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List OF PARASITES TAKEN FROM VARIOUS MAMMALS 
IN THE SociEtTy’s DISTRICT :— 
APHANIPTERA (FLEAs.) 
Hystricopsylla Talpe, Curt. Two in nest of Field-Vole, Hunt- 
ington Woods, Chester. 
Tryphiopsylla octactenus. Several on Common Bat(S pzpistrellus.) 
; hexactenus. ‘is 
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re assimilis. Two in nest of the Common Mole, 
Lache Eye, Chester. In the same nest, or rather the nest 
cavity, was a full-sized Toad; like myself, was he there hunting 
fleas? Perhaps the Mole ploughed him out of his hiding 
place. 
Pulex leporis, Leach. Swarmed on several specimens of the 
Common Fox. This is the same species which infests the 
rabbit. . 
P. schiurus. Three specimens from the Pine Marten, recorded 
above, from Connah’s Quay. Mr. E. SauNDERS, to whom I 
am indebted for the verification of all the species, says it is 
identical with that which infests the Squirrel. 
ACARINA (MiITEs.) 
Gamasus terribilis, Michael. Many specimens from the same 
mole’s nest the fleas (Z. asszmzlis) occurred in, and to which it is 
a veritable enemy. As they were taken, the fleas and mites 
were placed together in a small glass tube; I soon found 
separation necessary, as a big Gamasus immediately attacked one 
of the fleas, and before I could separate them the unfortunate 
flea had lost its abdominal segment, and the life-giving juices 
of its body: probably mixed with blood corpuscles of Talpa. 
How fortunate it would be if Pulex irritans had such an enemy! 
““Ticks” (Jxodide.) ‘The Badger in the Museum Collection, 
when received in the flesh, simply swarmed with a somewhat 
small species ; so much so that it was necessary to kill them with 
a good dressing of turpentine. Unfortunately, I did not 
preserve any of the specimens, and so the record, in a way, is 
lost to science. 
The Hedgehog is occasionally infested with a very large 
species ; as also the Stoat; but I am unable to identify any of 
the species. 
