Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
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IIJ.—Notes on Chiastopsylla, Rothsch., a genus of Siphonaptera, 
with description of a New Species (Ch. godfreyi). By James 
Waterston, B.D., B.Sc. 
(Received 12th November 1912. Read 25th November 1912.) 
DurinG the past two years I have received from the Rev. Robert Godfrey, 
M.A., Pirie, King Willhiam’s Town, South Africa, several specimens of 
Chiastopsylla (3), which prove, with one exception, to be C. rossi, Waterst. (2). 
This example, a g, | propose to name in honour of my friend, whose brilliant 
field work amongst the Invertebrata of his district has already produced 
many new and interesting species. 
Chiastopsylla godfreyi, sp. nov. 
Heap.—The head is evenly rounded with only a slight frontal notch. The 
first three joints of the maxillary palpus are sub-equal, and the 
last is as long as the two preceding, together. The proportions are 
Hake Bs il) 3 1), 
THORAX.— 
The pronotum has a row of about 10 thin bristles before the comb. 
The mesonotum shows a basal row (about 12) of fine hairs below the comb, 
a scanty median row (5 or 6) of bristles, and a post-median row of 10. 
The metanotum bears a median row (about 3), a post-median row (10), 
and 4 teeth. 
The epimeron bears 5 bristles (2, 3). 
ABDOMEN.—The bristles of the abdomen are as follows :— 
| tt, | i | av, | vo eve ivan 
eed ; | : Rai) 
Tergites, Ante-Median Row | Co 2 2 4 3 | 3 3 
FS Post-Median Row | ila We We 14 11 11 
ve leetiiens A ; | 2 | 2 2 2 
Sternites . ; : : | ane | ei a 4 4 | 4 4 
Tergites 2-7 have on each side a bristle (the 5th has 2) below the stigma. 
Lees —The hind coxa bears 5 short spines on its internal surface, one being 
set apart from the others near the edge. The hind femur has 
