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E. Fine punctuations scarcely visible, large 

 punctuations very large and few in number 



simus. 



EE. Fine punctuations very apparent. 

 F. Large punctuations scattered 



appendintlatus. 



FF. Large puuctuati(Uis near lateral anterior 

 margins and in middle area . . nitens. 



Nymphs. 



A. Eyes hemispherical ; base of rostrum with sides rounded 



evertsi. 



AA. Eyes flat ; base of rostrum with lateral edge produced into a 

 point. 



B. Base of rostrum with lateral angles short ; cervical grooves of 

 shield nearly reaching posterior margin ; marginal grooves 

 present, postero-lateral margin of shield concave 



appendiculatus. 



BP). Base of rostrum with lateral angles very long and vsharp ; 

 palpi very slender and conical at tips ; cervical grooves short ; 

 marginal grooves lacking ; shield quadrangular, with posterior 

 margin convex. . . . . . . . . . . . . simus. 



Larvae. 



A. Eyes hemispherical ; shield covers all of anterior portion of body. 



evertsi. 



AA. Eyes flat ; shield allow^s a portion of the l)ody to show along the 

 antero-lateral margin. 



B. Base of rostrum with lateral edges rounded ; palpi moderately 

 long . . . . . . . . . . . . appendiculatus. 



BB. Base of rostrum with lateral edges produced into very long 

 sharp points ; palpi long and slender and shar])ly ])()inted at 

 the tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . simus. 



E(jr/s. 



A. Dark brown in colour . . . . . . . . . . evertsi. 



AA. Light brown in colour .. .. .. a jiprud ir-uJu tus. siruus. 



EHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI. NEUMANN. 



The Eed Tick. 



Ell i pice plialus everisi, Xeumann (189T). 



Plate VIII, figures r/, I' ; Plate IX, figure a ; Plate X, figure a ; 



Plate XL a, e. 



Male. — Bodu short oval, widely rounded behind ; 5 to 6 mm. long 

 by 3 to 4 mm. wide, widest at the level of coxae IV ; colour saffron 

 yellow, except the shield and rostrum, wdiich are dark chestnut brow^i. 

 Dorsal shield {VIII, a) does not cover all the dorsal surface, but allows a 

 margin of the body to be exposed on the sides and posterior end ; convex, 

 shining, punctuations numerous and contiguous, or almost so, making the 



