Anxals of the Transvaal Museum. 



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Feiu((le (uiieiio'orged). — Ihxhj Hat, oval, widest opposite coxae 

 IV, truncate on i)osterior margin ; deep chestnut brown in colour ; 

 4.5 mm. long (rostrum not included), o to 8.5 mm. wade. Shield oval, 

 almost hexagonal, glabrous, as wide or a little wider (2.5 mm.) than 

 long, the posterior margin convex, the postero-lateral margins 

 concave, antero-lateral margin convex ; cervical grooves deep, narrow, 

 and converging at first, then wide, superficial and diverging behind ; 

 marginal grooves lacking; represented by a raised margin; eyes 

 black, hemispherical, shining, near the lateral angles in deep, sub- 

 marginal pits ; cervical emargination shallow ; i^unctuations very 

 unequal. Dorsal surfaee {V , e) with three longitudinal grooves, i he 

 lateral divided into two unequal branches at the margin close to I lie 

 edge, eleven caudal festoons ; large transverse folds and i)its between 

 the dorsal grooves; short whitish hair on all the surface, two dorsal 

 porose areas, one on each side and close to the median line, just 

 caudad of the shield, small and dark coloured. Ventral surface 

 with similar hairs and a few medium-sized punctuations; sexual pore 

 narrow, opposite coxae II ; anus near posterior third ; ano-margmal 

 groove present ; a short groove on each side of it ; stiginatic plates 

 large, dark chestnut coloured, triangular, almost as wide as long, 

 angles rounded, postero-lateral angle projecting laterally. Rostram 

 similar to that of male except that it is slightly longer (1.5 mm.), 

 and possesses the porose areas, which are elongate, elliptical, and not 

 very deep; the mandibles difter from those of the male as follows: 

 inner apophysis slightly recurved and sharp at the tip, not far from 

 the extremity is borne a transverse process with three sharp teeth ; 

 the outer apophysis has a wide base, and bears three teeth, the 

 anterior of which is very small, the other two are large and strong; 

 hypostonie and palpi like those of the nmle. Legs like those of the 

 male; coxae like those of the male except that they are not contiguous. 



AVlieii fully engorged the female may attain a size of 2U mm. 

 long by 18 mm. wide, and almost as thick as wide, sides almost 

 parallel, glabrous, or almost so. Colour chestnut brown, lighter 

 than that of shield, sometimes whitish before complete engorgement, 

 often the marginal groove apnearing as a whitish line. Hairs and 

 grooves disappear when fully engorged, previous to that stage the 

 anterior grooves appear on the dorsal surface and divei-ge ])ehind. 



^gmpJi. — Body short, oval, more or less swollen, of a colour 

 va-rying from yellowish white to chestnut brown, 2 to 4 mm. long. 

 Shield similar to that of female. Stigmatic plates small, nearly 

 circular. 



Hosts. — All domestic animals, including horse, mule, ass, slieep, 

 antelope, deer, dog, cat, man, dromedary, camel, ox (the last three 

 by preference), and the following wild animals: giraffe, reed liuck,, 

 and wild boar. They prefer the regions of the genitals. 



Distribution. — Algeria, Tunis, Morocco, Tripoli, Tenerifte, 

 Egypt, Abyssinia, Asia Minor, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, 

 China, India, Mongolia, Senegal, German East Africa, Mocambique,, 

 Sonialiland, Natal, Cape Colony, Orange Eiver Colony, Transvaal, 

 Walfisli ]3ay, Greece, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, Southern France,. 

 Spain, Portugal. 



