464 Genus HaeiuapliysaHs 



palps broadly conical, article 2 very salient laterally, with a dorsal and 

 a ventral triangular retrograde spur from each lateral salience ; article 3 

 very small, with no dorsal spine but a strong ventral retrograde spur ; 

 the lateral contours of articles 2 and 3 continuous and typically 

 rectilinear, forming a very obtuse angle in front ; hypostorae 5 | 5 or 

 4 ; 4, stout teeth, 10-12 per file. Venter: anal grooves ogival ; spiracle 

 oval with slight, blunt, dorsal process. Legs : coxa I bluntly pointed 

 posteriorly ; dorsal spur on trochanter I strong and pointed ; coxae 

 II-IV with a slight spur at the internal angle ;• all the coxae broad 

 antero-posteriorly ; tarsi rather stout with small, terminal spur ; pad 

 fairly long. 



Female (Text-figs. 403, 402 ; PL XII, Figs. 1, 4 ; PI. XIII, Fig. 1). 

 Scutum long-oval, somewhat narrowing behind, about 1*2 x 0'8 mm. in 

 average specimens S minutely punctate all over ; cervical grooves rather 

 long and near together. Capitulum : base rectangular, broader than 

 in the cT , cornua strong ; porose areas oval, far apart ; palps resembling 

 those of cT but relatively longer and meeting at a less obtuse angle ; 

 hypostome 5 j 5, at times 6 , 6, rarely 4 j 4. Vente7^ : spiracle sub- 

 circular, somewhat narrowing dorsally. Legs : coxae very slightly 

 armed, bearing only minute spurs situate as in the (/ ; tarsi rather 

 stout, tapering gradually ; pad short. When gorged may attain 

 12 X 9 mm.2 



Nymph (Text-fig. 404 ; PL XII, Figs. 3, 4) : Body, unfed, about 



1 



The following measurements, in mm., relate to 2 s from various sources 

 N. 2264 from Sierra Leone (10 9 ) 



N. 310 from Congo Free State 



N. 1223 from Abyssinia 

 N. 496c from Java 

 (Ind. Mus. 5994/10) from Bengal 

 2 The largest of about 80 ? raised in Cambridge (N. 1737). 



