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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
1♀, M. agrestis—♀, Woodford, 12.iii.59 (G.B.C.): 2♀ ♀, R. nor-
vegicus—♀, Gt. Canfield, 22.V.64 (D.I.C.): 1♀, nr. Chelmsford,
Danbury Camp—no other data.
Note.—The subspecific status of ♀ ♀ is open to doubt.
C. congener congener (Rothschild, 1♂ 3♀ ♀, 'nest', Stock,
8.xi.59 (A.J.E.H.): 1♂ 3♀ ♀, 'small mammal nest', Walden Forest,
17.iii.68 (R.S.G.).
ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE
Ischnopsyllus hexactenus (Kolenati), 1♀, Myotis nattereri
(Kuhl) (Natterer's Bat), Grays, Hangman's Deneholes, 6/7.i.62
(D.I.C.): 1♀, Plecotus auritus (L.) (Long-eared Bat), Theydon
Bois, 20.X.60 (A.J.E.H.).
I. s. simplex Rothschild—see Chapman & Hammond, 1962.
1962.
I. octactenus (Kolenati), see Thompson, 1961.
*Nycteridopsylla longiceps Rothschild, 1♂, Pipistrellus pipis-
trellus (Schreber) (Pipistrelle—♀), Colchester Castle, 22.xii.61
(CM.); 3♀ ♀, P. pipistrellus—♂, Colchester Castle, 26.i.62 (CM.).
LEPTOPSYLLIDAE
Leptopsylla segnis (Schonherr), 1♀, Mus musculus L.—♀,
Southend, 18.iii.60 (A.J.E.H.).
*Peromyscopsylla silvatica spectabilis (Rothschild), 1♂, A.
terrestris, Fingringhoe, 27.ix.64 (D.I.C.).
CERATOPHYLLIDAE
Paraceras m. melis (Walker), 1♂, Meles meles L. (Badger—♂)
Colchester, Wivenhoe Park Coiner, 24.i.62 (CM.): 5♂ ♂ 9♀ ♀, M.
meles—"bedding", nr. Southend, 22.ix.56 (D.H.): 3♂ ♂ 9♀ ♀, M.
meles—"nest material", Thundersley, Round Hill, 20.V.61
(A.J.E.H.): 1♂ 1♀, V. vulpes—♀, Lambourne End, 27.vi.65 (CM.);
1♀—vulpes—♀, nr. Bures, Lamarsh, 31.iii.67 (CM.).
The first record of this flea from the county was published in
The Guardian, 27.iii.61.
Dasypsyllus g. gallinulae (Dale), ♀♂, Prunella modularis (L.)
(Hedge Sparrow—ad), Bradwell, 4.iv.57 (G.B.T. coll.).
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc), 1♀ , M. nivalis—♂, Epping Forest,
9.viii.65 (PEM.): 1♂, M. nivalis—♀, Ilford, 26.ix.65 (M.C.S.): 1♀,
R. norvegicus—♀, Canvey Is., 16.xii.49 (G.B.T.); 1♀, R. norvegicus
—♀, Little Chesterford, 4.iv.66 (G.B.T.): 2♀ ♀, R. rattus (L,.)—♂,
Billericay, 6.X.59 (A.J.E.H.): 1♀, T. europaea—♂, Little Chester-