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liEPOKT OF THK ENTOIWOLOOICAL SECTION 



Synoptic 



Table 



[contiiuied] 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 IG 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



25 



26 



27 

 28 



f Puiictations distributed regularly 



iPunctations distributed irregularly 



rPunctations separated (distinct) 



[Punctations contiguous, making tlie scutum rough (shagreened) 



f Scutum elongate oval 



I Scutum short oval, or as long as broad 



I Scutum with unequal (large and small) punctations 



l_Scutum with equal punctations 



[Punctations separated (distinct) 



JUiipiri'plitihis ^(1)11/ 1! /•liens 



liltipiceplmlus punctafissimus 



lihipicephalus sinius 



lihipicephaliis evertsi 



15 



16 



icephalns saiig ii inens 



Uhipicephalus pmicfaMssimns 



SMpicephahis siniits 



[Punctations contiguous, making scutum rough (shagreened) Tthipicephalus evertsi 



(Eyes absent; coxae 1 not bidentate ... ... ... Hn'maphi/saliit leachi 



I Byes present; eoxte 1 bidentate ... ... ... ... Tiermacentor rhinocerolig 



(Anal groove surrounds anus anteriorly and open posteriorly ... Ixodes sp. ineert. 



I Anal groove surrounds anus posteriorly and opens anteriorly ... ... 19 



(Eyes absent; anal plates absent ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 20 



lEyes present ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . 21 



(Scutum marked with green metallic spots 



I Scutum not marked with green metallic spots 



C Scutum with metallic reflections 



1 Scutum without metallic reflections 



(Male ... 



^Female 



(Eyes flat 



[Eyes hemispherical, in sockets 

 (Marginal groove present ... 

 I Marginal groove absent 



On either side of scutum a 

 without a light mark 



On either side of scutum a dark triangular-shaped 

 area containing a light mark 



[Eyes flat 



[Eyes hemispherical, in sockets ... 



dark triangular-shaped area 



Apono inma, exornatuiii 



Aponomma Iseve 



... 22 



TTiiaJ omnia legijptium, 



23 



26 



... 24 



... 25 



^1 mhli/omnia marnwreii m 



Aiiihl i/0)nii>a tholloni 



AmhJyoin.ma sp. ineert. 



l 



^4 mbh/onima variegtifiiin — hehrfenin 



27 



28 



Amhlyomma tholloni 



... Amhli/omma marmoreuin 



A nibl ijomma variegafnm — marmoreum 



... A inhliioiiima sp. ineert. 



Dura 

 Stem-boicr 



Animals injurious to Farm and Garden Grots 



The Dura STEM-noKER 



Sesaiiiid cretica 



The larva, pupa and adult of this moth were figured and an account of its life history 

 given in the Third Report, of these Laboratories.! It is a difficult pest to control as it 

 breeds throughout the year on dura, maize [Dura shamt), and sugar-cane, and, moreover, 



* Neither spcciraeus nor descriptions of these ticks arailable. — H. H. K. 

 ' Thint Report, Wellcome Tropical Tlexr.arch Lnhorntorics, 1908, jmyc 222 



