208 Bishopp — Some New North American IxodMce. 



sum milk color; this color also occurs along the festoon grooves; 

 festoons brownish slate color with punctures similar to those on scutum ; 

 venter gray blue; festoons brownish with yellow centers ; genital groove 

 distinct, almost parallel anteriorly, diverging behind posterior coxae and 

 extending to a point on the marginal furrow between the second and third 

 festoons; post-anal groove straight, forming aY at its anterior extremity, 

 the forks of which extend forward on either side of the anus. Total length 

 of specimens from 2.8 mm. to 2.9 mm., width from 1.5 mm. to 1.6 mm. 



Described from several living males collected in Victoria County, Texas. 

 Dallas Accession Nos. 886 and 1012. 



The specimens at hand show a slight variation in the shape of the stigmal 

 plates and basis capituli. 



