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Port Herald by Dr J. E. S. Old : (E. 727) from lion, 12. vi. 1918. The 

 remaining specimens which we have examined from Nyasaland are from 

 places we could not trace on the map or from places unrecorded by the 

 collectors, namely : (E. 5 c) from terrier dog, after journey from Florence 

 Bay (W. shore of Lake Nyasa) to Cheranya, Akamanga Country, 

 V. 1909; (E. U8) from dog, xi. 1910, coll. Dr J. E. S. Old; (E. 216) 

 from cat, i. 1911, coll. Dr H. S. Stannus ; (N. 727 = Liverpool 57) from 

 native dog, Chizizi, near Howe River, II. 1909, coll. Dr J. B. Davey. 

 Since the above was Avi'itten we have received (E, 851 6, 852 h, 853 h, 

 854 =N. 2841) from dogs, S.W. shore of Lake Chilwa, i. 1914, coll. 

 S. A. Neave. 



Transvaal: [Neumann, 1901, p. 263, records the tick from the 

 Transvaal, without mentioning either hosts or localities.] C. W. 

 Howard, 1908, pp. 162, 166-168, states that he has found the 

 tick in nearly every part of the Transvaal, upon almost all carnivora, 

 where it is rarely found on cattle and other animals " even when 

 most abundant " ; he lists it as occurring on cat, Felis pardils, F. leo, 

 F. nigripes, Viverr^a civetta, Genetta sp., Cynictis penicillata, jackal 

 and Erinaceus sp., this author also records the tick as occurring in 

 Orange River Colony. Natal : [C. W. Howard, 1910, p. 162, found 

 OS on Avicauthus pumillis (field rat) and on tortoise at Pretoria ; Galli- 

 Valerio, 1909, p. 539, records the tick from man, Durban, 1908, coll. 

 Miss Fontaine]. Cape Colony: [Lounsbury, 1901, p. 4 et seq., ionnd 

 it in the western part of the Colony upon dogs, the localities mentioned 

 are Wynberg, Rondebosch, Claremont, Stellenbosch, places where dogs 

 are particularly liable to acquire piroplasmosis through the agency 

 of this tick ; " cases among Cape Town dogs can usually be traced to 

 walks up the Kloof or along the mountain sides ; the ticks appear to be 

 almost confined to the grass veld districts. It is the common dog tick 

 of South Africa"; Neumann, 1901, p. 263 records it from Kafraria and 

 Port Elizabeth]. Specimens have reached us as follows : (N. 121) from 

 dog, Grahamstown, vi. 1906, coll. T. Bowhill ; (N. 894-896, and several 

 other lots besides) in all stages from dog, Capetown, 1906, sent alive by 

 C. P. Lounsbury ; (N. 578) from Sa7'icata tetradactyla, Deelfontein, 

 IV. 1902, coll. C. J. B. Grant, presented by Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 

 From coiTespondence, we learn that the mortality among dogs, due 

 to piroplasmosis, used to be excessive at Port Elizabeth until the 

 introduction of our trypanblue treatment. Portuguese Congo : 

 (N. 1949 a) from dog, San Salvador, xi. 1912, and (N. 1950, 2652 

 and E. 740) from dog, Kibokolo do Zombo, iv. 1911, both lots collected 



