48 LIFE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN TICKS. 
LIFE HISTORY. 
Observations on the life history and habits of Argas miniatus have 
been reported by Fuller (1896), Brown (1902), Lounsbury (1903a), 
Hunter and Hooker (1907), Nuttall and Warburton (1908), Hooker 
(1908, 1909), Galli Valerio (1909), Rohr (1909), and others. 
Fig. 1.—The fowl tick, Argas miniatus: Distribution in the United States and in part of the West Indies. 
The large dots show localities where the species has been collected in our investigation. The small 
dots indicate the probable range of the tick. (Original.) 
The egg (Tables IV and V).—At summer temperatures at Dallas, 
Tex., following the first and third engorgements as adults, eggs were 
deposited as soon as the third day, while after the second engorge- 
