/. sculptus and spinicoxalis 171 



9. IXODES SCULPTUS Neumann, 1904. 



Lit.: Neumann, 1904, p. 462 (no figure). 



Banks, 1908, p. 30, PL IV, Figs. 7 and 9 ( ? capitulum, scutum, coxae) ; not 

 reproduced. 



Male : unknown. 



Female : Body oval, narrower anteriorly, brownish, L. 2, W. 1*8 mm. 

 [? unfed]. Scutum as long as broad (1 mm.), subcircular ; cervical grooves 

 superficial throughout almost their whole length, deep at their anterior 

 origin ; whence the lateral grooves start, these latter deep, limited 

 externally by a prominent ridge, which extends almost to the posterior 

 border ; numerous punctations, uniform, medium. Dorsum shows a 

 deep complete marginal groove and numerous hairs. Venter with 

 similar hairs ; vulva narrow, between coxae III ; genital grooves 

 diverging, anal grooves ogival anteriorly ; with sides almost parallel ; 

 spiracles brownish, circular. Capitulum medium (600 /m), with mitre- 

 shaped base, with prominent cornua ; porose areas large, deep, oval, 

 scarcely longer than wide, close together. Hypostome narrow, lanceolate, 

 dentition 2 j 2. Palps with second article almost twice as long as the 

 third. Legs stout and strong. Coxa I with internal spur, long, stout, 

 covering a part of coxa II ; a short spur at the postero-external angle 

 of all the coxae ; tarsi short, broad, without dorsal protuberance, but 

 tapering abruptly. 



Description (from Neumann) from a specimen found with a ? 

 J. ricinus (L.), from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California (G. Marx 

 coll., Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C.). Banks, 1908, p. 31, states 

 that he has seen ? specimens, differing but slightly from the type, 

 found on the rock squirrel at Del Rio, Texas (Bishopp). 



10. IXODES SPINICOXALIS Neumann, 1899. 



Figs. 165 (original) and 166 (Nn.). 



Lit. and Icon. : Neumann, 1899, pp. 123, 124, Fig. 6 (reproduced). 



Male : unknown. 



Female (Fig. 165) : Body oval, capitulum, scutum and legs 

 maroon-brown. Scutum oval, with rounded borders, 1*7 x 1*5 mm., 

 glossy, dark on the sides, lighter in the median field ; cervical grooves 

 superficial, almost attaining the posterior border; punctations deep, 

 subequal, distant, more crowded on the borders, where some whitish 

 hairs may occur. Dorsum : grooves but slightly pronounced ; whitish 

 scattered hairs, mostly on the sides. Venter : many hairs ; vulva on 



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