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joint, and two near tip, with one or two others nearer to tip. 

 CoxEB III are more slender than in approximatus, the coxae IV 

 are close together as in that species, and the terminal hairs are 

 very long. 



From Whittier, California, Septeml)er 7, (Quayle), from red 

 scale. This and the i)receding species, by their api)roximate 

 hind coxiP, are related to T. culmicolus Renter. Our other 

 species have the tips of the hind coxje more widely separated. 



Dlspayipes apicola n. sp. 



Pale yellowish brown. Body plainly longer than broad. 

 From below, showing two bristles each side on the anterior 

 part, the posterior bristle being the longer, and one each side 

 near the humerus ; a ventral pair of long bristles, and two pairs 

 of poststernal bristles, the intermediate pair being placed more 

 forward; also a pair of presternal, and three pairs of axillary 

 bristles. On the posterior part of dorsum are two pairs of 

 prominent thickened bristles, the posterior pair of which 

 extends much behind the abdomen. Tarsi bristly, I and II 

 with thickened process near tip above; leg IV with two very 

 long bristles, three subequal shorter ones at tip, and two others 

 still shorter and more basad, one on each side. Length .13 mm. 



From honey bee, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, May 5, (G. J. 

 Spencer). 



CANESTEINID^ 



Canestrinia hlattophaga n. sp. 



5 Body broad, about one and one-half times as long as broad, 

 without long bristles ; a pair of short spines over base of mouth 

 parts ; a rather long bristle at humerus ; a few short spines in 

 pairs on the posterior dorsum, and four simple hairs on pos- 

 terior margin. Venter with four spines each side on posterior 

 part, and a pair at base of epimera of first legs ; vulva 

 V-sliaped,. with a transverse furrow behind it. Legs short ; 

 legs I and II heavier than the others, with only a few simple 

 bristles; one at tip of penultimate joint is longer than others; 

 a heart-shaped caroncle attached near tip of tarsi. Male with 



