460 Genus Haemaphysalis 



of 13 </ and 1 O found on Eiinaceus sp. in Madagascar, 1894, by Sikora, 

 together with H. elongata $ . Tlie description of the o is taken from 

 Neumann. We reproduce the author's figures of parts of the ,^. 

 Our figure is draAvn from a </ found on Ericidus setosus in Madagascar 

 (Cohen coll., 18G2, Brit. Mus. ; determined b}^ Neumann in 1905). 

 Types in Toulouse, co-type (/ in Cambridge (N. 2891). 



28. HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI (Audouin 1827) 



Neumann, 1897. 



Plates XII and XIII. Text-Figs. 398-410. 



Lit., Syn. and Icon. : Ixodes learhii Audouin in Savigny, 1826, PI. IX, Fig. 9 ; 

 an excellent tigiu'e of ^ dorsum, that is considering the date when it was 

 drawn. Audouin, 1827, p. 428. 



Rhipistoina leachi Koch, 1844, p. 239. 



Rhipistoma ellipticum Koch, 1844, p. 239. 



Rhipicephalus ellipticus Koch, 1847, p. 135, PI. LXX, Fig. 111. 



Rhipidostoma leackii (Audouin) in Karsch, 1878, p. 337. 



Opisthodon camesfmm Supino, 1897 a, 1897 6, \). 252, PI. XIII, Fig. 21. The 

 author only describes and figures the ^ tarsus. Neumaiui, 1902, p. 128, 

 states he examined the types and concluded they were ^ leachi. Neumann, 

 1911a, p. 115, nevertheless lists canestrinii as a doubtful sjjecies but 

 probably leachi. We have examined the types and can state positively 

 that canestrinii = leachi. The types of H. canestrinii are in the Genoa 

 Museum, co-types in Cambridge. 



Opisthodon gestroi Supino, 1897 b, p. 252, PI. XIII, Fig. 23. The author only 

 describes and figures the $ tarsus. Neumann, 1902, p. 128, examined the 

 types in Genoa and stated they were allied to H. leachi. Neumann, 1911 a, 

 p. 116, gives it as a doubtful species of Haemaphysalis. We have examined 

 the types ; there is no doubt about their beiug = ^. leachi. 



Opisthodon asiaticus Supino, 1897 a ; 1897 h, p. 252, PL XIII, Fig. 22 ; the 

 author only figures the ^^ tarsus, his description is useless. We have 

 examined the types at Genoa and regard them i\ii = H. leachi. Neumann, 

 1897, p. 357 ; renamed Haemaphysalis asiatica (Supino). Neumann, 1902 a, 

 p. 123 ; types stated to be lost. 



Haemaphysalis leachi (Audouin) Neumann, 1897, pp. 347-350, Figs. 13-15 

 (reproduced by us) ; 1901, p. 263, refers to distribution and hosts. Froggatt, 

 1900, p. 542 (cited by Rainbow, 1906, p. 165). Loinisbury, xi. 1901, 

 pp. 1-12, first experiments on the transmission of canine piroplasmosis 

 by this tick. — 1902. Lounsbury, pp. 4-9, PI. I, Figs. 1-11 ; second 

 series of experiments on tick-transmission of canine piroplasmosis ; im- 

 portant ; the figs, illustrate all stages. Lounsbury, pp. 5-7 ; biology. — 

 1904. Lounsbury, pp. 27-29 ; biology. Lounsbury, pp. 22-43 ; experi- 



