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arranged towards the posterior end, and leaving a few non-punctate 

 islands, the largest being median and longitudinal ; no cervical or 

 lateral grooves ; festoons short and ill-defined. Capitidum very small, 

 and departing widely from the form normal to Haemaphysalis', base 

 rectangular, with rounded angles, broader than long, deeply pitted on 

 its dorsal surface ; palps clavate ; article 1 easily visible dorsally ; 

 articles 2 and 3 not clearly separated, not salient at the base, broadest 



Fig. 309. //. inermis i (N. 739 d). Dorsum, and more highly magnified detail of 

 capitulum and legs. Specimen found on fox at Suvnabad, Transcaucasia, 1903, by 

 Dr E. Dschunkowsky. Original, N.C. del. 



towards the distal end ; hypostome 2 j 2. Venter: genital orifice between 

 coxae II ; spiracle very large, elongate, tapering only slightly. Legs 

 fairly long and strong ; all the coxae with a single short pointed spur, 

 internal on coxae I and IV, median on coxae II and III ; trochanter I 

 very large, with broad, blunt dorsal retrograde spur ; tarsus IV swollen 

 in the middle and tapering gradually ; pad short. 



