868* HiPPOBOSCIDAE— PULICIDAE 



Family HIPPOBOSCIDAE 

 OrnithoiCA Rondaiii 

 O. confluenta Say. Albany, Oct, Bish, on Strix varia varia. 



ORNITHOMYIA Latreille 



O. anchineura Speiser {pallida Say). Yankee L., Wurtsboro, Sullivan Co, Sep 8, 

 on Maryland yellowthroat, JPChapin (Beq) ; SI, Sep 8, on Carolina wren, 

 JPChapin (Beq) ; LI: Port Jefferson, Jl, RCMiirphy (Beq), on Toxostoma 

 Tiifuni. 



ORNITHOPONUS Aldrich 



O. americanus Leach (Olfcrsia). Buffalo, Oct-Nov (MCV) ; Hammondsport, 

 Nov; Baldwinsville, on Bubo virginianus virginianiis, AGWhitncy (Beq) ; 

 Ithaca; Austerlitz, Oct, on Bonasa mnhclliis (Beq) ; Yankee L., Wurtsboro, 

 Sullivan Co, Sep 6, on broad-winged hawk, JPChapin; SI, Nov 24 (Beq) ; LI: 

 Freeport, Sep 13, on marsh hawk, PI Thurston (Beq) ; Orient Pt., May, Dec, 

 Schott (Beq), on Buteo borcalis borcalis. 



Olfersia Wiedemann 



(Psendolfersia Coquillett) 



O. fumipennis Sahib, {macidata Coq.). Clove Val.,'near Poughkeepsie, May 2, on 

 fish hawk, JBBird (Bird). SI, May 20, Sep 1, on fish hawk, JPChapin (Beq) 



Melophagus Latreille 

 M. ovinus L. NY (Fitch) ; Utica ; Ballston Spa, Sep (NYS Rept., 15). On sheep. 



Order SIPHONAPTERA 



Compiled by M. A. Stewart 



Family PULICIDAE {sens, hi.) 

 ECHIDNOPHAGA Olliff 

 E. gallinaceus Westw. NYC (Fox), on rats. 



Pulex Linnaeus 

 P. irritans L. Springfield; Schenectady (Feh) ; LI: Brooklyn, on man. 



XeNOPSYLLA Glink 

 X. cheopis Rothsch. NYC (Baker), on rats. 



Ctenocephalus Kolenati 

 C. canis Curtis. Schenectady (Felt) ; NYC (Fox), on rats. 

 C. felis Bouche. Ithaca, on a cat ; LI. 



Spilopsyllus Baker 

 S. simplex Baker. Ithaca, on cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi Allen). 



