H. kochi 



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is more marked and pointed, almost amounting to a spine ; hypostome 

 4 j 4. Venter : spiracle sub-circular ; anal grooves slightly ogival. Legs : 

 coxa I with fairly sharp internal spur ; coxae II-IV with slight pro- 

 tuberance near the middle of the posterior border, strongest on 

 coxa IV ; tarsi and trochanters as in the </ , 



Fig. 346. H. acicuHfer ? . Capitulum in dorsal and ventral aspects, scutum, anus 

 with anal grooves, spiracle, coxae and trochanters. (N. C. del.) Warburton, 1913, 

 Fig. 5. 



Described from (E. 463 a) 1 ^f and 1 ? found on Cohus thomasi 

 (antelope) on the N.E. shore of Lake Edward, Uganda, x. 1911, by 

 S. A. Neave. We have since received (N. 2625) 1 $ from a reedbuck, 

 Wandara, Gold Coast, West Africa, 16. v. 1913, coll. J. J. Simpson. 



Types in London (Imperial Bureau of Entomology). 



14. HAEMAPHYSALIS KOCHI Aragao, 1908. 



Fig. 347. 



Lit. and Icon. : Aragao, 1908, reprint, pp. 3-6 ; Rohr, 1909, pp. 142-144, 200 

 (merely quotes Aragao) ; Blanchard, 1909, p. 152 (merely listed) ; Aragao, 

 1911, pp. 178-181, PI. XII, Figs. 16, 17, 17 a (cj venter, capitulum in dorsal 

 and ventral aspects). 



Male (Fig. 347): Scutum 177 x ri2 mm., regularly oval, broadest 

 at the posterior third, earthy yellow; cervical grooves short comma- 

 shaped, the concavity outward, deep anteriorly ; lateral grooves very 

 short, beginning with a shallow depression opposite leg IV and including 

 one festoon ; festoons distinct, longer than broad ; punctations fine 

 and discrete on scutum and festoons. Capitulum short (0'46 mm.) ; 

 base broader than long (0-12 x 0-28 mm.) with very strong cornua ; palps 



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