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Iloplodcriiia splniriihi Banks. 



1805. Ihqiliidrrma splcirula, Banks, Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXII., p. 16. 



Dark brown; integument smooth. 



Cephalothorax one half as long as high; dorsal surface 

 with two pairs of bristles, — a very long, almost straight pair, 

 three fourths as long as the cephalothorax itself, situated near 

 the posterior Ijorder, and a small, curved pair near the tip. 

 Pseudostigniata round, situated at the postero-lateral extrem- 

 ity of tlie cephalothorax; pseudostigmatic organ slightly re- 

 curved. 



Abdomen subglobose; upper half of the anterior margin 

 concave, lower half straight; ventral margin moderately 

 convex; dorsum with two rows of submedian bristles, six bris- 

 tles in each row. Genito-anal covers almost completely con- 

 cealed when viewed from the side, the anterior corner, however, 

 visible as a triangular chitinous projection. 



Anterior pair of legs stouter than the other pairs, which 

 are subequal. Tarsus of leg I nearly twice as long as the 

 tibia; tibia slightly longer than the genual; femur longer than 

 the tibia and genual combined. Claws slightly more than 

 half as long as the tarsi from which they extend. All the legs 

 are sparsely clothed with rather long, simple bristles. 



Length, 0.55 mm.; height, 0.40 mm. 



Under a log. Collected by the writer at Mahomet, Til. 



Ilophxlci-ina (hisypiis Ant. Duges. 



1834. (h-ihaladanypuit, Ant. Dugi'S, Ann. Sci. Nat., Si'r. 2, T. II., p. 47. 



1841. Jloploplioralerdula, C. L. Koch, Crust. Myr. Arach., Heft 32, Tab. 16. 



1841. Pldhiracaruit coniraclilix, Perty, Allg;. Katnrg., Bd. III., p. 874. 



18GS. llcqdophora contractility, Claparude, Zeit. Wiss. Zool., Bd. XVIII., p. 507. 



1877. lloplophnra cnntnictllls, Murray, Econ. Ent, Apt., p. 222. 



1883. lliiplophora da.ii/pus, Berlese, Aeari, Myr., Scorp., Fasc. VI., Nr. 4. 



1885. llophiphora dasi/pits, Canestrini, Prosp. Acar. Ital., Pt. I., p. 46. 



1887. Tritia lenlnla, Berlese, Acari, Myr., Scorp., Fasc. XXXVI., Nr. 3. 



1888. Ifoplophora danypus, Michael, Brit. Orib., Vol. 11., p. 560, PI. L., 

 Fig. 8-14. 



1898. JIupludcrtnn daf^yjiu.f, Michael, Das Tier. , Lict. 3, p. 7!t. 



Pale drab; integument tliick and tough but not brittle. 

 Cephalothorax a fourth as long as abdomen, with a single 



