106 r March, 



Hyg^iene, Plague Suppl., Ill, p. 449, pi. 27, figs. 3, 4 (1914) (bionomics); 

 Waterst., Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XXV, p. 165 (1914) (Shetlands). 

 Hab. : Cosmopolitan. Host : House-mouse and i-ats. 



36. LEPTOPSYLLA SPECTABILIS Roths. (1898). 



Typhlopsylla spectahilis Eothschild, Ent. Eecord, X, p. 250, t(!xt-fig. (1898) 

 (N. Berwick) ; id., Nov. Zool., V, p. 536 (1898). 



Ctenopsyllus spectahilis Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901) ; Eoths., 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XX, p. 184, no. 1, pi. 2, fig. 2 (1909) ( ? not distinguishable 

 from silvatica Mein.) ; Gibbs and Barr., Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, p. 250 

 (1908) (Tring). 



Leptopsylla spectahilis Eussell, The Flea, p. 112 (1913); Waterst., Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2), XXV, p. 165 (1914) (Scottish records). 



Hah. : Great Britain. Hosts : Evotomys glareolus, also Apodemus sylvaticus 

 and other mice, accidentally on carnivora which prey on mice. 



D. Family .- Hystrichopsyllidae. 



XIII. Genus: TYPHLOCERAS Wagn. (1903). 



Type : poppei, 



Typhloceras Wagner, Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss., XXXVI, p. 152 (1903); Eoths., 

 Ent. Eecord, XV, p. 196 (1903). 



37. TYPHLOCERAS POPPEI Wagner (1903). 



Typhloceras poppei Wagner, I.e., p. 154, text-fig. 1, ? (1903) (Bremen) ; 

 Eoths., I.e., XV, p. 196, pi. 9 (1903) (British localities); Gibbs and Barr., 

 Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, p. 250 (1908) (Tring) ; Eiissell, The Flea, p. 112 

 (1913). 



Hah. : Europe. Hosts : Apodemus sylvaticus, also on Mus muscuhis and 

 other mice. 



XIV. Genus: HYSTRICHOPSYLLA Taschenb. (1880). 

 Type : talpae. 

 Pulex Curtis (nee L., 1758, err. determ.), Brit. Ent. Ill, no. 114 (1826). 

 Ceratophyllus id., I.e., IX, no. 417 (1832) (partim). 



iIi/s<Hc?i.o^si/Wa Taschenberg, Flohe, p. 83 (1880) (type: ohtusiceps = talpae) ; 

 Eoths., Ent. Eecord, XII, p. 257 (1900). 



38. HYSTRICHOPSYLLA TALPAE Curtis (1826). 



Pulex talpae Curtis, Brit. Ent., Ill, no. 114, fig. $ (1826) (Battersea Fields). 



Ceratophyllus talpae id.. I.e., IX, no. 417 (1832) ; Westw., Intr. Classif. 

 Ins., II, p. 493 (1840). 



Pulex talpae Walker, Dipt. Brit., Ill, p. 7, no. 8 (1856) (partim) ; Wood, Ins. 

 at Home, p. 592, wood-cut 69, figs. 1, a-d (1876). 



Hystrichopsylla obtusiceps Taschenberg, I.e., p. 83, pi. 3, fig. 21, g (1880). 



Hystrichopsylla talpae Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, p. 5 (1888). 



