42 SELECTED NOTES FROM 



more conspicuous than in the mounted specimen, being 

 densely covered -with black pigment. 



sh. sh. sh. , Sensory- hairs. 



V,, Tent, which opens out between the four leaf -like processes. 



The numbers indicate the difierent segments. 



Fig. 2. — Fan-shaped hairs, more enlarged. 



Drawn by Tuffen West. 



3) 



3. — Tongue of Bhingia Fly. 



Drawn by F. B. Kyngdon. 



Selected IRotca front the Society's 



Plate 8. 



Mite from Pheasant (PI. VIII., Fig. i).— This, although 

 found on a Pheasant, is not a true bird-mite, but belongs to the 

 third division of Hermann's Trombidiums^ and is characterised by 

 having the eyes superior, and the anterior and posterior pairs of 

 legs longer than the odiers. There are a considerable number of 

 these mites found in moss ; they are more or less red, and have 

 two bright sealingwax-like eyes between the first and second pair 

 of legs. Koch classes them under the name of Rhyiicolophus. 

 Most of these mites are very beautiful when alive, and some of 

 them are rather large. 



C. F. George. 



White Mites (PL VIII., Fig. 4). — In June, 1877, I noticed a 

 black poplar tree suffering from the ravages of insects. In many 

 places it was bored by the larvae of the Goat-moth {Cossus lig?ii- 

 perdci). On removing a portion of the bark, which was wet and 

 loose, I found it covered with a moving mass consisting of myriads 

 of very peculiar White Mites. When I examined them under a 

 microscope, I found them to differ from any mites I had ever seen 

 before, nor could I find a notice of any similar mites in any books 

 to which I was able to refer. The females, which were in the 

 greatest abundance, were egg-shaped, the larger end being in front, 

 and the sides, towards the posterior, somewhat bent in. On 

 slightly compressing them, they were seen to contain eggs ; and on 

 crushing one, several young ones escaped from the almost mature 



