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Amblyomma crenatum Neumann 
Amblyomma crenatum Neumann, 1899, Mem. Soc. Zool. 
France, XII, p. 214, fig. 52 ( $ ; off a Rhinoceros sup- 
posedly from the Cape of Good Hope) ; 1901, Loc. cit., 
XIV, p. 297 ( 9 3; Sumatra; no host); 1911, Das 
Tierreich, Lief 26, Acarina, Ixodidse, p. 77, fig. 34 
( $ 3 ) . Robinson, 1926, Ticks, IV, Amblyomma , 
pp. 12, 21 and 75, figs. 32-33 ( 9 3). 
Amblyomma subluteum Neumann, 1899, Mem. Soc. Zool. 
France, XII, p. 263 ( 3 ; two without locality, one of 
them supposedly off an African Rhinoceros). 
? Acarus elephantinus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th Ed., 
I, p. 615 (“Habitat in India”, no host) ; 1767, Loc . cit ., 
12th Ed., I, pt. 2, p. 1022. Gervais, 1844, in Walck- 
enaer, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apteres, II, p. 250. Neumann, 
1911, Das Tierreich, Lief. 26, Acarina, Ixodidae, p. 126. 
A. C. Oudemans, 1926, Tijdschr. v. Entom., LXIX, 
Suppl., p. 95; 1929, Loc. cit., LXXII, Suppl., p. 207 
(with references to the older literature). Not of 
Schrank, 1776. 
? Ixodes elephantinus Fabricius, 1805, Syst. Anti., p. 351. 
? Amblyomma elephantinum C. L. Koch, 1844, Arch. f. 
Naturgesch., X, pt. 1, p. 230; 1847, Uebersicht des 
Arachnidensystems, IV, p. 19. Neumann, 1899, Mem. 
Soc. Zool. France, XII, p. 282. 
Specimens Examined. — Twenty-four males and twelve 
females (two fully engorged), off Rhinoceros sondaicus 
Desmarest, shot four miles north of Teluk Anson and south 
of the Sungei Lampan, Lower Perak, Federated Malay 
States (Major Arthur S. Vernay and Dr. P. H. Hodgkin). 
The true country of origin and correct host of A. crena- 
tum are now definitely established with this material. The 
information available thus far was summarized by Robin- 
son as follows: “ Amblyomma crenatum is an African spe- 
cies and the only known host is the Rhinoceros . NeumamTs 
earlier description of the female was based on a single spec- 
imen off Rhinoceros , Cape of Good Hope (Paris Mus.) ; his 
description of Amb. subluteum was based on two males, one 
