C. Warburton 
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tendency to approach this variety'. Types at British Museum and 
Cambridge. 
Fig. 5. R. neavei var. jmnctatus n. var. ? . Capitulum, scutum and spiracle. Original, 
C. W. 
R. longiceps n. .sp. 
Figs. 6, 7. 
Male. Salient features : Inornate; Basis capituli not much broader 
than long; lateral angles distinctly anterior and slightly obtuse. Coxa I 
strongly prominent anteriorly. Punctations very numerous, deep, uniform, 
discrete, on every portion of the scutum. Lateral grooves tvell-marked, 
including one festoon. Dorsal furrows deep, linear, nearly parallel, 
sub-equal. A nal plates (see Fig. 6) like those of R. capensis; accessory 
jjlates very characteristic, long and superficicd. Spiracle narro 2 ving 
abruptly to a long uniform tail. 
Detailed description:— 
Dorsal aspect : Palj)s rather long, flat or slightly concave dorsally, 
article 3 longer than 2, and with posterior raised ridge ; article 1 fairly 
visible. Capitidum: Basis capituli of the R. apjoendiculcdus type, the 
postero-lateral border about twice as long as the antero-lateral; posterior 
border straight, with fairly marked sharp cornua, numerous puncta¬ 
tions. Scutum (about 3 x 1'8 mm. in average specimens) red-brown, 
uniformly and deeply punctate all over, including the lateral borders 
and festoons; cervical grooves nearly circular pits, not continued as 
posterior depressions; festoons longer than broad and very punctate. 
Dorsal furrows linear, sub-equal, nearly parallel. Body, with light 
' Some ticks which Donitz has alluded to as R. pravus (Donitz, 1910, p. 479) but has 
never formally described, and of which he has kindly sent us specimens, seem to belong 
to tills variety, though their eyes are exceptionally prominent. 
