54 Journal New York Entomological Society. [vol. vi. 



Pulex longispinus Wagner, Horse. Soc. Ent. Ross. XXIII, 1889, p. 



355- 

 Pulex lamellifer Wagner, ibid. XXIX, 1895, p. 504. 



The descriptions of these two species did not come to my hands 

 until after the publication of the Preliminary Studies. They both be- 

 long in my Division I of the genus. The former name was also un- 

 fortunately used by me. To the species described under this name by 

 me I will now give the name divisus. An examination of further ma- 

 terial may show it to be a Typhlopsylla. 



Pulex multispinosus, sp. nov. 



Male. Length, 3 mm. Head flat above, strongly rounded in front, face nearly 

 vertical. Eye rather small but distinct, and near lower edge of head. Antennal 

 groove extending obliquely through center of head to near upper margin ; near the 

 lower edge of head, with three very long and stout spines and three smaller in front 

 and three long and stout ones behind. Bristles on second antennal joint as long as 

 third joint. Labial palpi about equalling fore coxec in length. Pro-, meso, and me- 

 tanotums of nearly equal length, their discs with numerous small bristles ; the pro- 

 notum provided with a "comb" of about forty teeth. Dorsal segments, each with 

 one row of medium- sized bristles, twelve on a side, and two rows of minute bristles ; 

 ventral segments with a single row each, of four or five on a side. Tarsal spines, all 

 small and weak, especially those on fore tarsi. In fore tarsi joints 2 and 5 are of 

 equal length, a little longer than I and about equalling 3 and 4 together. In middle 

 tarsi joints 2 and 5 are of equal length and about three-fourths of I which equals 3 

 and 4 together. In hind tarsi I equals 2 and 3 together, 2 equals 3 and 4 together, 

 while 5 is scarcely half of I. The decrease in length and width of joints in hind tarsi 

 is very marked. Upper claspers very short and broad, trapezoidal in shape and un- 

 armed. 



Described from one male collected at Raleigh, N. C, by Messrs. 

 H. H. and C. S. Brimley. The host is the Rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus.) 

 This species belongs to my Division II, but is widely distinct from any 

 described species. It has a greater number of teeth in the pronotal 

 comb than any described flea excepting Hystrichopsylla obtusiceps. 



Pulex gillettei Baker. 



Prof. A. P. Morse has taken this species on the Screech Owl (Me- 

 gascops asio) at Wellesley, Mass. The habits of the birds of prey make 

 them at least temporary hosts for several species of fleas usually found 

 elsewhere. 



Pulex howardii Baker. 



This flea is proving to be one of our most common and widely dis- 

 tributed species, both geographically and as to hosts. Mr. D. B. Young 



