1931 ] 
Notes on Ornithodoros talaje 
171 
Curry, Mr. Roach and I visited the infested quarters. The 
house was one of the regular Canal Zone type of four- 
family wooden quarters, and it was in one of the two 
downstairs apartments that the ticks were located. The 
occupant of this apartment was an American family, con- 
sisting of Mr. X, his wife and a ten year old son. 
Mr. X was a civilian employee of the U. S. Army and had 
been occupying these quarters for a period of about three 
months. The previous occupant, so far as known, had made 
no complaint of being annoyed by arthropods in the house. 
The X family began to be attacked soon after moving 
into the apartment. Since these attacks seemed to occur 
only at night and while in bed, it was at first suspected 
that the apartment was infested with bedbugs. A search 
was made which failed to reveal any bedbugs, but did 
result in several of the ticks being found. 
The furniture in the house was all supplied through 
United States government channels, but there were two 
single beds in one room that had been used by the former 
occupant. Believing that these beds might be the source of 
infestation, Mr. X placed them in a storeroom and pur- 
chased new ones. 
At the time of our visit, Mrs. X gave me a bottle 
containing ten of the ticks. These had been found during 
the thirty-three days that had elapsed since the previous 
lot had been collected and sent in for identification. Four 
of these were apparently second stage nymphs and six 
appeared to be in the third stage. All were flat and seem- 
ingly unfed and none had molted while in the bottle. Sev- 
eral of these specimens had been found on the white spreads 
covering the beds and the family believed that they were 
dropping from the ceiling. 
The bedroom was lined with narrow matched pine boards 
and had been well painted. There were many crevices 
between the boards, however, that would provide hiding 
places for Ornithodoros, but a close search aided with 
flashlights and probing along in the crevices with tooth- 
picks gave only negative results. 
The two single beds, which were of iron, that had been 
placed in the storeroom were examined, and two cast 
