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The Genus Ixodes 
grooves converging gradually behind (and perhaps fusing in unfed 
specimens?); spiracle small, transversely oval. Legs-, coxae narrow, 
I-IV with stout postero-external spur curved back and progressively 
inward from I to IV, in the last being directed across body-axis; all 
trochanters with rounded prominences in lieu of spurs; tarsi very 
short, the distal pseudo-article but slightly longer than the basal and 
notched distally (as in some argasids); pads very small. 
Fig. 3. Ixodes victoriensis n. sp. $ (N. 3194). Capitulum in dorsal, ventral and lateral 
aspects, scutum with trochanter and part of coxa I, anal grooves (less magnified 
than the other parts), coxae with trochanters, spiracle and tarsus 4 (G.H.F.N. del.). 
Described from 2 gorged $’s from wombat (doubtless Phascolomys 
mitchelli), Victoria, Australia, x. 1892, received from Dr Georgina 
Sweet. The species is allied to I. australiensis Neumann 1904 (see Ticks, 
Part ii, pp. 250-252, Figs. 247-249) but differs therefrom especially in 
the structure of the capitulum, scutum, and tarsi. 
Types in the collection of Dr Sweet (No. 236a), Melbourne, Australia, 
and (N. 3194) in Cambridge. 
