H. hisphiosa 433 



determined numerous specimens (Berlin Mus. No. 179) from Chinese 

 roebuck {Hydropotes inermis), Herr Lemm coll., and (D.E.M. 3, 4, 10 ; 

 N. 2905, 2976) from dog and other (?) hosts, collected at Tsingtau, 

 7. VIII. 1914, by Prof. Hoffmann. 



Japan : The late Professor W. Donitz presented us with co-types 

 (N. 129) of his H. neumanm, J^ and $, found on the horse. Dr M. 

 Miyajima has sent us (N. 2911 a) 1 $ from cattle, Tokio, 16. x. 1911, 

 found with BoojjJiUus ; (N. 2907 a) $ s from horse, Aomori, North-Central 

 Japan, 15. vii. 1912, found with Dermacentor; (N. 2908) adults and 

 larvae, from horse, Daisen, N.W. of Central Japan, 2. viii. 1912, found 

 with Ixodes ricinus; (N. 2909) $s from horse, Takanabe, Kiushiu, 5. 

 VI.-12. X. 1912. Borneo: (N. 307 6), from wild red-deer, Kuching, 

 Sarawak, collected vii. 1907, by Dr A. R. Wellington. Australia : We 

 are indebted to Dr J. Burton Cleland for (N. 1851) %, from horse, 

 Ballina, N.S. Wales, x. 1911 ; (N. 1852) $ , from calf, Bonville. British 

 East Africa : Dr J. G. Parham, iv. 1912, collected specimens (N. 1787 b, 

 1781 d), cfs and $s respectively, from bullocks at Bet-el-Ras and Chuck- 

 wani; (N. 1783 a) $, from a goat at Mahonda; (N. 1790 &) ?, from a 

 hull at Kikwaguni ; he also found a ? on a hidlock at Bububu. 

 (N. 2846= E. 870) ^ , from imported Indian (Bombay) cattle, Zanzibar, 

 2. IX. 1913, Dr W. M. Aders coll. We have also determined specimens 

 collected by Mr Last in Zanzibar, x. 1905, which are in the collection 

 at Liverpool (Liverpool coll. Nos. 74 and 87) $s and nymphs from cattle, 

 and (/s, $s fi-om goat, and specimens (cT $ Berlin Mus. No. 71) labelled 

 merely " Zanzibar." From the foregoing records it would appear that 

 H. bispinosa has recently been imported into Africa as it has not pre- 

 viously been reported from this continent. 



Haemaphysalis bispinosa var. intermedia 

 Warburton and Nuttall, 1909. 



Figs. 363, 364. 



Lit. and Icon. : Warburton and Nuttall, 1909, pp. 69-70, Fig. 16 (reproduced). 



Differs from the type in little else than the structure of the palps \ 

 In the $ (Fig. 364) the third article, instead of bearing a somewhat 



1 The scutums of 4 cT and 4 ? measured as follows in mm. : 



<? ? 



1-8 xl-15 0-9 X 0-9 (3 specimens) 



1-75 X 1-15 0-8 X 0-8 



1-7 xl-2 

 1-6 xl-Oo 



