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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  time 
  the 
  author 
  had 
  practically 
  no 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  Atlantic 
  

   States. 
  

  

  Family 
  PULICID^. 
  

  

  PULEX 
  Linn. 
  

  

  P. 
  irritans 
  Linn. 
  The 
  human 
  flea. 
  Not 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  but 
  is 
  

   almost 
  cosmopolitan, 
  and 
  specimens 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found, 
  brought 
  

   from 
  more 
  southern 
  States. 
  

  

  CTENOCEPHALUS 
  Kol. 
  

   C. 
  canis 
  Curt. 
  (Pulex 
  serraticeps) 
  The 
  common 
  cat 
  and 
  dog 
  flea. 
  

  

  CERATOPHYLLUS 
  Curtis. 
  

   C. 
  wickhami 
  Baker. 
  (Pulex 
  liowardi) 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  squirrel 
  fleas. 
  

  

  CTENOPHTHALIVIUS 
  Kol. 
  

   C. 
  pseudarytes 
  Baker. 
  A 
  parasite 
  on 
  field 
  mice. 
  

  

  