sex is pilose and the scutal punctations are not so dense as in 

 H. rufipes, except in the scapxilax area. There is some variation 

 Tn density of scutal punctations and both sexes may resemble ex- 

 ceptionally heavily punctate individuals of H. marginatum ; leg 

 characters, however, readily distinguish them. The scutum is 

 usually more leathery and not so black as in H. rufipes . The 

 female genital aperture, although vmusually variable, is much 

 like that of H. marginatum (page 4-78) and considerably different 

 from that of T5. rufipes . The various outlines of the genital 

 apron in avedTable material are illustrated in Figure 207 A to 

 H. 



These notes are made from material reared and presented 

 by Dr. G. Theiler and from a small number of field collected 

 specimens from Iran. A more extensive comparative study of 

 larger amounts of reared and field collected specimens is 

 indicated. 



Theiler 's laboratory rearings show the specific entity of 

 this species. Consideration of H. turanicum as more closely 

 related to H. marginatiam than to~H. ~rlifipes appears justified. 



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