On new Species of Ticks. 2, 3 9 



Expanse 2 2 inches (55 mm.). 



Upperside fuscous ; an irregular, ochreous, somewhat 

 circular spot on costa beyond the cell extending- to the second 

 discoidal nervule, partly surrounded, particularly at the outer 

 portion, by pale shining violet. A discal series of five small 

 white spots in interspaces 2-6, followed by a waved sub- 

 marginal pale ochreous line extending the whole length of 

 termen. 



Hind wing fuscous; a small white spot in interspaces 2-4 

 on the disc, a continuation of those on the fore wing ; the 

 ochreous submarginal line extends from costa to possibly anal 

 angle (the specimen is too worn for certainty). 



Underside: both wings pale ochreous, with minute darker 

 stria3 ; a somewhat darker ill-defined basal and discal band 

 crossing both wings; a submarginal series of inconspicuous 

 brown specks. 



Antennae ochreous brown ; thorax and abdomen the same 

 colour as the wings. 



The specimen is unfortunately in very bad condition, but 

 there is no appearance of the deep violet suffusion of the 

 male. 



Mr. Wood-Mason's conjecture that the venation of the 

 female would, unlike the male, conform to the generality of 

 butterflies is confirmed. 



I am indebted to Mr. Williams Hockin for the loan of the 

 butterfly for description ; he informs me that it is found in 

 Travancore at the foot of the hills, or between that and 

 3000 feet. " It is only found on Itah (small hill bamboo) in 

 drizzly weather in October." 



It is evidently very rare. 



XXXV. — Descriptions of Five new Species of Ticks (Ixodidse). 

 By Stanley Hirst and L. F-. Hirst, M.D. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Amblyomma darwini, sp. n. 



c£ . — Scutum oval in shape, longer than broad, and 

 narrowed anteriorly. Cervical grooves deep, fairly long, 

 and slightly divergent posteriorly. In line with and at 

 some distance behind each of the cervical grooves there is 

 a small oval impression, and a little to the outer of this 



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