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CASE Caucasus and neighbouring regions. In form and appearance it 

 is similar to a species from Syria, described by Koch under 

 the name of Hyalomma syriacum, and from the locality it is pos- 

 sible that this too may belong to the section of Ixodes, to 

 which he has given the name Hyalomma ; although that section 

 depends on its having eyes, of which Kolenati makes no 

 mention. 



Hyalomma hispanicum {Koch, Ubers. Arach.). 



Hi'alomma hispanicum (male). Copied from fig-ure in Koch's Ubersicht. 

 Magnified and natural size. 



Ditto (female) unswollen. Map;nified and natural size. 



Dark wine red, with a thin margin of yellowish- white \ legs light 



