94 [March, 



7. ORNITHOPSYLLA LAETITIAE Roths. (1908). 



Ornithopsijlla laetitiae Rothschild, I.e., pi. 2, figs. J, 2 (1908) (Scilly Is.). 

 Hah.: Scilly Islands. Host: Pu,ffi,nus aiujlonmi. 



B. Family : Ceratophyllidae. 



C. Subfamily: Ceratophyllinae. 



VII. Genus: CEBATOPHYLLUS Curtis (1832). 



Type : hirundinis. 



Pulex Linnaeus, I.e. (partim). 



Ceratophyllus Ciu-tis, Brit. Ent., IX, no. 417 (1832) (type: hirundinis). 



Ceratopsyllus Curtis, I.e., XV, Errata (1838) (emend. Ceratophylli). 



(?) Trichopsylla Kolenati, Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss., II, p. 32 (1863). 



CieiioriofMsKolenati, I.e., p. 34(1863) (type: octodecimdentatus =fasciatus). 



Pulex Taschenberg, Flohe, p. 64 (1880) (partim). 



Ceratophyllus Wagner, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., XXXI, p. 557 (1898). 



Trichopsylla Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901) 



8. CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINULAE Dale (1878). 



Ceratopsxjllus gallinulae Dale, Hist. Glanvilles Woot., p. 291, no. 1 (1878). 



Ceratopsyllus turdi id.. I.e., p. 291, no. 3 (1878) (pax'tim). 



Ceratopsyllus merulae pt., garruli, pyrrhulae, citrinellae, pratensis, atrica- 

 pillae, cinereae pt., caudati Dale, I.e., p. 292 (1878), Roths., Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), 

 XIV, pp. 145 and 146 (1903) ( gallinulae = newsteadi). 



Ceratophyllus newsteadi Rothschild, Ent. Eee., XIII, p. 284, pi. 7, fig. 1, S . 

 2, ? (1901) (Cheshire, Flintshire). 



Trichopsylla newsteadi Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901). 



Ceratophyllus newsteadi Evans, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soe., p. 162 (1906) 

 (Edinburgh). 



Ceratophyllus gallinulae Waterston, ibid., p. 213 (1906). 



Ceratophyllus newsteadi Evans, I.e., p. 241 (1906) (Forth district). 



Trichopsylla neivsteadi Malloch, Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XVIII, p. 86 (1907) 

 (Dumbartonshire, nests of grey wagtail). 



Ceratophyllus gallinulae Gibbs and Barr., Trans. Herts. N. H. Soe., XIII, 

 p. 250 (1908) (Tring) ; Shipley, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., p. 325, pi. 47, figs. 33, ? , 

 34, c? (1909) (on grouse). 



Ceratophyllus newsteadi Waterston, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soe., p. 228 (1909) 

 (Scottish records). 



Ceratophyllus gallimdae id., Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb., XVIII, p. 88 and 

 89 (1910) (Scotland) ; Rixssell, The Flea, p. Ill (1913) ; Waterst., Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. (2), XXV, p. 151 (1914) (Scottish records ; Shetlands). 



Hah. : Europe. Hosts : Passerine birds, also Lagopus, Gallinula, &c. 



