Plate XLVI. The cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus), the carrier of Texas fever.

Fig. 1. A series of ticks, natural size, from the smallest, just hatched from the egg, to the mature female, ready to drop off and lay eggs.

Fig. 2. Eggs, magnified 5 times.

Fig. 3. The young tick just hatched (magnified 40 times).

Fig. 4. The male after the last molt (magnified 10 times).

Fig. 5. The female after the last molt (magnified 10 times).

Fig. 6. A portion of the skin of the udder, showing the small ticks. From a fatal case of Texas fever produced by placing young ticks on the animal. (Natural size.)

Fig. 7. A portion of the ear of the same animal, showing same full-grown ticks ready to drop off. (Natural size.)