Early in March of 1948 I was asked by a member of the staff of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto 5, Canada to identify the fleas in their collection. Never having worked fleas east of the Rocky Mountains or to any extent in British Columbia I suggested that the collection be sent to a Canadian specialist or to Dr. Karl Jordan of the British Museum. I was not in the least displeased, however, when on the first of April a packet containing the collection arrived at my home in Tigard, Oregon.