34 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



APHELOPUS, Dal. 



*i. melalcucus, Dal. Type form; Cadder, Clober, Kenmuir, Dum- 

 fries, Bonar Bridge ; var. atratus, Dal, Dumfries, Bonar 

 Bridge ; var. nigriceps, K., Claddich, Dumfries, Cadder ; 

 var. carinatitS) K., Cadder. 



I have taken Auteon succineipes, K. near Gloucester, and A. 

 nitidus, K. in Dunham Park, Cheshire. 



( To be continued?) 

 NEW MILLS, BY STOCKI-ORT. 



SOME SCOTTISH IXODID^ (TICKS). 

 By WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 



HAVING recently had occasion to pay a little attention to 

 the parasitic Acarina known as Ticks, occurring in Scotland, 

 it may interest some of the readers of the " Annals " to learn 

 what species I have so far found. I therefore subjoin the 

 short list. Dates and other facts bearing on the life-history 

 of the species are purposely given in some detail. Several 

 other species are recorded from England, and one or two of 

 them may be expected to occur north of the Border. Ticks 

 are not prepossessing creatures, but they are deeply interest- 

 ing all the same, and their intimate connection with certain 



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diseases in domestic animals has brought them into promi- 

 nence. During recent years they have been the subject of a 

 number of important papers, including the valuable series by 

 Prof. G. Neumann of Toulouse, published in the " Memoires 

 de la Societe Zoologique de France," 1896-1902, under the 

 title ' Revision de la famille des Ixodides,' and in the 

 "Archives de Parasitologie," 1902-1906, in the form of 

 ' Notes sur les Ixodides.' Attention may also be directed 

 to Salmon and Stiles' treatise on ' The Cattle Ticks of the 

 United States,' in the i/th "Annual Report of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry," for 1900, and to E. G. Wheler's useful 

 paper on 'British Ticks,' in the "Journal of Agricultural 

 Science," 1906. 



My best thanks are due to Prof. Neumann, who has 

 kindly examined specimens of each species, and confirmed 



