12() Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. X, 



Descriptions of New Genera Here Proposed. 

 Genus Eupelops'-'' n. i:i;en. 



With tlio characters of tlie subfamily Pelopinae. A ehitinous liood- 

 like projection extends forward from the anterior marj^in of the abtlomen, 

 which may be narrow, or aj^ain quite broad, in the latter case frequently 

 being quadrangular. This ehitinous expansion usually unites the two 

 pteromorpha\ LamelLnc present. Translamella present or absent. 



Type species: P clops uraceus Koch. 



The type species for the genus Pelops Koch, P. acromios 

 (Hermann), is without either lamellae or translamella. This 

 new genus is erected, therefore, to include many species which 

 arc like P. acromios (Hermann) in most respects, but do not 

 have the ccphalothorax nude above. Berlese's Peloptuliis, 

 1908, includes species which are without the shelf-like pro- 

 jection from the anterior margin of abdomen. Three of our 

 American species are included in Eupelops: E. latipilosus 

 (Ewing), E. minnesotensis (Ewing), and E. laticuspidatus 

 (Ewing). 



Fig. 1. Ncogymuohalcs muUipilosa (Ewing). Dorsal view of ccphalothorax and 

 anterior part of abdomen. 



Genus Neogymnobates-' n. gen. 



With the characters of the subfamily Oribatinae. Pteromorphae 

 attached to ccphalothorax as well as to abdomen. Abdomen circular, 



"From «i5, good, well -|- Pelops. 

 ^'From neoj, new + Gymnohates. 



