GAMASIVS. iSi 



CASE deeply buried in the skin. The woodcut shows the young, 

 which was the stage on which Latreille's genus Cans was 

 founded. 



No. 2S. Argas reflexus {.Fab.\ (Rhynchoprion columbse, Ilerm.).—^^ Enlarged 

 figure of ditto. 



The present species occurs on 

 pigeons (whence it was named Rhyn- 

 choprion columbse by Hermann). 

 It is chiefly met with in the south 

 of Europe. In the north it does 

 not appear to be very frequent; 

 although, no doubt, if search were 

 properly made for it, it would be 

 found much too common. Some 

 years ago it was found swarming in 

 a house in Frankfort, and latterly Argas reflexus . 



' ^ Magnified and natural size. 



(1872) has been detected by Mr. 



Gulliver on pigeons near Maidstone, in Kent (Quarterly Journ. 



Microsc. Soc. and Ann. Nat. Hist. 1872). 



Nq =«). Argas persicus (//>r/^.V— 29. Enlarged figure of under side. 



In Persia the present species has long been knomi and dreaded 

 as an annoyance. It is there called Malleh de Mianeh, and has 

 been noticed by travellers under the name of Teigne de Miana, or 

 venomous bug of Miana. It lives in houses, and it is reported 

 that its puncture occasions disagreeable or even serious conse- 

 quences to man— producing convulsions, delirium, sometimes 

 followed by gangrene of the part, and, as is asserted, even death 

 —a statement which it is now said is very much exaggerated, if 

 not wholly incorrect. Th« "body is flat and thin, of a clear blood- 

 red, spotted on the back, with a great many white spots or granu- 

 lations. The feet are pale yellow. 



