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Two specimens, a female and a nymph, of this European species were 

 found in the leaf bud of fig {Ficus cai^a) at Berkeley, Calif., No- 

 vember 17, 1936, a?sociated with the fig mite, Acei^ feus (Cotte) ; 

 collector, E. W. Baker. A single specimen, which is deposited in the 

 British Museum, was found among mites collected on citrus "branches- 

 leaves," Beit-Hanun (Gaza) , Palestine, "4^-2-46," by P. Jolles. 



EUCHEYLETIA, new genus 



Palpal tarsus with two sicklelike and two comblike setae; marginal 

 setae of dorsal shields scalelike; dorsomedian setae cloudlike; two 

 dorsal shields ; all tarsi with claws ; and without a pair of lenslike eyes 

 on anterior shield. This last character and the presence of the cloud- 

 like dorsomedian setae separate this genus from Cheyletia Haller. 



Type, Eucheyletia hishoppi, new species. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF EUCHEYLETIA 



1. Palpal claw with 2 basal teeth, guard seta on tarsus I simple 2 



Palpal claw with 3 basal teeth, guard seta on tarsus I pilose, about 3 times 



as long as sensory seta ; 5 pairs of marginal setae on posterior dorsal 

 shield harpyia (Rodendorf) 



2. Posterior anal setae squamiform serrate 3 



AH anal-genital setae simple hardyi, new species 



3. Three pairs of marginal setae on posterior dorsal shield- flabellif era (Michael ) 

 Five or six pairs of marginal setae on posterior dorsal shield. 



bishoppi, new species 



EUCHEYLETLA. HARPYIA (Rodendorf), new combination 



Plate 11, F1:gukes 76-79 



Cheyletia harpyia Rodendorf, Wiss. Ber. Moskauer Staats Univ. Zool., vol. 42, 

 pp. 90-92, figs. S, 29, 30, 1940. 



Feinale. — Palpi strong; femur as long as wide, swollen on outer side 

 and straight on inner side, dorsal seta long, squamiform serrate, ventral 

 palpal setae shorter and narrower than dorsal seta ; broad squamiform 

 serrate seta on posterior margin of genu ; palpal claw thin and pointed, 

 with 3 basal teeth; outer comb longer than claw, with 17 or 18 teeth; 

 inner comb only slightly curved, with many fine, short teeth. Rostrum 

 of medium size with an irregular dorsal reticulate design ; peritreme 

 simple, composed of small segments. Propodosomatic shield wider 

 than long, Avith four pairs of lateral squamiform setae ; five pairs of 

 dorsal submedian cloudlike setae as figured; no eyes. Hysterosomal 

 shield wider than long, tapering posteriorly, with five pairs of lateral 

 squamiform serrate setae and six pairs of dorsol submedian cloudlike 

 setae. Three pairs anal bristles, the posterior pair squamiform ser- 

 rate, the other anal and genital bristles simple. Tarsus I, 123/i, long; 

 tibia I, 53/x long; tarsal hairs on tip 113 and 77/* long, respectively; 

 sensory rod short; guard (?) seta very long, serrate; long simple ven- 



