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Laelaps bermudaensis new species. (Text fig. 2.) 



An oval-shaped, smooth, straw-yellow species. Chelicerae stout, with 

 with upper chela almost straight and lower chela strongly curved and 

 considerably surpassing the upper chela. Palpi prominent and about 

 one-half as long as first pair of legs. Body broadest at its middle, evenly 

 rounded behind, and sparsely clothed with rather long setae, a conspicuous 

 one being situated at the median line along the posterior border. Peri- 

 treme extending slightly beyond the third pair of coxae, curved so as to 

 follow the contour of the body margin and without sinuations. Anterior 

 legs three-fourths as long as the body and antenna-like, tarsus scarcely 

 equal to the tibia in length; second legs stoutest, trochanter stout, but 

 not swollen; third legs the smallest, about four-fifths as long as the fourth 

 pair; fourth pair reaching the tip of abdomen, trochanters swollen, much 

 the stoutest of the segments and about two-thirds as long as the femur. 

 Length, 0.54 mm.; width, 0.40 mm. 



From Pembroke, Bermuda; collected in a banana orch- 

 ard and cedar grove; by A. O. Gross. 



Described from the type specimen, a female, in the writer's 

 private collection. Of the species in the writer's collection 

 this one is nearest Laelaps flavus Ewing. It differs from L. 

 flavus in having a smaller and stouter body, in the possession 

 of the large body setae and in several other details. 



Seius safroi new species. (Text fig. 3.) 



A small light yellowish mite. Chelicerae moderate, upper chela, which 

 surpasses the lower, provided with two rows of teeth. The outer row is 

 composed of fewer but slightly larger teeth than the inner row. Palpi 

 about one-half as long as the first pair of legs, and each provided with a 

 small spine on the inner side of the distal segment. Body with sides al- 

 most parallel behind the shoulders which are not pronounced; lateral 

 margin in front of shoulders concave. Body sparsely clothed with mod- 

 erate, simple setae, the pair on the shoulders and one of the pairs near the 

 posterior margin being larger than the rest. All the legs about subequal 

 in length except the third pair which is slightly shorter and smaller than 

 the rest. Tarsus of leg I longer than the tibia, with its inner margin 

 straight and outer margin curved near the tip; claws of tarsus I weak and 

 borne on a small pedicel situated on the inner lower aspect of the tip of 

 the segment. Segments of leg II stout, the trochanter and genual being 

 equal to or broader than the femur. Last pair of legs extending beyond 

 the tip of abdomen by about half their length; tarsi very long and taper- 

 ing. Length 0.52 mm.; width, 0.25 mm. 



