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portions. The commonest host in tlie Transvaal is the dog ; one specimeix 

 has heen taken from the ringed pigeon, and, what is prol3al)lv a nvmph of 

 sanguineus, from the striped mouse (AvicanfJiis pumilUo) at Pretoria.- 

 Donitz states that sanguineus transmits a disease of dogs in France. 



EHIPICEPHALUS LUXULATUS. NEUMANN. 



Pill i pice phalus Juiiulatus, Xeumann (1907). 



Plate VI PL, figure g ; Plate IX, figure g : Plate X, figure g. 



Male. — Body a little wider behind and acuminate behind ; lengtli 

 4: mm. (rostrum included), width 1.9 mm. near the posterior third. Skield 

 {VIII, g) convex, shining, \ery dark brown, almost black in colour, without 

 spots, showing a slight margin of the abdomen beyond the sides of the shield 

 cervical groo\ es ver}' short ; marginal grooyes deep, occupied by large 

 punctuations, commencing immediately behind the eyes and ending at the 

 groove which separates the two extreme festoons ; j)unctuations large, 

 distant, in irregular lines, one line on each side, a little inside of the 

 marginal groove, forms its prolongation forward ; a few very fine punctua- 

 tions in front, almost obsolete ; eyes flat, yellowish, large, marginal. 

 Ventral surface reddish brown, punctuated with a few very short hairs ; 

 anus near the anterior quarter of the anal plates (IX, g) ; the latter 

 elongate, triangular, the inner margin concave, the outer margin convex^ 

 the posterior margin divided into two unequal lobes, the outer one of 

 which is spine shaped ; the outer pair of anal plates projecting,. 

 S|)iniform ; no caudal prolongation ; stigmatic plates narrow, elongate 

 comma-shaped, with the point recurved toward the dorsal surface. Rostrum 

 0.55 mm. long, dorsal surface of the base wider than long, lateral angles- 

 projecting, situated near the anterior quarter of the length, posterior 

 angles not very ]jrominent ; hypostome slightly s]:)atulate, with six rows 

 of teeth ; mandibles with process of inner apophysis elongate transverselj 

 and bidentate, outer apophysis bidentate ; palpi scarcely longer than wide, 

 flat on the dorsal surface, the second article as long as the third and 

 contracted into a ])oint on its posterior-dorsal margin. Legs relativelj 

 strong. Coxae I with anterior point slightly visible from the dorsal 

 surface, bears two very long spurs ; on the posterior margin of the other- 

 coxae, two wide, flat teeth : tarsi medium in size, with terminal claws. 



Female. — Body a wide ellipse in outline, length 8 mm. (including 

 rostrum), width 6 mm., widely rounded at both extremities ; dark blue in 

 colour. Sh ield (X, g) small ; dark brown in colour ; longer than wide or as- 

 wide as long ; widely rounded behind ; cervical grooves deep in anterior part,, 

 reaching posterior margin ; lateral grooves deep, set off by large punctua- 

 tions ; nearly reaching posterior margin, punctuations small, evenly 

 distributed, and well separated from one another, a. few very large punctua- 

 tions in median area, marginal grooves, and marginal ridges. Bostrunv 

 with l)ase much wider than long ; posterior angles not very prominent ; 

 lateral angles very prominent, porose areas small, circular, and separated \w 

 a diameter, numerous punctuations between them ; palpi typical ; 

 hypostome with six rows of teeth : mandil)les with process of inner 

 apophysis tridentate ; outer apo])hysis with three teeth. Dorsal surface 

 glal)rous, four anterior grooves and three posterior grooves. Ventral surface 

 glabrous, numerous punctures and a few short whitish hairs ; sexual 



