H. doenitzi 483 



Capitulum 0"3 mm. long, base trapezoidal, broader in front, punctate, 

 with short pointed cornua ; hypostome 4 1 4 or 515 with very small 

 teeth ; palps long, articles 2 and 3 of about equal length, article 2 

 strongly salient at the base, article 3 without dorsal process but with 

 a very small ventral spine. Venter : spiracle ovate, bluntly pointed 

 dorsally ; anal gi'ooves rather ogival. Legs : coxae normal ; tarsus IV 

 of medium length, tapering rather abruptly. 



Female (Fig. 422) : Scutum oval, about 08 x 0'6 mm.\ deeply 

 emarginate, uniformly punctate with rather large punctations ; cervical 

 grooves sub-parallel, hardly visible for more than half the actual 

 length. Capitulum 0-4 mm. long, base rectangular, with very slight 

 cornua ; porose areas long-oval, far apart ; palps as in the cT , but 

 longer ; hypostome narrow, rather spatulate, 4 | 4, very small teeth. 

 Dorsum strongly and coarsely punctate. Venter : spiracle sub-circular, 

 with blunt dorsal process ; anal grooves ogival. Legs : coxae and 

 tarsus IV as in the (/. 



Described from (N. 635) 4 <f and 3 $ from ivater-hen, St John's 

 Island, Singapore, 1909, collected by Dr A. R. Wellington, and named 

 in honour of the late Geheimrath W. Donitz of Berlin. 



Types in Cambridge, a co-type (/ was presented to the Berlin 

 Museum. 



A very small species closely allied to H. hoodi. 



34. HAEMAPHYSALIS HOODI Warburton and 



Nuttall, 1909. 



Figs. 423-426. 



Lit., Icon, and Syn. : Haemaphysalis hoodi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 (June), 

 pp. 62-63, Figs. 7, 8 (reproduced). 



Haemaphysalis africana C. W. Howard, 1909 (August), reprint 4 pp., 

 PI. XXXIV, Figs. 1-10 capitulums oi $ , ? , o and larva ; $ dorsum 

 and venter ; ? scutum ; digits of (J , ? and o (not reproduced). 



Male (Fig. 423): Scutum I'S x 1-3 to 1-4 x 1-05 mm.^ oval, rather 



1 See note 1, p. 482. 



2 The scutums of 4 1? and 7 ? measured respectively in mm. : 



i ? 



1-8 X 1-3 1-0 xO-9 



1-7 X 1-2 0-95 X 0-8 



1-7 X 1-1 0-9 X 0-9 (2 specimens) 



1-4 X 1-05 0-85 X 0-85 



0-75 X 0-75 



