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Type host. — Peromyscus sp. (white-footed mouse). 

 Type locality. — Franconia, N. H. 

 Range. — Eastern part of the United States. 



This species has been redeseribed and illustrated by I. Fox (25? 

 pp. 84 and 175) , and the above synonymy indicated. 



Peromyscopsylla ravalliensis (Dunn) 



Gtenopsyllus ravalliensis Dunn, 1923, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. Rpts. 38: 2768. 

 Peromyscopsylla ravalliensis J.ellison and Good, 1942, U. S. Pub. Health Serv., 

 Natl. Inst. Health Bui. 178 : 122. 



Type host. — Neotoma cincrea (Orel) (wood rat). 



Type locality. — Tin Cup Creek in the foothills of Bitterroot Moun- 

 tains southwest of Darby. Mont. 



Range. — Western part of the United States and Canada. 



The female terminalia of this species were figured by Wagner 

 (84, p. 204) in 1936. 



Peromyscopsylla scottt I. Fox 



Peromyscopsylla seotti I. Fox, 1930. Wash. Ent Soc. Proc. 41: 49. pi. 6, figs. 4-5. 



Type host. — Peromyscus leucopus (Kaf.) (white-footed .mouse). 

 Type locality. — Dubuque, Iowa. 

 Range. — Eastern part of the United States. 



This species has been redeseribed and figured by I. Fox (25, pp. 86 

 and 173). 



Peromyscopsylla selenis (Rothschild) 



Gtenopsyllus selenis Rothschild, 1906, Canad. Ent. 38: 322. fig. 43. 

 Peromyscopsylla selenis Jellison and Good. 11)42. U. S. Pub. Health Serv., Natl. 

 Inst. Health Bui. 178 : 123. 



Cotype hosts. — Various field mice. 



Cotype localities. — Various localities in British Columbia and 

 Alberta. 



Range. — Canada. 



The original description of this species is accompanied by an illus- 

 tration of the male terminalia. 



The Genus Leptopsylla Jordan and Rothschild 



(Fig. 8, G) 



Leptopsylla Jordan and Rothschild, 1911. Novitates Zool. 18: 85. Type, {Pulex 

 musculi Duges)=P. segnis Schonherr (by original designation). 



This generic name was proposed to replace Ctenopsyllus Kolenati, 

 1863, not Kolenati, 1856. 



Head subangulate in front ; anterior margin with a series of bristles, of which 

 at least 2 are heavily pigmented. Genal comb consisting of 4 spines. Eyes 

 vestigial. Labial palpus consisting of 5 segments. Pronotum with a comb of 

 many long, slender spines. Antepygidial bristles present. Coxa III without a 

 patch or row of spinelets on the inner surface. Posterior margin of hind tibia 

 armed with a series of about 14 bristles, among which are 3 or 4 very long 

 ones. Fifth tarsal segment of each leg with 4 pairs of lateral plantar bristles 

 and a basal, submedian, ventral pair. 



Jordan and Rothschild (48, p. 85) held that Ctenopsyllus Kolenati, 

 1862 [really 1863], was a homonj'm of Ctenopsyllus Kolenati, 1856. 



