H. leporls-palustris 387 



$ from Mamia^; nymphs and lai-vae from Lacerta ocellata var. 

 tingitana, at Djebel Ksel, collected by Dumergue-]. Egypt: We 

 have received specimens through the courtesy of Dr M. A. Ruffer 

 (N. 1926, 1928) ?sfrom s/«ee;j and ^roa^, Alexandria, xi. 1912 ; (N. 1929) 

 (/s ?s from sheep, Mersyne, 1912. [Neumann states that the Smith- 

 sonian Institution coll., Washington, D.C., contains specimens taken 

 from sheep in Egypt \] 



ASIA: Asia Minor: We have received two lots from Smyrna 

 (N. 2552a) $ from horses and cattle; (N. 2553a) </s $s from goats; 

 both collected, xi. 1913 by Mr W. H. J. van Heemstra. Trans- 

 caucasia: Dr E. Dschunkowsky has sent us numerous specimens for 

 determination that were collected by him about Surnabad from sheep, 

 X. 1903 and in. 1904; (N. 782) from hare, x. 1903 and in. 1904; 

 (N. 783) from hare including typical forms and 4 cf without spined 

 coxa IV ; (N. 784) 4 </ 5 ? from fox, 1. x. 1903, ^/'s without spined 

 coxae; (N. 787) 6 </ from hear, viii. 1903, c/s without spined coxae ; 

 (N. 780 a) J's with spine on coxa IV of normal size, medium size and 

 practically absent ; (N. 789) c/'s ?s h-om fox, 1903, normal c/s and 5 c/s 

 without spines. We refer to these forms in the text, p. 384. Japan : 

 [Neumann' records a $ from a horse, taken at Aomori. Determination 

 correct ?] 



4. HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORIS-PALUSTRIS 



(Packard 1869). 



Figs. 325-329. 

 Lit., Synon. and Icon. : 



Ixodes leporis-palustris Packard, 1869 «, p. 67. 



Not Ixodes chordeilis Packard, 1869 a, p. 67 ; as stated by Neumann, 1897, p. 34:3. 



Gonixodes rostralis Diig^s, 1888, p. 129, Fig. 2. (The author describes under 



this name an unfed 5 which he regarded as a ^, whilst the $ and L 



he describes and figures appear to be either Hyalomma or Amhlyomma, 



but the poor description and figures leave the matter in doubt.) It appears 



clear that his G. rostralis $ =H. leporis-palustris $ ). 

 Rhipistoma leporis Osbom, 1896, p. 261, with poor text-figiu'es of $, capitulum 



and tarsus of $ ; wrongly states it is called the " Lone Star Tick " { = Am- 



hlyomraa americanum !). 

 Haemaphysalis leporis (Packard) in Neumann, 1897, p. 343, Fig. 9 ; 1901 a, p. Ill, 



Fig. 54 (condensed from previous description, the figure also reproduced. 



We reproduce Neumann's figure). Lahille, 1905, p. 45 (quotes Neumann's 



1 Neumann, 1897, p. 330. 

 - Neumann, 1901, p. 260. 



