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New Species of Tides 
Auriculae angular, trenchant, the basis capituli being constricted behind 
them and then broadening ; posterior ventral margin of base almost 
straight; palpal article 1 with slight ventral protrusion. Venter: 
Vulva between coxae IV; anal groove horse-shoe-shaped, converging 
behind. Spiracles ovoid, with macula almost central. Legs : Coxa I 
with sharp internal and external spurs; coxae II-IV with sharp ex¬ 
ternal spur growing progressively smaller from II to IV. Trochanters 
II and III with sharp distal spurs, a slight protrusion on coxae I and 
IV in the same situation. Tarsi tapering, slightly shorter than the 
claws. 
Fig. 2. Ixodes daveyi n. sp. ?. Capitulum and scutum; capitulum in ventral aspect 
with coxae and trochanters, spiracle, anal groove and tarsus 4. (N. Cunliffe, del.) 
Described from a single slightly fed $ found on Gallirex johnstoni 
Sharpe, a bird, on the northern ridge of Rusvenzori (6000-8500 feet 
elevation), Uganda, by S. A. Neave, XI. 1911. (Imperial Bureau of 
Entomology, No. 470.) 
This species resembles I. lunatus, schillingsi, pilosus and oldi in the 
possession of a horse-shoe-shaped anal groove. These species differ 
from I. daveyi, however, in the following main points: 
I. pilosus has coxae II—III unarmed, and the scutum shows a lateral 
groove ; I. lunatus has an oval scutum bearing lateral grooves and not 
