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ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



723 



Orni thodoros turicata 5 specimens 

 Burnet, Texas, USA 



Sent 26JVol909 



From Dr. L. 0. Howard; gift of USDA 



724 



Orni thodoros moubata 

 Dowa Prison 



20.IIIJ909 



Dr. E. H. A« Pask 



Sent by Dr. H. Hearsey, Principal 

 Medical Officer, Nyasaland, Africa. 

 Rec'd. 9. V. 1909. 



Dr. Hearsey writes (30.111.1909) 

 stating that Dowa is in the Central 

 Angoniland District. He encloses 

 a letter from Dr. E.H.A. Pask, 

 f^dical Officer, Dowa who writes 

 to him (24. III. 1909):- "The ticks 

 are all collected in the prison 

 at Dowa, which is literally alive 

 with them. Some were obtained from 

 the roof,, others from sweepings from 

 the floor whilst others were secured 

 by making small holes in the walls and 

 examining the dust obtained by poking 

 with a piece of stick. It is rather 

 strange that no cases of tick fever 

 have been discovered among the pri- 

 soners during the month that I've 

 been here - in fact no cases of fever 

 at all. The natives round here suffer 

 a good deal from it, in fact, I have 



N 723 



RML 109381 



6 N Orni thodoros turicata 



Burnet (30.46 N, 98.14 W), 

 Texas, USA 



Sent 26. IV. 1909 



From Dr. L. 0. Howard; gift of USDA 

 N 724 



RML 109382 



6 cf, 4 ?, 20 N Orni thodoros moubata 



Dowa Prison (13,41 S, 33.59 E), 

 Malawi 



20. III. 1909 



Dr. E. H. A. Pask 



Cited: Merriman (1911: 171). 



