486 Genus Hae^naphysalis 



Our description of the adults is based on numerous specimens 

 (N. 424, cfs $s 1 o) occurring on fotuls, v. 1908, at Bathurst, Gambia, 

 West Africa, presented by Dr P. Hood. The nymph and larva are now 

 described and figured from specimens (N. 1364) found with </s and 

 ?s on the neck of a bird {Gentropus burchelli), shot 3. vi. 1908, at 

 Manhica, in the northern district of Louren9o Marques, Province of 

 Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. We are indebted to Mr C. W. 

 Howard, formerly Entomologist for the Province, for the gift of these 

 specimens ; he described all the stages of this tick under the name 

 of Haemaphysalis nfricana in August, 1909. Our description was 

 published in June, 1909, under the name of Haemaphysalis hoodi, 

 Avhich consequently has priority. 



We have also received the following specimens : (N. 1093 and E. 12) 

 (/s $s, from the ears oi partridges, Nyungwi Stream, N. Nyasaland, 

 British Central Africa, collected by Dr J. B. Davey, xi. 1909 ; (N. 1546 

 = E. 422), j/s $s, from Niimida meleagris (guinea-fowl), Addah, Gold 

 Coast, West Africa, collected by Dr H. T. Palmer, x. 1911 ; (E. 606), 

 1 </, from cuckoo {Gentropus senegalensis), Freetown, Sierra Leone, West 

 Africa, collected by Major H. Kelsall, v. 1912 ; (E. 473), 1 ^, from a 

 bird {Gymnoschizorhis leopoldi Shelley), S. E. Ankole, British East 

 Africa, collected by S. A. Neave, x. 1911. 



Types in Cambridge (N. 424, adults and o; N. 1364, o and L) ; 

 co-types ((/ % from our collection) at Toulouse. 



Haemaphysalis hoodi var. orientahs Nuttall and 

 Warburton, 1915, n. var. 



Male : Differs from the type as follows : Body more parallel-sided, 

 narrowing less in front. Scutum^ more coarsely punctate ; emargination 

 slight ; scapulae blunt ; cervical gi'ooves deep and converging at first, 

 then shallow and diverging ; lateral grooves longer than in the type ; 

 festoons short. Gapitidum : smaller than in the type, the base par- 

 ticularly small, without cornua, narrowing posteriorly; palps shorter; 



^ The scutums of the type lot measure in mm. respectively : 



5<r 3? 



1-74 X 1-1 0-93 X 0-76 



1-7 xl-2 0-92 X 0-8 



1-7 xl-2 0-9 xO-8 

 1-7 xl-1 

 l-6.5xl-0 



