sand flea

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• Thus it is seen why the sand-flea cannot deposit its eggs as do the rest of the family.

  The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston

• The tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) infests several districts; the sand-flea has been imported from the west coast.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various

• Mr Masterman makes some interesting remarks on the chigo, or sand-flea (Pulex penetrans).

  The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston

• This sand-flea is a small affair,—not the sand-flea, or chigre, of science—but a genuine flea.

  Company G|A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow