208 Genus Ixodes 



cylindrical. Legs slender, long. Coxae flat, all unarmed. Tarsi long, 

 tapering obliquely. 



Fig. 199. I. simplex ? : capitulum and scutum. Sketch from type in British Mus. 



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



Description based on one gorged $ , habitat unknown ; one ? and 

 one o from Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum (Schreb.) from Shanghai; one 

 °. from Vespertilio sp. (? from Gaboon, French Congo : British Museum). 



27. IXODES JAPONENSIS Neumann, 1904. 



Figs. 200, 201 (original). 

 Lit. : Neumann, 1904, pp. 458, 459 (no figure). 



Male : unknown. 



Female : Body oval, narrow in front, broader at the posterior third, 

 brownish yellow, L. 2, W. 1*6 mm. Scutum subcircular, as broad as long 

 (11 mm.); cervical grooves far apart; lateral grooves limited by a very 

 marked ridge; very fine punctations; some very long hairs. Dorsum 

 bearing some long scattered hairs ; a distinct marginal groove. Venter 

 with numerous long hairs ; vulva facing the last intercoxal space. 

 Genital grooves straight, divergent. Anal grooves slightly ogival, with 

 sides diverging greatly. Spiracles large, sub-circular, whitish. Capit- 

 ulum 055 mm. long; base pentagonal, broader anteriorly, posterior 

 margin straight, with slight cornua, nearly twice as broad as long on 

 the dorsal surface ; porose areas well denned, oval, longer than broad, 

 the space between them equal to their breadth ; ventral surface 



