'3&2 



SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS 



OF VALID SPECIES OF HAEMAPHYSALIS AND OF THEIR 



VARIETIES 



1. HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS Birula, 1895. 



Figs. 309-312. 



Lit., Synon. and Icon. : 



UaemnphyMdis inermis Birula, 1895, pp. 360, 361, PI. II, Figs. 7-9 ($ capitulum, 

 showing porose areas, anus, coxa I ; evidently drawn from balsaia-mounted 

 specimen, therefore misleading) ; Latin description of $ only. Neumann, 

 1901, p. 264 ; gives French translation of IJirula's description. Neumann, 

 1911(7, p. 116; listed as a doubtful species. 



Haemaphysalis amhigua Neumann, 1901, })p. 262, 263 (nut figured) ; the descrip- 

 tion given by the author agrees in all essentials ; he only refers to the 9 , 

 the description being based on 6 $ probably of French origin, from 

 E. Simon's collection. Neumann, 1906, p. 217 ; describes a more highly 

 chitinized 9 "^ wliich he thought he perceived a trace of eyes (specimen 

 in British ^luseum). Bonnet, 1908, p. 260 ; describes the 5 in two lines 

 and states that it probably does not occur in France, being Asiatic ; his 

 Fig. 30, of the $ capitulum, is bad. P.lauchard, 1909, p. 148, Fig. 178 ; 

 species merely listed and figure reproduced from Bonnet. Neumann, 1911 a, 

 p. 109, states the species occurs in France. 



Male (Fig. 809): Scutum 2-7xl-9 to l-74xl-24 mm.^ fairly glossy, 

 convex, dark, w-ith vfiy many small discrete punctations, rather linearly 



^ The scutum s of 10 <? , collected by Brumpt in France, measured in mm. : 



2-4 xl-6 2-2 xl-6 



2-38 X 1-7 2 03 X 1-3.5 



2-3 xl-6 2-0 xl-45 



2-25x1-6 2-0 xl-4 



2-23 X 1-55 1-74x1-24 



