276 Genus Ixodes 



Described from 1 J 1 , I J, lo and 1 larva kindly lent by Professor 

 Neumann. 



This species appears to be widely distributed geographically. It has 

 hitherto only been found on Cheiroptera and in their haunts (in caves, 

 grottoes and the like). 



EUROPE: N. Wales: 1 $ from a bat, Cefn, 1896. (Sent to- 

 Mr E. G. Wheler for determination by Professor Newstead, of Liverpool, 

 beiDg the first specimen, apparently, recorded in this country. Com- 

 municated in a letter from E. G. W. to G. H. F. N., I. 1906.) Ireland : 

 1 % from Eden Vale Cave, Co. Clare, vn. 1902 (Dublin Nat. Hist. Mus., 

 specimen determined by us.) Prance : One of us (G. H. F. N.) examined 

 a number of mounted specimens in the Me'gnin collection through the 

 kindness of Professor R. Blanchard (Paris). They had mostly been sent 

 to Me'gnin by H. Gadeau de Kerville, of Rouen, during n-v. 1883 ; 

 $ s and O from Plecotus auritus, grotte de la Briqueterie, 10. III. ; 

 os and larvae from Rhin. ferrurn equinum, grotte Cuvette, 10. III.; 

 larvae from Rhin. hipposideros, grotte de Dieppedalle, Seine inferieure, 

 10. in.; larvae, no particulars, 25. n. ; larvae from Rhin. hippo- 

 sideros, Carrian de la Londe, 14. v. ; all of these were labelled 

 /. longipes by Megnin, 1 $ , labelled " /. aculeifer Megn.," from Rhin. 

 ferrum equinum, Vincennes, 15 x. 1878 (Gilnicki); a larva, from 

 Vesperugo pipistrellus, Rouen, 20. I. 1884, H. Gadeau de Kerville. 

 Rollinat and Trouessart, 1897, p. 136, record this tick from Rhin. ferrum 

 equinum (it was attached to the lip), captured in a cave near Banyuls, 

 by Dr H. Brumpt (det. by Neumann) ; Neumann, 1899, p. 176, reports 

 the tick ( $ , o and larva) on bats from the same place (Trouessart coll.) 

 and o and larva on bats from Bitche. Neumann, 1899, p. 175, records 

 9 (/"s from caves and grottoes in the following places : Abeille, Ariege ; 

 Aspradels and Espezel, Pyrenees ; les Baux, near Aries ; Penne, Tame ; 

 Serres, Hautes Alpes ; 3 $s respectively from Bize and Minerve, 

 He'rault, and from Puivert, Aude ; all of these specimens then in the 

 Simon collection. Ch. Janet found 2 /s in a subterranean chalk-pit, 

 near Beauvais. Spain: 2 <?s from Alsasua, Guipuzcoa and Ordufia, 

 Biscay, are recorded by Neumann, 1899, p. 175 (Simon coll.). Italy : 

 £ found on Rhinolophus ferrum equinum by Canestrini (1890, p. 504 ; 

 it measured 8 x 54 mm., length of fourth leg = 5*5 mm.). Berlese, 1892, 

 records the tick from the same host. Germany : C. L. Koch's types of 

 vespertilionis and flavipes were found on Rhin. ferrum equinum. 

 L. Koch's 2 <?s were found respectively in the Rosenmiiller cave, 

 near Muggendorf, IX. 1869, and in caves near Almas, Frankischer 



