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form, sniootli and one-fourth thf length of body. Feniorn without hliides. Abdo- 

 men smooth, hairh-ss. and as broad, just behind tlie wings, as three-{]Uarters the 

 hiigth of the body. Tlie wings projeet forward almost as far as rostrum, and are 

 rounded anteriorly. Wings are seulptured transversely. The legs bear rather long 

 bristles, several on each tarsus being feathered. L'nguis tridnctyle. Legs not 

 (juite half the length of body. Under rotting boards. New Haven, Conn. This 

 species is distinguished from O. alala Hermann, O. dorsalit Koch and O. rugi- 

 frons Stoll, by its large size and by its setaform pseudostigmatie organ. 



Figure 164. Oribata latincisa v.-ir. gigantea 



