H. hoocli var. orientalis 487 



hypostoiiie 4 ' 4, 6 teeth per file. Venter : spiracle transversely 

 elongate, pointed dorsally. Legs : coxa I bluntly pointed, coxae II-IV 

 unarmed ; trochanter I with blunter spur. 



Female : Differs from the type as follows: Scutum^ more pointed 

 posteriorly, more coarsely punctate ; cervical grooves shorter, deep, 

 straight and parallel. Capitulum : hypostome short, 4 1 4, about 7 

 teeth per file. Venter : spiracle very small. Legs : coxae practically 

 unarmed. ^ 



Described from 6 (/" and 3 $ taken from Procavia manningi 

 Wroughton, S.W. Shore of Lake Nyasa, British Central Africa, 

 III. 1910, S. A. Neave coll. 



Types in Imperial Bureau of Entomology coll., London (Nos. 66 a 

 and 69) ; co-types in Cambridge (N. 2847 and N. 2848, 1 (/ 2 ? ). 



35. HAEMAPHYSALIS BANCROFTI Nuttall and 

 Warburton, 1915. n. sp. 



Figs. 427-430. 



Male (Fig. 427): Scutum: oval, rather narrowed in front, 2 x 1-25 

 to 1-3 X 085 mm.-, rather coarsely, but not deeply, punctate; cervical 

 grooves well-marked but short, the interval between them rather wide ; 

 lateral grooves fairly long, including one festoon ; festoons longer than 

 broad. Capitulum: base broader than long, broader anteriorly than 

 posteriorly; cornua small but distinct and sharp; palps strongly 

 salient laterally at the base of article 2, article 2 longer than article 3, 

 their lateral contour an almost unbroken curve ; no dorsal spines ; a 



1 See note 1, p. 486. 



^ The scutums of 9 (? and 11 ? measured as follows in mm. : 



