92 [March, 



Brit. Dipt., I, p. 5 (1888); Theob., Ace. Brit. Plies, p. 30 (1892) (partim) ; 

 Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901) ; Roths., Ent. Eecord, XIII, p. 126 

 pi. 3 (1901) (distinct from felis) ; Mearns, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soc, p. 92 (1901) 

 (Aberdeen, dog and fox); Roths., Nov. Zool., XII, p. 192, text-fig. A (1905) 

 (distinct from felis); Evans, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soc, p. 162 (1906) (Edinburgh 

 distr.) ; Waterst., ibid., p. 211 (1906) (Scottish records). 



Ctenocephalus canis Shipley, Journ. Econ. Biol., Ill, p. 63 (1908) ; Gibbs 

 and Barr., Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, p. 250 (1908) (Tring) ; Roths., Bull. 

 Ent. Research, I, p. 93, fig. 12 (1910) ; Bacot, Proc Ent. Soc Lond. p. 6 (1911) 

 (egg); Shipley, Joxirn. Econ. Biol., VI, p. 19 (1911); Strickl. and Merrim., 

 Parasit., VI, p. 14 (1913) (Kesgrave, Tuddenham); Russell, The Flea, p. 70 

 text-fig. 7 (1913) ; Patton and Cragg, Textb. Med. Entom., p. 456, pi. 54, figs. 3, 

 13 (1913) ; Waterst., Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XXV, p. 88 (1914) (Scotland) ; Bacot, 

 Jovirn. Hygiene, Plague Suppl., Ill, p. 449, pi. 29, figs. 1, 2 (1914) (bionomics). 



Hab. : Europe, Africa, Asia. Hosts : Dog, cat, and occasionally other 

 animals, as well as. man. 



5. CTENOCEPHALUS FELIS Bouche (1835). 



Pulex irritans Linnaeus, Syst Nat., ed. X, p. 641, no. 1 (1758) (partim). 



Pulex felis Bouche, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol., XVII, 1, p. 505 (1835). 



(?) Pulex irritans Westwood. Entom. Text Book, p. 421, text-fig. (1838) 

 (haec spec, vel canis ?). 



Pulex serraticeps Gervais, Hist. Nat. Ins., Apt., Ill, p. 372 (1844) (partim). 



Pulex felis Walker, Dipt. Brit., Ill, p. 3, no. 4 (1856). 



Pidex felis i)ale. Hist. Glanvilles Woot., p. 290, no. 4 (1878). 



Pulex parviceps Weyenbergh, Bol. Ac. Nac. Sci. Argent., Ill, p. 202 (1879) 

 (nom. nud.). 



Pulex serraticeps Taschenberg, Pliihe, p. 77, pi. 3, fig. 18 (1880) (partim). 



Ceratopsyllus rufulus Weyenbex'gh, Period. Zool., Ill, p. 265 (1881) (= par- 

 viceps) ; Roths., Nov. Zool., XIII, p. 175 (1906) {^ felis). 



Pulex nasuae Weyenbergh, I.e., p. 272 (1881); Roths., I.e. (1906) ( = felis). 



Pulex ohscurus Wejenhergh, l.c, p. 273 (1881) ; Roths., l.c (1906) {= felis). 



Pulex concoloris Weyenbergh, l.c, p. 274 (1881); Roths., I.e. (1906) 

 (= felis). 



Pulex felis Vei'rall, List Brit. Dipt., ed. 2, p. 7 (1901) ; Roths., Ent. Record, 

 XIII, p. 126, pi. 3 (1901) (distinct from canis). 



Ctenocephalus canis Baker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVII, p. 438 (1904) 

 (partim) ; id.. I.e., XXIX, p. 131 (1905) (canis not distinct from, felis). 



Ctenocephalus serraticeps var. murino. Tiraboschi, Arch. Parasit., VIII. 

 p. 259, text-fig. p. 260 (1904). 



Pulex felis Rothschild, Nov. Zool., XII, p. 192, text-fig. b (1905) (distinct 

 from canis); Evans, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soc, p. 162 (1906) (Edinburgh district). 



Ctenocephalus felis 'Rothschild, Nov. Zool., XIII, p. 175(1906); Gibbs and 

 Barr., Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, 4, p. 250 (1908) (Tring); Shipley, 



