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illustrations, as to the success of which the reader must be left to 

 judge. Acknowledgement has been made in every case, it is thought, 

 where help has been received : and if this effort is successful it is 

 hoped that it may be some day supplemented by a further scries of 

 pictures, to fill a few gaps that were unavoidable in the present volume. 

 The life history (ovum, larva, pupa) of many of the species shown is 

 yet to be traced by entomologists. Measurements are given in every 

 case in millimetres (25 mm. = i inch), the first dimension being the 

 length of the fi)', and the second the expanse of wings. For various 

 reasons it has not been found possible to reproduce the specimens on 

 one uniform scale : the same difficulty was met with by Dr Michael 

 in illustrating the Oribatidae. 



E. K. PEARCE. 



Bournemouth. 

 June 191 5. 



Scale of 3 centimetres of which one 

 is divided into 10 millimetres. 



