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Ticks of Cuba 
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tanzas, and Santa Clara. This is the common dog-tick of 
Cuba, widely distributed, probably, over the entire island. 
I have not seen it outside the provinces mentioned. 
G. Boophilus Curtice, 1891 
6. B. microplus (Canestrini, 1888). Hosts: Bos taurus, 
Equus caballus. Localities : Provinces of Havana, Ma tan- 
zas, Pinar del Rio, Santa Clara, and Camaguey. This spe- 
cies has been recorded by various investigators (Neumann, 
Stiles, Bequaert). It is the common tick of our cattle. I 
have taken specimens from deer (“venado”) , Odocoileus 
virginianus, at Artemisa, Prov. Pinar del Rio. 
G. Amblyomma Koch, 1844 
7. A. cajennense (Fabr., 1787) Koch, 1844. Hosts: 
Equus caballus, Bos taurus. Localities: Provinces of Ha- 
vana, Pinar del Rio, and Santa Clara. This, as well as Boo- 
philus microplus and Dermacentor nitens, are our most 
common ticks, which parasitize cattle. 
8. A. albopictum Neumann, 1899. Host: Cyclura mac- 
leayi Gray. Locality: Province of Havana. The species 
was first described by H. Lucas (1852; as Ixodes variega- 
tus), from specimens collected near Havana by Gundlach. 
The present author has also found it. 
9. Amblyomma species? (near scutatum Neumann, 
1899). Hosts: Bufo peltacephalus Tschudi (vernacular 
name: “sapo”) , Cyclura macleayi Gray. Localities: Prov- 
inces of Havana (Laguna de Ariguanabo) and Oriente (San 
German; collected by M. Jaume) . The true identity of this 
tick is as yet undecided. According to Dr. Bequaert, it is 
quite different from A. dissimile Koch, and possibly repre- 
sents an undescribed species. 
10. A. torrei, new species. Host : Cyclura macleayi Gray 
( carinata of authors; vernacular name “iguana”) . 
Locality : Province of Havana. 
Description : Amblyomma. 
Male : Length, 3.2 mm.; greatest width, 3 mm. Body 
slightly oval, without marginal groove; cervical groove 
short and deep ; eyes of median size, not orbited, quite ap- 
parent; scutum convex, ornate; eleven quadrangular fes- 
toons; five ventral plates; dentition 3:3. 
