220 Genus Ixodes 



Our description is based on 1 $ and 1 o, part of a lot of 7 ? s and 

 12 os, collected in New Zealand by Suter and presented to Neumann by 

 Trouessart in 1894. 



Neumann's specimen of /. intermedins (1 %) was collected by 

 Dr Schauinsland from Phalacrocorax sp., and i". praecoxalis (2 ? s, 1 o) 

 from jEstrelata cooki in New Zealand. 



32. IXODES PERCAVATUS Neumann, 1906. 



Figs. 215, 216. 

 Lit. and Icon. : Neumann, 1906, pp. 200, 201, Figs. 4, 5 (reproduced). 



Male : unknown. 



Female: Body oblong, lateral borders parallel, reddish brown, 

 6x3 mm. Scutum oval-lozenge-shaped, broadest slightly in front of 

 the middle of its length, 1-6x1-3 mm. ; cervical grooves very evident, 

 attaining the posterior border; no lateral grooves; punctations very 

 fine, numerous only peripherally, where there are some short hairs. 

 Dorsum with fairly numerous short hairs ; traces of a marginal groove. 

 Venter with fewer hairs. Vulva between coxae III. Anal grooves long, 

 parallel, shortly ogival in front. Spiracles whitish, subcircular, slightly 

 elongate transversely. Gapitulum short (shorter than in the figure); 

 base trapezoid, broader behind, with slight cornua ; porose areas very 

 large 1 , almost occupying the whole width, tangential in the median line ; 



Fig. 215. Fig. 216. 



Figs. 215, 216. I. percavatus ? : capitulum and scutum ; forepart of venter. (Neumann, 



1906, Figs. 4 and 5.) 1 



1 N.B. Neumann's figures are slightly inaccurate in two respects : the porose areas 

 occupy a greater proportion of the basis capituli, leaving only a narrow band in front ; 

 and the spur on trochanter 4 is smaller (not larger) than that on trochanter 3. 



