■140 Genus Haeniaphysalis 



practically unarmed ; tarsus III tapering finely ; pad short. There 

 is little to indicate the connection of the larva with the adult. 



Described from (N. 1108) 30 </. found (in company with 

 H. acideata) on Tragulus memmina (the "Mouse Deer"), at Colombo, 

 Ceylon, 3. viii. 1909, by Mr C. C. Dobell ; and (N. 2692) 2 ?, 7 os 

 and 4 larvae, found on Paradoxurus niger (Palm civet) at Colombo, 

 Ceylon, 16. ii. 1910, Dr A. Willey coll. We have since received 

 (N. 2766) 3 cT 1 ?, found on Uerpestes mungo, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 

 II. 1912, J. S. Fryer coll. 



This species much resembles H. acideata in most respects, but 

 it is easily distinguished by the capitulum. 



Types in Cambridge (N. 1108, c/s; N. 2792, 1 $ 7 o 4 L). 

 We have presented co-types (N. 1108 (/) to the Zoological Museum, 

 Berlin, and to the Neumann collection, Toulouse. 



22. HAEMAPHYSALIS ACULEATA Lavarra, 1905. 



Figs. 371, 372. 



Lit., Icon, and Synon. : 



H. acideata Lavarra, 1905, pp. 255-258, no figure {^). 



H. longipulpis Warburton, 1910, pp. 399-400, Figs. 4, 5 ( ^^ and ? reproduced). 



U. acideata Lavarra, in Neumann, 1911 o, p. 110 ; no figure. 



Male (Fig. 371). Scutum 2x1-3 mm.\ glossy, with numerous 

 very small punctations, many of them confluent; cervical grooves 

 deep to receive the cornua, barely visible behind them ; lateral grooves 

 rather short and faint, including one festoon ; festoons long, with well- 

 marked curved intervals. Capitulum : base sub-rectangular, with 

 rounded sides, broader than long, with cornua of almost equal length ; 

 palps very long, three times as long as broad : article 2 very slightly 

 protuberant laterally, unarmed ; article 3 with a long, strong retro- 

 grade spine dorsally and ventrally ; hypostome small, with numerous 

 very small sharp teeth, apparently 6 | 6, considerably shorter than the 

 palps. V eider : genital aperture between coxae II ; spiracles sub- 

 rectangular, more rounded anteriorly ; anal grooves rather ogival. 

 Legs : coxae I with a rather long blunt spur ; coxae II-I V unarmed ; 

 trochanter I has a distal retrograde spur both dorsally and ventrally, 



^ The scutum of (N. 2731 co-type) the i presented by Lavarra measures 1-7 x 1-2 mm. 

 but the specimen appears somewhat shrivelled. 



