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terior part of disc; two moderately large frontal bristles; other 

 bristles small. A long, large bristle at tip of each femur of legs 

 III and IV; tip of mandible with two slender bristles, last joint 

 of palpus with a basal inner group or comb of stout bristles; 

 legs I and IV about as long as the body; venter with stout 

 spines, one in front and one behind on coxae II and III, one on 

 inner side of coxa IV, three each side and a frontal pair on 

 sternal shield. Length 1.2 mm. 



Prom Cedar Point, Ohio, August 6, on Necrophoriis orhicolUs 

 (Brain). 



TARSONEMID^ 



Tarsonemus approximatus n. sp. 



9 Body large and broad; venter with two transverse lines 

 near the separation of cephalothorax and abdomen. Three 

 short bristles on each side, and a pair near tip of body; beak 

 pointed in front. Legs short, but rather slender, with few 

 hairs ; tarsus I with a subbasal elavate hair, a long hair nearby, 

 a pair near the tip above, and a elavate hair just before them ; 

 hind cox« approximate, separated behind, but hardly by more 

 than the width of a coxa; the terminal hairs not especially long. 

 The male has the sides of body more parallel, the legs about as in 

 the female, except the hind pair, which is thickened, but no 

 tooth on the last joint, nor preceding joint; the claw very stout; 

 the terminal hair fully twice as long as the last joint. 



From Pomona, California, July 8, (Quayle), from under 

 scale, C. longulus. 



Tarso)ieunis assimilis n. sp. 



In general similar to T. approximatus, but on tarsus I the 

 bristles and elavate hairs are placed differently, as seen in 

 figure. The body of female shows below apparently but one 

 transverse line, which at middle has a median tooth with notch 

 each side; the beak is pointed in front; the legs are rather 

 stout, especially the anterior pairs; tarsus I is shorter than in 

 T. approximatus and shows a subbasal elavate hair and long 

 hair nearby. There is a large, fusiform hair at middle of the 



