Rothschild. — CHILIAN SIPHONAPTERA 
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liew Ghilian Siphonaptera 
BY THE 
Hon. N. C. ROTHSCHILD, MA., F. E. S. 
Gtenoparia, gen. nov. 
J. Near Macropsylla Rothscb. (1905), but easily recogni- 
sed by the spines oí the anterior edge of the antennal groove 
and the internal incrassation of the occiput being absent, and 
by the structure of the fifth tarsal segment. 
Head.— Eye vestigial. A comb along the ventral edge of 
the gena, somewhat recalling the comb of Ctenocephalus situa- 
ted in this place. Antennal groove continued upwards to ver- 
tex. No internal incrassation on occiput. Club of antenna seg- 
mented all round. 
Thorax. — Pronotum with comb. Internal incrassation situa- 
ted at anterior margin of metasternum longer than it is broad 
and slightly curved upwards. 
Abdomen. — Second segment with complete comb; third lo 
sixth tergites mesially slightly emarginate. Seventh tergite with 
3 long apical bristles on each side. Two receptacula seminis. 
Legs, — The first segment of the midtarsus much longer than 
the second. The fifth segment of all the tarsi small, with 5 late- 
ral bristles, the first pair not being more ventral than the 
others. 
Type: Cte. inopinata, spec. nov. 
