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Length of nynipha masculina 560 — 640 ft. 



» » » feminina 680 — 720 /*. 



» » male 680 (z. 



» » female (after Berlese) 800 {&. 



The skape of the epistoma is in all these fornis the same. The 

 shape, number and ciestribution of the hairs are the same in 

 both the nymphae. The shape, number and destribution of the 

 hairs are the same in both the adults. 



Male. Length 680 [*.. Colour: straw-coloured. Shape: somewhat 

 resembling that of Parasitus magnus (Kram.) but more pointed 

 anteriorly and with shorter legs. — Dorsal side (Fig. 15). It is 

 wholy protected by two dorsal shields, which show only a fine 

 line of demarcation between them. The anterior dorsal shield is 

 pentagonal with an almost straight posterior side, touching the 

 posterior dorsal shield, two lateral sides, almost straight, and two 

 sides, running from the shoulders towards the vertex. The posterior 

 dorsal shield is rounded posteriorly. Behind the posterior margin 

 the postanal cribrum is visible. On the shields a few minute hairs 

 on the usual places, and a few rodlike, distally hairy hairs. One 

 such a rod-like hair is planted on each shoulder; between and 

 somewhat before these shoulder-hairs, two similar hairs on the 

 dorsum ; one similar hair on each posterior corner of the anterior 

 dorsal shield ; on the dorsum, somewhat before these corners two 

 similar hairs ; on about the half of its length the posterior dorsal 

 shield bears two such hairs ; on the posterior margin again two 

 such hairs ; and four pair of hairs are planted exactly on the 

 rounded edge of the abdomen. 



Ventral side. (Fig. 16). There is a sterni-genital shield trun- 

 cated posteriorly and bearing 5 pair of hairs. The remaiuing of 

 this side is protected by one shield. This shield is at the same 

 time fused with the two dorsal and with the peritrematic shields. 

 Before the anus two rod-like and distally hairy hairs ; on each 

 side of it again one similar hair. Behind the anus a transverse 

 cribrum. Peritrema long, extendiug; till before coxa 1. 



