398 BRITISH ORIBATID.!!;. 



not until long afterwards that I discovered that they 

 were different, therefore no special record of what part 

 of England I got them from was kept, but probably it 

 was Epping Forest. 



The identification depends so much upon the small 

 markings on the cephalothorax and on the shape of the 

 rostrum that I have thought it best to give an outline 

 of these parts rather than the ordinary figure. 



NoTASPis LANCEOLATA,* Michael. PI. XXXII, figs. 12 



—15. 



Notaspis lanceolata, Michael. Jouvn. Roy. Microsc, Soc, ser. ii, 



vol. V, p. 394. 



Average length about "33 mm. 



Average breadth about "20 mm. 



Average length of legs (first pair) about '21 mm. 



Average length of legs (second pair) about "19 mm. 



Average length of legs (third pair) about '20 mm. 



Average length of legs (fourth pair) about '24 mm. 



A small species which may be known by the short 

 lamellas meeting anteriorly, and the pseudo-stigmatic 

 organs having terminal hairs. 



Colour very light yellow-brown. 



Texture polished, without any markings or punctures 

 visible with, say, 200 diameters amplification. 



Shape almost fusiform. 



Cephalothorax rather short, conical, broad at the 

 base. Rostrum pointed ; rostral hairs long, almost 

 straight. Palpi not usually seen from the dorsal 

 aspect. Lamellae short ridges starting from the 

 pseudo-stigmata and running inward and forward 

 until their ends meat only a short distance from the 

 abdomen. Lamellar hairs long and setiform. Pseudo- 

 stigmata near together, almost hidden by the progaster. 

 Pseudo-stigmatic organs long, with thin peduncles 



* Laiicea, a lance-head. 



