210 A. e, OUDEMANS, NOTES ON ACARI. 



Ventral side (Fig. 11). Epimera I free, not very 

 crooked, widest anteriorly and lengthened along the neck. 

 Epimera 11 very curve and lengthened along the sides of the 

 prosoma between trochanteres II and I. Behind trochanteres 



II the very curve ventral prolongation of the dorsal prosomal 

 margin. Epimera III A-like ; the external branch or epiraerite 

 long, reaching the edge of the body. Epimera IV longer than 

 trochanteres IV, with proximal external short epimerite, 

 extending to trochanteres III, and distal external epimerite, 

 of which the first part has a frontal circular appendix, like 

 in the nymphae and males, and extending to the edge of the 

 body. E p i g y n i u m semicircular. Vulval lips internally well 

 chitinized. Shields. No coxal plates. Lateral shield distinct 

 outside of and before epimera III. Anus touching the poster- 

 ior edge. Hairs. On the lateral shields, outside of epimera 



III the accessory lateral hair. Further the following minute 

 hairs ; one pair outside of the proximal half of epimera I ; 

 one pair before the proximal epimerite of epimera IV ; one 

 pair just above the posterior ends of the internal genital 

 apparatus (not drawn in the figure) ; one pair flanking the 

 anterior end of the anus ; and one pair near the oblique abdo- 

 minal edges. 



Mandibles, maxillae and legs normal. 

 Habitat: Totanus totanus (L.), specimen from Bengal. 

 Patria: most probably the species has the same geograph- 

 ical distribution as the bird-host.- 

 Found by Dr. E. L. Trouessart. 

 Type in collection Troussart. 



5. Avenzoaria calidridis (Oudms.). 



(With Plate 10, fig. 15-19). 



1904 Sept. 1. Pterolichus calidridis nov. sp. Oudemans in 

 Entoraologische Berichten, n" 19. p. 172. 



