584 BRITISH ORIBATID^. 



7. Tectum fused with the cephalothorax, from 



which only its large projecting wings remain 

 separate .... Opyia^ K. 

 Tectum rudimentary, covering only t' e basal 

 part of the cephalothorax . Scutovertex, Mich. 



8. The legs all tridactyle 9. 



„ not „ 11. 



9. Palpi not spinous . . . Eremceus, K. 



,, spinous 10. 



10. Tarsi homodactyle . . . Notlirus, K. 



„ heterodactyle . . . Damceus, K. 



11. Tarsi of the first pair of legs didactyle, of the 



others tridactyle . . . Nicoletiella, Cn. 



Tarsi monodactyle 12. 



12. Cephalothorax without apophyses or auricular 



crests .... Hermannia, Nic. 



Cephalothorax with ,, „ 13. 



13. Legs longer than the body and 



nodose .... Belha, Heyd. 

 Legs shorter than the body . Gar abodes, K. 



14. Claws tridactyle . . . Tritia, Berl. 



,, monodactyle . . . Hoplophora, K. 



Prof. Berlese's classification is as follows (it is printed 

 verbatim from the original) : 



Famili A .— ORIB ATID^ . 



Vag antes, cor pore clypeato, stigmis {sic) in cephalotoracis 

 dorsu sculptis, setigeris. 



Sub-famiha A — Tarsonemidae. 



Abdoyninis dorsu in partes 5 diviso. 



t Pedibus quarti paris ambulacris destitutis. 



Genus 1. Tarsonemus, Can. e. Fanz. 



Maris pedibus 4 paris incr as satis, fa^mlnce exilibus 

 setigeris, antico niido. 



