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meister, p. 423. O.— 1858. Heller, C, pp. 297-326. Distinguished the sexes 

 and describes and figures the <J and $ genital orifice. Spiracle between legs 3, 

 4. Heller gives the first detailed study of the internal anatomy. — Kollar, 

 cited by Heller, 1858, p. 297, as giving first description and figure of capitulum. 

 —1862. Husemann, p. 248.— 1863. Gerstaecker, C. E. A., p. 344. 0.— 

 1867. Laboulbene, A., p. 54, obviously compiled from Fischer de Waldheim, 

 1823 (q.v.). — 1872. Packard, pp. 740, 741 (A. americana), cited by Salmon 

 and Stiles, 1901, p. 402.— 1873. Fumouze, inaccessible 1 . — 1874. Schlimmer, 

 cited in Nuttall, 1899, p. 46. Notes occurrence in different parts of Persia and 

 records effects of bite.— Spicer, p. 209, quotes Walkenaer, 1844. — Taschenberg, 

 1). 171.— 1875. Fritsch, p. 61 1 .— 1877. Packard in Murray, p. 182 [A. ameri- 

 canus). — 1880. Churchill, S., p. xx, cites older authors and adds a few 

 observations of his own. — Ernouf, p. 256 1 . — Megnin, P., p. 134. More fully 

 dealt with in Laboulbene and Megnin, 1882. — Goudet, J., cited by Megnin 

 vl880) as having described and figured "A. americanus de Geer" and that it 

 looked like an Argas (see synonymy) = " chinche " or "nigua" in Colombia. 

 Megnin (1892, p. 67) thinks it must be 0. talaje. — 1881. Tholozan. See 

 Laboulbene, 1881. — Laboulbene, A., (27, vii). Report from Tholozan. Cited 

 in full in Laboulbene and Megnin, 1882, p. 327. — 1882. Bordier, p. 131, cited 

 by Nuttall, 1899, p. 47.— Cobbold, p. 77. — Laboulbene and Megnin, p. 327, 

 deal at length with A. persicus, very diffuse, omit many essentials but describe 

 development and sexes. — Perroncito, p. 450. O. — Tholozan, p. 15 x . — 1885. 

 Megnin, p. 460 {A. americanus) 2 . — 1890. Blanchard, ii, p. 883 et seq. — 1892. 

 Marx, p. 234 (A. americanus) 2 . — 1893. Hoehr, p. 348 (A. americanus) 2 . — 

 Railliet, p. 718 (A. radiatus). — Riley and Howard, p. 267 (A. americana, 

 also A. americanus) 2 . — Webster, p. 149 {A. americanus) 2 , inaccessible. — 1894. 

 Francis, p. 452 (Argus americanus) 2 . — v. Linstow, p. 120. O. — 1895. Braun, 

 p. 258. O. — Howard, p. 41 7 (A. americanus) 2 . — Lounsbury, p. 657. — Marx, p. 199 

 (A. americanus) 2 . — Riley and Howard. — Packard, p. 417. — 1896. Dubreuilh 

 and Beille, p. 79. O. — Fuller, p. 593. General description of fowl tick. — 

 Neumann, pp. 9-12, 24, 25 (A. americanus). — Osborn, H, p. 256, quotes Packard's 

 description verbatim (A. americanus). — 1898. Woods, p. 102 (A. americanus) 2 . 

 — 1899. Hart, p. 180 (A. americanus) in Trinidad. — Hassall, pp. 496-500 (A. 

 americanus). — Lounsbury, repr. A fuller account in his publication of 1903. — 

 Marlatt, C. L. (11, viii). O. — Morgan, p. 137 (A. americanus) 2 . — Nuttall, 

 pp. 46, 47, cites older literature regarding effects of bite. — Taschenberg, 1900, 

 p. 738. O.— Utility, p. 185, inaccessible 2 .— 1900. Ward, H. B., p. 197, quotes 

 Packard's description; mentions "A. sanchezi" as another species. — Ward, 

 H. B., p. 437 (A. americanus). — 1901. Froggatt, p. 1349, inaccessible, cited 

 in Hunter and Hooker's Bibliogr. — Neumann, pp. 255, 256. — Perroncito, 

 p. 561. O. — Salmon and Stiles, pp. 402-406, give a very full description (A. 

 miniatus), which we have utilized in part. — 1902. Brown, p. 86, cited by 

 Lounsbury, 1903, p. 6, re oviposition. — 1903. Lounsbury, pp. 1-15, gives a 

 very good description of the different stages and the biology. (Cited in text.) — 

 MARCHOUxandSALiMBENi, p. 569. Regarding spirillosis in fowls.— 1904. Banks, 



1 Cited in bibliography by Huber, 1899. 



2 Cited in bibliography by Salmon and Stiles, 1901, p. 402. 



