464 
Messrs Cooper and Robinson, 
III. with very stumpy blunt spurs ; coxa IY. very large, with two 
long almost equal spurs, widely separated and slightly divergent, 
the internal spur does not reach the anus ; tarsi bicalcarat.e, spurs 
small and close together, distal spur terminal. 
Origin. Description based on a single </ collected by Mr J. S. 
Looseley at Sandown, Rhodesia, South Africa. Host not specified. 
Preserved in alcohol. 
This species differs from Rhipicentor bicornis N. and W. in the fact that 
it is shorter and ‘squatter,’ has more numerous and larger punctations, many 
fine ones at the posterior end of the dorsum ; the lateral angles of the basis 
capituli are not nearly so pronounced, the palps are longer and the lateral 
margins of articles 2 and 3 are more rounded. The spurs on coxae II. and III. 
are more separated and blunter, those on coxae IV. are sub-equal, further 
apart and the internal spur does not extend as far back as the anus. 
Female unknown. 
Male unknown. 
Female, L. 5*3 mm., W. 3‘6 mm. (unfed). L. 10'1 mm., W. 
7 1 mm. (gorged). Body oval, wider behind than in front, dull 
yellowish-brown, punctate and sparsely covered with fine whitish 
hairs, marginal groove present, postero-median and accessory 
Fig. 14. Rhipicentor nuttalli s . Coxae I.— IV. 
Aponomma javanense sp. n. 
Figures 15 — 17. 
