C. Warburton 
401 
HAEMAPHYSALIS CUSPIDATA, n. sp. 
(Figs. 6 and 7.) 
Male, rs X 11 min. (capitulum excluded). 
Scutum. Fairly glossy, with numerous very small, shallow, discrete 
punctations. Cervical grooves deep under the cornua, then faint and 
gently diverging; lateral grooves medium, faint, including one festoon. 
Festoons long, with distinct brown intervals widening distally. 
Capitulum. Base rectangular, broader than long, with straight 
sides and very long cornua, longer than the base (hence cuspidata). 
Palps of medium length, article 2 fairly salient laterally, unarmed, 
article 3 with long dorsal retrograde spine reaching to the posterior 
border of article 2, and almost equally long ventral spine, article 4 un¬ 
usually long. Hypostome 4 | 4. 
Fig. 6. Fig. 7- 
Fig. 6. Haemaphysalis cuspidata, S . Dorsal aspect, ventral aspect of capitulum and 
coxa I, profile of palp, spiracle, and anal groove. 
Fig. 7. Haemaphysalis cuspidata, ¥ . Capitulum and scutum, profile of palp, and 
spiracle. 
Veiite?'. Genital orifice between coxae II; anal groove ogival; 
spiracle sub-triangular, with narrow rounded anterior border and nearly 
straight posterior border. 
Legs. Coxae I with long narrow spur, coxae II—IV unarmed, 
the trochanter of leg 1 with a strong rather sharp retrograde spur, both 
dorsally and ventrally; otherwise as in H. longipalpis. 
Female. Body dark-brown, very punctate. 
Scutum. Yellowish, nearly circular, 1 mm. broad, slightly less in 
length. Numerous medium-sized punctations. Cervical grooves rather 
long and slightly converging till they reach the middle of the scutum. 
