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the dead leaves and grass in search of food. They appear to 

 feed chiefly upon juices of small arthropods, either recently 

 killed or in a quiescent instar. One individual was kept for 

 many weeks in the finest of condition in a small vial with this 

 kind of a diet. This individual was never observed to enter 



Fig. 3. Trombicula cinnabaris n. sp.; a, seta from dorsum of abdomen, X 900; 

 b, last three segments of left palpus from inside, X 900; c, dorsal view of 

 cephalothorax, X 375; d, last two segments of right front leg, side view, 

 X 125; e, left chelicera from inside, X 800. 



