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Specimen 8. 
(Fig. 8.) Rhipicephalus pulchellus (Gerstacker, 1873), c? (N. 1446), 
found on a rhinoceros at Yalta Plains, Ukamba Province, British East 
Africa, 6. viii. 1910, by Mr S. W. J. Scholefield. The specimen shows 
anomalies in respect to the legs, shields and festoons, the latter, as 
Fig. 8. Rhipicephalus pulchellus Abnormal: underdevelopment of the right side, 
which bears but three legs, small spiracle and adanal shield. 
well as the spiracles, being smaller on the right than on the left side. 
There are but three legs on the right side (leg i is missing). The dorsum 
(not figured) shows an asymmetrical postero-median spot. A normal 
d is illustrated, by Cunlift'e, in Parasitology, vi. 210, Fig. 4. 
Specimen 9. 
(Fig. 9.) Boophilus annnlatus (Say, 1821), 8* (N. 1596), received 
Fig. 9. Boophilus annulatus Abnormal: underdeveloped left aide which bears 
but two legs, the adanal shields being reduced in size. 
