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The Genus Ixodes 
Ixodes pilosus Koch 1844. Previously recorded from Cape Colony and Orange 
Free State, Natal, Transvaal (Ticks, n. 225-226). Add from N. Rho¬ 
desia*: (N. 2701a) $s from hartebeest and (N. 2702) ?s from grysbok, 
at or near Mwengwa Station, xn. 1913, L. C. Heath coll.; British 
E. Africa*: (E. 269) $ from Felis capensis hindei Wr., W. of foot of 
Aberdare Mts, 1. hi. 1911, S. A. Neave coll., together with I. rasas 1 . 
Nyasaland*: (E. 851-854) $s from dogs, and (E. 855) S ?s from “ oribi ,” 
also (N. 2844 = E. 856) $ from reedbuck, S.W. of Lake Chilwa, i. 1914, 
S. A. Neave coll.; (N. 1323 = E. 227/) $ from roan antelope, Mpalali 
River, Marimba, 1. I. 1911, Dr J. E. S. Old coll.; (E. 690c) $ from 
dog, Seiclienya River, Mlanje, I. 1913, S. A. Neave coll.; German E. 
Africa*: (Berlin 33) from the foot of the high pasture lands, Bismark- 
hiigel, above Marangu, south of Mawensi, ca. 3000 m., n. 1912, Prof. 
C. Schroder coll.; Cape Colony: (N. 1912, from Cooper coll.) ? 
from cattle, Starvation Camp, Gonubie Park, East London, ii. 1911. 
Ixodes putus (0. Pickard-Cambridge 1876). Previously recorded from 
Great Britain, N. and S. America (Islands off Newfoundland coast, 
Alaska, Tierra del Fuego) in the Antarctic, Asia and Australasia (Bering 
Island, Campbell Island, King Island, Kerguelen Island) (Ticks, n. 
260-261). Add: Wales: (N. 1307 and 1703) all stages in plenty, but 
especially ?s from in and about nests of guillemots, on cliffs overhanging 
the sea, Worms Head, Gower, Glamorganshire, 2. vn. 1911, G. H. F. 
Nuttall coll., 3. vn. 1912, G. Williams coll., used for raising experiments. 
Kerguelen Islands, the type locality: (N. 2799 = Berlin) o from 
ground, Eudyptes about, Deutsche Tiefsee Expedition, 1898-1899. 
S. Pacific: (N. 2722) $ from albatross, Diomedea exulans, Antipodes 
Island*, 1907, Prof. W. B. Benham coll., received from Prof. Chas. 
Chilton. 
We have examined numerous specimens collected by H. Hamilton of 
the Australian Antarctic Expedition (Mawson Expedition) at Macquarie 
Island*: (1) sixteen $ from Royal penguin, Catarrhactes schlegeli, from 
back and head of young yearling which had just finished moulting, 
S. E. Harbour, 8. ii. 1912, one $ had laid eggs from which larvae emerged; 
(2) o from the back of the head of a king penguin, Aptenodytes pata- 
gonica, The Nuggets, 21. i. 1912; (3) $ from cheek of adult Rockhopper 
1 Neumann (1913, p. 26) records I. pilosus from Brit. E. Africa as follows: from 
Molo, station 19, altitude 2420 m., in. 1911; $ from Kijabe, station 27, altitude 2100 m., 
xii. 1911; $ from lower forests of Mt Kenya, altitude 2400 m., i. 1912. No hosts were 
recorded by the collectors Alluaud and Jeannel. 
