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from Argyllshire (August) ; % s found under rocks at Oban and Aberfoyle 

 (April); J near Killin (Det. by Neumann)]. England and Wales: 

 From Northumberland (N. 1039) Js, $s, os, on sheep, v. 1905 

 (J. Hedley); from Huntingdonshire (N. 1037) ?s, on cat, in. 1906 

 (E. C. Burleigh); from Grantchester, Cambs. (N. 123) o, 1906 (N. D. F. 

 Pearce); from Longner Hall, Shrewsbury (N. 1036) ?,on young rat, 

 iv. 1906 (R. F. L. Burton); from Lyndhurst, Hants (N. 656), larva, 

 on Mustela erminea, vn. 1900 (G. Tate ; ex N. C. Rothschild coll.) ; 

 from Tavistock, Devonshire (N. 963) £ , %$,, on cattle affected with 

 piroplasmosis (redwater), I. 1910, and (N. 1041) iv. 1910 (G. H. Gibbings). 

 [E. G. Wheler, 1899, p. 6, records the species on sheep, at Gowanburu 

 Farm, N. Tyne Valley, °. s in March, adults and o s being more numerous 

 in April ; specimens only occasionally found on deer and dogs ; Kossel 

 and Weber, 1900, found this tick associated with redwater in cattle in 

 N. Wales.] Ireland : From Sligo (N. 1035) ? s on collie dog, v. 1905 

 (M. F. Nuttall); from Timmer (N. 630) os on Sciurus vulgaris, IV. 

 1901 (N. C. Rothschild); from Dallyhaise, Co. Cavan (N. 929), unfed 

 larvae, vn. 1905 (J. W. Steen); (N. 1038) °.s, on cattle affected 

 with piroplasmosis, v. 1905 (A. E. Mettam); (N. 1185) </", on dog, 

 Maam Cross, Co. Galway, 1. x. 1910 (G. H. F. Nuttall) ; Mr W. F. 

 Cooper's coll. contains ^s and $s from Roscommon, vm. 1906. We 

 determined specimens belonging to the Dublin National Museum as 

 follows: from Glengariff, v. 1891; Clonbrock, ix. 1897; on cattle, 

 Lochrea, vi. 1909 ; on cattle, Wexford ; on cattle, Dingle, vi. 1909 ; 

 Limerick, 1898 ; Cuppamore, Co. Limerick, ix. 1895 ; on horse, Stepaside, 

 Co. Dublin, VI. 1909 ; on cattle, Cookstown, vi. 1909 ; Kenmure, 1898 ; 

 on dog, Lugan, V. 1907 ; Achill, 1898 ; Glandore, 1895 ; Trillick, Co. 

 Tyrone ; Crookbaven, 1895 ; Roundstone, Ardagh, Castletown, vi. 

 1893; Kenmore, vn. 1898; Lough Corrib, 1905. Prance: [Fairly 

 common in France, according to Neumann, 1899, p. 115, who records it 

 from the badger and genet, at Nimes (M. Mingaud)]. We have examined 

 numerous specimens in the collection of Dr H. Brumpt: </", °.s and Os, 

 taken from fiedgehog and deer, Chantilly, ix. and XI. 1909 ; and from 

 the roe-deer, Halles (Paris), x. 1908. Belgium: (N. 631) ? from 

 Erinaceus europaeus (E. A. Boulenger, ex N. C. Rothschild coll.). 

 Holland : [larvae found on Mus decumanus (Oudemans)]. Germany : 

 From Kittendorf and Schwandt, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on various 

 hosts, as follows : (N. 57) f, on man, IX. 1905 ; (N. 769, 770) ^s, ? s, 

 on Cervus elaphus, vm. 1909; (N. 771) £ , %, o, on Capreolus capraeu, 



