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The Genus Ixodes 
Rendham, Suffolk, 28. ix. 1911, C. Strickland coll.; (N. 3133) larvae 
from Talpa europaea, Shrewsbury, 22. xn. 1908, R. F. L. Burton coll.; 
(N. 2509) larva from ear of Microtus arvensis, Barton, Cambridgeshire, 
20. x. 1913, P. A. Buxton coll. 
Ixodes ugandanus subsp. djaronensis Neumann 1907. Previously recorded 
from German E. Africa and Abyssinia (Ticks, n. 233). Add: (N. 2794 
= Berlin 1325/04) d ? from “Schira,” Kilimandjaro, G. E. Africa, 
3. v. 1907, Dr E. H. Forster coll. 
Ixodes unicavatus Neumann 1908. Previously recorded from Scotland 
and England (Ticks, n. 266). Add: From Wales*: (N. 2067) larva, 
from cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo L., Anglesea, N. Wales, 23. ii. 1886, 
C. Oldham coll., gift of W. F. Cooper. From S. Pacific Ocean*: 
(N. 2722a) nymph, from albatross, Diomedea exulans. Antipodes 
Island, 1907, Prof. W. B. Benham coll., received from Prof. C. Chilton, 
New Zealand. 
Ixodes vespertilionis Koch 1844. Previously recorded from Europe 
(Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austro-Hungary), 
Africa (Algeria), S. Australia (Ticks, n. 276). Add: (N. 1594) $ from 
Rhinolophus hipposiderus, in cave, Cefn, N. Wales, 4. iv. 1896, 
Prof. R. Newstead coll, (this specimen, the first recorded in Great 
Britain, is referred to in Ticks ii. but insufficient data are given); 
(Berlin Mus. 193) O from Rh. hipposiderus, near Weisskirchen, Mahren, 
N. Austria, 19. ix. 1913, Dr Kowarzick coll.; (N. 2933) d, collected 
in Bosnia* by Roeschke, gift of Deutsches Entomolog. Mus.; (N. 
3132) ? from Vespertilio kuhli, Algiers, Algeria, N. Africa, 8. I. 1915, 
Rivet coll., gift of Dr Edm. Sergent. 
6. Remarks and Corrections relating to certain 
species of Ixodes. 
Ixodes canisuga Johnston 1849. In Ticks, Part n. p. 214, we 
unfortunately misquote Banks (1908, p. 32) as stating that this species 
occurs in N. America. We are indebted to Mr F. C. Bishopp for pointing 
out the error. 
Ixodes cookei var. rugosus Bishopp 1911. We are in some difficulty 
about recognizing the validity of this variety. The examination of $ 
specimens of I. cookei Packard 1869, led us to the conclusion (Ticks, 
Part ii. 183) that they merely represented an American form of 
