82 (March, 



34. FiVLAEOPSYLLA MINOR DaJe (1878). 



(Figs, 78, 79). 



^ . Finger of clasper much shorter and more strongly curved 

 tlian in sorecis and inserted at a great distance Irom the manubrium. 

 Horizontal arm of ninth sternite with one long bristle at the obtuse 

 apex and several thin and short ones, two of them placed at the 

 ventral angle being spiniform (fig. 78). 



$ . Seventh sternite divided by a narrow sinus into a rounded 

 upper lobe and a very much broader lower one, the edge of the 

 latter lobe being slightly incurved (fig. 79). 



Very common in England and Scotland, ou the mole (Talpa 

 europaea). Not recorded from Ireland. 



XII. Genus: LEPTOPSYLLA Jor d. ^nd Boihs. (1911). 



Head strongly angulated, with two or more spine-like bristles 

 near angle of the frons (figs. 80, 81). Eye vestigial. G-enal comb of 

 four or less spines. No lateral spines on the edges of the abdominal 

 segments. Hiudtibiae with a comb of numerous bristles of the same 

 length along the posterior side. 



A genus of the Palaearctic and Ethiopian regions. 



35. Leptopsylla musculi Dugh (1832). 

 (Fig. 80). 



Four genal spines. Two of the frontal bristles spiniform. 



^. Finger of clasper more than twice as long as it is broad, 

 almost of even width from base to apex, slightly and nearly evenly 

 curved. 



9 . Stylet less than three times as long as it is broad at the base. 

 Common in the British Islands on the house mouse (Mus musculus). 



36. Leptopsylla spectabilis Uotlis. (1898). 



(Fig. 81). 



Two genal spines. Three of the frontal bristles spiniform. 



^ . Finger of clasper half as long again as broad, very strongly 

 and almost gradually widened from the base to the apex. 



