BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. General Bibliography of the chief and most recent works. Many have bibliographies of earlier works.

1. Taschenberg (1880), Die FlÖhe. Halle.

Although the author only describes 30 species, his book forms the basis of all subsequent scientific work. He divides fleas into (a) chigoes, (b) non-chigoes. Plates. Bibliography. References to 73 earlier writers.

2. Karsten (1864), Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Rhyncoprion penetrans. Bull. Soc. Imp., Moscou. Vol. XXXVII., p. 72.

A full account of the life and habits of the chigoe. Many references to older writers and travellers.

3. Wagner (1889), Aphanipterologische Studien. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. Vol. XXIII., p. 199; (1893) Vol. XXVII., p. 347; (1898) Vol. XXXI., p. 539; (1902) Vol. XXXV., p. 17; (1903) Vol. XXXVI., p. 125.

A series of learned papers by a professor at the Russian University of Kieff. He has also written in Russian.

4. Dampf (1907), Die Ost-und Westpreussische Flohfauna. Schriften der Physik.-Ökonom. Gesellschaft zu KÖnigsberg-i-Pr., XLVIII. Jahrgang, p. 388.

Contains an excellent general account of our present knowledge of fleas. Short Bibliography.

5. Dampf (1910), PalÆaeopsylla Klebsiana n. sp. ein fossiler Floh aus dem baltischen Bernstein. Schriften der Physik.-Ökonom. Gesellschaft zu KÖnigsberg-i-Pr., LI. Jahrgang, II. 248.

Good plates of the fossil flea in amber.

6. Oudemans (1909), Neue Ansichten Über die Morphologie des Flohkopfes sowie Über die Ontogenie, Phylogenie und Systematik der FlÖhe. Novitates ZoologicÆ, Vol. 16, p. 133.

Suggests a new classification based on the morphology of the head, viz. (1) Integricipita; (2) Fracticipita. By the chief authority on fleas in the Netherlands. He has also written numerous papers in Dutch.

7. Jordan and Rothschild (1908), Revision of the non-combed eyed Siphonaptera. Parasitology, Vol. I., p. 1. Plates. Bibliography.

An excellent piece of work, which includes an account of the plague fleas.

8. Jordan and Rothschild (1906), A Revision of the SarcopsyllidÆ. Thompson Yates and Johnston Laboratories Reports, Vol. VII., p. 15. Plates. Bibliography.

The best modern account of the chigoes.

9. Baker (1904), A revision of American Siphonaptera or Fleas together with a complete list and bibliography of the group. Proc. U.S. National Museum, Vol. XXVII., p. 365. Plates. Bibliography of special papers only.

The earlier references, beginning 1699, mostly from Taschenberg.

10. Baker (1905), The Classification of the American Siphonaptera. Proc. U.S. National Museum, Vol. XXIX., p. 121.

Gives an index of hosts and their fleas. Additional bibliography.

11. Rothschild (1898), Contributions to the knowledge of the Siphonaptera. Novitates ZoologicÆ, Vol. 5, p. 533; (1900) Further Contributions, etc., Vol. 7, p. 539; (1903) Vol. 10, p. 317; (1904) Vol. 11, p. 602; (1905) Vol. 12, pp. 153 and 479; (1907) Vol. 14, p. 329; (1909), Vol. 16, pp. 53, 57, 61, and 332; (1906) Notes on Bat-fleas, Vol. 13, p. 186.

These papers contain, for the most part, descriptions of new species in the writer’s collection. Many fine plates illustrating morphology and structure of the external skeleton.

B. The following references are to papers on the systematic position of the Siphonaptera and their relationship to other insects.

1. Kraepelin (1884), Ueber die systematische Stellung der Puliciden. Hamburg, 1884.

2. Packard (1894), The Systematic Position of the Siphonaptera. Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Society, Vol. XXVI., p. 312.

3. Dahl (1897), Puliciphora, eine neue flohÄnliche Fliegengattung. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. XX., p. 409.

4. Wandalleck (1898), Ist die Phylogenese der Aphaniptera entdeckt? Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. XXI., p. 180.

A humorous reply to Dahl.

5. Dahl (1899), Die Stellung der Puliciden im System. Archiv fÜr Naturgeschichte, Vol. 65, I. p. 71. Plates.

6. Heymons (1899), Die systematische Stellung der Puliciden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. XXII., pp. 223 and 301. Three figures.

A destructive criticism of the views advanced by Dahl.

7. Semenov (1904), Zur Frage der systematischen Stellung der FlÖhe. Revue Russe d’Entomologie, Vol. IV., p. 277. In Russian.

C. The following references are chiefly to works on plague and fleas.

1. Advisory Committee (1905-1909), Reports on Plague Investigations in India. Journal of Hygiene, Vols. V., VI., VII., VIII. and X.

These volumes contain the five “Extra Plague Numbers.” Many references to observations and experiments on rats and fleas.

2. Hankin (1905), Plague Epidemiology. Journal of Hygiene, Vol. V., p. 48.

3. Ogata (1897), Ueber die Pestepidemie in Formosa. Centralbl. fÜr Bacteriol., Vol. XXI., p. 769.

4. Simond (1898), La Propagation de la Peste. Annales de l’Institut Pasteur. Vol. XII., p. 625.

5. Hankin (1898), La Propagation de la Peste. Annales de l’Institut Pasteur, Vol. XII., p. 705.

6. Verjbitski (1908), The part played by insects in the epidemiology of the plague. Journal of Hygiene, Vol. VIII., p. 162.

Experiments made 1902-3 at Cronstadt and S. Petersburg with fleas. This important research was written in Russian and not translated or published till 1908.

7. Doane (1910), Insects and Disease. Constable and Co.

A popular work by an American entomologist. Contains a chapter on fleas and plague. Some good micro-photographs of fleas. Bibliography.