GREAT FLEAS—
LITTLE ONES THAT BITE ’EM LONDON, Dec. 15. Lowell’s lines, "Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ’em,” have been scientifically confirmed *bv a research student of the Entomological Department ort’ the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Miss E. M. Sikes. During a routine examination of fleas in their early stages she unexpectedly discovered the first parasite of liymenoplera over found on a (lea anywhere.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17144, 28 December 1929, Page 14
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72GREAT FLEAS— Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17144, 28 December 1929, Page 14
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