(uh. A. e. OUBEMANS). NOTES UN ACA.U1. 145 



midwiiy between llie tip ot the rostrum and the shoulders. The 

 posterior shield is almost hairless too, except that there is a minute 

 hair some distance behind the siioulder and four pairs of minute 

 hairs near the posterior edge. The sucker-plate projects behind 

 the posterior edge. 



Yentral side, (Fig. 45). The epimera 1 join in the middle, 

 forming an Y. The two sense-organs on the ventral side of the 

 head are very small, but they have long sense-hairs. The sucker- plate 

 is very large , willi hyaline margin and six large suckers of nearly 

 equal size and two minute suckers to the sides of of the anus. 



Leys. All the legs have a minute claw; the tarsi 1 — 3 have 

 four lancet-shaped hairs and a long tactil hair ; moreover the 

 tarsi 1 — 2 have an olfactory hair. The tibiae 1— -3 bear a long 

 tactil hair too. The tarsus -4 bears 4 hairs, the dimensions of which 

 are '22, 33, 120 and 160 /'. 



Huhltat : in the acarid chamber in the first abdominal ring of 

 Kojjtorthosoììia tenuiscapa Westw. 



Patria: India. 



Named in honor to my dear wife, who in sundry manners is 

 assisting me in my study. 



26. Trichotarsus bipposiderus Oudms. nov. sp. 



(With Plate 12, fig. 46—47). 



Hijfopus. Length : 240 ,1*. The animal is closely related to the 

 species T. xi/locopae, etc. 



Dorsal side (Fig. 46). The anterior lunular portion is soft, has 

 about 10 wrinkles and 5 pairs of strong bristles, arranged like in 

 T. xi/locopae and allies. The posterior round or oval portion, however, 

 is protected by a shield which shows some longitudinal markings 

 and a chitinization resembling a horse-shoe, behind which the 

 back is concave. 



Ventral side (Fig. 47). The epimera 1 join in the median 

 line to form an Y ; moreover they are joined sideward with the 

 epimera 2 , which on their turn have a lateral prolongation behind 



