all Instances, NuttaH cited a given 

 collection as follows: 



N3077 Aponomma trimaculatum d-'s, N's 

 in rf 's 

 (ii) N's 



I have eliminated the redundant use of 

 (i) and (ii). With these exceptions and 

 a few minor corrections, all data appear- 

 ing in the left-hand column are as they 

 appeared in the original version of 

 Nuttall 's catalogue. 



In his catalogue^ Nuttall arranged col- 

 lection data in seven general categories 

 for each entry as follows: (1) Nuttall 

 number, (2) tick determination, (3) host, 

 (4) locality, (5) date, (6) collector, 

 and (7) remarks. Entry (1) is always 

 present and (2) is rarely absent. The 

 remaining categories are usually in- 

 cluded. 



In the updated catalogue column, I have 

 added to category (1) a Rocky Mountain 

 Laboratories (RML) number. This number 

 will allow these records to be added 

 into the SELGEM (the acronym derived 

 from SELf-GEnerating Master) information 

 retrieval system of the National Museum 

 of Natural History, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. This is a generalized system for 

 information storage, management, and 

 retrieval especially suited for collec- 

 tion management in museums. Often 

 Nuttall neglected to list the number of 

 specimens in a collection, I have added 

 this information to the tick determi- 

 nation using the standard characters :c^ = 

 male, ? = female, N = nymph, and L = 

 larva. Host data are indicated by 

 current species designation whenever 

 possible. Common names are used when 

 applicable or when no other choice is 

 available. Specific localities are 

 given coordinates whenever possible, but 

 where the localities are large areas 

 (viz Queensland, Australia; South 

 Africa), no coordinates are given. I 

 have used the more readily recognizable 

 names of localities rather than the less 

 common, albeit more correct, names. For 

 example, I have used Algiers instead of 

 Alger and Cairo instead of Al-Qahirah. 

 Where a Nuttall tick collection is 



missing, all information is given as it 

 appears in the catalogue, and no attempt 

 is made to update or correct any data. 

 The word "MISSING" appears in the update 

 column. 



The following abbreviations are used 

 throughout the text: 



BMNH British Museum (Natural 



History) 

 C.W, Cecil Warburton 



G.H.F,N. George H. F. Nuttall 

 J.E,K, James E. Keirans 

 L.E.R. Lloyd E. Robinson 

 NB Nota bene 



Nn L. G, Neumann 



RML Rocky Mountain Laboratories 



I.B.E, (also cited as Imp, Bur. Ent. ) 



Imperial Bureau of Entomology 



At the end of the catalogue are four 

 appendixes so that users can locate 

 collection data by type specimens, genus 

 and species of tick, host, and geographi- 

 cal locality. 



Tick Determinations 



The determination of most immature ticks 

 should be considered tentative. Where 

 nymphs or larvae were part of a reared 

 series, I have given them the same 

 identification as adults. I have made 

 specific identifications of other 

 immatures when I have felt confident of 

 the detemi nation, or where knowledge of 

 immature stages is well known, or both, 

 i.e., many Ornithodoros spp. and certain 

 Ixodes spp. 



Haemaphy sal i s 1 eachi determi nati ons may 

 be considered as H, leachi group. This 

 group of African carnivore parasites 

 consists of H. leachi , H. morel i , 

 IH. paraleachT , H. punctal eachi , and 

 H. spinulosaT Separation of these 

 "entities was not attempted. 



Dermacentor auratus , D^. compactus , 

 D^. atrosignatus , and at least two other 

 unnamed species are currently under 

 study by H. Hoogstraal and H. Wassef. I 

 have used an unpublished key by these 



