Collected by myself at Urbaua. 111. Many specimens. The 

 identification of this species has been confirmed by Mr. 

 lianks from a specimen sent him by the author. 



Or//i(ifit fiisfijies v. L. Koch. 



1835. Zi_'lescphi]>p!alii.i, C. L. Kocli, Crust. Myr. Arach., Heft 3, Tab. 7. 

 1884. OrlhatafuKcipcs, Michael, Brit, Orib., Vol. I., p. 241, PI. VII., Fig. 1, 2. 

 ISa'i. Oribatella hidentala (?), Banks, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXII., p. S. 

 18HS. (>rili(tlaj'ii!iciprs, Michael, Das Tier., Lief. .'!, p. 13. 



Dark brown; integnment thick and tough; surface almost 

 smooth. 



Cephalotliorax short; lamelhe large, horizontal, twice as 

 long as In'oad. truncate in front and bearing there a straight 

 plumose hair as long as the lamelhe themselves; translamella 

 a short lilade; pseudostigmatic organ long, filiform, becoming 

 stouter apically, almost erect. 



Abdomen two thirds as broad as long, with a row of long, 

 slightly curved In-istles on the posterior margin and a few hairs 

 on the sides. Pteromorphie small, truncate in front. Anal 

 covers situated about two thirds their length from the posterior 

 margin of the abdomen; genital covers about two thirds as long 

 as anal covers. 



Legs subequal; a small blade present on each of the fem- 

 ora of the hrst two pairs; the tarsus of leg 1 with a long bristle 

 near its proximal end; ail the tarsi well clothed with hairs. 



Length. 0.70 mm.; breadth, 0.44 mm. 



LTnder boards and in moss. Collected l>y the writer at 

 Areola, 111. Four specimens. A specimen of this species was 

 sent to Michael, and he also identified it as 0. fitsrlpes. 



Orihdhi tnh'/(niir//af(i. n. sii. ( I'l. XXXIII.. Fig. 2.) 



Dark olive; integument of medium thickness, not veiy re- 

 sistant, finely pitted. 



Cephalothorax about a third as long as abdomen; lamellae 

 narrow blades on edge, of uniform width, with small cusps; 

 translamella a narrow blade, about half as broad as the lamell*; 

 pseudostigmata cylindrical, longer than broad; pseudostigmatic 



