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Stigmata com ma- shaped. 



Rostrum fairly long - , the base sparsely punctured above. 

 [Hypostome broken.] 



Legs. — Coxa of first leg armed with two short spurs ; 

 coxas of legs 2—i each with a single short spur, that of the 

 fourth being the longest. Tarsus of fourth leg stout and 

 furnished with a dorsal hump, sloping rather steeply to the 

 narrowed apex; ventral surface of the tarsus with two spurs, 

 the apical one being well-developed. 



Colour. — Ground-colour of scutum deep mahogany-brown. 

 A minute spot of metallic green is present on each of the 

 scapulas, and a fairly large median spot of the same colour 

 is also present at about a quarter of the length of the scutum 

 from the anterior emargination. 



Measurements in mm. — Length of scutum 3*3, its greatest 

 breadth 3*2 ; length of rostrum 1*11. 



? . — Scutum wider than long and heart-shaped. Punctures 

 numerous and mostly fairly deep, but those in the posterior 

 angle are superficial. Cervical grooves rather large and 

 comma-shaped ; they are continued posteriorly by shallow 

 and ill-defined depressions. Eyes pale, flat, and incon- 

 spicuous (fig. 8). 



Fisr. 7. 



Fig. 7. — Amblyomma (Aponomma?) neglectum, J. Dorsal view, x 9. 

 Fig. 8.— „ „ „ ? . „ ,, x 9." 



Ventral surface smooth ; the punctures and hairs are 

 minute and inconspicuous. 



Stigmata small and comma-shaped. 



Rostrum. — Porose areas large, oval, and separated from 

 one another by an interval which is greater than their 

 diameter. [Hypostome broken.] 



Legs. — Coxa of first leg with two very short spurs; coxae 



