A. reflexus 23 



cJ dorsum (coloured), venter, detail of dorsal and marginal integument. — 

 Canestrini, 1890, PI. XLI, Fig. 2, digit and hypostome (very inaccurate). — 

 Railliet, 1895, Figs. 487, 488, capitulum (inaccurate) ; gorged ? dorsum and 

 venter (sketchy). — Ddbreuilh and Beille, 1896, Fig. 6 (sketchy). — Neumann, 

 1896, Figs. 1-3, of digit, hair ; tarsus 1 in two positions, tarsus 4, Bailer's organ. 

 Figs. 14, 15 (A. magnus), digit, hypostome ; here reproduced.— Taschenberg, 

 1900, p. 739, dorsum and venter of adult (?) (inaccurate). — Wheler, E. G., 1906, 

 Figs. 6, 7, $ dorsum, $? venter, both good photographs ; here reproduced. 



Literature: 1794. Fabricius, pp. 426, 427. Ac. reflexus, Ac. marginatum, Rhync. 

 columbae (few words). — 1804. Hermann, p. 69. — 1805. Fabricius, pp. 353, 354, 

 356 (Latin). Same as 1784.— (No date) Duges, Ant., and Milne Edwards 

 (no date).— 1837. Walckenaer, hi, p. 231. O 1 .— 1839. Raspail, p. 9.— 1844. 

 Koch, C. L., p. 219, only mentioned. — 1859. Gervais and van Beneden, i, 

 p. 459. O.— 1860. Gerstaecker, pp. 457-470 ; effects of bite.— Moquin- 

 Tandon, p. 281. — Boschulte, p. 554.— 1862. Pagenstecher, p. 142.— 1863. 

 Gerstaecker, p. 344 ; brief mention only. — Coquebert, PI. 27, Fig. 10 (cited 

 thus by Bianconi, 1867).— Bocquillons (before 1867), p. 113 (cited thus by 

 Bianconi, 1867). O.— 1867. Bianconi, C. A., pp. 107-112; the first to describe 

 larva.— 1871. Gulliver & Gulliver.— 1872. Gulliver, p. 205.— 1874. Ful- 

 lager, J., (a) p. 121 ; (6) p. 234.— "R. E.," p. 161 ; brief mention.— Spicer, 

 (a) p. 185. O. (b) p. 209. O.— Taschenberg, p. 171 et seq. (mostly citations 

 from other authors).— 1877. Canestrini, G, and Fanzago, p. 125. — 1879. 

 Boschulte, p. 562. — 1880. Megnin, p. 135 ; repeated verbatim in Laboulbene 

 and Megnin, 1882, p. 322.— Rivolta and Delprato, p. 314.— 1882. Laboulbene 

 and Megnin, pp. 332, 340. — Chatelin (see re effects of bite). — Contarini, 

 pp. 16, 161 (cited by Berlese, 1888).— ZOrn, p. 78.— 1885. Johannessen, 

 p. 347.— 1888. Berlese, fasc. XLVII, No. 5. Short Latin description.— 1890. 

 Blanchard, ii. p. 883 et seq. — Canestrini, p. 532, cites Bianconi's description 

 of larva. He describes $ and $ .—1892. Alt, p. 531.— Brandes, d. p. 10.— 

 Megnin, p. 64 ; brief mention.— 1893. Terrenzi, pp. 73, 79 ; reports reflexus 

 attacking persons at Narni. — 1894. v. Linstow, p. 121, cites Brehm, p. 688 (see 

 below). O.— 1895. Braun, p. 258. O.— Planchon, p. 29 (inaccessible).— 1896. 

 Dubreuilh and Beille, p. 76. O.— Neumann, p. 4.— Moniez, pp. 499-509. — 

 Gibert (thesis).— 1897. Brandes, p. 747.— 1898. Ajutolo, p. 222; attacking 

 persons in Bologna.— Mingazzini, pp. 245-249.— 1899. Wheler, p. 12.— 1900. 

 Brehm (see Taschenberg). — Taschenberg, p. 739 (in Brehm's Tierleben). — 

 Ward, H. B., (a). O.— 1901. Neumann, p. 253.— Perroncito, p. 568.— 1904. 

 Mosler and Peiper, p. 345. O.— 1906. Tonnel, p. 552.— Braun, p. 369. O.— 

 1907. Donitz, p. 26.— 1908. Schnee, p. 32.— Schellack, p. 486 ; transmission 

 of spirochaetosis. — Banks, p. 16. 



Adult: (Figs. 27, 28, PI. I, Figs. 1, 2). Body oval, widest toward 



the posterior end. Margin irregular wrinkled into radial striae forming 



a border 200 /j. wide, which is slightly turned up especially in unfed 



specimens (whence reflexus) and is stated to always remain yellow 



1 Papers marked O contain no original matter. 



