I. fuscipes 



169 



Legs : Coxa I with two parallel spurs, the internal very long, the ex- 

 ternal short ; a small external tuberosity on coxae II-IV. Tarsi ? 



Nymph (Fig. 162) : Body oval, 1 - 1 mm. long. Capitulum very long 

 (0"63 mm.) ; with narrow palps, cultriform ; hypostome long, narrow, 

 lanceolate, dentition 2 | 2. Legs long ; coxa I with a stout internal spur, 

 coxae II-IV as in °. ; tarsi long, narrow, tapering gradually. 



Described from a £, a mutilated ? and a o, found on Icticyon 

 (Speothos) venaticus (Canidae), at Charuplaya, Bolivia, 27. vi. 1901 

 (N. C. Rothschild coll., now in Neumann coll., No. 1251). 



8. IXODES FUSCIPES Koch, 1844. 



Figs. 163 and 164 (original). 



Lit. etc. : Ixodes fuscipes Koch, C. L., 1844, p. 233 ; 1847, p. 106, PI. XXI, 

 Fig. 80, ?. 

 Ixodes spinosus Neumann, 1899, pp. 146, 147 (no figure). Neumann, 1901, 

 pp. 288, 289, identified /. spinosus with /. fuscipes after examining the 

 type. 



Male : unknown. 



Female (Figs. 163, 164) : Body short oval, broadly rounded behind, 

 4 - 8 x 2 - 4 mm., yellowish or reddish yellow. Scutum rounded, at least as 

 broad (1'4 mm.) as long; glossy, dark brown in front and on the sides, 



Fig. 163. Fig. 164. 



Fig. 163. I. fuscipes ? : capitulum and scutum ; capitulum in ventral aspect, coxae, 



spiracle and tarsus 4. Found on Danyprocta aguti. (Neumann coll. 760. Original, 



G. H.F.N, del.) 

 Fig. 164. I. fuscipes ? : capitulum (mutilated) and scutum, coxae and part of capitulum, 



showing auricula. (Sketch from specimen in British Mus. Original, C. W. del.) 



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