726 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



1687 



Argas persicus (2) 



Khartoum, Soudan 



1912 



Dr. A. Balfour 



[Small tick was observed "feeding" 

 through the back of the larger one, 

 19,111.1912] 



CURRENT STATUS 



1687 MISSING 



Nuttall illustrates the larger tick 

 showing a scar on the dorsum where 

 feeding took place. 



1 



Rhipicephal us sanguineus 2 N ' s 



and 

 8 specimens of Hunterell us hookeri 



Dogs 



Corpus Christi, Texas 



Rec'd 26. III. 1912 



Rec'd from H. P. Wood 



Note: These hymenopterous parasites 

 emerged at the Dallas Laboratory on 

 22. VI. 1908 from the nymphal ticks which 

 had been collected 29.\/J908 off dogs. 

 Sent by my request by Mr. H. P. Wood 

 (P.O. Box 208, Dallas, Texas) of the 

 U.S. Dept. of Agric. 4 other specimens 

 of H. hookeri were rec'd dry, these are 

 being mounted on 2 slides; the others are 

 in 50% alcohol as received. 



1688 MISSING 



Herbert Poland Wood (1883-1925) 

 B.S. Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College 1907. Worked at Bureau 

 of Entomology, Dallas, Texas where 

 he investigated tick biology until 

 transferred to Cereal and Forage 

 Insect Investigations in 1920. 



