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Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino.

Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 415-416 ; Sharif [1928].
Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 253.
The species is restricted to the Eastern Himalayas, the localities re-
corded by Sharif being Sadya in Lakhimpur District (Assam), and Pashok
in Darjeeling District (Bengal) off deer.

Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino.

Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 422-426 ; Sharif [1928].
Rec. Ind, Mus. XXX, p. 254.
Sharif recorded the species for the first time in India from Abor country
(Assam), Nagalbera in Goalpara District (Assam) off tiger, and Darjeeling
District (Bengal).

Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann.

Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 426-433 ; Sharif [1928].
Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, pp. 257-258.
The species has been recorded from the various parts of India and from
a number of domestic and wild animals such as cattle, goat, dog, buffalo,
horse, tiger, deer, etc., as will be seen from Sharif's paper.
From the collection at Mukteswar, the only new records outside the pro-
vinces given by Sharif seem to be those of Mysore and Hyderabad.
H. bispinosa var. intermedia. Warburton and Nuttall is not so widely
distributed, being recorded from Bihar and Orissa, Central Provinces, United
Provinces, Madras and Bombay. It usually attacks wild animals but has
also been collected from cattle and dog (Sharif). The Mukteswar collection
contains specimens of this variety taken off cattle.

Haemaphysalis parva Neumann.

Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 435-437; Sharif
[1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 260.
The species has been known to prevail in Satpara in Puri District (Orissa),
and the collection at Mukteswar shows its distribution to Mysore where it
was taken off cattle.

Haemaphysalis aculeata Lavarra.

Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 440-442 ; Sharif [1928].
Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 261.
Sharif observed a single male specimen of this species from Bangalore
(Mysore) which was taken off a man.

Haemaphysalis spinigera Neumann.

Neumann [1910]. Ann. Sci. Nat. (9), XII, pp. 174-175 ; Sharif [1928].
Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 263.