ii; 
Rhipicephalus lougus, n. sp. (Neumann) 
Male. —Body narrow in front, sides subrectilinear, length with 
rostrum 4-1 mm.; broadest (2' 15 mm.) towards the posterior third 
Scutum almost flat, dark chestnut-brown, without spots; along the 
posterior festoons the abdomen extends beyond its margin ; cervical 
grooves, very short and deep ; marginal grooves deep, narrow, each 
occupied by a row of punctations, commencing a little behind the 
eyes, ending at the posterior border of the penultimate festoon, 
and are continued forward, and especially inwards, by a row of n.ar -<\ 
scattered punctations; punctations irregular, abundant in the spur* 
enclosed between the marginal grooves and the punctated antemn 
prolongation; they are regular in size and distribution anteriorly mi 
Eli'.. 24 .—Rhipicephalus lougus, 3 . Rostrum, x 4 li¬ 
the space corresponding to the female scutum, and they exist vuth 
the same appearances in the posterior part of the scutum, but 
they become scanty and finer in the neighbourhood of the marginal 
grooves and their punctated anterior prolongations ; the marginal 
border is smooth save in the scapular angles which are hollowed In 
six to eight larger punctations; posterior festoons longer than thin 
are wide, almost smooth, followed by short abdominal festoons Iiy> • 
Hat, yellowish, of medium size, marginal with a coarse tangential pum 
tation at the internal edge. Ventral surface reddish brown, with a 
lew short hairs. Anus at about the middle of the length of the adan.il 
shields ; adanal shields long, semilunar (the inner edge concave, tin 
external and the posterior convex) with fairly heavy punctations on 
their surface; external shields replaced by a prominent non-chitinous 
fold , festoons subrectangular, sharply defined ; no caudal prolong.! 
