C. Warburton 
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The Indian Mnsenm collection contained three specimeins of this 
form. One was found in a book in the Entomological room, and 
another on a wall of the Museum building. The third specimen was 
found in a box sent from the Museum to Kurseong, E. Himalayas. 
The birds building in the roof of the Museum were identified as 
J^asser domesticus and Cypselus afinis. The type species has not been 
recorded from India. 
IXODES GIGAS, n. sp. 
(Figs. 1 and 2.) 
Male. 5x3 mm. (capitulura excluded). Body oval, broadest near 
the hind end. 
Scutum. Leaving a broad fold at the sides and at the posterior 
border; chestnut-coloured, darker on scapulae and sides, glossy and 
smooth except for a few small punctations on the scapulae and between 
the cervical grooves. Cervical grooves parallel at first, then sharply 
diverging; no lateral grooves. 
Fig. 1. Ixodes gigas, s . Dorsal aspect. 
Fig. 2. Ixodes gigas, c? . Ventral aspect. 
Capitulum moderate. Base rather long, pentagonal, without cornua. 
Palps of medium length, the first article rather prominent laterally, 
the second article about twice the length of the third. Hypostome 
2 I 2, seven or eight teeth per file. 
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