462 
Messrs Cooper and Robinson , 
gular, slightly broader than long (3‘3 x 3 - 5 mm.), postero-lateral 
margins straight, posterior angle large and rounded, three 
metallic iridescent spots, one on either scapular angle, the third 
and largest, a round spot on the posterior angle ; punctations 
large, fairly numerous, irregularly distributed and unequal in size; 
cervical grooves deep anteriorly, very shallow and divergent 
posteriorly ; eyes as in </. Capitulum (Fig. 9) of medium length 
(2 mm.), basis capituli trapezoidal ; porose areas deep, circular, 
interval rather less than diameter ; palps longer than hypostome ; 
hypostome relatively longer than that of </, dentition 4|4, emar- 
ginate at tip. Venter dark-brown, covered with whitish hairs ; 
genital orifice small, between coxae II.; spiracles as in £ (Fig. 7). 
Legs as in </, tarsi slightly bossed on dorsal surface. 
Origin. Description based on two Js and one gorged $. 
Collected by Mr F. F. Laidlaw, Skeat Expedition, 1899, Kwala 
Aring, Java. Host, a tortoise ( Qeoemyda spinosa). Preserved in 
alcohol. 
Rhipicentor nuttalli sp. n. 
Figures 10 — 14. 
Male, L. 5 mm., W. 34 mm. Body (Fig. 10) oval, narrow in 
front, contour slightly concave just behind level of eyes; colour 
Fig. 10. Rhipicentor nuttalli <? , dorsal aspect. 
dark reddish-brown. Scutum covers entire dorsum, glabrous, 
polished, punctations not numerous, coarse and shewing a tendency 
