494 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [NoV., 



Galumna texana n. sp. 



Color, dark red brown, pale spot at base of abdomen, and legs pale 

 yellowish. Cephalothorax short and broad, nearly smooth, superior 

 bristles long, porrect, inferior bristles short, lamellse indistinct ; pseudo- 

 stigmatic organ quite long, clavate at tip. Abdomen high and broad, 

 two black notches on front margin, surface finely punctate ; wings very 

 large, long and broad, rather coarsely punctate, its lower margin entire. 

 Venter more roughly rugose, almost reticulate; genital opening once 

 and two-thirds its length in front of the much larger anal opening ; the 

 latter is much broader behind than in front. Coxse IV very widely 

 separate; the sternal plate with a line each side; legs small and very 

 slender, with a few hairs in usual positions. 



Length .7 mm. 



One specimen from San Antonio, Tex., August. 



Oribatula pallida n. sp. 



Color, pale yellowish. Cephalothorax smooth above, with a lamella 

 each side reaching one-half way to tip, a long bristle at each tip, superior 

 bristles long and erect; pseud ostigmatic organ quite long, clavate at 

 tip. Abdomen much longer than broad, smooth above, without hairs, 

 no distinct wings, but at each anterior corner a shelf -like projection; 

 genital opening more than twice its length in front of the very much 

 larger anal opening; a transverse furrow behind coxse II pointing to- 

 ward genital aperture, in front and behind this fmrow is a line on each 

 side, but no line from hind coxse to genital opening. Legs slender 

 tarsi all a little longer than the tibise; all with fine hairs. 



Length .38 mm. 



One specimen from Fort Lee, N. J. 



Liacarus carolinensis n. sp. 



Color, dark brown, legs paler. Cephalothorax with two pairs of 

 lamellse, the inner pair are quite broad, and touch on inner side toward 

 base, leaving a broad triangular space above, each with free tip and a 

 long bristle, outer lamella narrow, and nearly reaches tip of head, with 

 a bristle at apex; pseudostigmatic organ rather long, not barbed. 

 Abdomen elongate, tapering behind, smooth above, no hairs; venter 

 very minutely punctate; genital opening small, more than three times 

 its length in front of the very much larger anal opening, the latter more 

 than twice as long and more than twice as broad as the genital opening, 

 and longer than broad ; the posterior margin of body seen from below 

 shows three short fine bristles each side, the inner pair shorter than the 

 others; sternal plate with three complete transverse lines, hind margin 



