Dr. Holló Ferenc szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 3. (Budapest, 1970)

A species new for Hungary, found on Micromys minutus (Pall.) together with Hoplopleura longula (Neum.): 1 <j> leg. SZABÓ 6 X, 1963, Kishalaton (Comitat Veszprém). Polyplax serrata (Burmeister) A frequent parasite of rodents of the genus Apodemus Kaup and Mus L. in the Old World. EICHLER (i960) isolates here subspecies which our materials do not confirm. In connection with our materials the following data about the geographical distribution and hosts ought to be mentioned: On Mus musculus L.: In the European region, e.g.

,Czechoslovakia (SMETANA, 1965), Germany (KÉLER, 1953), Poland (WEGNER, 1966) and in the U.S.S.R., Ukraine and Moldavia (SEVASTYANOV, 1962; ANDREIKO and PINCUK, 1963). In the Mediterranean, e.g.

,Bulgaria (on laboratory mice - TOULESHKOV, 1954). On Apodemus flavicollis (Melch.): European region: Czechoslovakia (RUPES, 1965; SMETANA, 1965), Germany (ARLT, 1963), Poland (WEGNER, 1966), and in the U.S.S.R., e.g., Byelorussia and Ukraine (ARZAMASOV and TRUKHAN, 1966; SERGIENKO, 1967). In the Mediterranean known only from Albania (SMETANA, I960). On Apodemus agrárius (Pall.): In the European region, among other countries, in Czechoslovakia (SMETANA, 1965), Germany (KULIK and NEGROBOV, 1963), Poland (WEGNER, 1966), in the U.S.S.R., for instance, Byelorussia and Ukraine (ARZAMASOV, 1967; TURYANIN, 1962, SERGIENKO, 1967). In Hungary,previously found on Mus musculus L. by KOHAUT (1897) and CSIKI (1904). Present collections from Mus musculus spicilegus Petényi: 1 o leg. BÉCS

Y 20 VIII,

1964, Gézaháza Bakony (Comitat Veszprém). Records from hosts new for Hungary: Apodemus flavicollis (Melch. ) : 1 o leg. SZABÓ 23 VIII,

1963, Németbánya Bakony (Comitat Veszprém); 6 ç leg. SZABÓTO

PÁL 9 VI,

1964, Bakonybél: Hubert-lak