90 [March, 



Adams, Microgr., pi. 47 (1743-1.6) ; Linn., Syst. Nat., p. .342, no. 1174 (1746) 

 (Pulex ater, partim) ; Baker, Empl. Mierosc, pi. 13, fig. (1753) ; Yeats, Instit. 

 Entom., p. 243 (1773) ; Martynn, " Flea" in New Diet. N. H. (1785) ; Fitzg-er., 

 Surv. Nature, II, p. 268, fig. (1787). 



Pulex irrif ans. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, p. 614, no. 1 (1758) (partim) ; 

 Barbvit, Gen. Ins. Linn., p. 330, pi. 18 (1781) ; Shaw and Nodder, Natuv. Miscell., 

 V, text to pi. 178, nee figs. (1794) ; Sibly, Syst. Nat. Hist., XIII, p. 431 (1802) 

 (partim, account of structure and habits) ; Stevenson, Elein. Nat. Hist., II, p. 232, 

 (1802) (partim) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool., VI, p. 456, pi. 122, S , nee ? (1806) ; 

 Stewart, Mem. Werner. Nat. Hist. Soc, I, p. 577 (1811) (Edinburgh) ; Leach, in 

 Brewst., Edinb. Encycl., IX, p. 126 (1815) ; Samouelle, Entom. Useful Comp., 

 p. 234 (1819) ; Kirby and Spence, Intr. Entom., I, p. 105 ; III, p. 471, pi. 5, 

 fig. 2; pi. 7, fig. 8 (1826) ; Steph., Brit. Ins., p. 328 (1829) ; Wilson, Treatise Ins. 

 (ex Enc. Brit.), p. 294 (1835) ; Westw., Introd. Classific. Ins., II, p. 489, fig. 123, 

 and App., p. 124 (1840) ; id., in Gardener's Chronicle, p. 156, text-figs. (1848) 

 (life-hist.) (repr.inAnn. Mag. N. H.,I, p. 316, text-figs. (1848)) ; Walker, Dipt. 

 Brit., Ill, p. 2, no. 1 (1856) ; Dallas, Elem. Entom., p. 381, fig. (1857) ; Barton, 

 Entom,, III, p. 316 (1866) (Ventnor) ; Cooke, Science Gossip, VII, p. 98 (1871) ; 

 Dune, in Piguier, Ins. World, p. 27, fig. 17 (1872) ; Wood, Ins. at Home, p. 592, 

 wood-cut 69, fig. 2, c.f. (1876) ; Dale, Hist. Glanvilles Woot., p. 290, no. 1 (1878) ; 

 Taschenb., I.e., p. 64 (1880) ; Scott, Sciencj Gossip, XVIII, p. 9 (1882) ; Verrall, 

 List Brit. Dipt., I, p. 5 (1888) ; Theob., Aec. Brit. Flies, p. 29 (1892) ; Verrall, 

 List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901); Mearns, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 p. 92 (1901) (Aberdeen) ; Evans, ibid., p. 193 (1904) (Edinburgh) ; id.. I.e., p. 88 

 (1906) (St. Kilda) ; Waterst., ibid., p. 211 (1906) (Scottish records) ; Jord. and 

 Eoths., Parasitology, I, p. 7 (1908) (literat., etc.) ; Shipley, Journ. Econ. Biol., 

 Ill, p. 70 (1908) ; Gibbs and Barraud, Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, p. 250 

 (1908) ; Waterst., Ann. Scot. N. H, Soc, p. 227 (1909) (Glasgow) ; Roths., Bull. 

 Entom, Research, I, p. 92, text-fig. 6 (1910) ; Waterst., Proc Roy. Phys. Soc. 

 Edinb., XVIII, p. 86 (1910) (Scottish records) ; Bacot, Proc. Ent. Soc Lond. 

 p. 6 (1911) (egg) ■ Strickl. and Merrim., Parasit., VI, p. 13 (1913) (Suffolk and 

 Essex) ; Russell, The Flea, pp. 62 and 110 (1913) ; Patton and Cragg, Textb. 

 Med. Ent., p. 452, pi. 55, fi*. 1 (1913) ; Waterst., Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XXV, pp. 88, 

 90 and 162 (1914) (Scotland) ; Bacot, Journ. Hygiene, Plague Suppl., Ill, p. 449, 

 pi. 28, figs. 1, 2 (1914) (bionomics). 



Hob. : Cosmopolitan. Host : man ; rarely on wild mammals. 



IIL Genls: ABCHAEOPSYLLA Dampf (1908). 

 Type: erinacei. 

 CeratopTiyllus Curtis, Brit. Ent., IX, no. 417 (1832) (partim). 

 Pulex Bouche (nee L., 1758), Nova Acta Ac. Leop. Carol., XVII, 1, p. 507 

 (1835); Taschenb., Flohe, p. 64 (1880). 



Trichopstjlla Kolenati, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., II, p. 32 (1863) (partim?). 

 Spilopsyllus Baker, Proc, U. S. Nation. Mus., XXIX, p. 129 (1905) (partim). 

 Archaeopsylla Dampf, Schrift. Phys.-ok. Ges. Konigsb., XIV, p. 18 (1908) 

 (type : erinacei). 



