H. calcarata var. houyi 



445 



Female : Resembles the type except for the reduced trochantal 

 spurs. 



Nymph : Possesses a scutum rather longer than in the type. 

 Trochantal spurs absent. 



Described from 7 </ 1 $ and 2 o from Bate, New Cameroon, 

 collected by Dr Houy. The variety is closely allied to a small form of 

 H. leachi found in Abyssinia by Dr Brumpt but it is distinguished 

 therefrom by its humped tarsi. 



Types in the Berlin Museum (No. 279), co-types in Cambridge 

 (N. 2996). 



24. HAEMAPHYSALIS CALVUS Nuttall and 

 Warburton, 1915 n. sp. 



Figs. 378, 379. 



Male (Fig. 378). Scutum about 2-4 x 1-7 mm.\ broadly oval, 

 widest at about the fourth coxae, glossy, with very numerous minute 



Fig. 378. H. calms s ■ Dorsum and venter, right palp in profile, hypostorae (highly 

 magnified), spiracle and tarsus IV. (N. 2120 type.) Original, N. C. del. 



shallow punctations, often confluent and tending to a linear arrange- 

 ment ; cervical grooves short deep depressions close behind the anterior 

 border; lateral grooves short, beginning far back and ending very 



1 The scutums of our 3 s specimens measure respectively : 



2-6 xl-83mm. 2-3xl-7mm. 



2-45 X 1-8 „ 



N. I. 



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