(Dn. A. e. OTTDEltfANsV NOTÉS ON ACARI. 119 



shield. Anal shield oval, in the centre of the venter, with the 

 usual 3 minute hairs and the crihiuni. Peritrematic shields long, 

 wide, acute posteriorly, waving forward, at a level with coxae II 

 becoming ilorsal and contiguous with the dorsal shield (Fig. 11). 

 No inguinal shields. The whole venter with numerous hairs. 



Epistoma (Fig. 11) long and pointed, laterally serrulate. 



MmuUhles (Fig. 14) heavy; upper jaw with two triangular in- 

 cisors, a large ditto dog-tooth, a rounded molar, if any, the usual 

 sense organ, and dorsally and basally two sense oi'gans. Lower jaw 

 with 1 incisor, 1 triangular dog-tooth, a minute ditto behind it, 

 no molars, a formidable thumb-like movable copulation organ. 

 Flagellum long, round, distally acute, villous. 



Einpharynx (Fig. 17) long, stylet-shaped. 



Rypoiiha'-ynx or lingua (Fig. 16) long, laterally ciliated; its middle 

 ciliae the longest. 



Maxillae (Fig. 15). Hypostoma short, wide; horns wide, almost 

 triangular, with light centre and basal inner knob. Inner malae 

 wing-like. Slyli short and thick. Palps usual, slender. 



Legs (Fig. 11) increasing in length backward. Legs I sliorter 

 than body, slender, hairy, vith amhidacruM and a ^\-sliaped durk 

 chilinization in tlie middle of the tarsus. Legs II as long as body, 

 thick; femur ventrally with spur; genu and tibia ventrally (visible 

 l)y transparency^ with a knob; tarsus distally with 3 spur-like 

 hairs. Leg III longer than body, thickei' than leg I, curved outward, 

 spinous. Leg IV about 1^/.^ the length of body, strong, as thick 

 as leg II, spinous, curved outward, its tai-sus with 2 ventral knobs 

 and distal claw-like hair. 



Habitat? On Catharsius molossus, a beetle. 



Patria: Sumatra (Deli). 



Found bij Mr. üe Vos tot Nederveen Cappel. 



Ti/pe in my collection. 



5. Neopodocinum jaspersl. Oudms. 

 (With Plate 6, fig. 18—20) 

 1900 XL 20. Laelaps jaspersi Oudms., in Tijdschr. v. Entom., 

 v. 43, Verslagen, p. 72. 



