Received from Dr. A. Balfour,
Wellcome Research Laboratories,
Gordon Memorial College,

Khartoum, who states that these
ticks are associated with a
deadly spirochaetosis in fowls
which occurred in fowls imported
from Genoa, Italy, similar to
the disease in Brazil (Marchoux
& Salimbeni). "I am sending
you nymphs, adults & casts, etc.,
which "infested these fowls."
These were collected by Mr. H. H.
King, our Entomologist &

Dr. Balfour from crevices in the
mud wall of the hen roost at the

Grand Hotel, Khartoum.

Some (sex/stage not stated) to
Prof. G. H. Carpenter, Royal
College Science, Dublin 19.1.1910.
Some (sex/stage not stated) to
Dr. G. S. Graham-Smith, Medical
School, Cambridge 19.1.1910.
Some (sex/stage not stated) to
E. E. Green (F.E.S.) Govt.
Entomologist, Ceylon 19.I.1910.
Some (sex/stage not stated) to
Dschunkowsky Transcaucasus 19.1.1910.
Some (sex/stage not stated) to
Dr. Edmund Sergent, Algeria

N. Africa 19. IV-1910.

Some (sex/stage not stated) to

Dr. H. deB. Aragão, Brazil 23.1.1910

5 N Argas persicus

Crevices in mud wall of hen roost at the Grand Hotel, Khartoum (15.36 N, 32.32 E), Sudan

Received II.1907

Mr. H. H. King & Dr. A. Balfour

The date given above is from vial label which disagrees with catalogue. The reference is to Marchoux & Salimbeni (1903).

There is one additional cast skin in this collection.