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W. A. Hooker (Jl. Econ. Entom., II, 1909, p. 415) gives a 
list of the ticks known at the time from Cuba. He repeats 
most of the previous records and includes the following 
species of which he saw Cuban specimens in the collection 
of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology: Amblyomma albopic- 
tum, Argas miniatus, Margaropus annulatus, Ornithodoros 
marginatus (Banks, MS. name). 
In 1910 (Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, XII, p. 6), N. 
Banks describes Ornithodoros marginatus , from a cave in 
the Guanajay Mountains, Cuba (collected by Palmer and 
Riley), and also from a West Indian bat (collected by Bar- 
rett, probably in Porto Rico). 
The foregoing data might call for some discussion, but I 
prefer to give the following brief summary. 
1. “ Ixodes reticulatus yy =Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabr., 
1794) . It is evident that Balmaseda used this name for the 
ticks he found on cattle, because i( Ixodes reticidatus” is the 
best known tick name. The presence of this species in 
Cuba could only be explained as accidental, through in- 
troduction with cattle from Europe. Given this possibility 
and in view of its origin, this species should be struck out 
from the Cuban list. 
2. “ Ixodes ricinus yy =ixodes ricinus (Lin., 1758). Up to 
the present the occurrence of this tick in the island has not 
yet been positively established. It seems certain that Bal- 
maseda cited it only because he was familiar with the name. 
I mention the foregoing two species only because they 
have appeared in print. 
3. Amblyomma albopictum Neumann, 1899. The occur- 
rence of this tick in Cuba has been confirmed. 
4. Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787). This 
species is very common in Cuba. 
5. Amblyomma tuberculatum Marx, 1894. This tick was 
collected by Gundlach and identified by Neumann. Dr. Be- 
quaert is of the opinion that Gundlach obtained his speci- 
mens off gopher turtles brought to Cuba from the United 
States, where the species is indigenous. In view of this, 
this tick must be eliminated from the Cuban list. 
