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ward, one median and two lateral. Posterior border divided into 

 eleven festoons, enlarging laterally. Punctations and hair bear- 

 ing pores give a general reticulated appearance to both dorsum 

 and venter. Genital pore opposite legs II ; anus at beginning of 

 posterior quarter of body. Stigmal plate comma-shaped. Head 

 (capitulum) 750/i long; mandibles with digit having internal 

 apophysis bearing one recurved tooth, and external apophy.sis 

 bearing three increasing in size from the terminal one back. 

 Dart (hypostome) with recurved denticles in four rows in front 

 and three rows posteriorly (Neumann), (according to Stiles the 

 fourth row is unreal consisting of the booklets of the mandibles 

 showing outside the dart). Palpi longer than the dart with 

 ventro-internal hairs and the second article bearing the character- 

 istic blunt retrograde dorsal point. Legs of moderate length, 

 hairy ; coxae I bidentate, II to IV with spur on posterior margin ; 

 tarsi II to IV have strong, recurved terminal spine. 



Ovigerous Female. Body turgid, nearly as broad in front as 

 behind, constricted laterally opposite the two small dorsal stig- 

 mata, color deep brown (slaty), legs brown (black in alcohol). 

 Dorsal shield with thin silvery white metallic rust shading to rose 

 or green. Grooves shallow "or effaced, punctations slight or 

 absent, surface glabrous. May be 16 mm. long by 10 mm. 

 broad. 



Male. Body as in young female. Dorsal shield reddish brown 

 with a white silvery metallic. rust shading to rose or green, in 

 front a large elliptical spot with white border, then a second spot 

 with radiating white lines, then three more, a median rounded 

 and two lateral rather semi-circular .spots. A marginal groove 

 limiting eleven posterior marginal festoons with white and brown 

 markings. Punctations present on the entire surface. Venter as 

 in young female. Stigmata somewhat comma-shaped. Mandibles 

 have internal apophysis transversely elongated, bidentate, ex- 

 ternal apophysis also bidentate with terminal tooth the smaller. 

 Dart (hypostome) has three rows of teeth on each side. Palpi 

 longer, recurved point on second article prominent. Coxse en- 

 crease in size from I to IV the last being very large. Tarsi II and 

 III with two spines each ; three spines on each of coxse, femur, 

 tibia and protarsus, on the ventral surface. 



Geographical Distribution. This tick is found over wide areas 



