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same condition may be found exactly represented for his Me<j(ipxylhi 

 inertnis. Trusting- to the ver>^ erroneous descrijjtion of J\[. (/ross/'r,^- 

 fris by the writer, he had every reason to suppose his species distinct, 

 but it is undoubtedly identical, 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



A. Fore tibi» armed with long, thick, stout teeth; pronotal ctenidium wanting; 

 frontal tubercle present. 

 B. Labial palpi reaching scarcely two-thirds of fore cox.-c or less; tip of male niov- 



al)le finger obliquely truncate i/nisKiirnlri.^ 



BB. Labial palpi reaching nearly to apex of coxa-; tip i)f male moval)le finger 



evenly narrowed to a rounded tip androcH 



AA. Fore tibi;e armed with slender spines; with a pronotal ctenidium of six spines; 

 no frontal tubercle; labial palpi reaching scarcely one-half of lore cox;t>. 



(igenorls 



Family LYCOPSYLLID^E, new family. 



About the onl}' disposition that can l)e made of this remarka)>!:' new 

 form discovered b}- Rothschild is to found a new family for it. It is 

 abundantly distinct, and presents many characters which it is l)elieved 

 will at least eventually prove well within the range of family value. 



Genus LYCOPSYLLA Rothschild. 

 1904. Li/cops>jUa Kothsciiild, Novitat. Zool., XI, p. tiOi'. 



Family PULICID.F. 



1893. FiilicidwBE7//A, Rev. Ital. Sci. Nat. y Boll. Nat., XIII, p. 2:5. 



Since the fuller elucidation of ( 7t;rf(>psf///((, it becomes evident 

 that Ver'mipsylla represents a group of not greater value than a sub- 

 famil3\ The genera A)iomwp!<ijllux and D<)l!cJi<>j)><i/JIu>< are in their 

 wa}^ equally distinct, if not more so. 



SYNOPSIS OF SUBFAMILIES. 



A. Antepygidial bristles wanting, at least in the female vermipsvllin.e 



AA. Antepygidial l:)ristles present. 

 B. Antepygidial bristles, one or three. 

 C. Hind coxal epiphysis forming distally with the coxa a deep notch, subtended 

 outwardly by a produced acute limb; female with one antepygidial bristle 



on each side anomiopsvllin.e 



CC. Hind coxal epiphysis narrowing into the coxa, forming a poorly defined 



notch or none; female with one or three antepygidial bristles Ptdicinx 



BB. Antepygidial bristles, five on each side dolkiiopsyllin^e 



Subfainily A^IGR]VLIPSYLr^TlSr.;E. 



1903. Vermipsyllidx Wahlgren, Archiv fiir Zool., I, p. 190. 



1903. VermipsyUidse Wagner, Rev. Russ. d'Ent., No. 5, p. 294. 



1904. VermipsyUid.r Baker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVII, p. 376. 



Extensive and carefully made detail drawings of all the forms 

 referred to this group are very much needed, 



