438 



Genus IlaemapJtysalis 



21. HAEMAPHYSALIS C USPID ATA Warburton. 1910. 



Figs. 367-370. 



Lit. and Icon. : \^'arburtou, xii. 1910, pp. 401-402, Figs. 6, 7, ^ and $ (repro- 

 duced). 



Male (Fig. 367). Scutum: 1*8 x 1-1 mm., fairly glossy, with 

 numerous very small, shallow, discrete punctations; cervical grooves 

 deep under the cornua, then faint and gently diverging ; lateral grooves 

 medium, fiint, including one festoon; festoons long, curved, with 

 distinct broad intervals widening distally. Capitulum : base rectangular, 

 broader than long, with straight sides and very long cornua, longer 

 than the base (hence cuspidata) ; palps of medium length ; article 2 

 fairly salient laterally, unarmed, article 3 with long dorsal retrograde 

 spine reaching to the posterior border of article 2, and almost equally 

 long ventral spine, article 4 unusually long ; hypostome 4 ] 4. Venter : 



cQir 



Fig. 367. Fig. 368. 



Figs. 367 and .368. H. cnspiddta. (Fig. 367) d dorsum, capitulum in ventral aspect, 

 coxa and trochanter I, palp in profile, spiracle, anal grooves. (Fig. 368) ? capitulum 

 and scutum, palp in profile, spiracle. (Sketches by C. W.) Warburton, 1910, Figs. 6, 7. 



genital orifice between coxae II ; anal grooves ogival ; spiracle sub- 

 triangular, with narrow rounded anterior border and nearly straight 

 posterior border. Legs : coxa I with long narrow spur, coxae II-IV 

 unarmed, trochanter I with a strong rather sharp retrograde spur 

 both dorsally and ventrally ; otherwise as in H. aculeata (p. 440). 



Female (Fig. 368) : Body dark-brown, very punctate. Scutum : 

 yellowish, nearly circular, 0'96 x 13 mm., numerous medium-sized 

 punctations ; cervical grooves rather long and slightly converging 

 till they reach the middle of the scutum. Capitulum : base about 

 twice as broad as long, with long cornua, but not so long as in the </ ; 



