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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 
Ornithomyia, Latr. (Bird-flies). 
0. australasia , Wied., host unknown (Auss. Zweif. ii., p. 608, 
1830). Australia. 
0. batchiana , Rond., host unknown (Ann. Mus. Cir. Gen. xii., 
p. 158, 1878). Grafton, New South Wales. 
0. nigricornis , Erich., host unknown (Archiv. f. Naturg. viii., 
p. 274, 1842). Tasmania. 
0. stipituri , Sch., on the Emu wren, Stipiturus malachurus , Lath. 
(Reise “ Novara, 7 ’ Zool. ii., p. 374, 1868). Sydney, New 
South Wales. 
0. tasmaniensi *, Macq., host unknown (Dipt. Exot., 4th suppl., 
p. 309, pi. 28, fig. 15, 1850). Tasmania. 
Melophagus, Linn. (Wingless “Sheep-tick 77 ). 
M. ovinus , Linn., on sheep (Trans. Aust. Assoc. Ad. Sc., p. 540, 
1890). Universally distributed. 
Olfersia, Wied. 
O. macleayi , Leach., host unknown (Eph. Ins., p. 12, 1817). 
Australia. 
Family NYCTERiBiDiE (Wingless “Bat-ticks 77 ). 
Some species known, but none yet described from Australia. 
APHANIPTERA (Fleas). 
Family Pulicid,®. 
Perfect insects parasitic upon warm-blooded animals. 
Examples : 
Pulex, Linn. 
P. echidna, Denny, on Australian Porcupine, Echidna aculeata , Shaw 
(Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xii., p. 315, pi. xxxvii., fig. 6, 1843). 
Tasmania. 
P irritans , Linn., the human flea. 
P. felis , Linn., on the domestic cat. 
P. canis , Linn., on the domestic dog. 
Obs — This species swarms innumerably in certain seasons in sandy 
situations and in houses, often assuming the nature of a plague. 
P. gallince , Linn., on the domestic fowl. 
Stephanocircus, Sk . 
S. dasyun , Sk., on the Tiger Cat, Dasyurus maculatas , Kerr. 
Probably generally distributed in Australia. 
Type . — In Australian Museum, 
