388 Genus Haemaphy sails 



description and states the species (?) occurs in Argentina). Blanchard, 

 1909, p. 154 (scarcely more than listed ; follows Neumann). 



Haemaphi/salis leporis Packard in Uohr, 1!)09, jjj). 144-14f) (merely quotes 

 Neumann's description). 



Haemaphysalis Jeporis-palustris Packard in Hunter and Hooker, 1907, pp. 53, 54. 

 Text-Figs. 7 and 8, PI. Ill, Fig. 2 ; (species not described, brief mention of 

 distribution, biology, ho.sts ; Fig. 7 of ? capitulum and scutum is in- 

 accurate ; Fig. 8 shows ^ and $ coxae ; the plate figure is a poor photo- 

 micrograpli of a mounted 9)- Hooker, 1908«, pp. 47, 48 (referred to as 

 " the rabbit tick of this country " (U.S.A.) and treats of its biology). Banks, 

 1908, pp. 33, 54, PI. IV, Figs. 8, 10, and PI. X, Figs. 2, 6 (^ and $ described, 

 notes geographical distribution ; tiie o described in 14 words ; Fig. 8 of ,^ 

 capitidum ; Fig. 10 of $ capitulum, scutum, spiracle, coxa I and tarsus I ; 

 Fig. 2 of (J dorsum, $ capitulum in \'entral aspect ; Fig. G of $ dorsum, 

 unfed and replete). Hooker, 1909, p. 423 (geographical distribution), 

 Hunter and Bishopp, 1911, ])p. 228, 229 (brief notes on distribution, hosts 

 and feeding habits). Hooker, Bishopp, and Wood, 1912, pp. 89-90, PI. VII, 

 Figs. 1-6 ; (important in that the authors raised the tick experimentally ; 

 the figures are photomicrographs of imfed o and L, replete o, replete and 

 partly fed 9 , venter of ^ ; the photomicrographs are from balsam-mounted 

 .specimens excepting those of the replete o and 5 ; Fig. 5, a map, giving 

 distribution in the United States and Mexico ; they confer the [supoi-fluous] 

 vulgar name of "rabbit tick" upon the species). 



Hdcmaphymlis proxima Aragao, in Rohr, 1909, pp. 100-110, 146, 201, PI. II, 

 Figs. 12, 13, 16. (Rohr states that Aragao had thus named, but not as 

 yet described, the supposed new species. Rohr gives details regarding its 

 biology and distribution ; his figures, microphotographs, illustrate the 

 spiracle, etc. Not to be confused with Haemaphysalis proxima Warburton 

 and Nuttall, which = ^7. cornigera Neumann, 1897 ; see further under follow- 

 ing paragrapli.) 



Haemaphysalis leporis var. proxima Aragao, 1911, p. 167, PI. XI, Figs. 4, 5 (we 

 have seen the type and do not consider the variety should be recognised ; 

 the figure is of the ^). 



Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris (Packard) in Hadwen, 1912, pp. 97, 98 (records 

 the tick in Canada ; raised the species expei'imentally and has kindly sent 

 us specimens). 



Male (Fig. 325) : Scutum about 2 x 1"3 mm.\ widest at the posterior 

 third, punctations coarse and confluent but not deep ; a pseudo-scutum 



1 The scutums oi 8 s measured as follows in mm. : 

 N. N. 



1196 from Canada 1-95 x 1-34 384 from Texas 1-G xl-2 



1196 „ „ 1-9 xl-30 1144 „ Canada 1-6 x 1-17 



719 „ Texas 1-9 x 1-3 1144 „ ,, 1-56 x 1-12 



384 ,, ,, 1-75 X 1-25 1954 ,, California 1-14 x 0-8 



Banks, 1908, p. 33, states that the j is 1*6 mm. long. Hooker, Bishopp and Wood, 

 1912, p. 89, give the size of the ,; (capitulum included?) as ranging from 2-25x 1-25 down 

 to I'O X 10 mm. 



