1G4 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



An/as vp.ffpxns, Neum., Mem. .Soc. Zool. Fi-ance, ix.. 1S96, pp. 4-6, 



f. i'-;3. 



Hosts. — Pigeons, fowls. Starcovici reported that lie has seen 

 the larva? on the horse in Roumania. 



ILd). — Europe (widely distributed). Australia (introduced). 



Argas persicus, Fischer da Waldheim. 



Argas pei-sicus, Fischer de Waldheim, Bull. Acad. Sci. Moscou, 

 1823. 



Argas persecus, Laboulbene and P. ]Megnin, Journ. I'anat. et de 

 la physioL, xviii., 1882, p. 317, pi. xxi.-xxiii. 



Argas jjerseciis, Michsiel, 'N Sit. Sci., May, 1892, p. 202; N.S.W. 

 Agric. Gaz., vii., 1896, p. 593; and ibid., xii., 1901, p. 1349. 



Argas persicus, Neum., Mem. Soc. Zool. Fi-ance, ix., 1896, pp. 

 7-9, f. 4, 5. 



Hosts. — Human beings and probably domestic fowls. 



Hab. — N". W. and X. E. Persia, from whence it appears to have 

 spread into Europe ; Adelaide, S.A. (introduced). 



Ar<;as amekicaxus, Packard. 



Argas americautis, Packard, A^-acknida, U. S. Geol. Survey, 

 1872, p. 740, fig. 68. 



Argas americanus, Frogg., N.S.W. Agric. Gaz., ix., 1898, p. 975 ; 

 ibid., xi., 1901, p. 542 ; ibid., xii., 1901, pp. 1285 and 

 1349, pi. 



Argas americanus, Neum., M'^m. Soc. Zool. France, ix., 1896, 

 pp. 9-12, f. 6-11. 



An/as americana. Brown, Journ. Agric. Vict., i., 1902, pp. 

 86-90 and 209-216. 



Hosts. — Domestic fowls and turkeys. 



Hab. — America ; Australia (widely distributed ; introduced). 



Ar(;as sp. 



Argas sp.. Fuller, N.S.W. Agric. Gaz., vii., 1896, p. 590, f. 1-4. 



Hosts. — Domestic fowls. 

 Hab. — New South Wales. 



