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retrograde spine. Chelicera ? Hypostome 2 j 2 or 3 | 3, the marginal 

 teeth stout. Palps long ; article 1 with a short retrograde point ven- 

 trally, article 2 scarcely longer than 3. Legs long, brown; spurs on 

 coxa I, the internal very long; a simple pointed prominence at the 

 postero-external angle of coxae II— I V. Tarsi long, tapering gradually. 

 Description, by Neumann, based on 2 $s (mutilated) collected by 

 Hassall from Procyon lotor, from New Mexico (Smithsonian Institution). 



6. IXODES MINOR Neumann, 1902. 



Figs. 155-159 (Figs. 156-159 original). 



Lit. and Icon.: Neumann, 1902, pp. 109-111, Fig. 1 (reproduced). 



Male (Figs. 155-158): Body : L. T45, W. OS mm. at the posterior 

 third, maroon-brown. Scutum convex, glossy, marginal fold very narrow 

 with deep marginal groove ; cervical grooves narrow, superficial, 

 diverging and extending to about the middle of its length ; punctations 

 numerous, deep, uniform ; hairs whitish, lying flat, scattered. Venter : 

 sexual orifice broad, between coxae III ; median plate longer than wide, 

 pentagonal, with numerous large punctations ; anal plate smooth, narrow 

 anteriorly, broad posteriorly, with sides diverging considerably ; adanal 

 shields trapezoid, slightly broader anteriorly, with fine punctations ; long 



Fig. 155. Fig. 156. 



Fig. 155. I. minor i : venter. (Neumann, 1902, Fig. 1.) 



Fig. 156. I. minor J : venter (L. 1'73 mm. ), from the type mounted in balsam. 

 (Neumann coll. Original, G. H. F. N. del.) 



