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Genus Haemaphysalls 



Female (Fig, 440) : When unfed, the body measures 2 x 1'2 mm. 

 Scutum : 1 x 0*8 mui.^ ; cervical grooves long and shallow ; faint, raised 

 longitudinal ridges in the lateral fields; punctations faint, irregular, 

 shallow, confluent. The posterior portion of the dorsum bears two 

 rather conspicuous depressions. Gapitulum : base broader than in the 

 c/" ; porose areas elongate, wide apart ; palps as in the </, except that 

 the posterior border of article 2 is more rounded dorsally ; hypostome 

 3 I 3, 7 to 8 teeth per file. Venter : anal grooves as in the (/* ; spiracle 

 sub-circular, not pointed postero-laterally. Legs: coxal and trochantal 

 armature as in the (^. 



Fig. 440. //. elongata ? (N. 670, unfed), dorsum, part of venter, spiracle and tarsus IV, 

 Original, G.H. F. N. del. 



Our description is based on (N. 670) 5 </ and 2 $ from Centetes 

 ecaudatus, Madagascar, presented by Hon, N. C. Rothschild. Neumann 

 founded the species on 4 cT and 1 $ found on Centetes madagascariensis 

 at Zura, 2 cT from Centetes ecaudatus and 2 $ from Erinaceus sp., 

 collected by Sikora in Madagascar. 



Types in Toulouse, co-types in Cambridge (N. 2884, 2885, 1 J" , 

 from Zura, 1 $ , taken from Erinaceus, presented by the author). 



41. HAEMAPHYSALIS CORNIGERA Neumann, 1897. 



Figs, 441-445. 



Lit,, Icon, and Synon. : 



Haemaphysalis cornigera Neumann, 1897, pp. 3r>0-352,Figs. 16, 17 (left palp and 

 coxae; figures reproduced) ; Neumann, 1911a, pp. 112, 113, Figs. 57, 58 



' The scutum of our second ? measures 0-95 xO'85 mm. 



