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Indian Ticls 
Male. Body rather broader than long (2 x 2'2 mm.), nearly round 
but somewhat narrower in front. 
Scutum. Covering the whole dorsum, pitted with punctations 
which are somewhat variable but many of which are typically large and 
deep ; a large part covered by metallic-green blotches, normally five in 
number, but frequently seven on account of the disintegration of the 
lateral blotches. A large median blotch, two sub-triangular posterior 
blotches, and two elongate lateral blotches with irregular internal 
contour, their dilated anterior portions on a level with, and external to, 
the cervical grooves, and often detached. Cervical grooves deep, convex 
externally. Festoons short, intervals distinct. No lateral grooves. 
Capitulum. Long, base sub-pentagonal with rounded sides and 
straight posterior border, without coi'iiua. Hypostome 3 j 3. 
Venter. Spiracle large, about twdce as long as broad, comma- 
shaped, Avith sharp dorsal curve. 
Legs. Coxae I faintly bidentate, the tw'o dark points near 
together; coxae II—IV with a single short internal spur. Tarsus 4 
rather sharply prominent dorsally in the middle of the distal false 
articulation. 
Female. Scutum cordiform, broader than long (1‘3 x 1’7 mm.), 
rounded iDOsteriorly. Punctations unequal, some being normally large 
and deep. Three large metallic-green blotches. 
Capitulum. As in the I, but Avith rather large porose areas 
separated by less than their diameter. 
Venter. Spiracles broader and shorter than in the I, the granu¬ 
lated area broad anteriorly and then proceeding almost at right angles 
dorso-laterally and terminating in a sharp dorsal curve. 
Legs. As in the I. 
APONOMMA GERVAISI var. LUCASI, n. var. 
? A. gervaisi of various authors. 
Male. Distinctly larger than the type. Body about as broad as 
long (2‘7 X 2'7 mm.), not so round as A. gervaisi, but broadest more 
posteriorly, the posterior border being nearly straight. 
Scutum. Covering the w'hole dorsum, Avith numerous rather 
small punctations. Five metallic-green blotches; a median blotch 
smaller than that of the type, tAvo sub-triangular posterior blotches, and 
tAVO elongate lateral blotches, less irregular than those of the tj'pe and 
