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Anterior pair of legs about as long as the abdomen. Tarsus 

 and tibia of leg I subequal; genual about a third as long as the 

 tibia; femur equal to tibia in length. At the distal end of tibia 

 of leg I, there is a small tubercle from which extends a long- 

 tactile bristle, longer than the segment itself. Uugues tri- 

 dactyle; dactyles almost equal. 



Length, 0.50 mm.; breadth, 0.42 mm. 



Shaken from elm and from papaw by C. A. Hart, ai 

 Mnncie, Til. 



Oribata minuscula Banks. 



1907. <J alumna minuscula, Banks, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. LVIIL, 

 p. 492, PI. XV., Fij?. 11. 



Dark reddish brown, legs paler; integument slightly rough, 

 heavily chitinized. 



Cephalothorax about three fifths as long as the abdomen; 

 lamellae large horizontal blades, anteriorly a fourth as broad as 

 long and at the posterior end a mere line; translameila a small 

 ridge. Lamellar hairs long, straight, and pectinate, about four 

 fifths as long as the cephalothorax. Pseudostigmata circular 

 and low 7 , pseudostigmatic organ short, with a very short 

 peduncle and a spherical head, Interlamellar hairs almost 

 exactly like the lamellar hairs. Rostral hairs much shorter 

 than these and slightly curved. 



Abdomen as broad as long, hairless; pteromorpha* one 

 fourth as broad as long, truncate anteriorly, extending back- 

 ward half the length of the abdomen and not projecting much 

 beyond the anterior margin; anal covers a third longer than 

 the genital covers and situated about half their length from the 

 posterior margin of the abdomen; genital covers situated about 

 twice their length in front of the anal covers. 



Legs subequal in length; femora of the last two pairs much 

 enlarged, being two thirds as broad as long, tibia and tarsus 

 subequal. At the distal end of the tibia on the first and the last 

 pair of legs is situated a tactile hair slightly longer than the 

 segment itself. 



Length, 0.72 mm.; breadth, 0.52 mm. 



