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New Species of Ticks 
on coxae II and III, smaller on coxa IV; trochanters I—III with short 
spur at postero-external angles; tarsus IV long, tapering obliquely at 
the distal third of its terminal portion; claws much longer than the 
pad. 
Fig. 2. Ixodes caledonicus 0 ; capitulum and scutum with dorsal aspect of leg-j)air I, 
ventral aspect of capitulum with coxae, tarsus 4, anal groove and spiracle. 
F. M. H. del. 
Nymph: differs but slightly from the $ : a few short (caducent) 
hairs on the scutum, longer hairs, in moderate numbers, on the body. 
Scutum as broad as long (0’7 x 0‘7 mm.) with lateral angles rounded, 
with antero- and postero-lateral borders sub-rectilinear; cervical grooves 
attaining the posterior border. Capitulum with marked, trenchant 
cornua protruding outward and continuous with the turned upward 
dorsal ridge. Hypostome 2 | 2, with eight pointed teeth in the external 
files. Venter : spiracle bluntly oval. Otherwise resembling the $ . 
Fig. 3. Ixodes caledonicus larva: capitulum and scutum, ventral aspect of capitulum 
with coxae, tarsus 4, anal groove. F. M. H, del. 
