665 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



1542, 



N 

 RML 



(1542) Ixodes caledonicus 

 3 ?, 7 N 



(a) Ixodes caledonicus 2 larvae 

 (gorged! 



(b) Ixodes caledonicus 1 ? 

 deformed 



Dovecote 



Dunipace, Stirlingshire, 

 Scotland 



25. V. 1911 



Mr. Wm. Evans 



Out of the same lot as 1295 

 Presented 28.11.1912 (b) deformed 

 showing anal groove closed as a 

 ring: should serve as a prime 

 warning not to found new species 

 on a deformed specimen [figured 

 & described] Note: Mr. Evans, 

 20.11.1912 writes that he has 

 given specimens of this lot of I^. 

 caledonicus to Dr. Ashworth & 

 Reltie, and is sending others to 

 Prof. L. G. Neumann, the Brit. Mus., 

 and Edinburgh Mus. G. H.F.N. 

 1. III. 1912. 



1542, a, b 



110135 



(1542) 3 ? 6 N Ixodes caledonicus 



(a) 2 L Ixodes caledonicus 



(b) 1 g Ixodes caledonicus 



Dovecote 



Dunipace (56.01 N, 03.55 W), 

 Stirlingshire, Scotland 



25. V. 1911 



Mr. Wi Hi am Evans 



N 1542(b) is in a jar marked "Tick 

 Abnormalities" and has been described 

 and figured by Nuttall (1914a: 251). 



William Evans (1851-1922) died 23. X. 1922 

 aged 70, Editor of the Scottish 

 Naturalist . Fellow Royal Society 

 Edinburgh. 



