1915.] 107 



Hystrichopsylla ohtusiceps Theobald, Ace. Brit. Flies, p. 33 (1892) ; Chitty, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), IV, p. 20 (1893) (Forres, Scotl.). 



Hystrichopsylla talpae Rothschild, Ent. Record, XII, p. 257, pi. 10 (1900); 

 Sharp, Cambr. Nat. Hist., Ins. II, p. 523, text-fig. 250 (1899). 



Hystrichopsylla narbeli Galli- Valeric, Arch. Parasit., Ill, p. 96 (1900); 

 Jord., Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), XIX, p. 91 (1908) (= talpae). 



Hystrichopsxjlla talpae Verrall, List Brit. Dipt., I, ed. 2, p. 7 (1901) ; Evans, 

 Ann. Scott. N. H. Soc.,p. 194 (1904) (Edinburgh distr.) ; id., I.e., pp. 163 and 241 

 (1906) (Edinburgh distr. j ; Gibbs and Barr., Trans. Herts. N. H. Soc, XIII, 

 p. 250 (1908) (Tring); Evans, Ann. Scot. N. H. Soc, p. 120 (1909) (Forth 

 and Tweed); Waterst., ibid., p. 228 (1909) (Orkneys); id., Proc. Roy. Phys. 

 Soc, Edinb., XVIII, p. 89 note (1910) (Orkneys); Strickl. and Merrim., 

 Parasit., VI, p. 14 (1913) (Dedham, Hollesley) ; Patton and Cragg, Textb, 

 Med. Entom., p. 458 (1913); Russell, The Flea, p. 112 (1913); Waterst., Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2), XXV, p. 88 (1914) (Orkneys: Scotland). 



Hah. : Europe. Hosts : Talpae europaea and Sorex, occasionally also on 

 mice and other small mammals. 



E. Family : Ischnopsyllidae. 



XV. Genus: ISCHNOPSYLLUS Westw. (1840). 



Type : elongatus. 



Ceratophyllus Ciirtis, Brit. Ent., IX, no. 417 (1832) (partini ; type: 

 hirundmis). 



IschnopsijUus Westwood, Ent. Mag., I, p. 359 (1833) (indesci-.). 



Ceratopsyllus Curtis, I.e., XV, Eri-ata (1828) (emendation of Ceratophyllus). 



IschnopsijUus Westwood, Intr. Classif. Ins., II, App., p. 125 (1840) (P. ves- 

 pertilionis and elongatus). 



Ceratopsyllus Kolenati, I.e., p. 31 (1856) (partim) ; Roths., Nov. Zool., V, 

 p. 542 (1898). 



Ctenopsyllus Kolenati, Parasit. Chiropt., p. 31, note (1856) (partim; n.n. 

 loco Ceratophylli). 



Typhlopsylla Taschenberg, Flohe, p. 86 (1880) (partim). 



Ceratopsylla Wagner, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., XXXI (1897), p. 580 (1898) 

 (partim). 



Ischnopsyllus Jordan and Rothschild, Nov. Zool., XIII, p. 176 (1906) ; 

 Roths., l.c, XVIII, p. 52 (1911) (type : elongatus). 



Hexactenopsylla Oudemans, Ent. Berieht., p. 4 (1909). 



Nijcteridiphilus Dalla-Torre, Ent. Mitteil., Ill, p. 27 (1914) (n.n. loco 

 Ischnopsylli). 



39. ISCHNOPSYLLUS ELONGATUS Curtis (1832). 

 Ceratophyllus elongatus Curtis, Brit. Ent., IX, no. 417, fig. (1832). 

 Ischnopsyllus elongatus Westwood, Intr. Classif. Ins., II, App., p. 125 (1840), 

 Pulex vespertilionis Walker, Dipt. Brit., Ill, p. 4, no. 10 (1886) (partim). 

 Typhlopsylla octacientis Taschenberg, Flohe, p. 87 (1880) (partim) ; Verrall, 



