559 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



Ticks received from Dr. S. T. Darling, M.D., Chief of Board of Health 

 Laboratory, (Isthmian Canal Commission) Ancon, Panama Canal Zone, (sent) 

 11.VJ911. + = collected by A. H. Jennings, = collected by Dr. S. T. 

 Darl ing. 



1275 



Argas persicus 



Hen coop 



Ancon, Panama 



3. V. 1910 



A, H. Jennings 



1275 MISSING 



1276 



Ornithodoros talaje 2 

 Native house 

 Chame, R. P. 

 Sent 11. V. 1911 

 Dr. S. T. Darling 



"Causes a vesicular-pustular 

 eruption on skin of native 

 children & may be host of 

 Spirochaeta movyi : relapsing 

 fever of Panama" 



1276 



RML 110121 



2 N Ornithodoros talaje 



Native house 



Chame (08.35 N, 79.53 W) Panama 



Sent 11. V. 1911 



Dr. S. T. Darling 

 Samuel Taylor Darling (1872-1925) 

 from 1906-1915, Chief of laboratories 

 of the Isthmian Canal Commission, 

 Panama Canal Zone. Tropical medicine 

 specialist who worked on hookworm, 

 malaria and trypanosomiasis. 



1277 



Ornithodoros talaje 4 



Rats 



Panama, R. P. 



Sent 11. V. 1911 



A. H. Jennings 



Labelled larvae 



1277 MISSING 



