In Anatolia, advilts have been reared from nymphs from hares, 

 hedgehogs, and partridges (Hoogstraal, ms.)« Nuttall lot 3278 

 in BMNH consists of adailts reared from nymphs from a hare on the 

 River Tigris, 32°N., November 1917, by Captain P. A. Buxton; 

 H.H. det. A single nymph has been reported from a hare in Iraq 

 (Hubbard 1955). 



Hosts in Tunisia are cattle, sheep, porcupines, and hares. 

 Adults are also found in gerbil nests (most probably newly molted, 

 before venturing forth to find a larger host; HH). Nymphs have 

 been taken from "Cochevis" (Galerida cristata ) (Colas-Belcour and 

 Rageau 1951) . In southern Morocco, larvae and nymphs were re- 

 ported from the nests of jirds, Meriones shawi (Blanc, Martin, 

 and Maurice 1946,194-7A,B) , while others, presumably adults (same 

 authors 1947B), were found on domestic animals and, at certain 

 times of the year, on the grounds of native markets. 



In Egypt, inclxjding Sinai, nymphs, which have been reared 

 to typical adults, have been found on two kinds of hedgehogs, 

 Hemi echinus aegyptius auritus and Paraechinus aetliiopicus dorsalis , 

 on fat sandrats, Psammonys o. obesus , and on jirds, Meriones shawi 

 and M. crassus. Equally important here are lizards, Acanthodacty - 

 lus "Boskianus , while lesser gerbils, Gerbillus j. gerbillus are 

 less frequently fovind infested by nymphs (Hoogstraal , ras . ^ . 



In the Arax valley of Armenia, hosts of immature stages are 

 stated to inclvjde reptiles and wild birds (Pomerantzev 193A-). 



Recent Soviet workers on hemorrhagic fever in Crimea report 

 that adults attack cattle, sheep, horses, and men. Larvae and 

 nymphs infest the Eluropean hare, Lepus europaeus trans sylvanicus , 

 in Crimea but are not found on hedgehogs, bats, rodents, dogs, 

 or wild carnivores. Some immature specimens were taken from 

 gray partridges, Perdix perdix , prairie larks, Melanocoripha 

 calandria , cranes, Grus grus , and sparrows and domestic cnickens 

 (cf. Gajdusek 1953 ,1^) . 



An exceptionally interesting stvdy of H. marginatum (= H. _£• 

 plumbeum ) in the Crimean National Forest Reserve has recently 

 been reported by Melnikova (1953), whose chart is reproduced 

 below. 



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