514 Mr Warburlon, On some new and obscure species 
Gapitulum : base rectangular, dorsally barely twice as broad as 
long, punctate all over, and with short blunt cornua ; the rest of 
the capitulum notably bell-like in shape (hence campanulata), 
owing to the forwardly curved lateral projections of article 2 of 
the palps. Hypostome 4/4 files of rather broad teeth, about 
eight teeth per file, the outermost teeth the stoutest. Palps 
without any dorsal spines, but the ventral border of article 2 
projects strongly backwards, and article 3 has a well-marked 
ventral retrograde spine. 
Legs : coxae each with a short blunt spur. Tarsi 4 very short 
and thick, ending in a somewhat abrupt slope, the false articu- 
lation about the middle of the article. 
Female (young): yellow, somewhat parallel-sided, sometimes 
attaining 7 x 4 mm. when distended. Scutum distinctly longer 
than broad, glossy brown or yellow, cordiform, finely punctate; 
cervical grooves well-marked, rather far apart, at first convex out- 
wardly, then turning outward. No lateral grooves. Dorsum with 
marginal grooves including two festoons. Venter yellow, spiracles 
like those of the </ but with dorsal protuberance even less marked. 
Gapitulum : base broader and shorter than in the </*, with less 
distinct cornua; porose areas oval, their axes converging forward, 
far apart, the interval twice their diameter, a narrow longitudinal 
pit midway between them. The rest of the capitulum like that 
of the d* but even more markedly bell-shaped. Hypostome 4/4, 
with teeth rather narrower than in the </• Legs : coxae as in the 
male, tarsus 4 short, thick, somewhat humped. 
Description based on numerous specimens taken from Chinese 
dogs in Mongolia by Major M. L. Hearn, and received by us 
from Colonel Skinner in 1906. They agreed in every respect with 
specimens kindly lent by Neumann as H. Jlava, and with others 
so named by him at the British Museum. 
Haemaphysalis papuana, Thorell 1882. 
Male: 2T x l - 7 mm., yellow, flat, broadest towards the posterior 
end, coarsely pitted over the whole scutum except along certain 
inconstant ridge-like tracts where the punctations are absent ; 
festoons about as broad as long, the intervals often dark and 
broadening distally; cervical grooves oval pits with slight shallow 
continuation ; lateral grooves very short and ill defined, begin- 
ning at about half the body length and ending behind the 
spiracles. 
Venter : yellow-brown, darker than scutum, glabrous; finely 
punctate ; sexual orifice broad, between coxae 2 ; sexual grooves 
far apart, nearly parallel ; festoons well-marked ventrally, with 
dark intervals. Spiracles yellow, oval with fairly pronounced 
dorsal protuberance. 
