Tech. Series 15, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IX, 



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IXODOIDEA, OR TICKS, OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Pig. l.—I.vofJf>> .•<rap>il,in.% fresh female, and male attached to female. Fig. 2.— Ixodes srapulnns, 

 female, f"\a 1. in.ile. female stigmal plate, venter of female, and rostrum Ironi lirnrut h. 

 Fig. d.—Li-(iih^ ih iifiitiis, engorged female, shield, and eapitulom. Fig. 4.— /.iw/r.^ .',„/,■, /, innie 

 and female above and below, stigmal plate, and rostrum from beneath. Fig. b.—I.riKlisnmnts, 

 engorged female, above and below. Fig. d.—Ceratixodes putus, stigmal plate and capitulum. 

 Fig. 7.— Ixodes dentatus, rostrum from below. Fig. 8.— Ixodes marxi, engorged female. (Draw- 

 ings by the late Dr. George Marx.) (Original.) 



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