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Genus Ixodes 



Fig. 232. I. holocyclus o : dorsal aspect of capitulum, x 88 /t I. 

 (Neumann, 1899, Fig. 26.) 



India (R. Blanchard coll.). Neumann (1901, p. 288) states it has 

 been found on calves in N. S. Wales (Bur. of Agr., N.S.W.). We have 

 received (N. 644) 2 $s from W. Australia, vn. 1900, from Macropus 

 sp., also (N. 643) 2 os from W. Australia which we attribute to this 

 species (ex Rothschild coll.). W. F. Cooper's collection contains 

 specimens ( $ ) from Lismore, Tweedline, Queensland, x.1907 (S. R. Scott) 

 and (</*, $ ) received from the Dept. of Agriculture, Brisbane, Queensland. 



39. IXODES SCHILLINGSI Neumann, 1901. 



Figs. 233 (Neumann) and 234, 235 (original). 



Lit. and Icon. : Neumann, 1901, pp. 288, 289 ( $ , no figure). 

 Neumann, 1910, pp. 170-172, Fig. 10 (<J, reproduced). 



Male (Fig. 233) : Body oval, 2"3 x T38 mm., broadest in front of the 

 spiracles about midway along body-length. Scutum maroon-brown, 

 slightly glossy, convex, glabrous, marginal fold bearing very short hairs ; 

 cervical grooves doubtful ; very many large, subequal punctations, 

 absent only on three small areas situate on the posterior third; two 

 symmetrical punctate depressions midway along the length ; deeply 

 emarginate; scapulae prominent. Venter flat, very short equidistant 

 hairs ; sexual orifice facing the second intercoxal space ; median plate 

 pentagonal, narrowing in front, longer than broad (0'89 x 7'2 mm.) ; 

 anal plate small, racket-shaped, with quadrangular prolongation behind 



