. 



c?, Craigiebuckler, Sutherlandshire. 24.xii.10. 



(c) On Hypudasus glareolus — 



2 $ $ , 9, Hilton, Eosehill, nr. Aberdeen. Oct.— Nov., 1911. 



8 (? 6* , 7 9 9, Nigg, Kincardineshire. Nov.— Dec, 1911. 



(d) 

 2 3 $ > Mus musculus, Aberdeen. 29.xi.ll. 

 $ , Mus sylvaticus, Cairncry, Aberdeen. 21.xi.ll. 



ISCHNOPSYLLUS OCTACTENUS, Kolen. 

 9 9 , Bat, Tulloch, nr. Fort William, N. C. E. 21.ix.01. (Eothsch. Coll.). 



The Manse, 



Ollaberry, Shetland .- 



February, 1914. 



