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65: l♂ 1♀, S. araneus—♂, North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.):
1♂, S. araneus, Fingringhoe, 27.ix.64 (D.I.C.); 1♂ 3♀ ♀, nr.
Chelmsford, Danbury Camp—no other data.
*Palaeopsylla m. minor (Dale), 1♂, T. europaea—♂, Down-
ham, 6.vi.60 (A.J.E.M.); 1♀, T. europaea—nest, Chrishall, 21.ii.66
(R.S.G.).
P. s. soricis (Dale), 1♂ S. araneus—♂, Kirby-le-Soken, 17.iv.60
(A.J.E.H.); 1♂ 1♀, S. araneus—♂, 7.vi.65; 1♂, S. araneus—♀,
7.vi.65; 2♂ ♂ 2♀ ♀, S. araneus—♂, 28.vi.64: 3♂♂ 1♀, S. araneus
— ♀, Weeley, 31.xii.64 (R.S.G.): 5 ♂♂ 4♀♀, S. araneus—♂.
Billericay, 29.V.60 (A.J.E.H.); 1♀, S. araneus—♀, 10.iv.65; 1♂
1♀, S. araneus—♀♂, North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.): 1♂ 5♀ ♀,
nr. Chelmsford, Danbury Camp, no other data.
Ctenophthalmus bisoctodentatus heselhausi (Oudemans)
( = C. b. occidentalis Smit), 1♀, T. europaea, 28.iii.59; 1♂ 5♀ ♀,
Stock, 21.iv.59 (A.J.E.H.): 4♂♂ 5♀♀, T. europaea—♂, 7.iii.57;
5♂ ♂ 4♀ ♀, Little Chesterford, 30.iii.57 (G.B.T.); 1♂, T. europaea—
♂, Great Chesterford, 4.V.61 (G.B.T.); 49♂ ♂ 78♀ ♀, T. europaea
—nest, Chrishall, 21.ii.66 (R.S.G.); 6♂ ♂ 9♀ ♀, T. europaea—nest,
Stanstead Mountfitchet, 26.ii.66 (R.S.G.): 1♀, M. nivalis, Great
Chesterford, 8.iv.67 (G.B.T.).
C. n. nobilis (Rothschild), 11♂ ♂ 13♀ ♀, "mammal nest", nr,
Saffron Walden, Hales Wood (D.I.C.): 2♂ ♂ 4♀ ♀, 'nest under
corrugated iron', Rochdale, 6.iii.60 (A.J.E.H. & R.K.); 1♂ 1♀,
Arvicola terrestris (L.) (Water Vole), Bradwell, 23.iv.60 (G.B.C.):
2♂ ♂ 1♀, "litter and debris—base of sea wall", Lee-over-Sands,
17.viii.62 (P.D.G.): 2♂ ♂ 1♀, "Vole's nest", Weeley, 28.vi.64
(R.S.G.); 76♂ ♂ 98♀ ♀, 'nest', North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.);
6♂ ♂ 1♀, M. agrestis, North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.); 2♂ ♂
1♂, S. araneus—♀, North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.); 1♂
1♀, S. araneus—♂, North Fambridge, 10.iv.65 (R.S.G.); 92♂ ♂
11♀ ♀, "nest", Fingringhoe Wick, 29.ix.63 (A.M.H.); 1♂, A.
sylvaticus, Woodford Green, 25.ix.60 (D.l.C); 3♂ ♂ 2♀ ♀, Rattus
norvegicus (Berkenhout)—♀, Little Chesterford, 4.iv.66 (G.B.T.);
1♂, R. norvegicus—♂, Little Chesterford, 13.iv.66 (G.B.T.): 3♂ ♂
4♀ ♀, T. europaea—nest, nr. Stanstead Mountfitchet, 26.ii.66
(R.S.G.); 14♂ ♂ 20♀ ♀, T. europaea—nest, Chrishall, 21.ii.66
(R.S.G.): 1♂ 1♀, M. nivalis—♀, Ilford, 26.ix.65 (M.C.S.); 2♂ ♂,
M. nivalis, Great Chesterford, 8.iv.67 (G.B.T.); 3♂ ♂, M. nivalis,
Chesterford Park, 8.iv.67 (G.B.T.): 1♂, "nest" Loughton, nr.
Goldings Hill, 5.iii.67 (R.S.G.); 3♂ ♂ 6♀ ♀, 'small mammal nest',
Walden Forest, 17.iii.68 (R.S.G.): 1♂, C. glareolus—♂, Theydon
Bois, 21.iv.68; 1♂ 3♀ ♀, C. glareolus—♀, Theydon Bois, 21.iv.68
(R.S.G.).
C. nobilis subsp., 1♀, A. sylvaticus—nest, Billericay, 26.ix.57
(R.K.): 1♀, A. sylvaticus—♀, Woodford Green, 31.V.59 (G.B.C.);