H. calvus 



447 



Described from 3 cT and 1 $ (N. 2120 a.), taken from buffalo, 

 Sekong River, Sandakan, British North Borneo, 19. iv. 1918, 

 Dr H. F. Conyngham coll. 



A large species allied to H. montgomeryi Niittall, 1912, but 

 differing therefrom as follows : basis capituli and scutum broad, fourth 

 coxal spur less developed, venter not hairy, ventral spur of article 2 

 of cT palp more divergent, etc. 



Types in Cambridge. 



25. HAEMAPHYSALIS SPINIGERA Neumann, 1897. 



Figs. 380-883. 



Lit. and Icon. : Neumann, 1897, pp. 352-354, Fig. 18 {$ palp, digit and coxae, 

 herein reproduced) ; Neumann, 1901, p. 264 ; Neumann, 1911 a, p. 113, Figs. 59, 

 60 (condensed from his earher description ; omits the figure of the digit) ; 

 Blanchard, 1909, p. 157, Fig. 195 (four-line description with figure ; both taken 

 from Neumann). 



Male (Figs. 380, 381). Scutum oval, about 2*5 x 15 ram., broader 

 posteriorly, finely punctate all over ; cervical grooves shallow, parallel ; 



Fig. 380. H. spinigera d . Capitukim in dorsal and ventral aspects. Drawn from a 

 balsam-mounted type specimen taken from a bear. Only the surface structures are 

 shown. Original, G. H. F. N. del. 



lateral grooves short, very concave internally, including no festoon ; 

 festoons long. Capitulum : base rectangular, finely punctate dorsally, 

 cornua strong; palps short, article 2 fairly salient laterally, with a 

 retrograde spine at the ventro-lateral angle ; article 3 much broader 

 than long, with a short stout ventral tooth ; hypostome 5 | 5, 9 or 10 

 teeth per file. Venter : spiracle oval, with slight dorsal process. Legs : 

 relatively stout ; coxa I with a long internal spur ; short spurs at the 

 middle of the posterior border of coxae II and III, a very long internal 

 spur on coxa IV ; tarsi tapering, pad long. 



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