CIVSrTICTIS CIVErTA CONGICA Cabrera, 1929. Congo Civet. 



Five hosts at Torit and Obbo during the dry and rainy seasons 

 yielded a pair of adult Ixodes cavi palpus , seven adult R. s. siraus, 

 a pair of adult R. s. sanguineus , fifteen advilt and two~nymphal 

 H. 1. leachii , and Thirty adult H. leachii muhsami . 



HERPESTES SANGUINEUS SANGUINEUS (Ruppel, 1835). Black-tipped 

 Mongoose . 



Several animals were exeimined between Juba and Kapoeta but 

 ticks were found only on one at the latter locality. They were 

 six iMnatures of A. variegatum and seventeen adult H. leachii 

 muhsami . ~ 



ICHNEUMIA ALBICAUDA ALBICAUDA G. Cuviet, 1829. White-tailed 

 Mongoose . 



A few adults and two nymphs of H. 1. leachii were found on 

 specimens at Yei and Torit. Infestations of H. leachii muhsami 

 were much heavier, approximately two hundred adults and three 

 nymphs having been taken from seven hosts in these localities. 

 Several other whita-tailed mongooses examined were not parasitized. 



FAMILY HIAENIDAE 



CROCUTA CROCUTA FCRTIS Allen, 192^. Spotted Hyena. 



The only spotted hyena taken at Torit was host to eight 

 pairs of advilt R. s. siraus. 



CROCUTA CROCUTA SUBSP. 



At Jebel Kathangor a nymphal A. variegatum was the only 

 tick found on a spotted hyena. ~ 



FAMILY FHilDAE 



FELIS IXBICA UGANDAE Schwann, 1904 . Uganda Wild Cat. 



An Opari specimen yielded a male A. lepidum and a male R. 

 s. sanguineus ; another at Torit a female H. leachii muhsami . 



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