22 (üU. A. e. OUUEMANS). KOTES OIS ACARI YI. 



The sucker-plate is large and provided witli 8 suckers in 3 trans- 

 verse rows. The ßrst row consists of two great ones before the 

 anus. The .second row has two great ones flanked by two small 

 ones behind the anus. The third row shows two smaller ones. — 

 Moreover there are six other ventral suckers, viz. one pair before 

 the proximal end of epimeron 2 ; one pair before the middle of 

 epimeron 4, and one pair to the sides of the genital aperture. When 

 the tube of the microscope is lowered , we observe moreover the 4 

 small genital suckers. • 



]/egs. The remarkable features are : The tarsi 1 and 2 bear 

 on their proximal end a tactil hair and a long olfactoric hair, and 

 at their distal end a sucker with lono; peduncle, and a small claw. 

 The tarsus 3 ends in a sable shaped hair and three spines. The 

 tarsus 4 ends in three spines and a long hair, which is I i as long 

 as the leg 4 itself. 



Hahitat : N^ecrophorus hnmator. 



Patria; Germany. (Bremen, S. A. Poppe). 



2d. Key to the species of Anoetus IKij. 

 H>/poiü. 



/ Before the Gphtli. a rounded 

 •1. episteme A. pulchrum (Kram.) 



' No episteme 2 



Xephth. excavated ant. ; dors. 



I hairs long A. phyllotrichus (Beri.) 



jCephth. rounded ant.; dors. 



^ liairs short 3 



{ Sucker-plate with 4 suckers , A. muscarum (L.) 



' Sucker-plate with 8 suckers . 4 



/■Tarsus 1 without pedunculated 



) sucker A. spiniferum (Michael.) 



I Tarsus 1 with pedunculated 



^ sucker 5 



1 Tarsus 2 with pedunculated 

 5. i sucker A. neglectus Oudnis. 



^ Tarsus 2 without such ... 6 



