Leeson 1953. Theiler and Robinson 1954. Theiler and Hoogstraal 

 1955). UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA /"Lounsbuiy 1899C.1900B,G (confused 

 with 0. noubata ), 1903B,1904A. Howard 1908. Donitz 1910B. Bed- 

 ford l920,192b,1927,1932B,1934. Alexander 1931. Bedford and 

 Graf 193/^,1939. R. du Toit 19i!^2B,G,19^7A,B. Theiler and Robin- 

 son 1954. Theiler and Hoogstraal 1955_.7 



NEAR EAST ; ADM (Nuttall et al 1908. Patton and Cragg 1913. 

 CunliiTe 1922. Hoogstraal ms.TT Ta4M (Mouiit 1953. Hoogstraal, 

 ms.). PALESTINE (Theodor 1932. Smith 1936 quoted by Brumpt 1936. 

 Bodenheimer 1937). IRAQ (Leeson 1953). 



MIEPLE EAST ; INDIA (Christophers 1906. Neumann 1911. Patton 

 and Cragg 1913. Donovan 1913. Fletcher 1916. Cross and Patel 

 1922. Rao and Ayyar 1931. Sen 1938. Sharif 1938. Kapur 1940. 

 Joshi 1943). CEXLON (Nuttall et al 1908. Brumpt 1936. Crawford 

 1937. Chow, Thevasagayam, and~Tharumarajah 1954). 



HOSTS 



Camels are most frequently mentioned as hosts. 0. savignyi 

 appears to be present in most areas iri which dromed^ies are used. 

 Fowls are sometimes attacked and ftH domestic animals may serve 

 fits hosts (Lounsbury 1900B). For instance, this tan5>an is common 

 in cattle yards at Mawar, India (Joshi 1943) and under trees 

 where mules are tethered in Somaliland (Lippaxoni 1951). Human 

 beings are frequently bitten, especially when they sleep in 

 camel yards or sit under trees commonly used by domestic animals 

 for shade. Any laboratory animal may serve as a host. Dogs are 

 satisfactory laboratory hosts (Lounsbury 1904A), 



Game animals are said to be attacked, but evidence is scant. 

 The rhinoceros, lion, and buffalo may serve as hosts in Kenya 

 according to Walton (1951). Neumann (1912) reported numerous 

 specimens from a Kenya locality where a giraffe had been standing, 



BIOLOGY 



Life Cycle 



Eggs of 0. savignyi are deposited in sandy soil where adults 

 hide. Individual females, obsefved by Cunliffe (1922) at 30°C., 



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