H. silacea 



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glabrous; marginal groove commencing some distance behind the 

 scutum and terminating at the antepenultimate festoon ; postero- 

 median and accessory grooves represented by broad shallow depressions ; 



Fig. 349. Haemaphysalis silacea ? : (a) dorsum (capitulum foreshortened) ; {b) capitulum, 

 dorsal aspect ; (c) capitulum, ventral aspect ; (d) spiracle (the arrows indicate the 

 anterior and lateral margins, respectively) ; {e) coxae I-IV ; (/) tarsi I and IV. 

 / — same magnification as b and c, d — same magnification as e. (L. E.R. del.) 

 Robinson, 1911, Fig. 1. 



festoons well-defined. Scutum 1*04 x 117 mm., broadly ovate, almost 

 circular ; colour somewhat darker than the general body colour ; deeply 

 emarginate ; scapulae rounded ; punctations fine, fairly numerous and 

 regularly distributed; cervical grooves of moderate depth, slightly 



