H. parva 437 



indistinct, far apart ; hypostome 4 1 4 ; palps as in the </ . Legs 

 medium, as in the </• 



Nymph and Larva: These only differ from the corresponding 

 stages of H. bispinosa (see pp. 430, 481) in havmg stronger cornua 

 and more hairy dorsum and legs. 



The species was originally described fi'om 16 cT 8 $ 3 o and 7 L, 

 from Ganis aureus, Ceylon, 1907, collected by Dr Marbel. The types 

 and co-types are in Toulouse, in Prof. Galli-Valerio's collection at 

 Lausanne and in Cambridge (N. 2889 cT ?), the last having been 

 presented to us by Prof Neumann. 



Prof Galli- Valerie has kindly allowed us to examine all of his 

 specimens of H. parva (Nos. 1037, 1038), which are co-types if not 

 types. No. 1037 contained 2 (^ H. parva and 2 $s which differed 

 much from each other and do not belong to the (/s; one was 

 H. hystricis % , and the other was indistinguishable from H. bispinosa $ . 

 No. 1038 contained 10 (/, 1 $, 2 o and 4 L ; all of which agree fairly 

 well together and are doubtless the various stages of the tick named 

 H. parva by Neumann. 



When the dorsal spur on article 3 of the palps is added to 

 Neumann's description, the likeness to H. bispinosa is very close, 

 and it is not Avithout hesitation that we regard it as specifically 

 distinct. Besides the difference in size, the (/s have a different 

 facies, H. parva cT being short and broad, truncated posteriorly, and 

 more deeply punctate than H. bispinosa. The $s, os and L have 

 stronger cornua and are distinctly more hairy. 



We have determined the following as H. parva : (Ind. Mus. 

 2141/17, 2143/17 = N. 2865 and 2931a) c/s ?s from Felis viverrina 

 Bennett and Lepus rujicaudatus Geoff., Satpara, Puri District, Orissa, 

 India, 16. iii. 1914, coll. Dr N. Annandale ; (Berlin Mus. = N. 2822) 

 cf $ , origin unknown, collected by Schoede ; (N. 3073 = Ind. Mus. 

 2176/17) </s ?s from Lepus sp., Satpara, Lake Chilka, Orissa, ix. 1914, 

 Chilka Survey coll.; (N. 2388b) c/s $s horn panther, no locality stated 

 presented by R. Hancock ; this lot contained some large specimens. 



