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(Fig 14) is protected by a shield, the outliues of which iiuitate 

 au egg with the top backward, the bluut end, however-, taperiug 

 too. There are only a few hairs on this shield. Those of the 

 fore-half are soraewhat strouger than those of the backhalf, • which 

 are minute. The unprotected margin of the body does not show hairs. 



The ventral side (Fig. 15) has only two shields, an elongate 

 pentagonal sternal one with 8 hairs, and an oval anal one, with 

 3 hairs. 



The peritrema reaches the sides of leg 1. 



We find the most characteristic feature in the legs. When 

 contemplating the ventral side (Fig. 15), we observe that the 

 proportions of the coxae are of the usual type: those of the 2d 

 pair beiug the largest; follow those of the 3d pair, whilst those 

 of the lst pair are the smallest. These legs themselves, however, 

 don 't obey this rule, for the first pair surpasses all the others 

 in length and thickuess. Curious is the tarsus 1 too, for this is 

 enormous, provided with a distiuct sense-organ. 



The epistoma is of the usual type (Fig. 14). 



Habital: decaying leaves. 



Patria : South of France. 



20. Enieus bosschai Oudms., nov. sp. 



(With Plate VIII, fig. 16-18). 



Only one specimen, a nymph, caught by Dr. J. Bosscha Jz., 

 with beetles, probably among decaying leaves, near Sambas, Borneo. 



The systematic position of this animal is not certain, because 

 the cf and Q are unknown. Yet the nympha is immedately recog- 

 nizable as one of the Parasitinae or Laelaptinae. The epistoma is 

 so EmensAïke, that I don't hesitate to cal] the mite an Emeus. 



Length 1120 p. Colour yellowish-brown, that of the hairs 

 darker. The shape seen from of above, is a broad ellipse. On the 

 dorsal side (Fig. 16) there is one single shield, oval, with the 

 top backward. The anterior margin of the shield is two times 

 slightly excovated; the posterior margin rounded. Behind the 

 posterior and posterier-lateral margins of the shield there is a 



