THREE NEW SPECIES OF IXODES FROM MEXICO AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE OF 1. AURITULUS AURITULUS NEUMANN, 1. CONEPATI COOLEY AND KOHLS, AND I. LASALLEI MENDEZ AND ORTIZ (ACARINA: IXODIDAE)

Described are Ixodes cuernavacensis, female, from white-naped swift, Streptoprocne semi- collaris, Cuernavaca, Morelos; I. sinaloa, female, from the spiny pocket mouse, Liomys pictus escuinapae, near San Ignacio, Santa Lucia, and Copala, Sinaloa, and from the rice rat, Oryzomys palustris mexi- canus, near Tepic, Nayarit; and I. tamaulipas, female, from a squirrel, Sciurus deppei negligens, Rancho del Cielo, Tamaulipas. The male of I. auritulus auritulus is described from a specimen, host or source unknown, Rio El Ganso, Magallanes, Chile. The male of I. conepati is described from a specimen from the rock squirrel, Citellus variegatus, and others from caves and animal burrows in Texas and New Mexico. The male of I. lasallei is described from a specimen from the paca, Agouti paca, Rio Terribe, Bocas del Toro, Panama.