A SYNOPSIS OF AUSTRALIAN ACARINA — RAINBOW. 167 



Rhipicephalus annulatus, vnr. australis, yeum. 



Rhipicephalus annulatus, var. australis, Neuni., Mem. Soc. Zool. 



France, xiv., 1901, p. 280. 

 Rhijncephalus annulatus, var. australis, Frogg., N.S.W. Agric. 



Gaz., xi., 1900, p. 542. 



Hosts.— C&tilc (Queensland Cattle Tick). 

 JIah. — Queensland. 



Tribus B : IXOD.^. 



Genus Ixodes, Latr. 



=. Acarus (in part), Linn. ; Cynorhoistes (in part), Herm. ; C'ro- 

 tonus (in part), Dum. 



Ixodes ornithorhynchi, Lucas. 



Ixodes ornithorhynchi, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Entom. France, (2), iv.. 



1845, p. 58, pi. i., f. 3. 

 r.ci)des ornithorhynchi, Neum., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xii . 



1899, p. 142, f. 18, 19. 



Host. — Ornithorhyncus anatinus, Shaw. 



Ilab. — Tasmania ; also Marianne Isles, Micronesia (Monotreme 

 recorded as host does not occur here). 



Ixodes tasmani, Neum 



Ixodes tasmani, Neum., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xii., 1899, p. 

 144, f. 20. 



Host. — Not known. 



Hah. — Tasmania ; Is. of St. Pierre, Gt. Australian Bight. 



Ixodes holocyclus, Nemn. 



Ixodes holocyclus, Neum., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xii., 1899, p. 



151, f. 24-26. 

 [xodps holocyclus, Frogg., N.S.W. Agric. Gaz., xi., 1900, p. 541. 



Hosts. — Man, dog. Commonly known as " Bush " or " Dog " 

 Tick. Froggatt quotes it as infesting low sln-ubs, one in par- 

 ticular — Kunzid cap'itata, Reichb. — has been called " Tick Bush '' 

 on this account. This tick is also recorded by Neumann as 

 occurring on the Brush-tailed Pouch Mouse — Pha^^ofjah' peni- 



