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only 2 bristles posteriorly at the apex. The upper process of the 
clasper is decidedly longer than in both the other species (PI. IV, fig. 11). 
The eighth tergite of the $ (PI. VI, fig. 3) bears along the margin about 
as many bristles as creusae, but these bristles are of more even size, the 
upper 3 or 4 not being much thicker than the following ones. The stylet 
of the $ is about twice as long as it is broad at the base. 
A series of both sexes was received from Harar, taken off Procavia 
erlangeri on March 12, 1900 (Baron Carlo von Erlanger and Oscar 
Neumann). 
(17) Loemopsylla divergens spec. nov. 
(PI. II, fig. 10 ; VI, fig. 2.) 
Closely resembling L. creusae , with which it occurs together. The 
species is larger than creusae. The rostrum is much longer than the 
maxillary palpus and reaches to the apex of the forecoxa, the last 
segment (PI. II, fig. 10) being half as long again as in creusae. The 
occiput bears a bristle above the centre of the antennal groove. The 
small hairs placed in the </ along the antennal groove are more numerous 
than in creusae. The second to sixth abdominal tergites bear 5 
bristles on each side in the $, the interspace between the first and 
second bristle being smaller than the one between the second and third. 
In the </, however, the sixth tergite bears only 3 or 4 bristles on each 
side, the two lower ones being placed wide apart. The dorsal apical angle 
of the seventh and eighth tergites of the $ is more strongly curved 
upwards than in the $ of creusae. The sternites of segments 4 to 7, 
especially in the $, bear a few more bristles than in creusae. The 
genitalia of the </ are nearly the same as in creusae, but the two claw¬ 
like projections which protrude externally from the penis are larger and 
more strongly chitinized. The bristles along the edge of the eighth 
tergite of the $ (PI. VI, fig. 2) are more numerous than in creusae. 
The stylet of the $ is almost thrice as long as it is broad at the base, 
being much longer than in creusae. 
We have a series of both sexes, taken off Procavia cctpensis, 
April 1902, and off Fells caracal , March 1902, by C. H. B. Grant, 
at Deelfontein, Cape Colony. The present insect is perhaps a larger 
southern race of L. isidis. 
