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arcuate ; dorsal shield plainly granulate, and provided with a few 

 scattered, short hairs ; legs short and heavy, with rather long tarsi, 

 terminating in the usual two claws and swollen pad, the basal joints with 

 a number of stout bristles, most of them longer than the diameter of the 

 joints. Palpi quite long, divergent. On the front of the body are seen 

 four parallel lines, reaching back a short distance. Length, i mm. 



From a bat in a cave in Indiana (Blatchley). Nearest to P. euryalis 

 of Europe, but with a longer body, more granulate shield, and more 

 slender tarsi. The truncate anterior margin is also peculiar. This is, I 

 believe, the first time the genus has been recorded from this country. 



Liroaspis, n. gen. — A Gamasid, probably related to Lercon. The 

 genital opening is in front of sternal plate; the dorsal shield is divided 

 into six pieces, a large piece in front, a smaller piece near tip, and four 

 small median pieces arranged in a quadrangle. The claws are all very 

 weak, especially so in the front legs. The peritreme runs along above 

 the coxre for a considerable distance. The body is broad, and rather 

 flat ; behind emarginate and tipped with four spine-like bristles. The 

 anal opening is small and near tip of body. Type L. Americana, n. sp. 



I also refer to this genus the Seiits acanthurus, Can., described from 

 Australia, and also recorded from Italy. Berlese puts it in Lercon, 

 which, however, is distinct by the short peritreme, etc. 



Fig. 7. 



Liroas/>is Americana, n. sp. (Fig. 7). — Yellowish throughout. Body 

 a little more than one and one-half times as long as broad, about as broad 





