NOTES ON THE LIFE-HISTORY OP ARGAS BRUMPTI. 193 



being reared. It is the intention of the writer to describe and figure the various 

 stages of A. hrumj)ti and to give further details of its life- history when specimens have 

 been reared to maturity. It is hoped that in the meantime these incomplete notes 

 may be of some interest. 



The writer was in the provinces from 17th December 1914 till 26th May of this year 

 and during that period the ticks were in the charge of Mr. R. Cottam, Laboratory 

 Assistant. 



References. 



1. NuTTALL, G. H. F., Warburton, C, Cooper, W. F., and Robinson, L.E.— 

 A Monograph of the Ixodoidea, Part 1, Argasidae, 1908, p. 95. 



2. CuNLiFFE, N. — Parasitology, Cambridge, vi, no. 4, Jan. 1914, pp. 379-381. 



3. King, H. H. — -Fourth Report Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Vol. B, 

 1911, p. 128. 



