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Hadwen (1912, 1914) gives the following locality: 



Manitoba (Coll. by J. D. Ross on many occasions). 

 Hosts. 



Cattle. Sharp-tailed grouse {Pediœcetes phasianellus Ridgw.) 

 Larvae probably of this species from Prairie hen {Tympanuchus 



americanus (Reich.) Ridgw.) 

 Hunter and Bishopp (1910) state that this species has been recorded 

 as causing the death of young turkeys in Vermont. 



Haemaphy salis expositicius Koch. 



One lot of engorged females of this species has been received 

 from Winnipeg, Man., September, 1911. 



Haemaphy salis leporis-palustris Packard. The Rabbit Tick. 



Localities. 



Specimens were collected by me at Aweme, Man. 15-IX-1913 

 on rabbit. This species has also been received from Jeffrey 

 Corner, Kings Co., N.B. (Coll. C. H. McNutt, 20-vi-1911). 



Hadwen (1912, 1914) gives the following localities: 



Aweme, Man.; Prince Albert, Sask. (Coll. F. Torrance 

 8-VI-1914); Mount Lehman, B.C.; Agassiz, B.C., Nelson, 

 B.C., Peardonville, B.C. 



Hosts. 



Rabbit {Lepus americanus). 



Banks (1908) states that the young ticks are taken upon such 

 ground inhabiting birds as quail, lark, etc. 



Life Cycle. 



Hadwen (1912) gives the following notes on the life cycle: 



Engorged females collected Oviposition began Eggs hatched 



May 13, 1910. June 1, 1910. July 18, 1910. 



May 17, 1910. May 25, 1910. Did not hatch. 



July 17, 1911. July 23, 1911. Sept. 6, 1911. 



The larvae from the last experiment were still alive on February 9, 1912. They 

 were placed on a tame rabbit April 12, 1912, and the gorged larvae came off the 

 rabbit from April 17 to April 19. Twelve gorged nymphs were taken from rabbit 

 (Coll. N. Criddle, Aweme, Man.), July 17, 1911; 4 hatched August 15, 1911. 32 

 nymphs collected off rabbit (Aweme, Man.), July 17, 1911, were placed on a tame 

 rabbit. On July 29 or 30 four were gorged; two hatched September 21, 1911, and 

 one hatched September 26, 1911. 



On May 18, 1912, Hadwen (1914) collected 87 males and 21 

 females off rabbit. This record indicates that the sexes copulate 



