156 Haemaphysatis punctata 
given by L. Koch (1877, pp. 196—198) of Rhipicephalus expositicius 
certainly agrees very closely with that of H. punctata, but he gives no 
figure. Canestrini (1890, pp. 523—526) subsequently gave a more 
detailed and fairly accurate description, more especially of the $; he 
gives the first figures published (PI. 41, Figs 6 and 6a), showing a 
ventral view of the f and a ventral view of the </ capitulum. Although 
inaccurate, Canestrini’s figures show the principal f characters. All 
the points in his description, with the exception of a few measurements, 
are included in Neumann’s description (1897, pp. 327—330). Berlese 
(1891, Fasc. 55, PI. 1) gives a coloured figure of H. sulcata, together 
with outlines of the dorsal and ventral aspects of the capitulum and of 
the spiracle. To us there appears to be no doubt that he was 
dealing with a gorged nymph of H. punctata, although he omits the 
cornua on the basis capituli and places the chelicerae ventrally instead 
of dorsally in his figure of the capitulum. In a later publication (1891, 
Fasc. 58, PI. 10) he gives an inaccurate coloured figure of H. 
punctata f, and equally inaccurate contour figures of the f (ventral 
aspect), f capitulum and palp, $ (dorsal and ventral), </ and $ 
spiracles. Finally, Neumann (1897, Figs. 1 and 2, p. 328) figures 
the hypostome accurately and gives dorsal views of the f and $ 
chelicerae of the left side. His figure of the f chelicera is correct 
(compare with our PI. XIV, Fig. 4 and XV, Figs. 5, 6) but that of the 
is inaccurate, more particularly with regard to the so-called third 
apophysis (dorsal process). Wheler (1906, Figs. 30—32) has published 
photographs of the f and $. 
Specific Description. 
Female (Plate XIII). 
Unfed. Length (anterior margin of scutum to posterior margin) 
273—3'23 mm. Breadth (maximum), 1’78—2'08 mm. 
Body 1 flattened, contour ellipsoidal; reddish-brown dorsally, paler 
ventrally; glabrous (few excessively minute scattered hairs); marginal 
grooves deep, sharply defined, extending from external angles of scutum, 
anteriorly, to 4th festoon on either side, posteriorly : postero-median 
groove shallow, extends from median festoon almost to posterior margin 
of scutum ; accessory grooves as long as postei'o-median groove, wide and 
shallow: foveae opposite legs IV, darker in colour than surrounding 
1 Refer to text figures 1, 2, p. 165. 
