Ixodes eudyptidis, sp. nov

Body almost ¼ inch in length, of a light brown colour, elliptical, somewhat convex, with a tough, leathery skin, covered with numbers of short fine hairs which are longest and most numerous on the abdominal region. Eyes absent. On the back, at the cephalic end, is a small shield exhibiting no hairs, smooth, shining, and marked with numerous minute circular shallow pits. Skin also finely striated with minute transverse wavy wrinkles. On the dorsum are two longitudinal shallow grooves, and on the under side the median portion is a broad longitudinal depression, the anal orifice placed near the extremity. Legs somewhat long and strong, seven jointed, each joint having a few spiny hairs: claw double, with a small