H. japonica 



403 



Our description is based on numerous specimens found in a tube 

 labelled "No. 173, H. flava" in the British Museum, the specimens 

 having been wrongly determined by Neumann. The ticks were found 

 on Nemorhaedus crispus at Hondo, Japan, by the Duke of Bedford's 



Fig. 336. Fig. 337. 



Fig. 336. H. japonica i , dorsum. Warburton, 1908, Fig. 3. 

 Fig. 337. H. japonica i , venter and spiracle. Warburton, 1908, Fig. 4. 



(Sketches, C. W. del.) 



collector. We have since received (N. 1374) 24 ^ taken from a roe- 

 biick at Kansu, China, the specimens were purchased by us from 

 Mr T. V. Sherrin, taxidermist. 



Types in the British Museum and co-types (N. 1247, 2 j/) in 

 Cambridge. 



Haemaphysalis japonica var. douglasi Nuttall 

 and Warburton, 1915, n. var. 



This variety differs from the type as follows : 



Male : Distinctly smaller. Senium 21 x 1'5 mm., narrower in front, 

 and with straighter sides and lateral grooves. Palps with ventral spine 

 on article 3 distinctly longer and sharper. 



Female : unknown. 



Described from 4 </ taken from roe-deer, at Ten-an-fu, Shiensi, 

 Northern China, 19. v. 1909, by Captain *H. E. M. Douglas. 



Types in the British Museum and co-types (N. 1248 2 cT) in 

 Cambridge. 



