apically and bear a small pad and claw; the claw ctirves distad of 

 the apex of the pad. 



Females . This sex closely recalls the male and while it is 

 equally as variable it appears to be less frequently confusing 

 with the subspecies muhsami . 



The elongate scutumj from one fourth to one third longer than 

 wide, posteriorly tapers gradually to a more or less narrow point. 

 Scutal punctations are much like those of the male, and while they 

 are frequently somewhat larger and less numerous than those of the 

 male they are distinguishable from the consistently large and 

 sparse punctations of muhsami . The cervical grooves gradually 

 converge to the scutal raidlength and thence diverge towards the 

 posterolateral margins but do not reach these margins. 



The palpal outline is like that of the male except that it is 

 loore elongate, the length of segment 3 more nearly equalling that 

 of segment 2 than it does in the male; and the basal spur ventrally 

 is absent or extremely reduced in the form of a blxontly ro\anded 

 projection. The lateral margin, which as in the male is typically 

 straight or slightly convex, is actxially more readily and definite- 

 ly usable as a diagnostic character because of its greater length; 

 while this margin is very slightly concave in some specimens these 

 are unusual. The basis capituli is definitely wider and shorter 

 than that of the male and bears shorter cornua. 



Coxal and tarsal characters are like those of the male; in 

 spite of some variation they are not likely to be confused with 

 most specimens of the related subspecies, /"in considering the 

 female coxal spur as minute and the tarsus as "stout", Nuttall and 

 Warburton (1915) inust have been referring to specimens of muhsami .7 



The body form of unengorged females is typically elongate and 

 comparatively narrow, as in males, though the overall size is some- 

 what larger. Engorged females may become so large in the latter 

 hours of feeding that superficially they resemble typical boophilid 

 females. 



The larvae and nymph of this species, but not definitely refer- 

 able to this subspecies, have been described by Nuttall and Warbur- 

 ton (1915). 



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