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genus so far described, Anomopsyllus. The reduction in the appendages found 
in this genus is carried almost to an extreme in the specimen found here, which is 
a mature female with eggs. 
Famity ANOMOPSYLLIDAE Sars. 
Sars, 1921a, p. 81. 
No separate family diagnosis was given by Sars, since only the one species, 
Anomopsyllus pranizoides, was known and the family could only have the charac- 

Fig. 27. Dysgenopsyllus reevesbyensis gen. et sp. nov. Female X 48; other figures X 100. 
ters of the genus. An attempt is made here to define the family, based on charac- 
ters common to both genera. The males are unknown. 
Body divided into three regions, more or less sharply defined ; the trunk com- 
poses most of the body and is unsegmented, the head is a small anterior region and 
the urosome a narrow two- or three-segmented posterior portion. The head ap- 
pendages are greatly reduced, though some of the anterior ones may be segmented ; 
the legs are reduced to small unsegmented triangular processes, quite unarmed. 
Caudal rami are present, but their armature may be reduced. 
