THE COMMON FLEA 



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of a small pea. After so enormous a dislocation of the 

 abdominal viscera, it is perhaps not surprising that the 

 deposition of the eggs should be the supreme effort of 



FIG. 84. The Chigoe, or Jigger (Sarcopsylla penetrans). A. Female. B. Male. 



the insect. From the time of fecundation to that of 

 oviposition it lives solely to develop its progeny, and 

 when the eggs are laid it perishes, leaving in the wound 



