﻿BRUCE F. CUMMINGS — ANOPLURA FROM AFRICAN HOSTS. 397 



of four widely-spaced hairs, the terminal tergite bare. On the ventral surface, 

 I indistinct, bare ; II with two sclerites and two rows of hairs, eight hairs in the 

 1st row and only two in the 2nd ; III with three sclerites and three rows of hairs ; 

 succeeding segments with two sclerites and two rows, the 2nd row of VII with 

 only four hairs. Anterior lip of vulva with a bilobed serrate edge. The 

 terminal segments on either lateral area with a sharp chitinous projection 

 ventrally and a group of bristles. Pleurae quadrangular, with two spines, one 

 dorsal and one ventral ; the dorsal spine or bristle on the pleura of the segment 

 III very long, extending down the length of the next two segments. 



Length (in mm.), Q 1*125, head *25, thorax '075, abdomen '8 ; greatest 

 width '35. 



Host : Otomys irroratus tropicalis, Thos. 



British East Africa : Northern slopes of Mt. Kenya, 7,200 ft. 

 (S. A. Neave). 



Described from several females. 



