248 Genus Ixodes 



Nymph: resembles the % in its essential characters, except that 

 the spur on article 1 of the palp is more salient ventrally than laterally. 



Larva: resembles the o, but the scutum is comparatively shorter 

 and broader. 



This species appears particularly to infest small Mammalia. Neumann 

 first recorded the tick (three %&, two os) from Evotomys glareolus, 

 Island of Rugen (Lemm coll., Berlin Mus.) and (one % ) from " Arvicola 

 pratensis," Painswick, Gloucestershire, England (E. G. Wheler's coll., 

 1893). The </\ first described by Neumann, was found on Evotomys 

 glareolus, Swansea, Wales (type, C. Oldham coll., British Mus.). Evans 

 (1907, p. 36) found the o on Arvicola amphibius var. ater in Kincardine- 

 shire, Scotland (October). We have received specimens from the 

 following hosts and localities : 



Great Britain: (N. 623, $) from Microtus agrestris (field vole), 

 Tring, Herts. 1 (N. 1165, $ s), from field vole, Longner Hall, Shrewsbury, 

 VIII. 1910 (R. F. L. Burton). (N. 622, %), from Microtus amphibius 

 (water vole), England, IV. 1892 1 . (N. 620, %) from Mus minutus 

 (harvest mouse) ; no particulars 1 . (N. 356, larvae), from Sorex minutus 

 (pigmy shrew), Grippetts, Gloucestershire, I. 1908 (E. A. Wilson). 

 (N. 621, os), from Sorex vulgaris (common shrew), Bevendean, Sussex, 

 vi. 1899 1 . 



Switzerland: (N. 624, 625, 1069, a J captured with mouthparts 

 buried in $'s body close to anus, $s and Os) from Microtus arvalis, 

 Campfer, St Moritz, Engadine, vn. 1904 (K. Jordan) 1 . (N. 619, f and 

 $ ), from Evotomys glareolus (bank vole), Campfer, St Moritz, Engadine, 

 vn. 1904 (K. Jordan) 1 . (N. 1161, %), from Tarasp, summer of 1901 \ 



43. IXODES FECIALIS Warburton and NuttaU, 1909. 



Fig. 245. 



Lit. and Icon. : Warburton and Nuttall, 1909, pp. 58, 59, Figs. 1 and 2 



(reproduced). 



Male: unknown. 



Female (gorged) : Body long, cylindrical, 8x4 mm., dark brown, with 

 yellow scutum, capitulum and legs. Scutum* rather longer than broad 

 (1'5 x 13 mm.), broadest near the posterior end; uniformly punctate 

 except along the cervical grooves, which are otherwise obsolete; the 



1 Ex N. C. Bothsehild coll. 



2 Recalling a conventional form of heraldic shield, hence fecialis. 



