10 Genus Argas 



except Figs. 5, 6, 9, 11, 16, 18 and 20, which duplicate the others since the species 

 americanus and sanchezi no longer hold.) — Woods 1 , 1898, Figs. 20a, b, referred 

 to by Salmon and Stiles under bibliography (1901, p. 402) A. americanus.— 

 Hassall, 1899, Coloured Plate XVI (Argas americanus) of <j> , dorsal and ventral 

 aspects : reproduced in Salmon and Stiles (1901). Text Fig. 16, larva (dorsum) ; 

 Fig. 17, ventral view of the larva (otherwise good), omits the coxae ; Figs. 18, 

 19, larval capitulum ; Figs. 20-22, larval ambulacrum (leg I), drawn like Figs. 

 16 and 17 from living specimens.— Ward, 1900a, Fig. 2; 1900b, Fig. 260, re- 

 ferred to inSalmon andStiles, 1901, p. 402.— Salmon and Stiles, 1901, A.miniatus, 

 Coloured PL LXXVIII, $, reproduction of Hassall, 1899, PL XVI. They give 

 a number of excellent text figures, of which those marked by a star are repro- 

 duced by us. Figs. 56, 57, views of chelicera complete. Figs. 71, 72* $ ; 73 

 portion of the marginal skin ; 74* tarsus I of adult ; 75, anus ; 77, 78* larva 

 (dorsum and venter) ; 79, larval capitulum (quite as well shown in Fig. 78, but 

 both omit the two hairs on the basis capituli figured by Hassall) ; 80, larval 

 mandibles ; 81, larval Halter's organ. — Lounsbury, 1903, gives a photograph 

 illustrating A. persicus upon a sliver of wood torn from a fowl house ( x 2), and 

 a plate showing the J (ventral aspect), the larva (dorsal aspect) and a part of 

 the larval capitulum. He gives Wheler's photograph of the male (dorsum). — 

 Blanchard, reproduced in Neveu-Lemaire, 1904, p. 154, Figs. C and D, are very 

 inaccurate, and appear to be only poor copies from Savigny (1827). The same 

 figure appears in Perroncito (1882 and 1901) and is copied from Perroncito by 

 v. Linstow (1894).— Banks, 1904, Fig. 71, $ venter, poor.— Frogqatt, 1906, 

 Figs. 1 and 2, showing Argas in crevices of splintered wood, and mouth-parts 

 of tick.— Wheler, 1906, Fig. 39* the £, dorsum.— Donitz, 1907, PL II, Figs. 

 9, 10 J , 13, 14 larval leg.— Reaney, 1907, p. 401, two very bad figures of larva 

 and female.— Manson, 1908, PL IV, coloured figure of adult (!) dorsum.— 

 Nuttall, 1908, Fig. 4 <? capitulum*.— Banks, 1908, PL I, Figs. 1, 2, legs 1 and 4. 



Literature. Papers marked " O " contain no original matter or 

 only make casual mention of A. persicus. 



1818. Oken, pp. 1567-1570.— 1819. Ddpre, p. 323, refers to effects of bite. 

 Passage quoted in Fischer de Waldheim, 1823, p. 272.— Kotzebue, pp. 180, 

 194, rough description, fully quoted in Fischer de Waldheim, 1823, pp. 272- 

 274. Dwells on effect of bites on man.— 1821. Porter 2 .— 1823. Fischer de 

 Waldheim, pp. 269-273, gives brief description, dwells especially on effect of 

 bite.— 1828. Szovits 2 .— 1829. Latreille, b, p. 289. O.— 1829-43. Gderin- 

 Meneville, p. 17, only refers to plate and habitat (A. mauritianus).— 

 1833. Cuvier, cited by George, 1876, p. 224, as referring to A. persicus.— 

 1844. Duges, cited by Laboulbene and Megnin, 1882.— Koch, C. L., p. 219. 

 A. miniatus, described in 18 words.— Walkenaer, p. 232. Also cited by 

 Heller, 1858, p. 297. Passage translated in Churchill, 1880a.— 1847. Koch, 

 C. L., p. 12. A. miniatus. O.— 1849. Lucas, H., p. 317. O.— 1855. Kuchen- 



1 These figures could not be studied, the original being inaccessible. 

 * Figures marked by a star are reproduced in this work. 



2 Cited in bibliography by Huber, 1899. 



