mm 
318 
The Genus Ixodes 
New Zealand (Kirk p. 66) which remains undeterminable, the author’s 
description being useless.) 
Male: Unknown. 
Female (Fig. 18): Hard parts amber yellow. (Dorsal aspect) 
Scutum very slightly emarginate, pentagonal, with lateral and posterior 
Fig. 18. Ixodes anatis Chilton 1904, $ (N. 2751). Scutum, capitulum in dorsal and 
ventral aspects, part of leg I seen dorsally, coxae and trochanters, spiracle, anus 
and anal grooves, tarsus 4 (G.H.F.N. del.). 
angles broadly rounded, antero-lateral margins straight or slightly 
curved outwardly, postero-lateral margins sinuous, not as long as 
broad 1-5 to 1*4 x 1-65 mm. (1-3 x 1-5 in the co-type), broadest at 
mid-length; cervical grooves marked by shallow divergent depressions 
sometimes attaining the posterior borders; few fine punctations 
interspersed with coarser ones. Legs : Coxa I visible dorsally, its 
