THE A CARINA OR MITES— BANKS. 



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ends of the roosts are daubed with eoal-tar the mites will ])e unabh? to 

 reach the fowls. A mixture of kerosene and sulphur plastered upon 

 the roosts and in bottoms of the nests is also very useful. The same or 

 an allied species occurs on cage birds. The species of Ilalarachnt are 



very elongate, and look some- 

 what like ticks; they inhabit the 

 branchial passages of seals. 

 Pneuniovys-ms occurs in cavi- 

 ties in Ihe lungs of a Javanese 

 monkey. 



Doctor Trouessart has erected 

 a subfamily, Khinonyssina% to 

 include liJiJ'iunujssu.s^ PtRonys- 

 •s'/.v, Sfi'r))of<f(>uniin, and possibly 

 Iliihwarli II (\ The group is based 

 on the dorsal position of the peri- 

 treme. The species of Rhl- 

 n<»)ys><us and Strr)iosf(»HUin are found in the nasal cavities of various 

 birds, one species, S. rhhionlethrum^ thus infesting the domestic fowl. 

 They have retractile^ claws, comparable to those of cats, which enable 



111.— Antennophokus lhlmanni (aftk;i 

 Haller). 



Fig. 112.— Cel.enopsis Americana. 



Fig. 113. — Liroaspi.s Americana. 



the mite to retain its position. Their feeding may cause a catarrhal 

 inilammation, but no remedy has been suggested. I am not aware 

 that any of these forms have yet been taken in the United States. 

 Berlese states that in S^ernodotnuin and Ancyxfroptix the anterior 

 coxpe are contiguous above the rostrum. The latter genus was found 

 on bats. 



