Damaeus 



/ Dors, of Abel, convex; cast skins carried 18. 



17 < Dors, of Abd. concave or flat, cast skins not 



carried 19. 



Psstg. org. flagelliform; 4 central hairs on hind 

 margin much longer than the others; a 

 square, central, post, projection from each 

 cast skin bearing similar hairs, cast skins 



18 I shield-shaped. L. 650 |u 21. D. setosus p. 60 



Psstg. org. thick, rod-like on slightly clavate, 

 only 4 hairs on hind margin, no central 

 projection, cast skins marked with radiating 

 lines 18. D. craterifer . . . . p. 60 



i Dors, of Abd. discoidal 20. 



19 j Dors, of Abd. truncated anteriorly, pointed 



posteriorly. L. 1 mm 19. D. femoratus . . . . p. 60 



Psstg. org. flagelliform, legs with broad rough 



borders; a large curved projection between 



legs 1 and 2. L. 1 mm 20. D. ornatissimus . . p. 60 



Psstg. org. with long thin peduncle and clavate 



spinous head; no borders to legs; no 



projection between legs 1 and 2. L. 500 \\ 17. D. bicostatus . ... p. 59 



Div. I. Sp. 116. Ung. mond. 



1. D. auritus C. L. Koch 1835 D. a., C. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 2 t. 11 j 1888 

 D.a., Michael, Brit. Orib., v. 2 p. 435 t. 40 j 1844 Oribata aurita, Gervais in: Walcke- 

 naer, Ins. Apt., v. 3 p. 257 j ?1885 Belbaa., Canestrini, Prosp. Acarof.. v. 1 p. 39 || non 

 1855 Damaeus auritus, Nicolet in: Arch. Mus. Paris, v.7 p. 462 t. 8 f. 3. 



Im. Very like D. geniculatus, but smaller and hairs on Dors, of Abd. 

 short, fine, very sharply curved, almost hooked. Portions of the cast skins 

 of Dors, of Abd. usually earned. - - Nph. Like that of D. geniculatus but 

 smaller. - - Im. L. ca. 850 ju. 



England, Germany. 



2. D. berlesei Michael*) 1887 Belba nodipes (err., non Damaeus nodipes 

 C.L.Koch 1840!), Berlese, A. M.S., fasc. 43 nr.2 | 1896 Dameosoman., Berlese, A. M.S., 

 Crypt. II p. 54. 



Im. Cephth. without ridges or markings. Psstg. much raised; 

 Psstg. org. very long, whip-like (as in D. globipes). Abd. hemispherical, 

 polished; bearing 2 longitudinal rows of short curved hairs. Legs very 

 long. Femur of leg 4 considerably passing post, margin of Abd. joints 

 of legs with long thin peduncles and suddenly clavate heads. 

 L. ca. 450 |u. 



In moss. Italy. 



3. D. clavipes (Herm.) 1804 Notaspis c., Hermann, Mem. apt., p. 88 t. 4 f. 7 

 1888 Damaeus c., Michael, Brit. Orib., v. 2 p. 423 t. 38 1835 Oppia glaucina, C. L. 



Koch, C.M. A., fasc. 3 t,9 (Nph.) | 1840 Damaeus nodipes, C. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 30 



*) Berlese identifies this species, I think erroneously, with Damaeus nodipes. 

 C. L. Koch (which is, in my opinion, a synonym of D. clavipes); the species therefore 

 appears to be unnamed and I name it in honor of Professor Berlese. A. D. Michael. 



