fi60 ACAHINA, 



bianco to the living species. The Eoscorpimi, mroovurfns of 

 Meek and V\ orthen is said by them to resemble closely But/nix 

 hh-xiiliix from California. The other fossil scorpion is the .!/.'- 

 zonia Wbodiana M. and "W., which differs from any known 

 living forms in not having any lateral eyes. Very different 

 and belonging to a much more degraded and embryonic type 

 is the CydopJithalinus Bm-kln-ixU- from the Coal Measures of 

 Bohemia, in which the tail is continuous with the body, being 

 unusuallv thick. 



A ( ' A li [ N A . 



THE Mites dilfer from other Arachnids by their oval or 

 rounded bodies, which are not articulated, the cephalothorax 

 being merged with the abdomen : the mouth-parts are adapted 

 either for biting or sucking, and they breathe by trachea-. 

 They are usually minute in size ; the ticks, which are some- 

 times half an inch in length, comprising the largest forms. 

 They appear first in geological history in the Prussian Amber, 

 where species of Trombidium and llydraclma occur. 



BDELLID^E Duges. This inconsiderable family is represented 

 by small mites with long, five-jointed maxillary palpi, and from 

 two to six ocelli, which are sometimes wanting. The limits 

 are long and thick. The young closely resemble the adults. 

 The genus BcMla has legs of nearly equal length. B. lomji- 

 <:ori>-is Linn., an European species, is scarlet red, and half a 

 line in length. B. marina Pack, lives between tide marks. 



TROMBIDIDJE Leach. The species of this family are red 

 mites, with either claw-like or style-like maxillary palpi, and 

 short mandibles, with the terminal joints scissor-like and op- 

 posed to each other. The genus T^ti-niit/rlmx has slender style- 

 like maxilla 1 , and two ocelli. The two fore pair of legs ari-,r 

 at a long distance from the hind ones, the first pair being the 

 longest. T. telarius Linn, the little red mites of our hot- 

 houses spin webs on rose leaves. It is yellowish, with two red- 

 dish yellow spots on the sides, and is one-half a line long. 



