The Jigger or Chigo Pest
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tera, Siphonaptera or Pulicidre. It is closely related to the common flea, from which, however, it differs in habits. Its nearest relation in Asia is Sarcopsylla gallinacea, Westwood, -which was described by Professor Westwood (Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, Volume XI, 187^-75, p. 2-46) from specimens found fastened to the eyelids and on the neck of domestic fowls at Colombo. The same species has since been identified on competent authority in specimens from Turkestan and from the United States of
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