fleabite (flebit)

1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite. - 2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea; a slight inconvenience or discomfort; a thing of no mo ment. A gout, a cholick,... are but fleabites to the pains of Harvey. the soul. 2262 lice feed on the leaves or tender stems of various plants. A few species are also called gall makers. To these belongs the genus Pachypsylla (Riley), which is distinguished from Bramble Flea-louse ( Triosa tripunctata). (Cro shows natural size.) Psylla proper by the very convex head, oval frontal lobes, and antennæ. Pachypsylla celtidis - mamma infests the hackberry ( Celtis ), the larvæ producing bud-like galls on two-year-old twigs. Another genus is Trioza. The flea lice are also called jumping plant - lice, from their habit of leaping.