1412 



ORIGINAL DETERMIN/\ 



JIOI 



1 





N 



CURRENT STATUS 



3355 





3355 











RML 



107233 



Ornithodoros talaje 1 



^, 



2 



N 





1 cf, 2 N Ornithodoros coniceps 



Pigeon (in lab'y.) 











Columba livia 



France 











France 



1916 











1916 



E. Brumpt, Paris 











E. Brumpt, Paris 



C. W. det. 













Note to 3355: 1 <f & 



2 N 



pi 



icked 







from a lot totalling 3 c? l ? 7 N 

 sent 16. VI. 191 6 to me by Dr. E. 

 Brumpt of Paris, then with the 

 army at Heri court, Haute Saonne, 

 France. He is studying their 

 biology & f i nds : 



Larvae gorge in 4-8 days on pigeon, 

 placed at 250C. they moult to 

 nymphs in 5-6 days. 

 Nymphs (1st st.) refuse to feed, 

 and whilst fasting moult after some 

 days. The subsequent developt. 

 to adults is normal, takes some 

 months. Brumpt asks if we still 

 consider 0^. coniceps only a var. of 

 talaje . 



C.W. remarks (Vii.l9) coniceps & 

 capensis are light racial varieties 

 of £. talaje , all 3 are essentially 

 al i ke . 



