4'2'2 Genus Haemaphy sails 



18. HAEMAPHYSALIS HYSTRICIS Supino, 1897. 



Figs. 8o4-357. 



Lit., Synon, and Icon. : 



Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino, 1897, lll, fasc. 1, \)\i. 251, 252 ; fasc. 2, 

 PI. XIII, Figs. 19, 20. The author only figures the tarsi, these being of no 

 use for classification ; his description is valueless. 



Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino in Neumann, 1897, pp. 342, 343. 



"■ ffaemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann, 1897" in Neumann, 1901, pp. 261-263. 

 Description of ^ with notes on $ . 



Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino, 1897, in Warburton, 1908, pp. 518, 519, Fig. 11 

 ( $ reproduced). Describes the $ . 



Not Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann, 1897, pp. 341, 342, Figs. 7, 8, as stated 

 by Neumann, 1902 a, p. 128, when he wrongly degraded his species, regard- 

 ing it as identical with H. hystricis Suj^ino. See our description of H. 

 bispinosa. 



Not Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino as stated in Neumann, 1911 a. Neumann 

 here describes H. bispinosa. 



Male (Figs. 354, 855): Scutum ovate, narrow in front, broad pos- 

 teriorly, 3 X 2"2 to 2-54 x 2 mm.^ broadest just in front of the spiracles. 

 Numerous minute very inconspicuous punctations ; cervical grooves 

 small deep pits, behind the anterior border, followed by shallow divergent 

 depressions ; no lateral grooves ; festoons only slightly longer than 

 broad. Capitulum : base rectangular, twice as broad as long ; comua 

 strong and rather sharp ; palps veiy slightly salient laterally ; articles 

 2 and 3 nearly equal in length ; the lateral salience of article 2 about its 

 middle and forming an obtuse angle ; a fairly strong dorsal retrograde 

 spine on the middle of the posterior border of article 3 ; strong ventral 

 retrograde spine on article 3 ; hypostome rather broad anteriorly, well 

 covered with 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 strong teeth of uniform size, about 8 per file. 

 Venter : spiracle short comma-shaped, with bluntly rounded dorsal 

 process. Legs : coxae normal ; trochanter I with the dorsal retrograde 

 spur rather sharp, and with a small sharp ventral retrograde spur; 

 tarsus IV sloping rather rapidly, with small spur. 



* The scutums of 9 ,? measured as follows in mm. : 



N. 2956 30 x2-2 N. 1060 27 x2-0 



N. 1060 2-9 x2-l N. 576 2-6 x2-0 



N. 679 2-8 x2-0 N. 1060 2-6 x 1-9 



„ „ 2-76 X 2-0 „ „ 2-54 X 2-0 



„ 1060 2-75 X 2-05 

 Lots N. 679 and 1060 are from Malaya, N. 576 from Assam, N. 2956 (co-type) from 

 Burma. 



