. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. Fig. 3.—Avihlyumma houkngcri, S • Borsfil view, X 4.— „ „ $ • » » X 13. Ventral surface finely wrinkled. Stigmata long, narrow,and 8lia})ed like a comma. Rostrum short; its base rectangular, the dorsal surfacebeing furnished with a number of minute punctures. Hypo-stonie with three files of teeth on each side. Legs short. Coxa o£ first leg with two short and incon-spicuous spurs ; coxce of second and third unarmed (or witha single very short spur) ; coxa of fourth with a single veryshort spur. Tarsus of fourt
. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. Fig. 3.—Avihlyumma houkngcri, S • Borsfil view, X 4.— „ „ $ • » » X 13. Ventral surface finely wrinkled. Stigmata long, narrow,and 8lia})ed like a comma. Rostrum short; its base rectangular, the dorsal surfacebeing furnished with a number of minute punctures. Hypo-stonie with three files of teeth on each side. Legs short. Coxa o£ first leg with two short and incon-spicuous spurs ; coxce of second and third unarmed (or witha single very short spur) ; coxa of fourth with a single veryshort spur. Tarsus of fourth rather gradually narrowed. Colour.—A pseudoscutum, which is light brown in colourin dried specimens and copper-coloured when immersed inspirit, is present, and the central part enclosed by the cervicalgrooves is sometimes darker than the sides; its posteriormargin is delimited by a pale transverse line. The rest ofthe suiface of the scutum is drab (in spirit copper-coloured). ntto Species of Ticks, 303 A brown speck is present alx)ve each eye and a very
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