36 Journal of Entomology and Zoology 



THE TICKS 



Arcesidae. No dorsal shield, head hidden under front of body. Skin rough 

 coxae usually contiguous or nearly so. Tarsi without apical pulvillum. 



Argat miniatus Koch. Riverside. 



Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch. San Francisco and Santa Clara Co. 



O. megnini Dug. Red brown to black. Los Angeles. 



U. lalaje Guer. San Clemente Island. 



IXODIDAE. Back covered by a horny shield, head distinct from the body. Anus 

 in middle of ventral side. Skin finely striated. Tarsi with pulvillum. Male almost 

 entirely covered with dorsal shield. Female shield only on anterior part of dorsum. 



Ixodes hexagonus. Santa Clara Co., Mt. Shasta. 



/. californUus Bks. Laguna Heach, Claremont, Sania Clara Co. On fox and 

 deer, dog. Shield red-brown, paler in middle, body brownish or yellowish, cojtae 

 brown, legs paler. Few hairs. Shield long, finely punctured. 



/. angustus Neum. Siskiyou Co. 



/. seulptus Neum. Santa Cruz Mts., Calif. 



/. fralti Bks. Claremont. 



Irgas miniatus Koch. Large ticks, exact location of capture not known. Calif. 



Ornithodoros megnini Duges. Mt. Shasta ; also S. Calif. 



Dermacentor occidentalis Neum. Mis. near Claremont and foothills. 



I), reticulatus Feb. Palo Alto and Mt. Shasta. 



I), paruma/ierlus Neum. Lake Side, Calif. 



O. occidentalis Neum. Santa Clara Co., Humboldt Co. From deer. 



Ceralixodes signatus Birula. Cormorant, Pacific Grove. 



.Imhiyomma maculatum Koch. Tulare Co., Calif. 



./. cajennense Beb. San Diego. 



Ilaemafiysalis lef>oris-plaiistris Pack. Dn rabbit, Claremont. 



//. concinna Koch. Claremont, on rabbit. 



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 Orange G. Insects 1885, p. 216. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 1904, pp. 54, 55. 1st Laguna 

 Report. Pomona Jour. Ent. II, p. 280, III, p. 510. V. S. Dep. Agr. Tech. ser. 13, 

 1906, pp. 12, 20. Trans. Lin. Soc. XI, 1815, p. 397. Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1899, p. 136. 

 Arch. f. Naturges. X, 1844, pp. 219, 237. La Natur Mex. VI, 1883, p. 196. Ent. Sysi. 

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 lodoidea, l". S. Dep. Agr. Tech. ser. 15, 1908. Banks, .Xcarina V. S. Nat. Mus. 1904. 

 Quayle, Red spiders and miles of citrus trees. Bull. 234, Berkeley, 1912. 



