606 IVAR TRÀGARDH 



exhibit the following characteristics : at the top of tro chanter, 

 medially, there is a thin blade which widens considerably 

 towards the anterior end, so that there it attains a width of 

 half its length; fémur, as usual, chib-shaped, with a thin trapé- 

 zoïdal blade, with smooth edge in the distal half, medially ; 

 tarsus long and slender, of equal width beyond the proximal 

 two thirds, when it gradually tapers to a long, thin peduncle, 

 which bears the a. m 1) u la c r a s ; b a s i t a r^i u s only indicated 

 by a small fissure, ventrally ; tarsus bent in an even curve 

 backwards in the middle ; it bears, distally, and dorsally, i.e 

 topographically exteriorly, a bundle of tactile hairs and 

 finger-shaped (( sensillae », and one very long, slightly wavy 

 bristle, pointing in exactly the same direction as the tarsus ; the 

 bristle equalsthe length of thetarsus (exclusive of the peduncle). 



Ambulacres very smaU; nearly obliterated. 



Legs II to IV. Femora with thinblades distaUy andposte- 

 riorly, ail with smooth edges. Those of legs II are short, rectan- 

 gular (fig. 138) ; those of legs IV are dehneated in figure 140. 



Tarsi narrow, cyhndrical, provided with] stout, conical 

 bristles at the top ; two ventraUy, one dorsally (fig. 139). 



Ambulacres with welldevelopedclaws, bilobated, supraun- 

 guinal membrane, and narrow, lanceolate sunguinal sUps. 



Fam. ORIBATIDAE 



. Subfam. Oribatinae. 



CERATOZETES Berl. 

 C. maximus Berl. var. Jeanneli nov, var 



Province d'Alger {Algérie). — Rhar Ifri, commune de Saint- 

 Pierre-Saint-Paul, 25th October 1906 ; N^ 168, 1 spécimen. 



Distribution of the main form : Italy. 



The variety differs from the main form in having longer 

 pteromorphae and pseudostigmatic organs. 



