A Contribution to the Biology of <i>Ornithodorus moubata</i>, Murray

Abstract

In September 1923 I was asked by Dr. C. M. Wenyon to undertake the breeding of the tick, Ornithodorus moubata , female specimens of which were sent to the Wellcome Bureau by Dr. Kelesberger from the Belgian Congo. This gave me an opportunity of carrying out a series of experimental investigations on the biology of the tick which were continued till August 1924. The results obtained from the subject of this paper