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are  a  great  pest  to  horses  and  mules  .  .  .  m  fact,  they  attach  them 
selves  to  eveiy  animal  that  walks  in  the  pasture — birds,  fowls  and  man. 
To  the  latter  they  cause  great  irritation  to  the  skin,  and  if  the 
wounds  are  scratched  they  are  followed  by  painful  sores.’  In  this 
instance  the  writer  refers  chiefly  to  the  ‘  red  grass  lice,’  which,  so  far 
as  one  could  gather,  consisted  almost  entirely  of  larvae  and  nymphs. 
The  same  authority  says  that  the  young  stages  of  the  tick  ‘  are  found 
mostly  on  ttie  foreheads  of  horses  and  mules  ;  also  on  fowls  and  pigs.’ 
As  far  as  could  be  ascertained,  the  goat  is  almost  free  from 
this  species ,  and  the  Batrachians  and  lizards  were  not  found  acting 
as  hosts. 
Distribution.  Generally  distributed  throughout  the  Island  in  all 
localities  where  any  of  the  domesticated  animals  are  kept.  It  occurs 
in  great  numbers  up  to  an  altitude  of  1,500  feet ;  but  no  examples 
were  collected  from  a  greater  elevation  than  3,000  feet. 
Distribution  outside  the  Island  of  J antaica.  Mexico,  Central 
and  South  America  are  given  as  the  range  for  this  pest. 
PIMENTO  OR  NETTED  TICK 
A^nblyomma  maculaUim,  Koch. 
Unengorged  female.  Uniformly  dark  brown;  legs  slightly 
paler;  scutum  whitish  with  one  median  and  two  lateral  slightly 
divergent  interrupted  stripes.  In  the  middle  of  the  space  between 
these  and  the  angles,  are  two  distinct  elongated  spots,  the  markings 
collectively  forming  a  mask-like  pattern.  Capitulum,  dull  red-brown  ; 
legs  of  the  same  colour,  with  pale  articulations.  Scutum,  pale  bronzy 
pink  ;  anterior  portion,  pale  red-brown  merging  into  a  bread  median 
stripe  of  darker  brown  terminating  considerably  within  the  apex.  On 
either  side  of  this  are  two  divergent  and  curved  lines  of  the  same 
colour ;  these  extend  to  the  margin,  but  the  apices  are  considerably 
interrupted,  forming  small  confluent  spots,  especially  at  the  extreme 
margin ;  the  large  angular  areas  enclosed  by  these  lines  have  each  a 
large  sub-central  elongated  and  clearly  defined  spot ;  anterior  to  these 
spots  are  several  smaller  spots ;  all  the  dark  spots  and  lines  have  their 
margins  suffused  with  pale  bronze-green.  Abdomen,  above,  dark 
brown  with  obscure  blackish  markings  ;  margin  distinctly  festooned  ; 
the  festoons  and  the  median  dorsal  arear  are  deeply  and  coarsely 
