(db. a. c. oudemans). notks on acaei vi. 7 



The ahdomen is suboval , somewhat truncated anteriorly, pointed 

 posteriorly. — The dorsum is provided with 5 pair of very thin 

 hairs; the posterior margin with 3 pair of such hairs, crooked 

 upward. The anterior margin of the abdomen is dark brown 

 coloured ; from this band two dark chitinous bars run hindward , 

 not farther than the thickness of a femur. 



The legs are rather slender but with swollen femurs, tibiae and 

 tarsi. When the hind legs are stretched they scarcely reach the 

 posterior end of the abdomen. The tibiae 1 and 4 are provided 

 with a tactile hair ; the tarsi 2 with a pectinated hair. Claivs mo- 

 nodactijle. — On the sides of the cephalotorax the coxae 1 are 

 visible for a small part. — The tectopedia 1 are very distinct. — 



Underside. Nothing particular. The apodemata reach the median 

 line; the genital and anal openings are subquadrangular; the latter 

 much larger than the former. 



Habitat : in moss. 



Patria : Netherlands. 



8. Emendation of the key to the species of Eremaeus. 



(Das Tierreich, Oribatidae, p. 44.) 



iPsstg. org. davate or fusiform, 

 21. 1 with a smooth peduncle . . 21. a. 



21 



21b 



^ Psstg. org. slender . . . . 21 . c. 



( No lam. nor transi E. clavipectinatus Mich. 



' Lam. present 21 b. 



IPsstg. org. without pectinated 

 membrane. ....... E. novus Oudms. 



j Psstg. org. with pectinated mem- 



f brane E. SUbtrigonilS Oudms. 



iPsstg. org. very long, with a few 

 pectinations upon the slightly 

 thickened middle E. pectinatus Mich. 



IPsstg. org. long, not thickened, 

 I with 3 or 4 pectinations quite 



distally E. subpectinatus Oudms. 



