DESCRIPTION OF A NEW FLEA — SKTJSE. 
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Echidnophaga, OIL 
E. ambulans , Oil,, on Australian Porcupine, Echidna aculeata , 
Shaw (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., Ser. 2, p. 172, 1886). 
Obs . — Remarkable on account of its inability to jump. Per- 
fectly distinct from _P. echidna, Denny, from the same host. 
New South Wales. 
Type . — In Australian Museum. 
HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA (Bugs). 
Family AcANTHiDiE. 
Perfect insects parasitic upon warm-blooded animals. 
Acanthi a, Fab. 
Example : 
Acanthia lectularia , Geoffr., the bed-bug (Catl. Hem. Hetr. Brit. 
Mus., part vii., p. 43, 1873). Universally distributed. 
HEMIPTERA ANOPLURA (Lice). 
Family Pediculid^e. 
Perfect insect parasitic upon the bodies of warm-blooded 
animals, often confined to particular portions. 
Examples : 
Phthirius, Leach. 
P. inguinalis , Leach, on the human body. 
Pediculus, Linn. 
P. capitis , De Geer, on the human head. 
P. vestimenti , Nitzsch, on the human body. 
Philopterus, Nitzsch. 
Parasitic upon birds. 
P. ( Lip earns) variabilis , Nitzsch, on the domestic fowl. 
P. (Lipeurusj baculus , Nitzsch, on the varieties of pigeons. 
Trichodectes, Nitzsch. 
Parasitic upon mammals. 
T. latus , Nitzsch, on the domestic dog. 
T. subrostratus , Nitzsch, on the domestic cat. 
T. seal avis, Nitzsch, on the ox. 
T. equi , Nitzsch, on the horse. 
T. sphcerocephalus , Nitzsch, on the sheep. 
The above list is very incomplete, the object in publishing it 
being to direct the attention of our “bush” observers to the 
