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  STANLEY 
  HIRST. 
  — 
  ON 
  THE 
  PARASITIC 
  ACARI 
  

  

  Egypt 
  : 
  Assiut 
  town 
  (on 
  Mus 
  norvegicus, 
  M. 
  rattus 
  and 
  Acomys 
  cahirinus) 
  ; 
  and 
  

   also 
  on 
  the 
  feluccas 
  at 
  Assiut 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  hosts 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  

   on 
  M 
  us 
  norvegicus, 
  which 
  is 
  apparently 
  the 
  principal 
  host 
  of 
  this 
  parasite. 
  

  

  Abyssinia 
  : 
  Harar 
  ; 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  collected 
  by 
  G. 
  Kristensen 
  on 
  Mus 
  

   sp., 
  2. 
  i. 
  1912, 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  N. 
  Charles 
  

   Eothschild. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  14. 
  Leiognathus 
  bacoti, 
  Hirst 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  view 
  of 
  protonymph. 
  

  

  Australia 
  : 
  (1) 
  Specimens 
  found 
  on 
  human 
  beings 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  walls 
  in 
  a 
  boot 
  

   factory 
  at 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  ; 
  also 
  others 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  rat's 
  nest 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   factory. 
  (2) 
  Specimens 
  found 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  a 
  seed 
  shop 
  at 
  Sydney 
  (biting 
  human 
  

   beings) 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  rat 
  caught 
  in 
  this 
  shop 
  ; 
  the 
  mites 
  attacked 
  the 
  workers 
  in 
  these 
  

   establishments, 
  setting 
  up 
  very 
  considerable 
  irritation 
  of 
  the 
  skin. 
  (3) 
  Specimens 
  

   found 
  on 
  human 
  beings 
  at 
  Perth, 
  Western 
  Australia, 
  2. 
  xii. 
  1908. 
  (4) 
  Specimens 
  

   biting 
  at 
  night 
  on 
  the 
  wharves, 
  Fremantle, 
  Western 
  Australia. 
  All 
  these 
  Australian 
  

   examples 
  of 
  this 
  mite 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  (except 
  those 
  from 
  Perth, 
  which 
  were 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  Quick 
  Laboratory, 
  Cambridge) 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Burton 
  Cleland 
  ; 
  my 
  best 
  thanks 
  

   are 
  due 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  his 
  kindness 
  in 
  sending 
  me 
  these 
  specimens 
  for 
  examination. 
  

  

  South 
  America 
  : 
  Numerous 
  examples 
  found 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  Giacomelli 
  on 
  a 
  rat 
  at 
  

   La 
  Bioja, 
  Argentine, 
  March 
  1912 
  ; 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  

   N. 
  Charles 
  Eothschild. 
  

  

  