466 
Messrs Cooper and Robinson , 
and obliquely placed, interval about two-thirds diameter; palps 
thick, longer than hypostome; hypostome short, slightly spatulate, 
dentition 3 1 3, large corona of minute denticles, emarginate at tip ; 
spiracles triangular (Fig. 17). Legs moderately large; coxa I. with 
Fig 17. Aponomma javanense ? . Spiracle, left. 
two short blunt spurs, coxae II., III., and IV. with single short 
plate-like spur ; tarsi bicalcarate, sharply attenuated at extremity, 
tarsus of leg I. slightly bossed on dorsal surface. 
Origin. Description based on three $ s collected by Mr F. 
F. Laidlaw at Biserat, Java, Skeat Expedition, 1899. Host, 
Varanus salvator. 
Aponomma simplex sp. n. 
Figures 18 — 21. 
Male, L. 22 mm., IF. 21 mm. Body (Fig. 18) nearly as 
Fig. 18. Aponomma simplex 3 . Dorsal aspect. 
