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}\(if)isjiis /lijii/ls llei'in. 



1804. Xolaxpix hip'tjix, Hermann, Mrni. Apt., p. !).">. 



1841. Murcia acuminata, C. L. Kocli, Crust. Myr. Aracli., Heft 111, Tali. I'l 



(Nymph). 

 1844. Oppla cortmta, C. L. Koch, Crust. Myr. Arach., Ilefl MS, Tali. <S. 

 1855. NolaspisbipiliK, Nicolet, Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. VII., p. 448, I']. III., Fig. (i. 

 1883. Notaifpix hlpiliK, Berlese, Bull. Soc. Eut. Ital., Vol. XV., ji. L'lii. 

 1885. Oppia hi}>ilis, Berlese, Acari, !\Iyr., Scorj)., Fasc. .\X., Nr. 8. 

 1888. Notasph hipilis, Michael, Brit. Orib., Vol. II., p. :i5H, PI. XXVII., Fij:. 1-0. 

 1898. Notasi>lshii>llh, IMichael, Das Tier., Kief. :{, p. 4(5. 



Chestnut lirown; iiitegunieiit .smooth. 



Cephalothoiax liiTi;e. one lialf as long as tlie entire liody. 

 lianielhi; very long and slender, almost as long as the entire l)ody 

 and of almost the same width throughout; anterior two fifths of 

 lainelhe free. There is only a slight indication of a ti-ans- 

 lamella. Lamellar hairs straight, pectinate, about half as long as 

 the lamella'; interlaniellar hairs very large, as long as the entire 

 cephalothorax. pectinate, and situated at the posterior margin 

 of the latter; antero-lateral hairs straight, similar to lamellar 

 hairs but smaller. Pseudostigmata hut slightly projecting, 

 funnel-shaped; pseudostigmatic organ long, tiliforui. pectinate. 



Abdomen globose, bearing on its postero-dorsal aspect two 

 pairs of large, straight bristles, and on its postero-veutral 

 aspect a transverse row of four subecpial straight ones, about 

 half as long as the dorsal bristles. (ienital covers semicir- 

 cular, situated slightly more than their length from the anal 

 covers; anal covers much larger than the genital covei-s. and 

 situated about a third their length from the posterior mai-gin 

 of the ventral plate. 



Anterior pair of legs about as long as the entir(^ I'ody; 

 tarsus one and a half times as long as the til)ia; tactile 

 l)ristle of tibia straight, as long as the tarsus. Claws of tarsi 

 with three unequal dactyles. 



Length, 0.90 nun.; l)readth. O.GS mm. 



In moss. Collected by L. M. Smith at I'arker, ill., and by 

 the writer at Areola. 111. My determination of this species has 

 been conhrnied by a comparison of my specimens with a 

 mounted one oiliijiilis sent me liy Michael, 



