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their inner margins; tarsi with tridactyle claws; first tarsus never 

 broadened at its end. 



Three species. 



Oribata tessellatala n. sp. 



Very dark chestnut brown. 



Cephalothorax as broad as long. No true lamellae present but lateral 

 thickened areas which extend almost to the tip of the rostrum. Both 

 the superior and the antero-lateral bristles apparently absent. 



Abdomen as broad as long, hairless, with a semicircular free margin. 

 Pteromorphae large, antero-ventral free margin deeply emarginated. 

 The pteromorphae are peculiar in that they show the epidermal cells 

 forming a tessellated appearance when viewed from above. Genital 

 covers small, rectangular, each twice as long as broad. They are sit- 

 uated between the posterior coxae. Anal covers twice as long as the 

 genital, situated their length from the latter and one-third their length 

 from the posterior margin of the ventral plate, broader toward their 

 posterior ends. 



Legs of moderate size. Claws tridactyle, dactyles unequal. 



Length, 0.80 mm.; breadth, 0.45 mm. 



In moss. From Nilgiri Hills. Three specimens. 



Oribata nilgiria n. sp. 



Body dark chestnut brown, pteromorphae and legs much paler. 



Cephalothorax almost as broad as long; no true lamellae present but 

 lateral thickened areas which extend forward beyond the middle of the 

 cephalothorax. Superior bristles very minute; antero-lateral bristles 

 apparently absent. Pseudostigmatic organs with long straight pedicels 

 and clavate, pectinate head. 



Abdomen as broad as long, uniformly rounded behind. Pteromorphae 

 large, extending forward almost to the tip of the rostrum, showing 

 vertical chitinous thickenings. Genital covers short and broad, subrec- 

 tangular, two-thirds as broad as long and each with a longitudinal row 

 of fine minute hairs, row of hairs down the middle of each cover. 

 Anal covers almost twice as long as the genital, situated about their 

 length behind the latter and a third their length from the posterior 

 margin of the ventral plate. They are broadest at their posterior ends, 

 and each has two minute hairs, one at each end. 



Tarsus of leg I longer than the tibia, well clothed with simple 

 bristles and each possessing three plumose hairs on their inner mar- 

 gins; tibia much broader distally than proximally, with an inner plu- 

 mose bristle and an outer very long tactile bristle; genual over twice 

 as long as broad and three-fourths as long as tibia, with an inner 

 plumose bristle. 



Length, 0.32 mm.; breadth, 0.24 mm. 



In moss. Described from an abundance of live material 

 which came from the Nilgiri Hills. 



