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6. Rhipicephalus annulatus, R. annulatus var. microplus, 
and Boophilus australis all refer to Boophilus microplus 
(Canestrini 1888), in so far as the species of Cuba is con- 
cerned. 
7. “Margaropus annulatus or Boophilus annulatus ” I 
have searched for this tick with special care, examining 
lots coming from many different parts of the island, but I 
have never seen it. If it occurs on cattle imported from the 
United States, it must be very rare. 
8. Dermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897. The occurrence 
of this tick in Cuba is certain. 
9. Argas miniatus Koch, 1844. This name is now re- 
garded as a synonym of Argas persicus (Oken, 1818), 
which is well known as a Cuban tick. 
10. Ornithodoros marginatus N. Banks, 1910. Dr. Be- 
quaert, who saw cotypes in Mr. Banks’ collection at the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., in- 
forms me that it is an extremely remarkable species. As 
Mr. Banks states, it is “readily known from all other 
species by the row of tufted humps on margins of body.” 
It probably is peculiar to West Indian caves, where it 
doubtless feeds on bats. 
11. Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini and Fanzago, 1877. 
This is mainly a tick of the Old World, where it is found on 
cattle, horses and other hosts. It is rather similar to R. 
sanguineus, and it is possible that the specimens seen by 
Neumann from Cuba were that species and not the true R. 
bursa. In any case, the record needs confirmation and I do 
not therefore include the species in my list. It should be 
noted that Neumann did not mention R. sanguineus from 
Cuba. 
12. Rhipicephalus texanus N. Banks, 1908. The correct 
identity of this species is open to question. The Cuban 
specimens which Mayo referred to it, were, however, be- 
yond doubt R. sanguineus, the common dog-tick of the is- 
land. 
I shall now give a list of the species of ticks at present 
positively known to occur in Cuba, with the hosts on which 
they may be found, as well as the localities. 
