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ARTHROPODA. 
ARACHNIDA (AcariDa) 
ArGAs PERSICUS Wald. (Syn. A. AMERICANA Pack.)—(the 
fowl tick). 
a. Spirochaete (Spiroschaudinnia) gallinarum the parasite 
of fowl tick-fever. Dodd 1909 (N.Q ).—(see also 
under ‘‘Fowl” (GALLUS DOMESTICUS.) 
BooPuHILuS AUSTRALIS, Fuller (the cattle tick). 
a Babesia bigeminum, K. and 8., the correct name is 
probably B. bovis, though the organism is generally 
known in Queensland as Piroplasma bigeminum, 
the cattle tick-fever parasite. For general 
references to this hematozoon, see under ‘‘ Ox.” 
BooPHILUS ANNULATUS vVar., MICROPLUS, Canestr. (cattle 
tick). 
a Babesia bigeminum, Kilb. and Smith; Gilruth, 1912 
(Qld.). 
APONOMMA TRIMACULATUM, Lucas. 
a Hemogregarina varanicola, J. and C., in intestine, 
and probably transmitted by this tick; Breinl, 
1913c (N.Q.). 
APONOMMA spp. 
The various hematozoa of lizards and snakes are no 
doubt transmitted mainly by species of Aponomma, 
which are common on these hosts in this State, 
and are found occasionally on mammals. 
INSECTA. 
ORTHOPTERA. 
PERIPLANETA AMERICANA, L. (the introduced house cock- 
roach). 
d Oxyuris sp., Jnstn., 1916c (Brisbane). 
PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASLE, Fabr. (house cockroach). 
a Nyctotherus sp., found by Mr. C. D. Gillies and myself 
(Brisbane). 
d Oxyuris sp., Jnstn., 1916¢ (Brisbane). 
COLEOPTERA. 
CACACHROA DECORTICATA, Macleay (a cane beetle). 
d Thelastomum alatum, Jnstn., 1914c¢ (Cairns) 
