ISTotes on ^cari, 



XVth SERIES. 1) 



(PARASITIDAE, ACARIDAEj 



BY 



Dr. A. C. OUD E M ANS. 



(With Plates 1, 2, 3). 



1. Parasitus coleoptratorum (L.) 

 (With Plate 1, 2, 3, fig. 1—37). 



Protonympha. Length from 870 — 975 jj.. — Colour 

 white. — Shape oval, top backward, slightly shouldered 

 behind legs II. Texture scaly on the shields, finely wrinkled 

 in the unprotected, parts. — Dorsal side (fig. 1) protected 

 by two shields. Anterior shield about as long as wide, pos- 

 teriorly slightly convex. Posterior shield about two thirds of 

 its width long, anteriorly slightly concave. On the anterior 

 shield 10 pairs of minute bristles on the usual places and 4 

 pairs of somewhat curved rodlike distally hairy hairs (fig. 3). 

 On the posterior shield 10 pairs of minute bristles on the 

 usual places, and one pair of somewhat curved rodlike distally 



1) Series XI; 1.3, I, 1904, Tijclscliv. v. Entom., v. 46, p. 93—134. 



XII; 18, I, 1905,Tijclschr. d.Ned. Dierk. Verecn.,ser.2,v.8,p.202— 239. 

 XIII; 14, I, 1905. Tijdscli. v. Entom., v. 47, p. 114—135. 

 XIV; 13, XIL 1905, Tijdscli. v. Entom., v. 48, p. 1—24. 

 The Series are independent from one another. 



