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terminating anteriorly opposite leg II, posteriorly at 4th festoon; 
accessory grooves shallow, deeper at posterior extremity; foveae in small 
depressions opposite interspace between legs III and IV. Venter :— 
spiracles oval, wider in front than behind, external margin almost 
straight, posfero-marginal angle pronounced; macula small, situated 
towards antero-internal angle: genital grooves almost parallel anteriorly, 
divergent behind coxae IV, extend to posterior marginal festoons; post- 
anal groove straight, bifurcated at its anterior end as in female: festoons 
sharply divided from body by a deep groove: genital orifice opposite 
coxae II : anus as in female. 
Capitulum, length 500—070/r (measured as in female) : basis capituli 
rectangular, relatively longer than that of female; dorsal ridge with salient 
rounded angles (cornua) at its extremities; few coarse scattered pores on 
site of porose areas of female : palps relatively shorter than those of the 
female, more conical and less truncated; retrograde spine on ventral 
surface of article 3 more pronounced : chelicerae—internal article as in 
female; dorsal process with single large outwardly directed cusp from 
which a thin strap-like process runs down the dorso-external margin of 
the internal article and becomes indistinguishably fused with it; 
external article small, with three cusps, the most proximal of which is 
large and strong: hypostome less spatulate than that of female, 
otherwise similar. 
Legs I—III with well-marked blunt coxal spurs; leg IV with 
elongated sabre-shaped coxal spur directed backwards and curving 
inwards, equal in length at least to that of the coxa: a short blunt 
backwardly directed spur on the dorsal side of the ti'ochanter of leg I; 
tarsi as in female; Neumann (1897) observes that the tarsi IV of the 
f Haemaphysalis punctata are bicalcarate, a point which we have failed 
to confirm. 
Gorged (PI. XIII). Alteration so slight as not to necessitate 
description. 
Nymph (Plate XIII). 
Unfed. Length: tips of palps to posterior margin l - 39—1‘55 mm. 
(measured as in adult), breadth 1’12—1‘31 mm. 
Body—oval, flattened, colour varying from pale yellow to brownish- 
red : scutum sometimes broader than long (length 037—055 mm., 
breadth, 047—057 mm.); more rounded than that of $ ; few scattered 
punctations; divided into minute polygonal areas by a fine reticulum of 
superficial fissures; otherwise like that of $ : grooves on dorsum similar 
