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off  condition  for  some  days  after  being  bitten.  These  ticks  crawl 
about  and  lay  their  eggs  anywhere,  if  the  dogs  are  not  kept  well 
groomed.  We  have  no  cattle,  and  our  pigs  and  fowls  and  mules  and 
horses  do  not  seem  to  get  bitten. 
‘  I  have  tried  every  kind  of  wash  for  the  mastiffs  that  could  be 
used  on  house  dogs,  and  the  water  for  their  rubbing  down  every 
morning  has  a  small  quantity  of  kerosene  oil  in  it,  but  this  does  not 
seem  deterrent. 
‘  A  run  of  land  adjoining  ours  is  simply  infested  with  ticks,  grass 
lice  chiefly,  and  to  my  almost  certain  knowledge  the  cattle  belonging 
to  the  property  have  not  been  allowed  into  that  particular  place  for 
over  eighteen  months — the  spot  being  now  a  complete  ruinate  :  not 
even  goats  wander  there.  .  .  .  Between  us  and  the  aforesaid  land 
IS  a  stone  wall,  but  the  ticks  are  in  our  pasture,  which  for  years  has 
not  carried  stock  of  any  kind.’ 
Hosts.  This  tick  does  not  seem  at  all  particular  in  its  choice  of 
hosts ;  many  and  widely  separated  groups  of  the  V ertebrata  being 
attacked.  It  is  common  on  the  ox  and  dog,  and  was  found  also  on 
the  horse  (at  Vale  Royal) ;  but  outside  Jamaica  other  animals  seem 
equally  suitable,  as  the  appended  list  will  show ;  -  Cat,  fox  and 
other  canines,  hare,  dromedary,  camel,  sheep,  goat,  birds,  and  also 
one  or  two  species  of  the  Reptilia. 
Distribution.  In  addition  to  the  records  from  Stony  Hill,  this 
species  was  also  found  at  Albany,  from  whence  twenty-seven  adults 
(mostly  males)  and  eight  nymphs  were  collected  from  cattle,  and  one 
from  the  horse ;  both  kinds  of  animals  were  also  infested  with  silver 
ticks  (A.  cajanense).  It  will  in  all  probability  be  found  in  other  parts 
of  the  Island;  but  as  it  bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  the  Texas- 
fever  tick  it  may  be  easily  overlooked.  Neumann  has  previously 
recorded  it  (1897)  as  occurring  on  the  horse  and  on  cattle  at 
Hopewell,  Highgate,  S.  Mary. 
Distribution  outside  the  Island  of  Jamaica.  In  Europe  it  has 
been  recorded  from  France,  Austria  and  Italy.  It  is  widely  distributed 
over  the  whole  of  the  African  continent — Algeria,  Tunis,  Egypt, 
Abyssinia,  Zanzibar,  Cape  Colony,  Congo  Free  State,  Cameroons, 
Togoland,  &c.  It  has  been  found  also  in  Madagascar;  Persia,  India 
and  China  in  Asia  ;  Antigua  and  Colombia  in  America  ;  and  also  from 
Queensland  in  Australia  ;  so  that  it  occurs  in  all  the  four  continents. 
