4 Hewitt, On a netv PJiytophagoiis Mite. 



horse-hair stuffing of chairs, where they appeared to be 

 feeding on the greasy substances in the hair. Oudemans 

 (1897) also records its occurrence in the same material in 

 Holland. 



Text-fig. A. Glycyphagus spinipes. ^ . x 70. Dorsal aspect. 



The worst case of infection of this species which I 

 have known was in a house in the neighbourhood of 

 Manchester, in 1905-6. The house had been recently 

 built, and the furniture was new. Shortly after the house 

 had been occupied this mite was found in practically all 



