St IEN( I- GOSSIP. 



i • i 



as the chan l' u l'' u ' 



red theii icii habits, clinging tenaciously to 



\m i i l i \\ mi I i lightlydisl : 



., !,, n mm. when Cull) distended, Shield 

 .,n,| spii i ' sise, formei finely pun 



K,-.!rum extending bej 1 palpi, which art short and 



broad. Ii is armed with ten large barbs and corona. 

 , h lif rswith I hool Co rior legs with 



mil ,ll spini Bod} fir 1 hirsute 1 1 id, shield, 

 legs, etc., ' when slightly distended 



drab (I [J d loping n when filled 



with blood. 



very pale testaceous. < i interioi legs with 



les. Rostrum with 



H 

 verv i , , rkin Legs, i apelulium, 



w hen fully distendi 'I and 

 lorphosis the inti rtinal i 

 as shown "ii fig. i'i a. 



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Rostrum 4 



1 



alpi 



7 



SI, 







Breadth 



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io.— Ixodes rtdusamt. Vction of Ovipositing. (A'«page no). 



Length .-I Rostrum 

 th 13J 

 Legs (1st) 



Palpi jS Spiracles j.i Shield So 



13 .. 20 .. 7-> 



I. ;a ... .s 11 18 |6 



ii -."J 14 14 I | I-" I" 

 I. 28 16 



B 



(and) .... L 28 16 1 20 28 



B 18 12 u 10 8 



(3rd) ... L ;,o jo 28 j-i -'- 28 



B ^4 14 u 1 j 1 J 10 



(4U1) .... L 28 24 j8 32 28 )fi 



H J.. 14 1 1 13 13 10 



Larva. — Length undistended 0.88 mm. to 1.76 

 mm. when fully distended. Body light, translucid, 



becoming dark when replete. Shield, legs, etc., 

 * Ine ludes 6 tor length of spine. 



Pupa.- -Length 1.7b mm. to 3.03 mm. when dis 

 tended. Body light bluish grey, margined, trans- 

 parent, with f. ur posterior large intestinal marks, 

 joined together behind the shield, and smallei ones 

 extending to the front and sides, visible through the 

 shield. Uniform brownish white when distended. 

 Th.- shield, legs, head, etc., pale testaceous. Coxae 

 of anterior legs with a small tubercle, or embryonic 

 - 1 1 e. Rostrum with seven barbs. Chelifers with 

 four hooks, tig. i!S, a, 6, ., d, ■■ 



