NOTE ; Verj"- small, rounded, globose, pale runts appear com- 

 monly with typical specimens. Their diagnostic characters are 

 frequently modified. In field collections, such specimens are 

 virtually impossible to identify. They should not be confused 

 \Txth other species or cast into the subgenus Hyalommina . Among 

 collections of reared adiilts, gradations from typical males to 

 atypical males closely approximating exceptionally small spec- 

 imens of H. dromedarii are frequently seen. Siich atypical spec- 

 imens are obviously poorly nourished in the immature stages and 

 show numerous indications of lack of proper development. If 

 encountered singly, they would be most difficult or impossible 

 to properly identify. 



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