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long, ill-defined in front but apparently somewhat ogival; the sides 
nearly parallel. Legs yellow, slender. Coxae unarmed but with posterior 
border somewhat blade-like; coxa I with strong anterior projection em¬ 
bracing the basis capituli collar-wise, its posterior edge straight ; coxae 
II—IV with posterior edge increasingly curved, coxa IV being sub- 
circular. Tarsi tapering. 
Described from one gorged $ from Dasyurus geoffroyi, Cranbrook, 
W. Australia, presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. Collected 
March, 1900. 
Fig. 1. 
Fig. 2. 
Ixodes fecialis ?. Capitulum and scutum, dorsal aspect. (C. W.) 
Ixodes fecialis ?. Capitulum (palps omitted) and coxae I, ventral aspect. (C.W.) 
Ixod.es fecialis, var. aegrifossus, n. var. 
Fig. 3. 
Male unknown. 
Female differs from the type in the following respects: 
Scutum narrower (1‘4 x 1 mm.), more pointed posteriorly, with punc- 
tations almost obsolete. Capitulum : base with the median triangular 
region distinctly marked off by ridges from the lateral regions; porose 
areas hardly visible ( aegrifossus ); hypostome ? 
Described from three mutilated $ s taken from an Opossum, 
Tamborine Mountain, Logan River, S. E. Queensland, April, 1907, and 
labelled “ Scrub-ticks,” sent by Professor R. T. Hewlett (London) who 
received them from the Bacteriological Institute, Brisbane. 
N.B. The porose areas were at first believed to be absent, the median 
area of the basis capituli appearing to be uniformly finely granular in 
