ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 381 
FAMILIES. 
on (head ‘not strongly angulated anteriorly and 
nts not strongly shortened and constricted B.) 
__(Spines on posterior tibia in pairs C). 
Pw A. RHYNCHOPRIONIDZ. 
rgopsy! gallinacea (Westwood) Enderlein. 
estwood Ento. Mo. Mag. 31-246 (Sarcopsylla gallinaceus). 
a. Enderlein Zoo! Jahrb Abth. f. syst. XIV-ss2 (Sarcopsylla gal- 
: 4. Baker. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXVII-375 (Xestopsylla gal- 
and farm animals, occasionally man. 
B. PULICIDE. 
_A opsyllus californicus Baker (Hind coxal epiphysis narrow- 
ee 1904 Baker, 
1906. Baker Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIX, 140. 
ie amen spnveele phones. 
irritans Linn. (Pronotum with ctenidia 4, or ocular bristle 
“ yper border of eye 3). 
6. Linnacus Faun Suec. 1695. ‘04 Baker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
in. Bull. Cal. State Board Health III, No. 5 p. 39). 
flea found on man, poultry and rats. 
°P. cheopis Roth., ‘03. Rothschild Ent. Mo. Mag. XIV, 8s, Pal- 
Bull. Cal. State Board Health. III, 30. 
‘ient rat flea on rats and occasionally other animals including 
; . The most important agent in the transmission of plague. 
canis. Curt. (head without ctenidia 5) ‘o4 Baker. 
S. Nat. Mus XXVII, 38 ‘op Mitzmain Bull. Cal. State 
nd Health THI, 30. Pulex 1826 Curtis, Brit. Ent. III, 8 The cat 
On man, domestic animals, and the brown rat. 
anomalus. Baker (Pronotal ctenidia with more than 
ni ‘spines 6) ‘06. Baker Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIX, 130-144 
‘: ex "og. Baker Proc. U. S. Mus. Nat. Mus. XXVII, 381. On Cal- 
fornia ground squirrel. Citellus beecheyi. 
4 acutus. Baker (Apical spur of second joint of hind 
‘tars i searcely or not exceeding third 8 Eyes vestigial, second genal 
row with five bristles 7). 
see Baker Invert. Pacifica I-40. 
‘06. Baker Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIX, 135, 146. é 
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