156 Genus Ixodes 



(G. H. F. Nuttall); (N. 1053 d) $, on sheep, Hammam-Meskoutine, 

 V. 1910 (P. Deshabert); (N. 1178) ?s, from cattle, Algiers, summer 

 of 1910 (M. Serve); (in W. F. Cooper's coll.) ?, on cattle, Maison 

 Carree, n. 1908. [Neumann, 1901, p. 282, reports os and larvae, from 

 Lacerta ocellata and Tropidosaurus algirus. Tunisia (Paris Mus.) : 

 Neumann, 1899, p. 116, records specimens from Algeria, collected by 

 Simon (Paris Mus.).] 



ASIA : Transcaucasia : (N. 799) ? s, from Surnabad, vm. 1903, 

 collected by Dr E. Dschunkowsky, from whose collection we determined 

 specimens taken in the same place from fox, hare and sheep, x. 1903. 

 Arabia: [Occurrence on lizards; Neumann, 1901, p. 282]. Japan: 

 [Occurrence on horse at Akita, and hare at Saga. Neumann, 1899, 

 p. 116, and 1904, p. 452]. 



AMERICA : From California (N. 272) on Felts concolor, xil. 1894 

 (Gilroy), and (N. 291) on mouse, Palo Alto, in. 1893 (both presented 

 by Prof. V. L. Kellogg) ; (in C. G. Hewitt's coll., Ottawa, determined by 

 us) ?, on man, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1907 (G. W. Boggs). 

 [Osborn (1896, p. 262) states this species is common on ground squirrels 

 in the Mississippi Valley (determined by Marx). Banks (1908, p. 25) 

 states that the Marx collection in Washington contains specimens 

 found on sheep in Kansas, and on cattle in Texas. He thinks the 

 species may have been imported on the hosts, and adds : " Practically 

 all of the previous records of this species in this country apply to 

 /. scapularis or to /. cookei" (species which we degrade to mere 

 varieties of /. ricinus). Neumann, 1899, p. 116, states that ricinus 

 occurs in many parts of the United States (Bureau of Animal Industry 

 coll., Washington, D.C., some perhaps are varieties of ricinus, q.v.) and 

 mentions New Berne, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Carolina, Florida, Cali- 

 fornia, Kansas, Texas, the hosts being Lepus sylvaticus, Felis pardalis, 

 Bos taurus, opossum, grey fox, panther; and wild cat] 



Ixodes ricinus var. scapularis (Say, 1821). 



Fig. 149 (original). 



Lit. and Synon.: Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821, pp. 59-82; 1859, pp. 19-22. 

 Ixodes afiinis Neumann, 1899, pp. 120, 121, labelled /. communis by G. Marx 

 (Bureau of Animal Industry coll., Washington, D.C. ; also Neumann coll.), 

 fide Banks, 1908, p. 26. 



