(dr. a. c. oudemans). notes om acari vi. 21 



are 4 distinct, minute genital suckers. Behind the coxae 1 there 

 is a pail' of minute suckers; so too there is a pair of minute 

 suckers before the juntion of epimera 4 in the median Une. Behind 

 the genital aperture and a httle to the sides of it there are two 

 small suckers. The sucker-plate is heart-shaped and provided with 

 8 suckers of which the foremost pair is large and perfectly round. 

 Before this pair of suckers there is a minute chitinous spot. Behind 

 the pair of suckers the anus is visible. Then follow the 3 pair of 

 othei' suckers wich are oval in shape, and which form together a 

 long hexagon, lying transversally ; the long axes of the oval suckers 

 lie perpendicular on the transverse diameter of the hexagon. 



The legs are remarkable by their having only a very few hairs 

 and no pedunculated spoon-shaped suckers. The olfactory hairs at 

 the distal end of the tibiae is rather large and rod-like. Leg 4 

 has an almost invisible claw. 



Habitat: Sorex vulgaris. 



Patria: Germany, England. 



23. Anoetus neglectus Oudms. nov. sp. 



(With Plate 3 , fig. 43 and 44.) 



Ilypopiis. Length about 290 i«. — Colour white. — Shape re- 

 sembling Anoetus julorum (G. L. Koch), however, it is distinguished 

 from it by its abdomen being less oval and wider, and by its legs 

 being shorter. 



Dorsal side (Fig. 43). The demarcation between céphalothorax and 

 abdomen is very distinct. The former is visible as a band of equal 

 width troughout, bearing 4 small hairs ; the latter is shield-shaped, 

 but has sufflexed sides (see fig. 44). There are only a few minute 

 hairs on the dorsum, viz.: 14 along the margin, and three pair of 

 dorsal hairs. Moreover the dorsum is polished. 



Ventral side. (Fig. 44). The epimera 1 form an Y. The epimera 2 

 are connected by a transversal bar, which at the same time joins 

 the epimera 3. From this medial transversal part a median longi- 

 tudinal bar projects backward and passes the coalesced epimera 4. 



