H. leachi 469 



records relate to specimens (usually </ ^ ) we have examined or 

 determined [records by other authors are enclosed in square 

 brackets] : 



AFRICA : Egypt and Soudan : (N. 539) </ from Erinaceus albi- 

 ventris, Gebel Auli, White Nile, Egyptian Soudan, collected v. 1900 by 

 Messrs S. and T. Witherby ; (from information received from Mr H. H. 

 King, the species occurs on hedgehog and dog at Taufikia, Upper White 

 Nile Province, at Khartoum, and at Roseires, Blue Nile Province) ; the 

 species was first described from Egypt by Audouin (1827, p. 428). 

 Abyssinia : (N. 2318 a) from dog, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, collected 

 28. Y. 1913 by M. Pellerin ; (N. 2819, received from Berlin Mus.) 

 (^ $ from Herpestes sp., 5. ill. 1913, and (Berlin Mus. 676/1913) from 

 hare, 7. ill. 1913, both collected in Erithrea by Dr Klatt; (Brumpt coll.) 

 cfs $ s from Canis mesomelas, Hyaena crocuta, Procavia brucei, (N. 1223) 

 P. ahyssinica, all collected v. 1901 at Harrar by Dr E. Brumpt (the last 

 two lots were small specimens). [Pavesi, 1884, p. 92, states that 

 Antinori found the tick on Felis pardus in the Mahal-Uonz Mts., 

 Eastern Ethiopia.] British East Africa : (E. 599) $ from dog, 

 Gwasinyras Post, Northern Frontier, collected in 1912 by J. O. W. Hope ; 

 (E. 258) (/ ? from Canis adustus, Northern slopes of Mt Kenia 

 (7700 feet elevation) ; (E. 266, 267 = N. 3065) ? os from Tachyoryctes 

 audax Thos. (mole rat), near Embu, East of Mt Kenia, 2. ii. 1911, 

 collected by S. A. Neave. Several lots were received from Nairobi : 

 (N. 102 c) ^ from Dr P. H. Ross; (E. 291 = N. 1422) ^ $ from dog, 

 collected iv. 1911 by T. J. Anderson; (N. 1737) $ and L from jackal, 

 collected in. 1912 by R. E. Montgomery. (N. 48 h) from dog, collected 

 XL 1904 by Dr P. H. Ross at Makindu ; (E. 711) from dogs, Massai 

 Preserve, 1913, and (E. 712) from cheetah, Mara River, Boma, 30. vi. 

 1913, collected by Captain A. O. Luckman ; (E. 184) cT ? from terrier 

 dog, Usoga, Viii. 1910, collected by Dr Hailstone ; (N. 2403 c) c/ from 

 lion, near Kadjiado River, Magady Railway, viii. 1913, collected by 

 Dr L. Nicholls ; (E.) ^ from dog, Meko, and (E.) $ from sheep, Ibesha, 

 collected, il. 1910 by J. J. Simpson ; (E. 294 h) % from cattle, Kokolo, 

 IV. 1911, collected by C. C. Gowdey ; (E. 587) cf collected at Mombassa, 

 I. 1912, by R. P. Thomas ; (E. 839, 844 = N. 2836, E. 847, 849 a) cTs $ s 

 from dogs, Mau, Narok, Massai Reserve, 15-20, i. 1914, and (E. 781 h) 

 from Olorogoti, xii. 1913, collected by Captain A. 0. Luckman. 

 (Probably from British East Africa are: (N. 2377 a) os from 

 rhinoceros, 1912, and (N. 2388 c) c/s $s from panther, no date, 

 received 1913 from R. Hancock; also (Armstrong coll.) from cat, 



